旅路
Japan itineraries for budget travellers
Four ready routes for an independent trip: free stops where we are sure of them, days you can walk, and plain advice on when a rail pass is worth checking. Pick one, choose your arrival date and open it in the planner to edit.
東京 → 京都 → 大阪
7 days in Japan: Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka
The classic first trip, planned for travellers who would rather walk than pay for another ticket. Seven days, three cities, and a route you can open in the planner and change to suit your dates.
7 days · 23 stops · Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka
東京 → 京都 → 奈良 → 大阪 → 広島
10 days in Japan: Tokyo to Hiroshima
The seven-day route, stretched west. You add Nara, a day in Hiroshima and an island day on Miyajima, with the long rail rides spread out so no day is only a train.
10 days · 32 stops · Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Hiroshima
東京 → 箱根・富士
5 days in Tokyo, with a day trip to Hakone
Five days in one city, one of them out in the mountains. Tokyo is easy to do on foot by neighbourhood, and the day trip gets you to a lake without changing hotels.
5 days · 17 stops · Tokyo, Hakone / Fuji
東京 → 箱根・富士 → 金沢 → 京都 → 大阪 → 奈良 → 広島 → 福岡
14 days across Japan: Tokyo to Fukuoka
Two weeks, from the capital to Kyushu, with mountains, a garden city on the Sea of Japan and the west coast in between. It asks for long rail days, so it leans on walking everywhere else.
14 days · 46 stops · Tokyo, Hakone / Fuji, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Hiroshima, Fukuoka
From guide to your own trip
- Choose the route that fits the time you have.
- Pick your arrival date. The days and stops are laid out from it.
- Open it in the planner and change anything. The trip is saved in this browser only; there is no account.