When planning a trip of this nature, it is always necessary to keep in mind several points that vary depending on each person.
Traditional Japanese dress
Budget for travel to Japan
Japan is not a cheap country, but the costs of travelling to Japan are no longer what they were years ago, so more people can afford it every day.
Budgets vary greatly depending on the purchasing power of each person and the days spent in the country.
Throughout the article we are going to give you information about some prices and advice, but to give you a quick idea.
The most expensive by far are the accommodations, which are also usually small, and on the other hand the cheapest is to eat, which you can do from 8-10 euros.
If you book flights in good time, from Europe you will find prices between 500-600 euros round trip.
A backpacker is able to stay 15 days in Japan for about 1000 euros, but the average traveller has to have a budget of between 2,500 and 2,700 euros per person for the same number of days.
Kyoto Corner in Japan
Japan Travel Guide
When we travel for the first time to a country we don't know, we like to take with us one of Lonely Planet's guides in hand luggage, being the right one for this occasion the Japan Travel Guide.
Many times we don't have internet and we need to search for information, be it restaurants, maps, places to visit or in general, any kind of information.
That's why a guide always with us.
Best time to travel to Japan
The cheapest time to go is from January to March, but it has to be said that at that time in Japan it is quite cold.
Lonely Planet Japan Guide
That's why part of the tourism that takes place in those months is usually related to skiing, especially for skiing in the Japanese Alps or on the island of Hokkaido.
Surprising as it may seem, Japan has more than 500 ski resorts.
From June to July and September to December it is rainy season and typhoons occur in certain areas.
Therefore, the peak season for travel to Japan is from early April (the time when hotel prices rise for cherry blossoms, a special event across the country) to late May.
August is also considered high season, but that's true, it tends to be quite embarrassing.
Zone of posta villages of Magome and Tsumago
Buy a flight to Japan
All agree that one of the major explanations for the increase in tourists visiting Japan is the fall in prices in general and flights in particular.
I give you examples:
Looking for flights now, if you book it 5 months before arrival in May, departing from Europe flights depart for just over 450 euros.
If, on the other hand, you do it with 3 months alone, for example, to fly in March, which is high season there, it comes to cost less than 600 euros.
In both options the price is per person, with only one stopover and a total of between 15 and 17 hours to arrive at the destination leaving from Spain and without any special offer.
Undoubtedly a real incentive to travel.
Kyoto Corner in Japan