Everyone’s heard of Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and the likes, and don’t get us wrong, they’re all as great as you think. But there’s so much more to Japan than its most famous cities.
I spent three months travelling through the country last year to discover its lesser-known travel spots, from rugged mountains and arid deserts to lush rainforests and vast, vast concrete cities. That’s what we’ve got here: read on for our most underrated destinations in Japan.
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This article was written by Time Out editor Ed Cunningham. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines. This guide includes affiliate links, which have no influence on our editorial content. For more information, see our affiliate guidelines.
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