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Free travel toolsJapanthat answer honestly
Small tools that each answer one real question about your trip. Every figure is sourced on the page, and they say so when the answer is no.
Planning the trip
Work out when to go, which area suits you, what it will cost and what to sort before you fly.
- When to visit Japan: best time by monthPick your month and what matters most for an honest read on Japan's weather, crowds, prices and events: tsuyu, typhoons, cherry blossom and autumn colour.Open tool
- Where to stay in Japan? Area matchmakerFree quiz: five quick questions about how you travel, and an honest match from eight Japanese bases, from Tokyo and Kyoto to Hakone, trade-offs included.Open tool
- Japan cost calculator: what a trip costsEstimate a Japan trip from sourced figures: rail and subway passes, taxi fares, crowd-sourced meal prices and the ¥3,000 departure tax. Accommodation is yours.Open tool
- Japan pre-trip readiness checklistTick off what to sort before you fly to Japan: eSIM, IC card, the GO taxi app, LINE, Visit Japan Web, cash, medicines and plugs, tailored to your trip.Open tool
Landing and day one
Turn arrival day into an ordered checklist instead of a scramble.
Getting online
See which network you can expect where you are going, and what it handles.
While you are there
Honest checks for the road and for the situation in front of you.
- Japan scooter checker: IDP, licence, coverFour quick questions on whether you could ride a scooter or motorbike in Japan legally: the 1949 IDP rule, the translation route, helmets and insurance.Open tool
- Japan scam checker: touts, bars and the lawPick a situation in Japan and see whether it is a known scam or a law that catches visitors out, the red flags and what to do. Sourced to the UK FCDO.Open tool
Every tool works without an account and states its own limits: where a figure is a range, where our data stops, and when the honest answer is that you do not need what we sell.
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