Japan Travel Guide - Destinations
Tomioka Site of Japan's first modern silk factory. Saitama City north of Tokyo with a few places of interest. Narita Site of Tokyo's international airport. Kawasaki Sandwiched between Tokyo and …
Japan Event Calendar: March 2026
Japan Event Calendar for March 2026: national holidays, events, festivals.
The Basics about Overtourism in Japan
The Basics about Overtourism in Japan Within the past ten years, visitor numbers to Japan exploded from under 10 million to over 30 million per year. While greatly contributing to the local economies …
Rail Passes in Japan
Besides the well known Japan Rail Pass, there exists a large variety of regional rail passes that provide unlimited travel in a certain area of the country. The interactive map below indicates which regions …
Japan Event Calendar: October 2025
Japan Event Calendar for October 2025: national holidays, events, festivals.
Fushimi Inari Shrine (Fushimi Inari Taisha) - Kyoto Travel
Fushimi Inari Shrine (伏見稲荷大社, Fushimi Inari Taisha) is an important Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto. It is famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates, which straddle a network of trails behind …
Yokohama Travel Guide - What to do in Yokohama City
Yokohama (横浜) is Japan's second largest city with a population of over three million. Yokohama is located less than half an hour south of Tokyo by train and is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture. …
Hokkaido Travel Guide
Hokkaido (北海道, Hokkaidō) is the second largest, northernmost and least developed of Japan's four main islands. Its weather is harsh in winter with lots of snowfall, below zero temperatures and frozen …
Chichibu Travel Guide - What to do around Chichibu - japan-guide.com
Travel guide for Chichibu, a rural city in the western part of Saitama Prefecture.
Autumn leaves in Japan: When do trees turn colors?
Because of Japan's great north-south extension, autumn leaves can be viewed somewhere in the country during as many as three months! The season starts around mid September in the highest …