Japan Local Guides: 64 towns and regions
English-language guides to 64 towns and regions across Japan, from Hokkaido to Okinawa. Each guide answers the questions a visitor from overseas really has — how to get there, what a place is, what to do when something goes wrong — and lists the public sources it is based on (city and village offices, prefectures, national agencies, transport operators) with the date we read them. If we could not check something, we say so and leave it out.
Hokkaido (7)Tohoku (6)Kanto (6)Chubu (15)Kansai and Kii Peninsula (4)Chugoku (7)Shikoku (6)Kyushu (11)Okinawa (2)
Hokkaido
Abashiri Guide
Abashiri, Hokkaido
Biei Guide
Biei Town, Hokkaido
Furano Guide
Furano, Hokkaido
Niseko Area Guide
Niseko and Kutchan, Hokkaido
Otaru Area Guide
Otaru, Hokkaido
Rebun Guide
Rebun Island, Hokkaido
Shiretoko Guide
Shiretoko, Hokkaido
Tohoku
Hirosaki Guide
Hirosaki, Aomori
Towada Guide
Lake Towada and Oirase Gorge, Aomori
Kakunodate Guide
Kakunodate, Akita
Ginzan Onsen Guide
Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata
Zao Guide
Zao Onsen, Yamagata
Aizuwakamatsu Guide
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
Kanto
Izu Oshima Guide
Izu Oshima, Tokyo
Hakone Guide
Hakone, Kanagawa
Kamakura Guide
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Kawagoe Guide
Kawagoe, Saitama
Okunikko Guide
Okunikko (Oku-Nikko), Tochigi
Kusatsu Onsen Guide
Kusatsu Onsen, Gunma
Chubu (Alps, Izu and the Japan Sea coast)
Hakuba Guide
Hakuba Village, Nagano
Karuizawa Guide
Karuizawa Town, Nagano
Matsumoto Guide
Matsumoto, Nagano
Narai Guide
Narai, Nagano
Nozawa Onsen Guide
Nozawa Onsen Village, Nagano
Shiga Kogen Guide
Shiga Kogen, Nagano
Gero Guide
Gero, Gifu
Hida-Furukawa Guide
Hida-Furukawa, Gifu
Takayama Guide
Takayama, Gifu
Sado Guide
Sado Island, Niigata
Lake Kawaguchi Guide
Lake Kawaguchi (Fujikawaguchiko Town), Yamanashi
Atami Guide
Atami, Shizuoka
Izu-Kogen Guide
Izu-Kogen, Shizuoka
Shimoda Guide
Shimoda, Shizuoka
Kanazawa Area Guide
Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Kansai and Kii Peninsula
Ise-Shima Guide
Ise-Shima, Mie
Kinosaki Guide
Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo
Koyasan Guide
Koyasan (Mount Koya), Wakayama
Shirahama Guide
Shirahama, Wakayama
Chugoku
Misasa Guide
Misasa, Tottori
Izumo Guide
Izumo, Shimane
Tsuwano Guide
Tsuwano, Shimane
Kurashiki Guide
Kurashiki, Okayama
Miyajima Guide
Miyajima, Hiroshima
Onomichi Guide
Onomichi, Hiroshima
Hagi Guide
Hagi, Yamaguchi
Shikoku
Iya Valley Guide
Iya Valley, Tokushima
Naoshima Guide
Naoshima, Kagawa
Shodoshima Guide
Shodoshima, Kagawa
Dogo Guide
Dogo Onsen, Ehime
Uchiko Guide
Uchiko, Ehime
Shimanto Guide
Shimanto River, Kochi
Kyushu
Mojiko Guide
Mojiko, Fukuoka
Unzen Guide
Unzen, Nagasaki
Aso Guide
Aso, Kumamoto
Kurokawa Guide
Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto
Beppu Guide
Beppu, Oita
Hita Guide
Hita, Oita
Yufuin Guide
Yufuin, Oita
Takachiho Guide
Takachiho, Miyazaki
Ibusuki Guide
Ibusuki, Kagoshima
Kirishima Guide
Kirishima, Kagoshima
Yakushima Guide
Yakushima, Kagoshima
Okinawa
Ishigaki Guide
Ishigaki Island, Okinawa
Miyakojima Guide
Miyakojima, Okinawa
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