How to Avoid Japan’s Overtourism in 2025
Planning a trip to Japan? In this video, I dive into the root causes of overtourism with visual evidence and share practical tips on how to avoid the crowds.
While Japan is incredible no matter where you go, some Prefectures have become overwhelmingly crowded. My goal is to provide you with insights and alternative destination ideas so you can enjoy a more meaningful and memorable trip.
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The reason why I think most people would want to go to Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo is just there are some many things to do there within a small area. All the major sights in Kyoto are within one or two hours travel time, or less, and are reachable by public transport. When I was researching my next trip focusing on the less visited prefectures, I was daunted by the travel time between more places of interest. Places like Shikoku also have less robust public transport options. I definitely will avoid crowded areas though it’s a lot more effort to plan for when compared to Kyoto or Osaka
Oh I keep trying to preach travelling elsewhere. I mean first time I get it (although even then you should spend 1/3 of your time elsewhere) but it makes no sense to spend more than a day or two in those 4 on any subsequent trips.
Thanks for the info. I was in Tokyo and Kyoto 4 months ago. Will make a comeback to visit other areas where there are castles.
🤌asusal the best guide ~(>_<。)＼ig i can give yamanashi a try
I definitely love to visit the wonderful japan once again especially Hokuriku Prefecture, lovely small town in Fukui get to explore the historical dinosaurs museum, the amazing Gifu castle in Gifu Prefecture, amazing snow mountain views in Hakuba to ski ⛷, lovely and peaceful monkeys taking onsen in (Jigokudani Yaen-Koen) , the magical town in Shirakawa-go, Matsumoto Castle with the mountains view is so peaceful, the Miyagawa Morning Markets in the Takayama town having a hot pudding during winter as well of the tasty Hida beef sushi 😍
Nothing wrong with the Golden route but if it's your 2nd, 3rd and so on trip to Japan, You should explore other places in Japan especially the lesser visited prefectures. Not necessarily avoiding Tokyo, Kyoto, etc but you can atleast add a few more prefectures on your trip. I've been to Japan twice, I did the Golden route visiting Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara and Hakone on my first trip in 2017, I sped run it as I was only there for 10 days. 2018 on my second trip, I still went to Tokyo and Kyoto but to visit some of the places that I missed on my first trip and then I added Himeji, Ishikawa, Gifu and Hiroshima, that was for a 14 days trip. later this year i'm planning for a third trip for 3 weeks, I will still visit Tokyo and Kyoto (still visiting some more places that I still missed) but I'll be exploring Aomori, Morioka, Kakunodate, Sendai and Yamagata for two weeks. i'm so excited to explore the Tohoku region, i've been planning on this trip since 2019 but something happened to the world in 2020 that prevented me from doing this trip.
I also belive that Japan needs to promote the other prefectures as well, the only reason why I got interested in visiting the Tohoku region is because there are a couple of foreign Youtubers that I follow who lives in Japan keeps making content on that region. If Japan will promote these other prefectures, that will boost the awareness of the general public to those places that will eventually ease up overtorism on the golden route. Also a win for the other prefectures as more people visting will be good on their economy and also improve the transportation and infrastructure.