Explore Japan

Tokyo & Around

Tokyo

Where neon-lit futures meet quiet neighborhood shrines.

Kansai (Kyoto & Osaka)

Kyoto

A thousand temples, geisha districts, and the soul of old Japan.

Tokyo & Around

Mt. Fuji

Japan's sacred peak, framed by the Five Lakes and centuries of pilgrimage.

Kansai (Kyoto & Osaka)

Osaka

Japan's kitchen — street food, castle towers, and a warmer, louder welcome.

Tokyo & Around

Hakone

Hot springs, lake cruises and Mt. Fuji views — the classic escape from Tokyo.

Western Honshu

Hiroshima & Miyajima

A city of peace, and the floating torii gate of Itsukushima just offshore.

Kansai (Kyoto & Osaka)

Nara

Japan's first capital — giant Buddhas and free-roaming deer.

Japan Alps (Central Japan)

Kanazawa

Samurai districts, gold leaf, and one of Japan's three great gardens.

Japan Alps (Central Japan)

Takayama

An Edo-era old town in the Hida mountains, famed for sake and morning markets.

Japan Alps (Central Japan)

Shirakawa-go

Thatched farmhouses in a mountain valley — a UNESCO village frozen in time.

Kansai (Kyoto & Osaka)

Mt. Koya

Sacred mountain of Shingon Buddhism — stay overnight in a working temple.

Kansai (Kyoto & Osaka)

Kumano Kodo

Thousand-year pilgrimage trails through ancient cedar forests to three grand shrines.

Hokkaido

Niseko

World-renowned powder snow and luxury chalets in the shadow of Mt. Yotei.

Japan Alps (Central Japan)

Kamikochi

A pristine highland valley ringed by the soaring peaks of the Northern Alps.

Hokkaido

Sapporo

Hokkaido's vibrant capital — ramen, beer and a famous winter festival.

Kyushu & South

Yakushima

A misty island of thousand-year cedars and moss-cloaked forests — pure wild Japan.

Hokkaido

Furano & Biei

Powder slopes in winter, rolling lavender fields and patchwork hills in summer.

Japan Alps (Central Japan)

Hakuba

A former Olympic host and one of Japan's great powder-snow valleys.

Japan Alps (Central Japan)

Nagano

Gateway to the snow monkeys, ancient temples and the Japan Alps.

Tokyo & Around

Nikko

Lavish shrines and cedar forests — a UNESCO day trip north of Tokyo.

Tokyo & Around

Kamakura

The Great Buddha, bamboo temples and a laid-back coast an hour from the city.

Tokyo & Around

Kawaguchiko

A lakeside resort with the most photographed view of Mt. Fuji in Japan.

Tokyo & Around

Shibuya

The world's busiest crossing, backstreet bars and Tokyo's youthful pulse.

Kansai (Kyoto & Osaka)

Gion

Kyoto's historic geisha quarter, best explored after dusk.

Kansai (Kyoto & Osaka)

Fushimi Inari

Ten thousand vermilion gates winding up a forested mountainside.

Kansai (Kyoto & Osaka)

Ise

Home to Japan's most sacred Shinto shrine, rebuilt anew every twenty years.

Kyushu & South

Beppu & Yufuin

Steaming hot-spring towns where you can bathe, dine and unwind in the hills.