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FIND YOUR JAPAN

Destinations

Choose the city, landscape or experience that draws you in. Explore Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, then look beyond the cities through Japan’s regions and hot-spring towns.

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Find your city experience

Shibuya Crossing at night

Tokyo ›

Neon crossings, neighbourhood food and pockets of old Tokyo.

Kiyomizu-dera in autumn

Kyoto ›

Temple hillsides, lantern-lit lanes and flavours from Nishiki Market.

Dotonbori canal at night

Osaka ›

Canalside lights, street-food stops and big-city views.

Region overviews

Choose a region for its cities, landscapes and travel pace. Open an area plan, then use the detailed guides below for a closer look.

Choose a region to explore Japan.

Japan: nine regions to exploreChoose a colored region or its name to open the regional guide. North is up. Only regions are labeled. Okinawa is shown separately, not to scale.The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2019 Fabio Crisci Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. Source: https://github.com/piuccio/open-data-jp-prefectures-geojson. Original layout: Japan Trip Info.Explore HokkaidoHokkaidoExplore TohokuTohokuExplore KantoKantoExplore ChubuChubuExplore KansaiKansaiExplore ChugokuChugokuExplore ShikokuShikokuExplore KyushuKyushuExplore OkinawaOkinawaN

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Hokkaido

Tohoku

Kanto

Chubu

Kansai

Chugoku

Shikoku

Kyushu

Okinawa

Okinawa is shown separately, not to scale.

01 / START EXPLORING

Places with detailed guides

Mount Fuji beyond Lake Ashi and Hakone Shrine's lakeside torii; regional scenery, not a hotel view.

KANTO · KANAGAWA

Hakone guide collection ›

Lake Ashi, mountain art and a car-free ryokan stay.

Steam rises from pale green water beside Yubatake’s wooden channels and the surrounding streets of Kusatsu.

KANTO · GUNMA

Kusatsu Onsen ›

Plan the journey, walk around Yubatake and settle in for the evening.

The entrance and traditional roof of Gosho-no-yu in Kinosaki Onsen.

KANSAI · HYOGO

Kinosaki Onsen ›

Choose a ryokan and plan a realistic first walk through the bath town.

Steam rises between tiled rooftops in the Kannawa area of Beppu.

KYUSHU · OITA

Beppu ›

Choose a neighbourhood, a sightseeing route and a luggage plan.

02 / STAY GUIDES

More stays to consider

Shibu Onsen, Nagano

Room, bath and meal-plan choices at Kokuya.

Shima Onsen, Gunma

Compare a stay at Kashiwaya Ryokan.

Ibusuki, Kagoshima

Explore the Hakusuikan stay guide.

Start with a place

Kanto: Tokyo & nearby escapes ›

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Steam rises over Yubatake’s illuminated wooden channels in Kusatsu at night.

A PLACE TO BEGIN

An evening in Kusatsu ›

Explore the town, then plan the stay.

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