Japan,
the first time.
the first time.
Pick a season and how long you have. These are the plans that simply work. Not offbeat at all. For that, there's Offbeat Japan.
The best all-round season. Leaves turn in the mountains in October and reach Kyoto in late November.
4 plans for 3 weeks in autumn
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Everything, Once
21 daysAll year For first-timers and slow travellersTokyo 5 → Nikko 1 → Hakone 1 → Takayama 2 → Shirakawa-go 1 → Kanazawa 2 → Kyoto 5 → Osaka 2 → Hiroshima 1 → Miyajima 1
North Country
21 daysAutumn For nature and hot spring loversTokyo 5 → Nikko 1 → Matsushima 2 → Ginzan Onsen 1 → Hakodate 2 → Sapporo 3 → Furano and Biei 2 → Kyoto 5
Tokyo to the Volcanoes
21 daysAll year For hot spring and history loversTokyo 5 → Hakone 1 → Kyoto 4 → Osaka 2 → Hiroshima 2 → Fukuoka 1 → Nagasaki 2 → Kumamoto and Aso 2 → Kagoshima 2
Islands and Art
21 daysAll year For art and island loversTokyo 4 → Kyoto 5 → Osaka 3 → Kurashiki 1 → Naoshima 2 → Iya Valley 1 → Matsuyama 2 → Hiroshima 2 → Miyajima 1Map data © OpenStreetMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenFreeMap. Rail lines from Natural Earth.