We rank the 18 Best Places to Visit in Japan. See which places our readers like the best, and vote for your favorites.

It's Japan's top spot for contemporary art and architecture, pop culture, shopping, drinking and entertainment (and a tie with Kyoto for dining). But more than in any other place, it's the city ...

Japan has some of the world's most beautiful fall foliage, which you can see in places like Rikugien Garden in Tokyo and Arashiyama in Kyoto.

Osaka, located in Kansai Prefecture, is known as the "Kitchen of Japan" and is the country's best food destination. Here's ...

Visitors to Japan have so many sights to see and things to do. It’s impossible to fit them all in one trip. But if you want to see some of the most essential places there, make like a local and ...

Both are roughly an hour’s drive away. ISE, JAPAN - MAY 05: An employee prepares clams for barbecue on a road side stall at Okage Yokocho, a traditional shopping street on May 5, 2016 in Ise, Japan.

For a quiet and dignified retirement life in this city, you need around $1,500 per month. 7. Sapporo The 7th place on our list belongs to the so-called Ice Empire of Japan.

Visitors to Japan have so many sights to see and things to do. It’s impossible to fit them all in one trip. But if you want to see some of the most essential places there, make like a local and ...