How much does a trip to Japan cost? 2027 budget for 10 days

The totals

These totals cover everything on the ground for the whole trip: rooms with local accommodation and bath taxes, three meals and drinks every day, the Hakone pass, the shinkansen from Odawara to Kyoto, the Kansai-Hiroshima Area Pass, luggage forwarding twice, city trains and buses, the sights on the route, a data SIM and a 10% buffer for snacks and small surprises. Only the international flight is separate, and it is priced at the end. Euro figures use the European Central Bank rate of 20 October 2026 (EUR 1 = JPY 177.34).

The model trip

Two adults share one private room for 10 days and 9 nights, from 13 to 22 April 2027, following our Japan in 10 days itinerary: three nights in Shinjuku for Asakusa, Ueno, the Tokyo National Museum, Meiji Jingu and Shibuya; the Romancecar to Hakone for a night with the Open-Air Museum, the ropeway and Lake Ashi; the shinkansen to Kyoto for three nights, with Kiyomizu-dera, Ginkaku-ji, Fushimi Inari and a day in Nara; Hiroshima for a night, with the Peace Memorial Museum and Miyajima; Osaka for the last night; and home from Kansai Airport. Prices were checked on 21 October 2026.

The totals assume passports that need no visa for Japan. Citizens of the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Portugal, the Nordic countries, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand can visit visa-free for a short holiday. See Japan entry requirements. Most hotels have not published rates for April 2027 and many restaurants publish no prices online, so those figures are estimates marked "about", based on the rates and menus we could see.

Budget: about JPY 348,000 for two

Private rooms in hostels and guesthouses, beef bowls, noodles and okonomiyaki, ordinary reserved trains and the rail passes.

• Rooms, about JPY 119,000. A private room at a hostel in Shinjuku such as IMANO (about JPY 16,000 a night in April), a private room for two at Hakone Tent (JPY 9,000 or 10,000 a night, plus JPY 150 bath tax each), a compact twin at a hostel in central Kyoto (about JPY 14,000 a night), a Japanese-style twin at Guest House Lappy in Hiroshima (JPY 2,970 each) and a private twin at a hostel in Namba (about JPY 10,000), with Kyoto's and Osaka's accommodation taxes.
• Food, about JPY 67,000. About JPY 3,000 a day each: a natto and egg breakfast set at Sukiya (JPY 400), a regular gyudon (JPY 480), noodles or Hiroshima okonomiyaki at Mitchan (JPY 960) for dinner, a coffee (JPY 350 at IMANO) and a juice, plus a yakitori night in Tokyo and dinner in Hakone.
• Getting around, about JPY 101,000. Keikyu and JR from Haneda to Shinjuku, the Odakyu one-way fare, Romancecar and 2-day Hakone Freepass (JPY 8,110 together), the Hikari from Odawara to Kyoto (about JPY 12,100), the 5-day Kansai-Hiroshima Area Pass from day 7 (JPY 17,000), which covers Nara, the shinkansen to Hiroshima and back, the Miyajima ferry and the Haruka to the airport, Hiroshima trams (JPY 240), city trains and buses, and luggage forwarding from Tokyo to Kyoto and from Kyoto to Osaka (Yamato quotes JPY 3,160 for a large bag from Kyoto to Tokyo).
• Sights, about JPY 18,500. The Tokyo National Museum (JPY 1,000), the Hakone Open-Air Museum (JPY 1,800 online), Kiyomizu-dera (about JPY 500), Ginkaku-ji (JPY 1,000), Todai-ji's Great Buddha Hall (JPY 800), Kasuga Taisha's inner sanctuary (JPY 700), a hall at Kofuku-ji, the Peace Memorial Museum (JPY 200), Itsukushima Shrine (JPY 300), the Miyajima visitor tax (JPY 100), Osaka Castle and small offerings. Senso-ji, Meiji Jingu and Fushimi Inari are free.
• SIM and extras, about JPY 11,000. A Mobal 16-day, 50 GB data SIM each (JPY 3,900, tax included) and laundry.
• Buffer, about JPY 31,500.

