EPIC JAPAN: 10 Hidden Gems Too Good to Miss

Get my ebook full of handpicked, utterly unique, off the beaten path destinations in the Kansai region.
Japan Out There: Kansai Edition – https://japanunravelled.com/JOT-K

======

Get extra tips and hidden gems in my monthly Insider email: https://japanunravelled.substack.com/

Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/japanunravelled

======
GET READY FOR YOUR TRIP
======

eSIM: https://japanunravelled.com/e-sim

UNLIMITED 4G DATA SIM CARD:https://japanunravelled.com/rec/sim-card

POCKET WIFI: https://japanunravelled.com/rec/pocket-wifi

VPN: https://japanunravelled.com/rec/vpn

TRAVEL INSURANCE: https://japanunravelled.com/rec/travel-insurance

======
RAIL PASSES/TICKETS
======

SHINKANSEN TICKETS: https://japanunravelled.com/rec/Shinkansen-tickets

JAPAN RAIL PASS: https://japanunravelled.com/rec/Japan-Rail-Pass

JR TOKYO WIDE PASS: https://japanunravelled.com/rec/Tokyo-Wide-Pass

JR KANSAI WIDE AREA PASS: https://japanunravelled.com/rec/Kansai-Wide-Pass

JR KANSAI HIROSHIMA PASS: https://japanunravelled.com/rec/Kansai-Hiroshima-Pass

REGIONAL PASSES: https://japanunravelled.com/rec/Regional-Passes

TOKYO SUBWAY PASS: https://japanunravelled.com/rec/Tokyo-Subway-Pass

*There are some affiliate links in this description and using them helps to support this channel.

CREDITS

/// PHOTOS
Yubatake at night in Kusatsu Onsen, Gunma Prefecture, Japan by bizmac
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusatsu_Onsen#/media/File:Yubatake_(7154088129).jpg
CC-BY-2.0

ライトアップされた夜の湯畑 by Σ64
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8D%89%E6%B4%A5%E6%B8%A9%E6%B3%89#/media/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:Kusatsu_Yubatake,_Gunma_04.jpg
CC-BY-4.0

// VIDEO

AOMORI DAY 1 – Nebuta Warasse & Japanese Ryokan! by Keira Ashley

CC-BY-3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

青森ねぶた2023其の三 (2023 Aomori Nebuta Festival Part3) by Kiyokawa Nao Travel (清川直虎べる)

CC-BY-3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

【青森ねぷたまつり】念願の青森県のねぷたまつりに行ってきた by ソトゴモリぷれいすのチャンネル

CC-BY-3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

คนดอยเที่ยวหิมะ/ชมวิวมุมสูงหมู่บ้านโบราณ Ouchi juku Fukushima by 108 CHANNEL

CC-BY-3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Japanese Scenic Town in the Mountains Street ### Ouchi Juku ### 大内宿 by Sanjaya Bandara

CC-BY-3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

คนดอยเที่ยวหิมะ/ชมวิวมุมสูงหมู่บ้านโบราณ Ouchi juku Fukushima by 108 CHANNEL

CC-BY-3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

クロスカブで421km埼玉県から福島県の大内宿へ③ 大内宿観光保存版&ランチでネギそばとお餅をいただく!【まさチャンネル】 by Masa Channel [Cross Cub & X-ADV]

CC-BY-3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

เที่ยวญี่ปุ่นก่อนโควิทระบาดหนัก เมืองโบราณโออุจิ จูคุ:Ouchi Juku by Joawying Ying

CC-BY-3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Exploring A Village in the Japanese Countryside | Fukushima, Japan by T0KEEYO

CC-BY-3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Kodo – Earth Celebration 2020 – Miyake by Michael de Groot

CC-BY-3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

20 Comments

  1. Great video, Andrew, and great ideas! Maybe my favourite is Ouchijuku because the telegraph poles and spaghetti wires, which spoil every other view in Japan, are missing! Kusatsu in Gunma and Karuizawa are also definitely worth a visit.

  2. Nice list. A bit sad Uji didn't get a shout out. I loved it during my visit and it's one of the few places I intend to go again on my second trip.

  3. Great list, I visited about half on a recent tour of Tohoku, the other half is now on my list! Looking forward to seeing them all, thank you

  4. Andrew! I will be forever grateful that I found your channel a few years back, and have garnered SO
    much useful knowledge since then, Thank You!

  5. Love your videos Andrew.
    As one planning his first visit to Japan, you sure help people like me who like to take the path less traveled.

    Perhaps one kyoto specific video can be shared for your viewers here.

    Much thanks

  6. Great list, ive done most of those and agree. I would add(Although not North) the Tottori sand museum, the Japan alps snow wall route, Shiminami kaido bike ride and Saitama G-can flood tunnels. 😁🤙🏽 keep up videos, im running out of places.

  7. Fantastic.. i love your videos..we travel around Japan for six weeks arriving on March 19th.
    In your opinion what would be your epic view for us to park our camper van in.
    We are travelling from Tokyo and far down as Nagasaki xx

  8. I'm just doing a research for my second time in Japan and man, you're channel is pure gold mine of information. Many thanks for your videos. I now need to watch all of them 🙂
    So many places I didn't know about!

  9. Lake Towada looks like an incredible place to do a wild camp. Not sure what the rules are about that in Japan, but I'm hoping to find out when I move end of the year 😊

  10. Love these vids. One of your videos took me to Take-no-michi outside of Kyoto (bamboo forest). I had the whole multi kilometer park to myself it seemed. Met a local playing his bamboo flute (shakuhachi) in a pavilion in the forrest. Got a private concert. Keep up the good work.

  11. Thanks again for some gorgeous reccomendations, def adding the Oira stream walk and Yamadera to my next trip 🙂

Write A Comment