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Lonely Planet's Japan is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore over a thousand temples in old imperial capital Kyoto, relax in one of the onsens scattered across the archipelago, and sample the breadth of Japan's sublime cuisine; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Japan and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet's Japan Travel Guide:
Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020's COVID-19 outbreak
NEW top experiences feature - a visually inspiring collection of Japan's best experiences and where to have them
What's new feature taps into cultural trends and helps you find fresh ideas and cool new areas
Pull-out, passport-size 'Just Landed' card with wi-fi, ATM and transport info - all you need for a smooth journey from airport to hotel
Planning tools for family travellers - where to go, how to save money, plus fun stuff just for kids
Colour maps and images throughout
Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, websites, transit tips, prices
Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, politics
Over 150 maps
Covers Tokyo, Mt Fuji, The Japan Alps, Honshu, Kyoto, Kansai, Hiroshima, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Shiko-ku, Kyushu and Okinawa
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Japan , our most comprehensive guide to Japan, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled.
Looking for just the highlights? Check out Best of Japan , a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip.
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Table of Contents
Plan Your Trip | |
Welcome to Japan | p. 6 |
Japan Map | p. 8 |
Japan's Top Experiences | p. 10 |
Need to Know | p. 24 |
First Time Japan | p. 26 |
What's New | p. 28 |
Month by Month | p. 30 |
Itineraries | p. 34 |
Japan by the Seasons | p. 48 |
Activities | p. 53 |
Eat & Drink Like a Local | p. 64 |
Travel with Children | p. 78 |
Japan on a Budget | p. 80 |
Regions at a Glance | p. 82 |
On the Road | |
Tokyo | p. 87 |
Mt Fuji & Around Tokyo | p. 165 |
Mt Fuji & Fuji Five Lakes | p. 167 |
Mt Fuji | p. 168 |
Yokohama | p. 176 |
Kamakura | p. 182 |
Hakone | p. 187 |
Hakone-Yumoto | p. 189 |
Miyanoshita & Kowakidani | p. 191 |
Chokoku-no-Mori & Gora | p. 192 |
Soun-zan & Sengokuhara | p. 193 |
Hakone-machi & Moto-Hakone | p. 194 |
Izu Peninsula | p. 195 |
Atami | p. 195 |
Ito | p. 196 |
Shimoda | p. 199 |
Shirahama | p. 201 |
Kisami | p. 202 |
Dogashima | p. 203 |
Shuzen-ji Onsen | p. 204 |
Izu Islands | p. 205 |
O-shima | p. 205 |
Nii-jima | p. 206 |
Shikine-jima | p. 207 |
Hachijo-jima | p. 207 |
Chichibu & Oku-Tama | p. 208 |
Takao-san | p. 208 |
Oku-Tama | p. 208 |
Nikko & Around | p. 209 |
Nikko | p. 209 |
Chuzen-ji Onsen | p. 216 |
Yumoto Onsen | p. 217 |
Narita | p. 218 |
Ogasawara Archipelago | p. 219 |
Chichi-jima | p. 219 |
Haha-jima | p. 221 |
The Japan Alps & Central Honshu | p. 223 |
Nagoya & Around | p. 226 |
Nagoya | p. 226 |
Inuyama | p. 235 |
