Japan Pre-Trip Checklist

Your personal timeline: what to do when before your Japan trip.

Departure date

Nationality (drives visa note)

DE / AT / CH Other

Interests (tickets needing lead time) (applies to you? tap it)

Ghibli Museum Mitaka teamLab (Planets/Borderless/Biovortex) Sumo tournament (Honbasho) Tokyo Disney Resort Universal Studios Japan

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