Japan in January
5 of the 6 destinations in Japan are in season in January: 0 a sweet spot, 1 good, 4 ok.
None of these has January as a sweet spot; the one labelled good is the best of the month: Tokyo. Best avoided at 1 of them.
Ranked for January
| # | Place | Verdict | High | Rain | Fare | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo | good | 9° cool | 4d | £622 | 9C max, 4 rainy days |
| 2 | Hiroshima | ok | 9° cool | 4d | — | 9C max, 4 rainy days |
| 3 | Osaka | ok | 9° cool | 4d | — | 9C max, 4 rainy days |
| 4 | Niseko | okbusy | -3° cool | 20d | — | busier than usual |
| 5 | Kyoto | ok | 8° cool | 4d | — | 8C max, 4 rainy days |
Fares are the typical return from London for January departures, in GBP; a dash means none has been seen yet for January departures.
Not this January
Other months for Japan
- January
- February 0 sweet
- March 1 sweet
- April 3 sweet
- May 3 sweet
- June 4 sweet
- July 1 sweet
- August 0 sweet
- September 3 sweet
- October 1 sweet
- November 1 sweet
- December 0 sweet
- Every month, side by side
January 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.