Japan itineraries

Five tested routes, from a first week to a full month. Open any of them in the trip planner to change the pace, the focus and the days in each city.

7 days in Japan: Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka

The classic first trip. Three days in Tokyo, three in Kyoto with a Nara option, and a last night of street food in Osaka.

12 days in Japan: Tokyo, Hakone, Kyoto, Osaka and Hiroshima

The first-timer route with a hot spring night in Hakone and a trip west to Hiroshima and Miyajima.

15 days in Japan: Tokyo, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Osaka and Hiroshima

Two weeks that add Kanazawa's gardens and seafood on the Japan Sea side before Kyoto and the west.

21 days in Japan: from Tokyo through the Alps to Kyushu

Three weeks that cross the Japanese Alps (Matsumoto, Takayama, Kanazawa) before Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima and Fukuoka.

30 days in Japan: Hokkaido to Kyushu

A full month from Hokkaido in the north to Kagoshima in the south, with the Alps and Shikoku's art islands in between.