Real voices

Is it worth it?

Famous places, weighed by the people who actually went and the people who live there. For each spot, two real-voice gauges side by side — visitors, and local honne.

Across 59 famous places and 11,746 real voices: where foreign visitors and Japanese locals agree — and where they don't. Biggest gaps first.

• Is Kinkaku-ji Worth It? 160 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors90 real voices

  Locals (honne)70 real voices

• Is Gion Worth It? 200+ Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors92 real voices

  Locals (honne)119 real voices

• Is Harajuku Worth It? 159 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors99 real voices

  Locals (honne)60 real voices

• Is Shinjuku Worth It? 259 Real Visitor and Local Voices

  Visitors124 real voices

  Locals (honne)135 real voices

• Is Akihabara Worth It? 200+ Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors149 real voices

  Locals (honne)59 real voices

• Is the Shibuya Crossing Worth It? 220 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors161 real voices

  Locals (honne)60 real voices

• Is Ginzan Onsen Worth It? What Visitors and Locals Really Say

  Visitors55 real voices

  Locals (honne)121 real voices

• Is Osaka Castle Worth It? 169 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors64 real voices

  Locals (honne)105 real voices

• Is Dotonbori Worth It? Real Visitor & Osaka-Local Voices

  Visitors200 real voices

  Locals (honne)99 real voices

• Is Sapporo Worth It? 276 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors187 real voices

  Locals (honne)89 real voices

• Is Kumamoto Castle Worth It? Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors93 real voices

  Locals (honne)101 real voices

• Is teamLab Worth It? 150+ Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors79 real voices

  Locals (honne)75 real voices

• Is Hakone Worth It? 246 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors186 real voices

  Locals (honne)60 real voices

• Is Koyasan Worth It? 170+ Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors83 real voices

  Locals (honne)94 real voices

• Is Otaru Worth It? The Real Question Is How Long

  Visitors75 real voices

  Locals (honne)141 real voices

• Is Takayama Worth the Detour? 180+ Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors118 real voices

  Locals (honne)70 real voices

• Is Tsukiji or Toyosu Worth It? 226 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors128 real voices

  Locals (honne)98 real voices

• Is Matsushima Worth It? What Visitors Really Say

  Visitors49 real voices

  Locals (honne)119 real voices

• Is Meiji Jingu Worth It? 180 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors70 real voices

  Locals (honne)111 real voices

• Is Nishiki Market Worth It? 176 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors103 real voices

  Locals (honne)73 real voices

• Is Kurashiki Worth It? The Real Doubt Is the Slot

  Visitors45 real voices

  Locals (honne)109 real voices

• Is Nagasaki Worth the Detour? 170+ Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors55 real voices

  Locals (honne)117 real voices

• Are the Tottori Sand Dunes Worth It? Visitors Split, Locals Warm

  Visitors47 real voices

  Locals (honne)157 real voices

• Are the Nara Deer Worth It? 170 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors100 real voices

  Locals (honne)70 real voices

• Is Ginkaku-ji Worth It? 170 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors48 real voices

  Locals (honne)123 real voices

• Is Kanazawa Worth It? 200 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors139 real voices

  Locals (honne)60 real voices

• Is Onomichi Worth It? Honest Visitor and Local Voices

  Visitors71 real voices

  Locals (honne)165 real voices

• Is Tofuku-ji Worth It? 222 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors41 real voices

  Locals (honne)181 real voices

• Is Himeji Castle Worth It? 244 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors174 real voices

  Locals (honne)70 real voices

• Is Okinawa Worth It? 135 Real Traveler Voices — and Which Okinawa to Book

  Visitors135 real voices

  Locals (honne)67 real voices

• Are the Snow Monkeys Worth It? 159 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors70 real voices

  Locals (honne)89 real voices

• is-hirosaki-castle-worth-it

  Visitors66 real voices

  Locals (honne)91 real voices

• Is Izumo Taisha Worth It? 209 Voices on Japan's Shrine of Bonds

  Visitors60 real voices

  Locals (honne)149 real voices

• Is Miyajima Worth It? 165 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors165 real voices

  Locals (honne)70 real voices

• Is Nagoya Castle Worth It With the Keep Closed?

  Visitors45 real voices

  Locals (honne)192 real voices

• Is Ritsurin Garden Worth It? 155 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors46 real voices

  Locals (honne)109 real voices

• Is Sakurajima Worth It? 240+ Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors41 real voices

  Locals (honne)203 real voices

• Is Senso-ji Worth It? 235 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors125 real voices

  Locals (honne)110 real voices

• Is Beppu Worth It? 190 Real Visitor & Local Voices on the Hells

  Visitors102 real voices

  Locals (honne)90 real voices

• Is Dazaifu Tenmangu Worth It? What Visitors and Locals Really Say

  Visitors49 real voices

  Locals (honne)160 real voices

• Is Fukuoka Worth It? 304 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors66 real voices

  Locals (honne)238 real voices

• Is Fushimi Inari Worth It? 178 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors108 real voices

  Locals (honne)70 real voices

• Is Ise Jingu Worth It? 153 Real Traveler & Pilgrim Voices

  Visitors55 real voices

  Locals (honne)98 real voices

• Is Kamakura Worth It? 235 Real Traveler & Local Voices

  Visitors177 real voices

  Locals (honne)58 real voices

• Is Kinosaki Onsen Worth It? 190 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors84 real voices

  Locals (honne)110 real voices

• Is Mount Aso Worth It If the Crater Is Closed? 159 Real Voices

  Visitors69 real voices

  Locals (honne)90 real voices

• Is Shirakawa-go Worth It? 190 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors120 real voices

  Locals (honne)70 real voices

• Is the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove Worth It? 170 Real Voices

  Visitors102 real voices

  Locals (honne)69 real voices

• Is Dogo Onsen Worth It? 200+ Real Visitor and Local Voices

  Visitors41 real voices

  Locals (honne)170 real voices

• Is Ghibli Park Worth It? The Pass Decides Your Day

  Visitors115 real voices

  Locals (honne)44 real voices

• Is Hakodate Worth It? 200+ Real Traveler & Reviewer Voices

  Visitors117 real voices

  Locals (honne)88 real voices

• Is Kobe Worth It? What Visitors and Locals Really Say

  Visitors114 real voices

  Locals (honne)80 real voices

• Is Mount Fuji Worth It? 150+ Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors53 real voices

  Locals (honne)99 real voices

• Is Naoshima Worth It? 167 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors78 real voices

  Locals (honne)89 real voices

• Is Nikko Worth It? 238 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors178 real voices

  Locals (honne)60 real voices

• Is Hiraizumi Worth It? 177 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors65 real voices

  Locals (honne)112 real voices

• Is Kiyomizu-dera Worth It? 166 Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors55 real voices

  Locals (honne)111 real voices

• Is Matsumoto Castle Worth It? 160+ Real Visitor & Local Voices

  Visitors102 real voices

  Locals (honne)66 real voices

• Is Yufuin Worth It? 255 Visitor and Japanese Voices, Side by Side

  Visitors135 real voices

  Locals (honne)120 real voices