Mid-range: about JPY 534,000 for two

Business hotels in the cities, a hot-spring hotel with dinner and breakfast in Hakone, sit-down restaurants, the airport limousine bus and taxis when you are tired.

• Rooms, about JPY 218,000. Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku (about JPY 28,000 a night), Hakone Gora Paipu-no-Kemuri Plus with dinner and breakfast (from JPY 9,990 each on weekdays, tax included), Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Shijo (about JPY 25,000), Trust Hotel in Hiroshima (about JPY 15,000) and Hotel Gracery Osaka Namba (about JPY 20,000), with the local taxes.
• Food, about JPY 117,000. About JPY 6,000 a day each: a salmon breakfast set, shrimp okonomiyaki at Mitchan (JPY 1,310) for lunch, a tonkatsu set at Katsukura in Kyoto for dinner, a latte (JPY 400) and a draft beer (from JPY 600). The Hakone dinner and breakfast are deducted.
• Getting around, about JPY 118,000. As above, with the airport limousine bus to Shinjuku, a taxi to the Hakone hotel and more taxis in the cities.
• Sights, about JPY 18,500. As above.
• SIM and extras, about JPY 13,000.
• Buffer, about JPY 49,500.

Comfort: about JPY 1,026,000 for two

Four- and five-star hotels, a ryokan night with kaiseki in Hakone, restaurant meals and a car from Haneda.

• Rooms, about JPY 482,000. Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo (about JPY 55,000 a night), Hakone Ginyu with dinner, breakfast, service and taxes (2027 rates from JPY 44,150 to 57,350 each for two sharing), Hotel Nikko Princess Kyoto (about JPY 45,000), Hotel Granvia Hiroshima (about JPY 28,000) and Swissotel Nankai Osaka (about JPY 45,000), with the local taxes.
• Food, about JPY 260,000. About JPY 14,000 a day each: hotel breakfasts, long lunches, dinners such as a crab course at Kani Doraku in Dotonbori, specialty coffee and drinks. The Hakone dinner and breakfast are deducted.
• Getting around, about JPY 155,000. A Tokyo MK car from Haneda to Shinjuku (JPY 9,000 by day, plus up to JPY 1,950 in tolls and a booking fee), the same passes and trains, a taxi to and from the Hakone inn, forwarding for every bag and taxis in the cities.
• Sights, about JPY 18,500. As above.
• SIM and extras, about JPY 16,000.
• Buffer, about JPY 94,500.

One day at each level: Fushimi Inari and Nara

Day 7 starts the Kansai-Hiroshima Area Pass with the JR Nara Line to Fushimi Inari's gates, then on to Nara for Todai-ji, Kasuga Taisha and Kofuku-ji, and back to Kyoto. Costs are per person and include half the room and a fifth of the pass.

• Budget, about JPY 16,000. A fifth of the pass (JPY 3,400), Todai-ji, Kasuga Taisha and a Kofuku-ji hall, a gyudon and a noodle dinner, coffee, and half of the Kyoto hostel room with tax.
• Mid-range, about JPY 26,000. The same pass and tickets, a sit-down lunch in Nara, tonkatsu at Katsukura for dinner, a taxi in Kyoto, and half of the Mitsui Garden room.
• Comfort, about JPY 46,000. The same pass and tickets, restaurant lunch and dinner with drinks, taxis, and half of the Nikko Princess room.

Flights and the total with flights

Japan Airlines flies from London to Tokyo, with April 2027 economy returns from GBP 1,470 on its fare calendar. An open-jaw ticket into Haneda and home from Kansai usually costs a little more, so allow about GBP 1,500-1,900 per person (about JPY 317,000-401,000). From Frankfurt, Japan Airlines shows April returns from EUR 1,374, so allow about EUR 1,450-1,850. Japan's JPY 3,000 departure tax is collected in the ticket.

With the London flight, the whole trip comes to about JPY 491,000-575,000 per person on a budget, JPY 584,000-668,000 mid-range or JPY 830,000-914,000 in comfort. Tipping is not customary in Japan, in restaurants, taxis or hotels, so the buffer only has to cover small extras.