Packing List For Japan

使用我的日本综合装箱单，确保您拥有所需的一切，使您的日本之旅轻松愉快。

通过我的日本综合装箱单，将您的旅行前压力降到最低。轻装旅行总是很理想的，在日本几乎任何情况下，你都不需要带太多东西。下面提到的产品，我链接到 亚马逊。通用域名格式 供参考（所有链接都是附属链接）。

日本旅行必备品

• 护照：确保它至少有六个月的有效期和一页空白。
• 签证：许多国家无需提前安排签证即可进入日本，但最好提前检查。看见 我需要去日本的签证吗 for more details.
• Flight tickets: Even in this day of electronic ticketing, it's helpful to have a paper copy to refer to and show airport staff. If you are still researching flights to Japan, use a flight comparison site to compare multiple airlines' flight times and prices
• Hotel reservations: Having a print out is helpful for hotel staff as well as for yourself. If the hotel provides an address in Japanese, this is useful for taxi drivers. Also, you’ll be asked to fill in your first night’s hotel address in your landing card before immigration, so a printout is handy. Book Japan hotels online at Booking.com and Agoda.com
• Buy your Japan Rail Pass if you're intending to travel around the country. You need to buy this before you arrive in Japan. See my article Japan Rail Pass: How To Buy Online for more detailed info or buy it directly online.
• Travel insurance is vital for Japan and indeed anywhere in the world. Japanese health care is excellent but also expensive. Besides your health, you want to be protected against cancelled flights, missing baggage etc. Hopefully you'll never have to use it – but travel insurance makes all the difference if you do. A comprehensive travel policy is available from World Nomads – read more about how on our Japan Travel Insurance page.
• Credit Cards and Debit Cards: VISA and MasterCard are widely accepted in Japan - American Express not so much. Ensure you tell your bank before you leave your home country that your card may be used in Japan. Also bring an ATM debit card to withdraw Japanese yen from your checking account. See Getting Money In Kyoto for more information - it's pertinent to the whole country.
• Make a copy of all your passport and credit card details: Use your cellphone to take photos of your passport photo page and the back and front of your credit cards. Email them to yourself in Gmail or other internet accessible email account. Now you have all the details and emergency numbers if you should lose your cards or passport.
• Wifi and SIM Card access: It's easy to get your own data-only SIM card in Japan and also find public free wifi in Japan. See our comprehensive guide to the Internet in Japan for tourists on sister site InsideKyoto.com
• Japan Maps: There's still no quicker way to get a sense of the big picture than looking at a hardcopy map. For Japan, the best commercially available maps are made by Periplus. The Periplus Osaka map is the best English-language map of Osaka, and their Kyoto map is the best English-language map of Kyoto. Likewise, the Periplus Tokyo map is the best English-language map of Tokyo. If you want an all-country map, I recommend their Japan map. You will not find anything better in English.
• Guidebook: Having a real guidebook can be useful in tandem with online information - plus it's handy to browse on the plane. My recommendations are Lonely Planet Japan for the whole country and Lonely Planet Osaka City guide if you’re just visiting Osaka and around. Yes, I’m biased, because I’ve worked on both books.

Luggage For Osaka

Japan is incredibly easy to get around with public transport that's super efficient and well organized. A wheelie suitcase and day backpack will suffice for most trips, assuming you're sticking to the cities not going overnight hiking or on other adventure excursions into the wilderness proper. There are storage lockers at Kyoto Station (and other stations) big enough to store a large suitcase for a day if you need to stash luggage after checking out of your Kyoto accommodation. If you need to store luggage for longer, there’s a luggage storage office below Kyoto Station.

Clothes For Japan

Depending on what time of year you go to Japan, it can very hot or quite cold, or somewhere in between, so it pays to think ahead. See my 去大阪的最佳时间 本页详细介绍了大阪每月的天气状况，我也为其编写了类似的指南 京都 and 东京也显然，在你到达之前，提前研究一下可能的情况。

• 经典的旅行建议适用——穿上几层衣服，使用透气面料。棉布和亚麻布都很好，更现代的热芯织物也是如此 下层装甲 以及其他运动品牌，尤其是在夏季。这些面料 特别适合内衣 专为男女设计。牛仔布不太好，因为它很重而且能保持水分。你可能要走很多路，所以你要尽可能地舒适。
• 同样，确保你有一些 轻盈舒适的步行鞋. 除非你打算 京都的加息要求更高，你真的不需要带沉重的登山靴等。如果你像我一样，你可能会很高兴穿着跑鞋去远足。
• A. 轻质抓绒面料 即使是在夏天，这也是一个很好的选择，因为在飞机上和其他旅行中，空调可能会变得很冷，超出你的控制范围，这样可以让你保持温暖。
• A. 快干毛巾 包装超小，但可以作为额外的毛巾非常有用的头发干燥等。
• 使用打包所有内容 旅行立方体 -他们会整理好你的衣服，让你几乎可以立即访问所有东西。

