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Japan.

A journey in many chapters.
Find your next chapter.

Find your own Japan through its places, stories and neighbourhoods. Keep a few favourites and shape a day that makes sense for you.

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01 Your story

Japan, in sync.

Set your time, energy and rain preference. Follow a story from place to place, then preview it in My day.

Your window of freedom90 min · Ready to wander · Dry ＋
How do you feel?

Up to 60 min walking, including your return if selected.

More about your moment

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Try your moment · 2026-10-27 · 12:00 · Sensō-ji

The thread you are shaping90 min left in this draft
Sensō-ji

Chapter 1 / Japan

Sensō-ji.

Chapter 1Outdoor visit · Estimated

Start with Sensō-ji. Let a detail decide which thread you follow next.

Pause here. What detail would you keep from this place?

2 min Walk15 min Visit24 min · Total

Outdoor walks and façade observations. Interior admission is not included.

The full story

Tokyo’s oldest temple links Asakusa’s lively shopping approach with a working Buddhist precinct, where monumental red gates frame a main hall devoted to Kannon.

Follow the progression from Kaminarimon through Nakamise to the worship halls rather than treating the temple as a single photograph. The trading street, guardian statues and reconstructed buildings reveal how religious devotion and everyday commerce have shaped Asakusa, while the main hall offers a quieter place to observe contemporary prayer.

  • Kaminarimon’s wind and thunder guardians
  • Nakamise’s traditional toys and cakes
  • The main hall’s steep roof and five-storey pagoda

Keep the centre of worship approaches clear when photographing.

The principal Kannon image is concealed; do not plan on viewing it.

Combine this precinct with an Asakusa neighbourhood walk.

What is pulling you next?

Another door into this story

Change my mood ↗Explore ↗

The thread you are shaping · 90 min left in this draft

Chapter 1Outdoor visit · Estimated

Sensō-ji.

Start with Sensō-ji. Let a detail decide which thread you follow next.

Pause here. What detail would you keep from this place?

2 min Walk15 min Visit24 min · Total

Outdoor walks and façade observations. Interior admission is not included.

The full story

Tokyo’s oldest temple links Asakusa’s lively shopping approach with a working Buddhist precinct, where monumental red gates frame a main hall devoted to Kannon.

Follow the progression from Kaminarimon through Nakamise to the worship halls rather than treating the temple as a single photograph. The trading street, guardian statues and reconstructed buildings reveal how religious devotion and everyday commerce have shaped Asakusa, while the main hall offers a quieter place to observe contemporary prayer.

  • Kaminarimon’s wind and thunder guardians
  • Nakamise’s traditional toys and cakes
  • The main hall’s steep roof and five-storey pagoda

Keep the centre of worship approaches clear when photographing.

The principal Kannon image is concealed; do not plan on viewing it.

Combine this precinct with an Asakusa neighbourhood walk.

What is pulling you next?

Another door into this story

Change my mood ↗Explore ↗
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Open my possibilities2 experiences fit this moment ↗

The next chapter starts from Sensō-ji.

The Japan possible from here

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Why this chapter?

Route draft · estimated walks, visits and return if selected

From Sensō-ji, with 90 minutes to work with.

Exterior visit only. Museum, dome and building entry is not included.

Declared scenario and planning estimates; no live opening, weather, queue or booking service.

02 Your travel personality

Let Japan get to know you.

Answer three quick questions. Your interests and pace shape the stories, walks and surprises you see.

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03 Themed walks

Three ways to make Japan yours.

Choose a themed walk, discover small details along the way and add its stops to My day.

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About 54 min · 2 stops

Sensō-ji · Tokyo Skytree

Let the old and the everyday meet. Look for one trace to carry into your next chapter.

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About 15 min · 1 stop

Nijō Castle

Follow a line, a texture, a change of light. The next detail is yours to discover.

0/1 in My day
03

About 25 min · 1 stop

Dōtonbori

Give yourself permission to linger. Keep a little space for whatever catches your eye.

0/1 in My day

Your current mission

Sensō-ji · Tokyo Skytree

Outdoor walks and façade observations. Interior admission is not included.

About 54 min · 2 stopsOpen My day

Editable planning times for this mission only, including walks between its stops. Your existing day and travel to or from the route are separate.

Follow the storyReading Japanese culture
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    Sensō-ji

    15 min

    A little thing to notice

    Pause here. What detail would you keep from this place?

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    Tokyo Skytree

    15 min

    A little thing to notice

    Compare this place with the last. What feels different?

04 A personal surprise

A little Japan serendipity.

Tap Surprise me for a place or story chosen around your tastes. Keep it, add it to My day or try another.

Three little choices. A city that starts to feel like yours.

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05 The complete city guide

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Japan.

Browse all 96 places, stories and travel tips. Search or filter by interest, then save what catches your eye.

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ArashiyamaPlaces

Nature / Neighborhoods

Arashiyama

Arashiyama combines a river landscape and wooded hills with temple grounds and bamboo paths, offering several distinct walks in western Kyoto beyond the district’s busiest photographed stretch.

