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Tokyo & Around
Tokyo
Neon-lit futures meet quiet neighbourhood shrines.
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Interest
27 places
Tokyo & Around
Tokyo
Where neon-lit futures meet quiet neighbourhood shrines.
Include in my journeyKansai (Kyoto & Osaka)
Kyoto
A thousand temples, geisha districts, and the soul of old Japan.
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Mt. Fuji
Japan's sacred peak, framed by the Five Lakes and centuries of pilgrimage.
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Osaka
Japan's kitchen — street food, castle towers, and a warmer, louder welcome.
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Tokyo & Around
Hakone
Hot springs, lake cruises and Mt. Fuji views — the classic escape from Tokyo.
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Hiroshima & Miyajima
A city of peace, and the floating torii gate of Itsukushima just offshore.
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Kansai (Kyoto & Osaka)
Nara
Japan's first capital — giant Buddhas and free-roaming deer.
Include in my journeyJapan Alps (Central Japan)
Kanazawa
Samurai districts, gold leaf, and one of Japan's three great gardens.
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Japan Alps (Central Japan)
Takayama
An Edo-era old town in the Hida mountains, famed for sake and morning markets.
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Japan Alps (Central Japan)
Shirakawa-go
Thatched farmhouses in a mountain valley — a UNESCO village frozen in time.
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Kansai (Kyoto & Osaka)
Mt. Koya
Sacred mountain of Shingon Buddhism — stay overnight in a working temple.
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Kansai (Kyoto & Osaka)
Kumano Kodo
Thousand-year pilgrimage trails through ancient cedar forests to three grand shrines.
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Hokkaido
Niseko
World-renowned powder snow and luxury chalets in the shadow of Mt. Yotei.
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Japan Alps (Central Japan)
Kamikochi
A pristine highland valley ringed by the soaring peaks of the Northern Alps.
Include in my journeyHokkaido
Sapporo
Hokkaido's vibrant capital — ramen, beer and a famous winter festival.
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Kyushu & South
Yakushima
A misty island of thousand-year cedars and moss-cloaked forests — pure wild Japan.
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Hokkaido
Furano & Biei
Powder slopes in winter, rolling lavender fields and patchwork hills in summer.
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Japan Alps (Central Japan)
Hakuba
A former Olympic host and one of Japan's great powder-snow valleys.
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Nagano
Gateway to the snow monkeys, ancient temples and the Japan Alps.
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Nikko
Lavish shrines and cedar forests — a UNESCO day trip north of Tokyo.
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Tokyo & Around
Kamakura
The Great Buddha, bamboo temples and a laid-back coast an hour from the city.
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Tokyo & Around
Kawaguchiko
A lakeside resort with the most photographed view of Mt. Fuji in Japan.
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Tokyo & Around
Shibuya
The world's busiest crossing, backstreet bars and Tokyo's youthful pulse.
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Kansai (Kyoto & Osaka)
Gion
Kyoto's historic geisha quarter, best explored after dusk.
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Kansai (Kyoto & Osaka)
Fushimi Inari
Ten thousand vermilion gates winding up a forested mountainside.
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Kansai (Kyoto & Osaka)
Ise
Home to Japan's most sacred Shinto shrine, rebuilt anew every twenty years.
Include in my journeyKyushu & South
Beppu & Yufuin
Steaming hot-spring towns where you can bathe, dine and unwind in the hills.
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