Me and my sister are going to travel to Japan on summer 2022 (if covid is gone by that time). We are going to spend 2 months over there. It is in a long time but since we are going for a long time we want to plan it in advance.
We are trying to find the most place to go and stuff to do, to be able to make a plan. We are mostly going to be in the Kansai region around Osaka, Kyoto and Nara and the Kanto region around Tokyo.
I wanted to ask any recommendations from festival going in summer, museum, park, shrines, restaurants, to Onsen (if you recommend any onsen could you please tell me how they are about tattoos since my sister has one).
I'll appreciate any recommendations in those two region.
Thank you
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Japan are veeeeeeeeeery slowly trying to be open to tattoos.
There’s still a stigma around tattooed people, being stereotyped as criminals and such because of the history behind it.
Young people won’t mind but the older generation will mind it.
There are resources for tattoo friendly places.
However, I would still suggest covering up the tattoo if you’re going to a hot spring or public bath that are not on this list.
☆ https://travel.gaijinpot.com/japan-sightseeing-essentials/30-tattoo-friendly-onsen-in-japan/
☆ https://tattoo-spot.jp - a website for tattoo friendly places (not just the hot springs) in Japanese.
Thank you
There are a lot of destinations u can visit! I made some posts bout some places so u can check out my posts on my profile.
U absolutely have to go to the famous temples in osaka n kyoto! Kiyomizudera, the famous golden temple, kinkaku-ji, the asakusa temple in tokyo. There r simply a lot of beautiful temples in japan! :satisfied:
U can also visit the ghibli museum if u r a fan of ghibli! As for amusement parks, Disney n Universal is nice. Mario land will open next year, so I reccomend going to Universal studios. Disney sea doesnt have much imo, so I wouldnt rlly reccomend going there.
For onsens, the most popular city is beppu. Ofc it’s quite far from tokyo, it’s about 6-7 hours by train.
Oh a lot of onsens do not accept tattooed ppol as they normally associate yakuzas wv tattoos. However, I heard tht a new law was ed n tht tattooed ppol r now free to go to any onsen. Im not sure about it, u can try researching it!
Anyways, good luck wv ur trip!
Thank you