Tools

Japan travel calculators

Anything on this site that can be settled with a number rather than an adjective lives here. Each one shows its data source and the date it was last checked.

Finished and checked

Kansai rail pass calculator

Add up the journeys you will really make and compare every JR and Kintetsu pass against paying cash.

Nara cherry blossom timing

Sixteen years of first-flowering and full-bloom dates from the meteorological agency, matched against the dates you are considering.

Are the Nara deer dangerous?

Nineteen years of census figures, plus how severe the injuries actually are and what visitors were doing when they happened.

JR or Kintetsu? Getting to Nara

Every route into Nara from Kyoto and Osaka: fare, journey time, transfers and the walk at the other end.

Being built

Listed so you can see what is coming, and so we cannot quietly drop the ones that turn out to be hard. Nothing goes live until its figures are sourced.

Japan trip budget estimator Planned Rail, lodging, food and entry fees for a realistic daily figure rather than a guess.
Luggage size checker Planned Whether your suitcase needs a reservation on the shinkansen, and what to do if it does.