Gifu | p. 237 |
Gujo-Hachiman | p. 239 |
Kiso Valley Nakasendo | p. 241 |
Magome | p. 241 |
Tsumago | p. 242 |
Kiso | p. 243 |
Narai | p. 244 |
Hida Region | p. 244 |
Takayama | p. 245 |
Hida-Furukawa | p. 251 |
Okuhida Onsen-go | p. 251 |
Shirakawa-go & Gokayama | p. 254 |
Kanazawa & the Hokuriku Coast | p. 258 |
Kanazawa | p. 258 |
Noto Peninsula | p. 267 |
Kaga Onsen | p. 271 |
Fukui | p. 272 |
Toyama | p. 273 |
Takaoka | p. 274 |
The Northern Japan Alps | p. 276 |
Matsumoto | p. 278 |
Azumino | p. 283 |
Shirahone Onsen | p. 284 |
Kamikochi | p. 284 |
Hakuba | p. 287 |
Nagano Prefecture | p. 290 |
Nagano & Around | p. 290 |
Togakushi | p. 295 |
Obuse | p. 296 |
Nozawa Onsen | p. 298 |
Myoko Kogen | p. 300 |
Shiga Kogen | p. 301 |
Bessho Onsen | p. 302 |
Karuizawa | p. 303 |
Gunma Prefecture | p. 305 |
Takasaki | p. 305 |
Minakami Onsen-kyo | p. 306 |
Kusatsu Onsen | p. 308 |
Kyoto | p. 311 |
Kansai | p. 365 |
Osaka | p. 368 |
Kobe | p. 391 |
Himeji | p. 397 |
Nara Prefecture | p. 399 |
Nara | p. 400 |
Asuka | p. 413 |
Yoshino | p. 414 |
Kii Peninsula | p. 416 |
Koya-san | p. 418 |
Kumano Kodo | p. 424 |
Ise-Shima | p. 432 |
Shiga Prefecture | p. 437 |
Otsu | p. 437 |
Hikone | p. 439 |
Northern Kansai | p. 440 |
Ohara | p. 441 |
Kurama & Kibune | p. 442 |
Miyama | p. 445 |
Amanohashidate | p. 446 |
Kinosaki Onsen | p. 448 |
Hiroshima & Western Honshu | p. 453 |
Hiroshima | p. 456 |
Around Hiroshima | p. 464 |
Miyajima | p. 464 |
Saijo | p. 467 |
Iwakuni | p. 468 |
Onomichi & the Shimanami Kaido | p. 468 |
Onomichi | p. 469 |
Inno-shima | p. 471 |
Ikuchi-jima | p. 471 |
Omi-shima | p. 472 |
Okayama & the Inland Sea | p. 473 |
Okayama | p. 473 |
Naoshima | p. 478 |
Teshima | p. 483 |
Shodo-shima | p. 484 |
Kurashiki | p. 486 |
Kasaoka Islands | p. 489 |
Tomo-no-ura | p. 490 |
Tottori, Shimane & the San'in Coast | p. 491 |
Tottori | p. 491 |
San-in Coast National Park | p. 493 |
Daisen | p. 494 |
Sakaiminato | p. 494 |
Oki Islands | p. 495 |
Matsue | p. 498 |
Izumo | p. 502 |
Iwami Ginzan | p. 504 |
Yamaguchi & Around | p. 505 |
Yamaguchi | p. 506 |
Tsuwano | p. 509 |
Hagi | p. 512 |
Shimonoseki | p. 516 |
On the Road | |
Northern Honshu (Tohoku) | p. 521 |
Miyagi Prefecture | p. 525 |
Sendai | p. 525 |
Matsushima | p. 530 |
Ishinomaki | p. 532 |
Naruko Onsen | p. 533 |
Iwate Prefecture | p. 534 |
Morioka | p. 535 |
Hiraizumi | p. 537 |
Tono | p. 539 |
Sanriku Kaigan | p. 542 |
Minami-Sanriku & Kesennuma | p. 543 |
Rikuzen-takata & Ofunato | p. 544 |
Kamaishi & Otsuchi | p. 545 |
Miyako | p. 546 |
Aomori Prefecture | p. 547 |
Aomori | p. 547 |
Hirosaki | p. 550 |
Towada-ko | p. 553 |
Hakkoda-san | p. 555 |
Shimokita Peninsula | p. 557 |
Akita Prefecture | p. 558 |
Akita | p. 560 |
Kakunodate | p. 562 |
Tazawa-ko | p. 564 |
Nyuto Onsen | p. 566 |
Yamagata Prefecture | p. 567 |
Yamagata | p. 567 |
Yamadera | p. 569 |
Zao Onsen | p. 569 |
Ginzan Onsen | p. 571 |
Tsuruoka | p. 572 |
Dewa Sanzan | p. 572 |
Sakata | p. 574 |
Niigata Prefecture | p. 575 |
Niigata | p. 576 |
