Filter by city, type of experience and price range to find what fits your trip.
From free temples and legendary neighbourhoods to food tours, viewpoints and day experiences. We bring together the things to see and do in the main cities of Japan — Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and more — with their city, type and indicative price, so you can build your trip without getting lost among a thousand tabs.
Hakone-Yumoto Onsen (the gateway hot-spring town of Hakone)
Hakone · Onsen, Tradition · Hakone's thermal gateway, with dozens of ryokan and public baths beside the Hayakawa river; day bathing in a sentō from 500-1.300 ¥.
1–1,499 ¥ View on Google Maps
Pola Museum of Art (impressionism in the Hakone forest)
Hakone · Museums, Nature · Collection of more than 9.500 works with Monet, Picasso and Renoir in a building set into the beech forest; admission 1.800 ¥.
2,200 ¥ View on Google Maps
Owakudani (great boiling valley) and the volcano's black eggs
Hakone · Nature, Viewpoints · Active volcanic valley in Hakone National Park with fumaroles and sulphur-boiled eggs said to lengthen life; free access to the viewpoint, ropeway extra.
1–1,499 ¥ View on Google Maps
Hakone · Nature, Viewpoints · Japan's longest ropeway connects Sounzan with Togendai crossing Owakudani; views of Fuji and the volcano; ~1.400 ¥ per leg.
1,500 ¥ View on Google Maps
Do not try to see everything. A typical two-week trip allows you to combine the essentials of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka with one or two day trips (Nara, Hakone, Miyajima). Mix registers: a morning of temples, an afternoon of neighbourhood and food, and leave gaps to improvise. Filter by city to see what fits each stop and by price if you want to balance free and paid.
Many of the best experiences — strolling Fushimi Inari at dawn, getting lost in Shinjuku at night, Nishiki market — cost nothing. Save the budget for what really deserves it: a teamLab, a food tour or a timed-entry ticket. Once you are clear on your favourites, put them into a route with real costs from the planner.
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There is everything. Many of the great must-dos are free: temples and shrines such as Fushimi Inari, parks, neighbourhoods such as Akihabara or the Arashiyama bamboo grove. Paid activities usually run between 500 and 3,000 ¥ (a museum, a viewpoint, a ticket), and premium experiences (teamLab, theme parks, guided tours) exceed 5,000 ¥. On each card you will see the price when we have it confirmed.
Most do not: you enter temples, parks and neighbourhoods directly. It is worth booking days or weeks ahead for the ones with limited capacity — teamLab, the Ghibli Museum, some tours and workshops — especially in high season (sakura in spring and momiji in autumn). When an activity allows online booking, you will find the Book button on its card.
It depends on your route. The JR Pass is worth it if you are going to make several long journeys between cities (Tokyo–Kyoto–Hiroshima); for getting around within a single city, almost never. You can check it with our JR Pass calculator or read the JR Pass guide.
Yes. Our trip planner distributes the nights between cities according to your budget and pace, and suggests activities per day with their estimated costs. It is the fastest way to go from "I want to see this" to a complete route with real numbers.
