The decisions every traveler weighs
Cash or card, a rail pass or not, when to come — answered with facts and how locals actually feel, never a verdict.
Your first trip, the Tokyo side or the Kyoto side?
There's no wrong answer — the honest trade between modern Tokyo and the old capital, and how to do both without rushing.
Year-roundSuitsFirst trip
How many days do you need in Japan?
Not how much you can see — you can't see it all — but how few places to give one trip, by how long you have, and where each length leads.
Year-roundSuitsFirst trip
North or south — the cool green north, or the warm volcanic south?
An add-on or a second trip, and the honest trade between Japan's two far ends — which one the season is already pointing you toward, and where each one leads.
Season decidesSuitsBeen before