Sado-ga-shima | p. 578 |
Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen | p. 583 |
Naeba | p. 584 |
Fukushima Prefecture | p. 585 |
Aizu-Wakamatsu | p. 585 |
Bandai Plateau | p. 588 |
Sapporo & Hokkaido | p. 591 |
Sapporo | p. 597 |
Central Hokkaido | p. 606 |
Niseko | p. 606 |
Otaru | p. 612 |
Shikotsu-Toya National Park | p. 614 |
Tomakomai | p. 620 |
Hakodate | p. 621 |
Northern Hokkaido | p. 625 |
Asahikawa | p. 625 |
Biei | p. 627 |
Furano | p. 629 |
Daisetsuzan National Park | p. 632 |
Wakkanai | p. 636 |
Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park | p. 638 |
Eastern Hokkaido | p. 644 |
Abashiri | p. 645 |
Shari | p. 647 |
Shiretoko National Park | p. 648 |
Akan National Park | p. 652 |
Kushiro | p. 659 |
Kushiro-shitsugen National Park | p. 660 |
Tokachi | p. 661 |
Shikoku | p. 663 |
Tokushima Prefecture | p. 668 |
Tokushima | p. 668 |
Naruto | p. 675 |
The Anan Coast | p. 676 |
Iya Valley | p. 680 |
Kochi Prefecture | p. 686 |
Kochi | p. 686 |
Shimanto City | p. 690 |
Ashizuri-misaki | p. 691 |
Ehime Prefecture | p. 692 |
Matsuyama | p. 692 |
Ishizuchi-san | p. 697 |
Uchiko | p. 698 |
Uwajima | p. 699 |
Kagawa Prefecture | p. 701 |
Takamatsu | p. 702 |
Yashima | p. 705 |
Marugame | p. 706 |
Zentsuji | p. 707 |
Kotohira | p. 708 |
Kanonji | p. 710 |
Kyushu | p. 713 |
Fukuoka & Around | p. 716 |
Fukuoka | p. 716 |
Dazaifu | p. 723 |
Karatsu | p. 724 |
Imari | p. 726 |
Arita | p. 727 |
Hirado | p. 728 |
Nagasaki & Around | p. 730 |
Nagasaki | p. 730 |
Shimabara Peninsula | p. 741 |
Kumamoto & Around | p. 744 |
Kumamoto | p. 744 |
Aso-san | p. 747 |
Kurokawa Onsen | p. 751 |
Takachiho | p. 752 |
Oita Prefecture | p. 755 |
Beppu | p. 755 |
Yufuin | p. 762 |
Kunisaki Peninsula | p. 763 |
Usuki | p. 764 |
Southern Kyushu | p. 765 |
Kagoshima | p. 765 |
Sakurajima | p. 772 |
Satsuma Peninsula | p. 773 |
Kirishima-Kinko-wan National Park | p. 777 |
Miyazaki | p. 778 |
Aoshima | p. 781 |
Nichinan Coast | p. 782 |
Obi | p. 783 |
Okinawa & The Southwest Islands | p. 785 |
Osumi Islands | p. 789 |
Yakushima | p. 789 |
Tanegashima | p. 794 |
Amami Islands | p. 795 |
Amami-Oshima | p. 796 |
Yoron-to | p. 799 |
Okinawa-honto | p. 800 |
Nana | p. 800 |
Southern Okinawa-honto | p. 808 |
Motobu Peninsula | p. 809 |
Kerama Islands | p. 810 |
Aka-jima | p. 811 |
Zamami-jima | p. 811 |
Kume-jima | p. 812 |
Miyako Islands | p. 814 |
Miyako-jima | p. 815 |
Irabu-jima & Shimoji-jima | p. 818 |
Yaeyama Islands | p. 819 |
Ishigaki-jima | p. 822 |
Iriomote-jima | p. 825 |
Taketomi-jima | p. 827 |
Hateruma-jima | p. 828 |
Yonaguni-jima | p. 829 |
Understand | |
History | p. 832 |
The People of Japan | p. 848 |
Arts | p. 854 |
Architecture & Gardens | p. 864 |
Environment | p. 868 |
Sport | p. 873 |
Traditional Accommodation | p. 876 |
Survival Guide | |
Directory A-Z | p. 880 |
Transport | p. 890 |
Language | p. 903 |
Index | p. 913 |
Map Legend | p. 926 |
Special Features | |
Off the Beaten Track | p. 46 |
Map: Skiing in Japan | p. 55 |
Tokyo National Museum | p. 100 |
Todai-ji | p. 402 |