Over 200 travelers told me their biggest Japan travel mistakes. Here are the 5 that kept coming up.

It seems like a lot of travelers make similar mistakes when they visit Japan.

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If your Instagram or TikTok feed looks anything like mine, it probably feels like everyone is either in Tokyo, planning a trip to Kyoto, or has just come back from Japan. I've been traveling around Japan for more than a decade and, for the past few years, I've called Kobe home. Recently, I asked The Navigatio's Japan Travel Tips & Planning group on Facebook one simple question: What was your biggest Japan travel mistake?Out of the 900,000 members, more than 200 answered. Here are my biggest takeaways based on their responses, plus some of my own advice.

They planned their trip around viral content instead of their own interests.

Think about what you really care about before planning your trip to Japan.