All Guides

Every guide we have published, grouped by category. We research each one from official Japanese sources and say plainly when something could not be verified — our research method explains how.

447 guides, all of them

Where to Stay 140

Things to Do 106

Travel Tips 76

Food & Drink 64

Destinations 27

Akihabara Map (2026): Exits, Opening Hours, the Sunday Car-Free Street — and the Tax-Free Change Coming in November
Day Trips from Tokyo (2026): Fourteen Guides, One Map — Fuji, Onsen, Shrines and Snow Monkeys
Dotonbori (2026): The Glico Sign’s Real Hours, the ¥2,000 Canal Cruise, and the Famous Restaurant That No Longer Exists
Enoshima (2026): The Island Escalator’s New Price, a Free Botanical Garden, and the Cave With Candles
Ginzan Onsen from Tokyo (2026): The Route, the ¥1,000 Bus, and How Winter Access Really Works Now
Gion Map (2026): How Kyoto’s Geisha District Is Laid Out — and What the Photo Rules Actually Say
Hakone Map (2026): How the Loop Actually Fits Together — and Why the Official Advice Is to Go Backwards
Harajuku (2026): The New Buildings Guides Haven’t Caught, a ¥550 Basement Bathhouse, and the Littering Fine That’s Real Now
Himeji Castle (2026): Admission Rose to ¥2,500 in March, and There Is Scaffolding Until July 2027
Hiroshima Map (2026): The Tram Platforms Moved, the Loop Bus Routes Were Scrapped, and the Castle Keep Closed
Kagoshima Map (2026): The Ferry Is No Longer 24 Hours
Kamakura Map (2026): Which Station for What, What It Costs — and No, Eating While Walking Is Not Banned
Konbini Sandwiches in Japan (2026): Prices by Region
Kurama (2026): Kyoto’s Tengu Mountain — the ¥500 Temple, the Root Path to Kibune, and an Onsen Back From the Dead
Miyajima (2026): The Tide Rule Everyone Gets Wrong, and the Hall That Burned Down in May
Nagoya Map (2026): The 500-Yen Bus That Skips Mondays
Nikko Map Explained (2026): Three Areas, One Bus Spine — Pass Prices, the Ropeway Closure, and the 4-Hour Traffic Warning
Niseko Map Explained (2026): One Mountain, Four Resorts, Two Towns — and the 2026–27 Prices Already Out
Okinawa Map (2026): How the Main Island Actually Works — Three Zones, One Monorail, and the Shuri Castle Date That Changes Everything
Skiing in Japan (2026–27): Hakuba vs Niseko, the Published Prices, and How to Actually Get There
Snow Monkey Park, Japan (2026): When the Monkeys Actually Bathe, and How to Day-Trip It from Tokyo
Things to Do in Atami (2026): Fireworks Nights, a 2,000-Year-Old Tree, and Tokyo’s Fastest Seaside Onsen Escape
Things to Do in Hakone (2026): The Loop, the Prices, and the Volcanic Warning Zone Nobody Mentions
Things to Do in Kanazawa (2026): The Ninja Temple Takes Phone Bookings Only — and the 21st Century Museum Closes in 2027
Things to Do in Lake Kawaguchiko (2026): The Fuji View Playbook — Ropeway, Cruises, Museums and the ¥3,300 Pass
Things to Do in Nikko (2026): A Day Trip That Works — and the Ropeway That’s Shut Until 2027
Things to Do in Yokohama (2026): What’s Actually Open — the Observatory Closed, the Gundam Gone

Shopping 25

Itineraries 9

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