Asia
Japan
About 126.5M people live in Japan, on 377,835 km² in 47 regions; the capital is Tokyo. The highest summit is Mount Fuji (3,777 m).
Best timeApr–May · Oct
Best weather in OctoberFukuoka 80
October: highs14° – 26°
Rain this month, on average143mm
Mean of its 13 most visited places. Best: Apr–May · Oct.
Japan at a glance
The atlas follows 44,840 places here month by month, with 2,632 mountains and 3,174 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are April, May and October.
Tokyo now16°CPartly cloudy · 22:31Sunrise · sunset05:54 · 16:59TokyoNext holiday3 NovemberCulture DayEarthquakes3in the last 7 days (M2.5+)Events2222 concerts · 0 matches in 14 daysTravel adviceUS 1UK 1Exercise normal precautions
44,840places in 47 regions2,632summits, highest Mount Fuji3,174monuments3,988museums191lakes72beaches485ski areas245festivals13,049huts, viewpoints, campsites…
Japan's population
Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.
+42%86.4M in 1950 → 123.1M in 2025 → 105.1M in 2050Japan · In numbers
GDP per person (PPP)$55,4002025 · 39/181 among countries · World: $25,700
Life expectancy84.02024 · 10/212 among countries · World: 73.5
Living in towns and cities92 %2025 · 26/212 among countries · World: 58 %
Using the internet86 %2024 · 77/179 among countries · World: 71 %
Children per woman1.152024 · 198/212 among countries · World: 2.19
Forest cover68 %2024 · 20/206 among countries
The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.
When to go to Japan
The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.
For the beach in August
Places and regions of Japan
The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.
64OctoberTokyo
Apr–May · Oct
20° / 14°195 mm
68OctoberArashiyama
Apr–May · Oct
21° / 13°132 mm
64OctoberYokohama
May · Oct–Nov
20° / 16°193 mm
66OctoberOsaka
Apr–May · Oct
22° / 14°123 mm
46OctoberSapporo
Jun–Jul · Sep
14° / 8°135 mm
80OctoberFukuoka
Apr · Oct–Nov
22° / 15°80 mm
66OctoberKobe
Apr–May · Oct
21° / 15°114 mm
78OctoberHiroshima
Apr · Oct–Nov
22° / 14°91 mm
47 regions
Kumamoto6,345 places · 28 summits · Kumamoto
Hokkaido3,580 places · 441 summits · Sapporo
Chiba3,057 places · 15 summits · Chiba
Fukuoka2,994 places · 36 summits · Fukuoka
Aomori2,863 places · 44 summits · Aomori
Kanagawa2,611 places · 74 summits · Yokohama
Shizuoka1,584 places · 53 summits · Numazu
Saitama1,509 places · 19 summits · Kawaguchi
Kagoshima1,489 places · 36 summits · Kagoshima
Iwate1,402 places · 36 summits · Morioka
Akita1,346 places · 81 summits · Daisen
Miyagi1,182 places · 25 summits · Sendai
Saga863 places · 50 summits · Takeo
Nagasaki825 places · 21 summits · Sasebo
Mie785 places · 25 summits · Yokkaichi
Niigata783 places · 50 summits · Sanjō
Nara720 places · 142 summits · Katsuragi
Fukushima675 places · 60 summits · Kōriyama
Tokyo675 places · 29 summits · Tokyo
Okinawa598 places · 24 summits · Naha
Nagano590 places · 228 summits · Matsumoto
Hyōgo578 places · 65 summits · Kobe
Osaka575 places · 46 summits · Osaka
Wakayama537 places · 20 summits · Tanabe
Ishikawa513 places · 10 summits · Kanazawa
Fukui473 places · 54 summits · Obama
Yamagata442 places · 54 summits · Tsuruoka
Miyazaki423 places · 23 summits · Miyakonojō
Yamaguchi374 places · 28 summits · Shimonoseki
Gunma362 places · 108 summits · Takasaki
Hiroshima334 places · 33 summits · Hiroshima
Shimane331 places · 19 summits · Izumo
Kyoto318 places · 41 summits · Arashiyama
Gifu306 places · 52 summits · Gifu
Toyama305 places · 60 summits · Toyama
Ibaraki286 places · 34 summits · Koga
Ehime271 places · 50 summits · Matsuyama
Aichi270 places · 38 summits · Nagoya
Yamanashi247 places · 92 summits · Ryūō
Okayama239 places · 23 summits · Kurashiki
Shiga226 places · 22 summits · Otsu
Kochi194 places · 53 summits · Aki
Oita190 places · 23 summits · Beppu
Tokushima150 places · 78 summits · Matsushige
Tochigi147 places · 31 summits · Tochigi
Kagawa145 places · 18 summits · Marugame
Tottori128 places · 28 summits · Tottori-shi
Japan from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Japan
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Nature in Japan
Summit3,777 m
Mount Fuji
Summit3,776 m
Kengamine Peak
Summit3,730 m
Hakusan-dake
Lake
Lake Shikotsu
Lake
Lake Shinji
Lake
Lake IrukaWildlife in October
The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
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Outdoors in Japan
Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.
Culture in Japan
3,174 monuments and 3,988 museums; the best known first.
National Museum of Western ArtBuilt 1959 · brutalist
Kiyomizu-deraBuilt 778 · kakezukuri
Himeji CastleBuilt 1346 · Japanese castle
Ōura ChurchBuilt 1863 · Gothic Revival
Itsukushima ShrineBuilt 593 · Shinden-zukuri
Tōdai-ji TempleBuilt 752 · Japanese Buddhist
Museum
Tokyo National MuseumBuilt 1872
Museum
National Art Center, TokyoBuilt 2006What's on in Japan
The ground and the sky in Japan
Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.
Last 30 days36magnitude 2.5 or moreSince 19504,251magnitude 5+, of them 487 of 6+StrongestM9.1Onagawa Chō 82 km → · 2011Deadliest105,385deaths · 1923The moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · TokyoNext eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipseOrionids~19 an hour22 October · TokyoNorthern lightsKp 9+only in the strongest storms here
Getting to Japan
28 large airports, 7,869 railway stations, 777 ferry ports; the ones closest to the most visited places.
Tokyo Haneda International AirportHND · Tokyo
18 kmOsaka Itami International AirportITM · Arashiyama
34 kmFukuoka AirportFUK · Fukuoka
3.5 kmKobe AirportUKB · Kobe
7.5 kmMatsuyama AirportMYJ · Matsuyama
6.2 kmKomatsu Airport / JASDF Komatsu Air BaseKMQ · Kanazawa
30 km新宿Tokyo
0.8 kmトロッコ嵯峨Arashiyama
0.5 km山手Yokohama
0.7 km大江橋Osaka
0.1 km札幌Sapporo
0.2 km吉塚Fukuoka
1 kmHiroshima · ferry port→ 宮島桟橋
0.8 kmNaha · ferry port→ Okinawa line
0.8 kmKitakyūshū · ferry port→ 馬島
5.4 kmHakodate · ferry port→ 青函フェリー青森ターミナル
2.6 kmTakarazuka · ferry port→ 新居浜東港
13 kmKishiwada · ferry port→ 阪九フェリー新門司ターミナル 第2ターミナル
6.3 kmPractical information
Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.
PlugsAB100 V
Emergency110Calling code +81
TrafficOn the leftside of the road
CurrencyJapanese YenJPY
LanguagesJapanese
Local time22:31Tokyo