Mar 19, 2025
Resources for finding spring break ideas
Ah, spring -- it's one of my favorite times of the year, when the weather starts to warm up, the flowers start to bloom, and there are lots of public holidays on the horizon! If you're new to Japan, you might be wondering about where to head to for spring break. In fact, that was a question posed in the Q&A section by new City-Cost contributor @TheMuggleWriter1997.
If you are trying to plan a getaway, these are my suggestions for where to look for ideas.
Right here on City-Cost
Without even having to navigate to an external site, there are some great travel tips and ideas right here on City-Cost. Some of these travel-themed blogs might be tailored towards different seasons than spring, but you can still garner a lot of inspiration and ideas that you can adapt to this time of year.
Local prefectural websites
As I mentioned in my response to the question posed in the Q&A, a lot of us are opting to stay closer to home. After all, traveling long distances, whether it's by car, train, or plane, ends up being pretty pricey—and not always something that's in the budget with the price of so many other things skyrocketing.
I highly recommend checking out your local prefectural website for ideas of things to see and do in your local area. This has helped me immensely in finding things to do locally, whether that's in my home prefecture or neighboring ones that aren't too difficult or costly to access. Many of these local prefectural sites are actually broken down into ideas of things to see and do by season, so that already narrows it down for you!
The easiest way to find your prefecture's site is just by Googling "____ prefectural tourism site" (obviously input the name of your prefecture/the prefecture you intend to visit as it applies!)
Dedicated travel sites like JTB and others
I also recommend checking dedicated travel sites like JTB, HIS, and Jalan for ideas. Navigating these sites will depend heavily on your Japanese knowledge, but even if you don't read Japanese, you can use an auto-translate feature in a browser like Google Chrome.
These are some articles I've seen via those sites in recent weeks:
I hope that some of these suggestions make your spring break planning a little easier!
1 Comment
TonetoEdo
on Mar 20
Great tips! I also check out Walkerplus for events and festivals. For Japanese learners, it's a challenge, but like you say, auto-translate in Google is serviceable.