JNTO's "Practical Travel Guides" are designed to help the English-speaking traveler enjoy an independent trip inexpensively to a popular destination or famous tourist site without further assistance.
Grouped by region, the Guides include such invaluable detailed information as means of transport, local area maps, briefing notes, and places to stay.

Sapporo & Shikotsu-Toya National Park (PDF:294KB)
Hakodate & Vicinity (PDF:332KB)
Kushiro,Abashiri, Shiretoko & Akan National Park (PDF:444KB)

Towada-Hachimantai National Park (PDF:277KB)
Morioka & Rikuchu Kaigan (Coast) National Park (PDF:674KB)
Sendai, Matsushima & Hiraizumi (PDF:318KB)
Kakunodate & Lake Tazawa, Akita & Oga Peninsula (PDF:285KB)
Aizu-Wakamatsu & Bandai (PDF:282KB)

Tsuchiura & Tsukuba (PDF:199KB)
Nikko (PDF:215KB)
Chichibu & Oku-tama (PDF:249KB)
Narita (PDF:234KB)
Tokyo Walks (PDF:380KB)
Yokohama (PDF:285KB)
Hakone & Kamakura (PDF:288KB)
Kashima (PDF:354KB)
Saitama (PDF:255KB)

Niigata & Sado Island ( PDF:256KB)
Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route & Gokayama (PDF:213KB)
Kanazawa (PDF:260KB)
Noto Peninsula (PDF:215KB)
Mt.Fuji & Fuji Five Lakes (PDF:209KB)
Nagano (PDF:564KB)
Karuizawa Heights (PDF:404KB)
Kiso Valley (PDF:256KB)
Takayama & Shirakawago (PDF:287KB)
Izu Peninsula (PDF:329KB)
Nagoya & Vicinity (PDF:251KB)
Shizuoka(PDF:247KB)

Ise-Shima (PDF:266KB)
Lake Biwa, Otsu & Hikone (PDF:281KB)
Kyoto Walks (PDF:406KB)
Amanohashidate,Tango Peninsula & Kinosaki Onsen (PDF:191KB)
Osaka (PDF:812KB)
Kobe, Himeji & Takarazuka (PDF:261KB)
Nara Walks (PDF:237KB)
Shirahama & Wakayama Prefecture (PDF:324KB)

Matsue & Izumo-Taisha Shrine (PDF:259KB)
Okayama, Kurashiki & Seto-Ohashi Bridge (PDF:288KB)
Hiroshima & Miyajima (PDF:310KB)
Fukuyama, Onomichi, Shimanami Sea Route, Mihara & Takehara (PDF:238KB)
Hagi, Tsuwano & Akiyoshi-do Cave (PDF:241KB)
Awaji Island & Shodo Island (PDF:261KB)
Shikoku (PDF:455KB)

Fukuoka (PDF:553KB)
Saga & Vicinity (PDF:356KB)
Nagasaki,Unzen, Goto Islands, Iki & Tsushima(PDF:384KB)
Kumamoto & Mt.Aso (PDF:378KB)
Beppu & Vicinity (PDF:251KB)
Oita (PDF:236KB)
Miyazaki & Vicinity (PDF:282KB)
Kagoshima & Vicinity (PDF:327KB)
Yakushima Island (PDF:160KB)
Okinawa (PDF:356KB)

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