Discover Japan as it is fascinating, friendly, affordable and one of the safest countries in the world. Japan Specialist Travel can help with budget/cheap accommodation and quality hotels or ryokans, the Japan Rail Pass (JR pass), transfers, various Japan escorted tours etc. Whether Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima or Takayama; Japan has much to offer the visitor like the tranquillity of Peace Park, Gardens, Alpine/Rural villages, temples and shrines of Kyoto & Nara and various world heritage listed sites. See the excitement of the major cities of Tokyo and Osaka offering high tech electronics, anime, bustling cities all in a safe, polite and friendly environment.

From just an overnight stopover at Narita Airport to a Fully Escorted Tour we have a wide range of options available.

On this site we have a number of HOTELS & RYOKANS on offer. If you are looking for something that is not included on this site just ask us for a quote at Japan Specialist Travel, we will be happy to help with your inquiry.

JAPAN FACTS - both useful and useless facts but for some interesting facts
  • Over 2/3 of the country is covered in mountains and forests
  • Population of Japan: 127 million people, and over 5 million vending machines (more vending machines than people in NZ)
  • Largest metro area: Tokyo metro 32 million people, almost 1.5 times Australia's total population and over 7 times New Zealand's population excluding sheep.
  • Train departures from Tokyo Station: Approx 260 bullet trains per day and about 3000 in total per day.  
  • Busiest train stations: Shinjuku about 3.6 million per day, Ikebukuro with about 2.7 million. Sydney's Town Hall approx 95,000 per day.
  • National Park's and Quasi National Parks: 85 (lot's of nature)
  • Postal Savings: approx $3 TRILLION in total ($3,000,000 million) - pretty much earning almost nothing in interest! A lot more is stuffed in almost no interest bearing bank accounts and mattresses.
  • Most common form of payment: CASH (many people still don't have a credit card)
  • Cost of McDonald's burger in Japan: Cheese burger $1.30 approx. Australia $2.15 and NZ $1.70AUD approx
  • Minimum train fare: $1.80 for adult. Cityrail $2.40 for adult
  • Safety: Japan generally ranks as one of the safest countries in the world to travel (some of Australia's other popular destinations usually missing from the lists - UK, USA, Indonesia and Thailand)
  • DFAT (Australia's travel advisory site) has currently the safest "Overall Japan" warning in place. This is better than the warning for the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, most of Europe etc. It is on a par with the level for New Zealand.
  • Radiation levels in Tokyo are lower than many parts of Australia. Sydney radiation levels range between Tokyo's current readings and 3 times Tokyo's levels. Some parts of Japan have radiation levels 5 times LOWER than Australia.
  • WHO (World Health Organization) never had a travel warning for Tokyo and considered most of the warnings excessive and unnecessary. Australia has now reduced the travel warning. Countries like the US have a similar warning for Japan as they do for Australia and the rest of the world
Japan Specialist Travel
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PHONE: 1300 799 194 / (61) 02 8098-8660
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