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🗓 3–4 daysEndless neighbourhoods, food and nightlife in the world's biggest city.
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The destinations worth building your trip around.
Japan blends the deeply traditional and the dazzlingly futuristic like nowhere else. Bow before centuries-old shrines in Kyoto in the morning and ride a 300 km/h bullet train to neon-lit Tokyo by afternoon.
It's clean, safe, punctual and astonishingly easy to travel, with food — from $7 ramen to multi-course kaiseki — that is reason enough to visit.
The destinations worth building your trip around.
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Endless neighbourhoods, food and nightlife in the world's biggest city.
Thousands of temples, geisha districts and zen gardens.
Japan's kitchen — street food, castles and big personalities.
Endless neighbourhoods, food and nightlife in the world's biggest city.
Thousands of temples, geisha districts and zen gardens.
Japan's kitchen — street food, castles and big personalities.
Hot springs and Mt Fuji views an easy hop from Tokyo.
Endless neighbourhoods, food and nightlife in the world's biggest city.
Thousands of temples, geisha districts and zen gardens.
Japan's kitchen — street food, castles and big personalities.
Hot springs and Mt Fuji views an easy hop from Tokyo.
Visa rules change frequently. Many nationalities are visa-exempt for short tourism; an eVisa system is expanding. Always verify with the official Japan immigration / e-visa website before travelling.
Thousands of vermilion torii gates winding up a hillside.
Iconic views and the world's busiest crossing.
Kyoto's gold-leaf temple on a mirror pond.
Japan's sacred peak, hot springs and lake cruises.
Sushi, street snacks and the best food culture on earth.
Japan's sacred 3,776 m volcano — climbable in the official July–September window with a sunrise from the crater…
A 5-storey red pagoda above Fujiyoshida with Mt. Fuji behind — Japan's most-photographed framing, especially in cherry-blossom season.
Towering bamboo grove on the western edge of Kyoto — best at sunrise before the day-trip crowds arrive.
Japan's second-most-visited park — Mt. Fuji, hot-spring towns of Hakone, the Izu Peninsula's rocky coast.
A UNESCO Japanese mountain village of steep-roof gassho-zukuri farmhouses — magical under winter snow with light-up nights.
A 16-acre grove of tall bamboo in western Kyoto — the wind through the stalks is on Japan's…
A preserved Edo-era post-road through Japanese alpine villages — 8 km between Magome and Tsumago, an easy day…
Japan's most active volcano, erupting many times a year — view by ferry from Kagoshima, with a public…
A UNESCO subtropical Japanese island of moss-cathedral cedar forest — Princess Mononoke's real-world inspiration, with 7,000-year-old trees.
Tokyo's river of cherry blossoms and Edo-era bridges — futuristic Himiko water-bus from Asakusa to Odaiba.
Japan's 1,000-year-old pilgrim trails through cedar-mountain villages — UNESCO-listed, walked in 3-7 days, paired with onsen ryokans.
Japan's southernmost easy-flight island — Kabira Bay mantas, star sand on Hateruma and a coral reef that rivals…
