A planner for travellers, not tourists
Find the Japan that finds you.
Answer a few questions about how you travel and we'll shape a day-by-day plan with lodging tips, reservations, and what to skip.
How it works
Three steps,
one good trip.
Tell us your preferences once and we'll curate a plan you can actually follow.
Tell us how you travel
Pace, dates, budget, and what you have already done.
See your shortlist
A map of Japan narrowed to the regions and cities that match you.
Build the plan
A day-by-day itinerary with trains, lodging areas, and what to reserve in advance.
Step one
What draws you to Japan?
Pick as many as you like. We'll filter the destinations below to match. Take the full quiz when you're ready.
Destinations
Not just Tokyo & Kyoto.
Every city we cover, ordered by region. Filter to the part of Japan you want to see.
21 more destinations available.
The builder · example
A plan with a pulse.
Swap a temple for an onsen, add a day, cut a city. Every change updates train times, lodging zones, and what you still need to book. Here's a sample trip built with it.
A slow east side wander.
- 08:30
Tenmasu Tokyo
A 1920s kissaten behind Nezu station serving a traditional morning set of toast, egg, salad, and coffee.
Breakfast - 10:00
Yanaka Ginza
A short covered shopping street of about seventy small family-run shops that survived the wartime bombing of Tokyo.
Walk - 12:30
Kayaba Coffee
A restored 1938 wooden coffee house on the corner of Kototoi-dori famous for its egg sandwich and iced coffee jelly.
Lunch - 14:00
SCAI the Bathhouse
A 200 year old public bathhouse converted into a contemporary art gallery showing rotating exhibitions of Japanese artists.
Art - 16:00
Nezu-jinja
A Shinto shrine founded in 1705 with a tunnel of vermillion torii gates and a six thousand bush azalea garden that blooms in April.
Shrine - 19:00
Hantei
A kushiage restaurant inside a century-old wooden townhouse serving seasonal skewers in a set menu that builds course by course.
Reserve
JR Pass calculator
Worth it? Find out in thirty seconds.
The JR Pass price doubled in 2023. Put your real route in and we'll show you the break-even.
Your route
Add every shinkansen leg you'd take. Return trips count twice.
Verdict
Skip the pass.
Pay as you go wins by ¥8,000.
- Individual fares
- ¥72,000
- 14 day pass
- ¥80,000
- You lose
- ¥8,000
The quiz
A personalized plan, eight questions in.
Your answers save locally so you can come back, tweak them, and share a plan that actually fits.
Which best describes this trip?
Pick what resonates most. We'll refine it through the next few questions.