Weekly note

Japan in August

6 of the 6 destinations in Japan are in season in August: 0 a sweet spot, 1 good, 5 ok.

None of these has August as a sweet spot; the one labelled good is the best of the month: Niseko.

Ranked for August

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Why
1 Niseko good 25° 12d 25C max, 12 rainy days
2 Mount Fuji okbusy 27° 14d busier than usual
3 Tokyo ok 32° 7d 32C max, 7 rainy days
4 Kyoto ok 33° 7d 33C max, 7 rainy days
5 Hiroshima okbusy 31° 7d busier than usual
6 Osaka ok 33° 7d 33C max, 7 rainy days

Other months for Japan

August elsewhere

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Japan as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.