A 2-week Japan itinerary built around highlights like Fushimi Inari, TeamLab Planets, and Nara's bowing deer, based on our own family trip and plenty of research

The 25 best things to do in Kyoto, built around highlights like Fushimi Inari, Kinkaku-ji, and Arashiyama, based on our own family trip and plenty of research.

Planning a first trip to Tokyo with kids meant a lot of research. This 5-day itinerary is built around attractions like Shibuya Sky, TeamLab Planets, and Sengaku-ji Temple, plus hotel picks and practical tips from our own trip.

Our full list of the 25 best things to do in Tokyo, built around highlights like Shibuya Crossing, TeamLab Planets, and Senso-ji Temple, based on our own family trip and plenty of research.

Everything you need to know about visiting TeamLab Planets Tokyo with kids, including tickets, what to wear, and our favourite exhibits, based on our own visit as a family

A 5-day Kyoto itinerary built around highlights like Fushimi Inari, Kiyomizu-dera, and the Arashiyama bamboo forest, plus hotel picks and practical tips, based on our own family trip and plenty of research.

A day trip guide to Nara built around highlights like the bowing deer of Nara Park and Todai-ji, one of the largest wooden buildings in the world, plus practical tips based on our own visit.

Our favourite quiet Kyoto temple, and a UNESCO site most visitors skip in favour of the bigger names. Home to one of Japan's oldest pagodas and a stunning Japanese garden, this ended up meaning the most to us out of every temple in Japan.

A hotel directly above Osaka Station inside the JP Tower, and one of the most impressive we stayed in across our entire 100-day trip. Here's our full, honest review.

Beyond the sushi and ramen everyone expects, some of our best food memories in Japan came from the experiences themselves, cooking classes, hands-on markets, and a few dishes we genuinely didn't see coming. Here's what's worth seeking out.

We learned the hard way that some of Japan's best experiences sell out before most people even start planning. This is our full list of what to book early, built directly from the one museum ticket we lost out on ourselves.

We missed out on Nintendo Museum tickets ourselves, so we spent hours figuring out exactly how the lottery works and what we'd do differently, based on our own (failed) attempt.

A comfortable, well-located hotel in Kyoto, easy for temple-hopping and genuinely great with kids. Here's our full, honest review

Japanese food is one of the best reasons to bring kids to Japan, if you know where to start. This guide runs from the safest, easiest wins right through to the genuinely adventurous, based on what actually worked (and what didn't) for our own family.

A one-day Ueno itinerary featuring Ueno Park, the Tokyo National Museum, and the neighbourhood's market streets, plus practical tips based on our own visit.

Our one-day Arashiyama itinerary includes the famous bamboo forest, Iwatayama Monkey Park, and Tenryu-ji Temple, plus practical tips based on our own visit.

Our favourite experience in Japan, a sushi-making, calligraphy, and origami class with a local family in Tokyo, and everything you need to know to book one for your own trip.

Everything you need to know about visiting Shibuya Sky with kids, including tickets, best times to visit, and whether it's actually worth the hype, based on our own visit as a family

Our favourite quiet Tokyo temple, and one most visitors overlook, home to the graves of the 47 Rōnin, and where we earned our first goshuin by copying out a Buddhist sutra.

The Prince Sakura is a spacious hotel in Tokyo with its own stunning Japanese garden and koi pond, and is an easy walk from Shinagawa Station. Here's our full, honest review