Japan Thread

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In the mean time:

Overseas travel plans

Have you been there before? I think if I was going there for the first time, I’d stick to the area between Tokyo and Hiroshima, going to Kyoto and Osaka in between, with day/overnight trips to Hakone, Koyasan, Nara, Miyajima, and if there’s time, Naoshima and Kamakura.

Japan (country, not band)

Currently planning my trip to Japan. So far its looking like this… Tokyo Kobe Okayama Hiroshima Day trip to Kiyajima Island Kurashiki Kyoto Nara Osaka Hakone Kamakura Tokyo With a couple of days spent in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka & Hiroshima. (everywhere is just the night). Input welcome. Thinking mainly cheap hostels in the big cities then a nice ryokan in the country to relax after walks. poll

https://community.drownedinsound.com/t/visiting-tokyo/44830

FAO people who have been to Japan (travel tips)

We’ve decided that once international travel is permitted, and a semblance of normal life resumes - probably not this year but next - we really want to explore Japan. I’ve been obsessed with Japanese culture for as long as I can remember and she loves the far east having lived in China and travelled around southeast Asia. However, the only two people I know who have been out to Japan are two friends of mine who suffered horrific racism while out there, and whenever I ask them about Japan they’re…

Holidaying in Tokyo: where, what, accom, leaving the city etc

RIGHT. out end of march, coming back few weeks into april. basically all i have written down is: ‘sakura blossom temple(?) robots kareoke’ All help welcome. Not needing to stay in the city and happy to grab trains to wherever and stay a night or however many outside of the city… heeeelp

Recommendations for Kyoto, Tokyo and Osaka?

Recommendations? Your experience of whether things on the list so far are worth going to or not? I will be there in March next year for just over 2 weeks. Might make side trips to Kobe/Hiroshima too (or other places people recommend). Basically we fly out to Osaka, have 5 free days, then 5 days booked in Kyoto, then another five days afterwards. I hadn’t really extensively researched places because I wanted to wait until it was firmly booked. On the list so far: Eat large amounts of food (I am…