Real voices

Is it worth it?

Famous places, weighed by the people who actually went and the people who live there. For each spot, two real-voice gauges side by side — visitors, and local honne.

Across 28 famous places and 5,451 real voices: where foreign visitors and Japanese locals agree — and where they don't. Biggest gaps first.

• Is Kinkaku-ji Worth It? 160 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors90 real voices

  Locals (honne)70 real voices

• Is Gion Worth It? 200+ Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors92 real voices

  Locals (honne)119 real voices

• Is Harajuku Worth It? 159 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors99 real voices

  Locals (honne)60 real voices

• Is Akihabara Worth It? 200+ Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors149 real voices

  Locals (honne)59 real voices

• Is the Shibuya Crossing Worth It? 220 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors161 real voices

  Locals (honne)60 real voices

• Is Osaka Castle Worth It? 169 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors64 real voices

  Locals (honne)105 real voices

• Is Dotonbori Worth It? Real Visitor & Osaka-Local Voices

  Visitors200 real voices

  Locals (honne)99 real voices

• Is teamLab Worth It? 150+ Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors79 real voices

  Locals (honne)75 real voices

• Is Hakone Worth It? 246 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors186 real voices

  Locals (honne)60 real voices

• Is Koyasan Worth It? 170+ Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors83 real voices

  Locals (honne)94 real voices

• Is Tsukiji or Toyosu Worth It? 226 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors128 real voices

  Locals (honne)98 real voices

• Is Meiji Jingu Worth It? 180 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors70 real voices

  Locals (honne)111 real voices

• Is Nishiki Market Worth It? 176 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors103 real voices

  Locals (honne)73 real voices

• Are the Nara Deer Worth It? 170 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors100 real voices

  Locals (honne)70 real voices

• Is Ginkaku-ji Worth It? 170 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors48 real voices

  Locals (honne)123 real voices

• Is Himeji Castle Worth It? 244 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors174 real voices

  Locals (honne)70 real voices

• Are the Snow Monkeys Worth It? 159 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors70 real voices

  Locals (honne)89 real voices

• Is Miyajima Worth It? 165 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors165 real voices

  Locals (honne)70 real voices

• Is Senso-ji Worth It? 235 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors125 real voices

  Locals (honne)110 real voices

• Is Fushimi Inari Worth It? 178 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors108 real voices

  Locals (honne)70 real voices

• Is Ise Jingu Worth It? 153 Real Traveler & Pilgrim Voices

  Visitors55 real voices

  Locals (honne)98 real voices

• Is Kamakura Worth It? 235 Real Traveler & Local Voices

  Visitors177 real voices

  Locals (honne)58 real voices

• Is Shirakawa-go Worth It? 190 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors120 real voices

  Locals (honne)70 real voices

• Is the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove Worth It? 170 Real Voices

  Visitors102 real voices

  Locals (honne)69 real voices

• Is Mount Fuji Worth It? 150+ Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors53 real voices

  Locals (honne)99 real voices

• Is Naoshima Worth It? 167 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors78 real voices

  Locals (honne)89 real voices

• Is Nikko Worth It? 238 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors178 real voices

  Locals (honne)60 real voices

• Is Kiyomizu-dera Worth It? 166 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors55 real voices

  Locals (honne)111 real voices