Japan Travel Guide
Japan pairs centuries-old tradition with some of the most efficient modern infrastructure anywhere — a bullet train network that makes multi-city trips genuinely easy, temples and gardens that have stood for a thousand years, and cities where ancient shrines sit blocks from neon-lit intersections. Most first trips split time between Tokyo's scale and energy and Kyoto's temples and gardens, with Osaka's food scene as a common third stop.
Best time to visit
Spring (late March to April, for cherry blossoms) and autumn (November, for foliage) are the most popular and most crowded seasons. June to early July brings a rainy season, and August is hot and humid.
Destinations in Japan
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Kyoto
Japan
Japan's former imperial capital is a city of quiet temples, moss gardens, and narrow lanes lined with machiya townhouses. Spend your mornings among the vermillion gates of Fushimi Inari and your evenings in the lantern-lit streets of Gion.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tokyo runs on a rail network precise enough to set a watch by, threading together neon-lit crossings, quiet neighborhood shrines, and some of the best food in the world across a city so large that each district feels like its own town.
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