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Hiroshima Peace MemorialPlaces

Architecture / History

Hiroshima Peace Memorial

The preserved ruins of Hiroshima’s former Industrial Promotion Hall stand beside the river as the Atomic Bomb Dome, a visible memorial to the destruction of August 1945.

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DōtonboriPlaces

Food / Neighborhoods

Dōtonbori

Osaka’s canal-side entertainment district compresses illuminated billboards, busy bridges and food streets into a walkable neighborhood where the evening spectacle is as memorable as a meal.

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Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural MuseumPlaces

Architecture / History

Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

Inside Koganei Park, this open-air museum preserves relocated historic buildings, bringing Tokyo’s domestic, commercial and civic architecture together as a walk through changing ways of urban life.

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Fushimi Inari-taishaPlaces

Sacred sites / Architecture

Fushimi Inari-taisha

Kyoto’s head shrine of Inari joins a ceremonial precinct to a sacred mountain, where closely spaced vermilion torii lead through woodland and smaller worship sites beyond the famous lower tunnels.

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Futarasan ShrinePlaces

Sacred sites / Architecture

Futarasan Shrine

Futarasan Shrine introduces the older mountain-worship tradition of Nikko through a relatively restrained sanctuary beside Toshogu, within a wider sacred geography that includes nearby peaks and Lake Chuzenji.

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Ghibli MuseumPlaces

Architecture / Art

Ghibli Museum

The Ghibli Museum in Mitaka explores animation through imaginative rooms, original displays and a small cinema, offering a carefully paced encounter with the studio’s creative world rather than a conventional film archive.

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Ginkaku-jiPlaces

Japanese gardens / Sacred sites

Ginkaku-ji

Ginkaku-ji combines an un-silvered pavilion with a meticulously maintained garden of sand, moss and hillside paths, reflecting the refined culture associated with shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa’s retirement villa.

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GionPlaces

Architecture / History

Gion

Gion’s streets preserve the scale of Kyoto’s traditional entertainment districts, with wooden townhouses, teahouses and canal-side corners set within a working neighbourhood rather than a single enclosed attraction.

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Hakone Open-Air MuseumPlaces

Art / Museums

Hakone Open-Air Museum

Hakone’s Open-Air Museum places modern sculpture across a mountain-facing landscape, combining expansive outdoor viewing with indoor galleries, stained glass and a forest footbath.

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Hakone ShrinePlaces

Sacred sites / Architecture

Hakone Shrine

Hakone Shrine’s cedar-lined approach and lakeside torii connect a wooded sanctuary with Lake Ashi, offering a religious stop within Hakone’s mountain and waterfront sightseeing area.

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Hamarikyu GardensPlaces

Japanese gardens / History

Hamarikyu Gardens

Hama-rikyu pairs an Edo-period landscape with Tokyo’s modern skyline, centring its garden walk on a seawater pond whose level changes with the tide and a teahouse reached by bridges.

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06 Ready-made itineraries

Itineraries

Prefer a starting plan? Open an itinerary, see its stops and add the ones you want to My day.

Hiroshima Memory and Garden01

The route, stop by stop · 3

Hiroshima Memory and Garden

Give Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the Atomic Bomb Dome sustained attention, then reflect on the city’s history through Shukkeien’s composed landscape of ponds and bridges.

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Kanazawa Garden, Art and Teahouses02

The route, stop by stop · 3

Kanazawa Garden, Art and Teahouses

Compare Kenrokuen (Kenroku-en)’s carefully framed garden landscape, the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa and Higashi Chaya District’s historic wooden teahouse streets in one cultural sequence.

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Kyoto Shrines, Temples and Lanes03

The route, stop by stop · 3

Kyoto Shrines, Temples and Lanes

Combine Fushimi Inari’s sacred mountain paths with Kiyomizu-dera’s hillside architecture, then descend through Higashiyama for a respectful walk around Gion’s traditional streets.

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Nara Temples, Forest and Deer04

The route, stop by stop · 3

Nara Temples, Forest and Deer

Walk Nara Park between the Great Buddha of Tōdai-ji and Kasuga-taisha’s wooded approach, balancing monumental architecture with open green space.

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Nikko Sacred Sannai05

The route, stop by stop · 3

Nikko Sacred Sannai

Explore Nikko’s sacred landscape through Nikkō Tōshō-gū’s elaborate Tokugawa architecture, Rinnō-ji’s Buddhist halls and Futarasan Shrine’s quieter connection to the surrounding mountains and worship traditions.

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Osaka Castle and South Osaka06

The route, stop by stop · 4

Osaka Castle and South Osaka

Compare Osaka Castle’s fortress history, Shitennō-ji’s Buddhist precinct and Sumiyoshi Taisha’s shrine architecture before finishing among Dōtonbori’s illuminated canal signs and lively dining streets.

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Tokyo Temples and City Views07

The route, stop by stop · 4

Tokyo Temples and City Views

Explore Asakusa’s temple precinct, Japanese art in Ueno and a Shinjuku panorama on a full Tokyo day with public transport between districts.

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07 Find your bearings

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08 Your day, your way

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09 Local voices

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