洗漱用品和杂物

无论你在哪里旅行，拥有一个库存充足的洗漱用品袋可以为你节省很多不便和不适。在日本，你可以从无处不在的便利店（如7-11、劳森和家庭超市）重新进货。对于药店，你会发现镇上到处都是大型药店，尤其是火车站周围。他们携带日文版的大多数非处方药和药品。如果你说得慢，你通常可以在寻求帮助时表达你的观点。

• Shower gel, shampoo, toothpaste and don't forget your toothbrush
• Sunscreen, sunglasses and hat, especially during spring and summer. It can get very hot. Be sure to get sunglasses that properly filter harmful UV light rather than just look good. For sunscreen, go for a 30 SPF or above.
• Deodorant: if you want to stay fresh while travelling to Japan, you can keep the stick style of solid deodorant in your hand luggage - it's deemed safe by TSA guidelines.
• Have diarrhea and upset stomach medicine to hand - it is extremely unlikely you will get food poisoning in Japan due to unsanitary food preparation conditions as the Japanese are unsurprisingly scrupulous about this - rather, the sudden change of diet if you are sampling local delicacies can occasionally cause discomfort for some travellers or just plain old overindulgence (you are on vacation, after all)
• Painkillers (see important note below)
• Cold/flu medicine, lozenges for sore throats, anti-histamines for hay fever (see important note below)
• Tampons and sanitary pads
• Razors and foam or gel
• A. travel First Aid kit, particularly plasters for blisters, cuts etc
• Decent toiletry bag to keep everything organised. The roll-up style you can hang from the back of a door is particularly useful.

Important Note Regarding Bring Your Own Medicines Into Japan

Please note that Japanese customs can be very strict regarding the importation of some relatively common drugs, including any opioids, psychotropics, tranquilizers, and certain antihistamines. They can also be strict regarding medical equipment like syringes. If you have any doubts, refer to the following links:

• Japanese Ministry Of Health: Information for those who are bringing medicines for personal use into Japan
• Narcotics Control Department Advice (links to PDF)
• Embassy Of Japan In Australia Advice (links to PDF)

Electronics For Japan

• No doubt you'll bring your cellphone so remember the charger and charger cable and also ensure you have a universal adapter so you can plug it into Japanese style plug sockets. Japan uses a two-prong plus without the third pin (the ground pin), so you will need an adapter if you want to use three-prong plugs. If you forget them, they are available at electronics shops in Japan.
• If you're bringing a tablet or Kindle or laptop, same advice applies: remember the charger!
• If you plan to use your phone a lot for taking photos and looking at maps, the battery can go down fast. You can solve this problem by getting a Power Bank which will provide extra power for your phone while you're on the move.
• You can easily get a data-only Japanese SIM card for your phone which will be much cheaper than roaming on your existing SIM although you can do that too. See our comprehensive guide to the Internet in Japan for tourists.
• Your cellphone is likely the single most expensive item you will have with you during your travels. Make sure it's protected from drops and knocks by getting a robust cellphone case. The Otterbox range of cases are a good example of protective covers that will save a phone from falling on sidewalks, kitchen floors etc.
• If you are bringing several valuable electronic items with you, consider getting extra individual insurance on those items. World Nomads lets you bolt on extra coverage to an existing policy providing peace of mind in case of loss or damage.
• Japan is so photogenic you might want to pack more power than just your cellphone camera. You can get add-on lens for your cellphone that provide zoom, wide angle and fish eye lens capabilities. Getting one of the Canon compact cameras is also worth considering if you want a dedicated camera.

Long-Haul Flights To Japan

If you're flying to Japan from the USA, Europe or Australia, you have some long flights ahead of you. (See Osaka Airport Transport and Tokyo Airport Transport and Kyoto Airport Transport 有关往返大阪、东京和京都机场的信息页面）。使用以下提示尽可能让自己感到舒适：

• 如果你来自美国 TSA认可的行李锁.
• A. 旅行枕头 会对你的舒适度和在飞机上睡觉的能力产生很大影响
• 拥有 护照封面 在你通过机场时，保护你的护照并把所有的文件都藏起来是值得的
• 无论你在世界各地旅行，明智的做法是不要把你所有的现金、信用卡和其他贵重物品放在一个地方，随身携带。将它们分成不同的口袋，并考虑 旅行颈袋 也
• 通过减少身上的金属物品，减少排队等候安检的时间。A. 带塑料皮带扣的皮带 可以实时节省时间
• 上述 轻质抓绒面料 让你保持温暖很好
• 飞机客舱会使皮肤变干并刺激过敏：考虑带 抗组胺片 避免像打喷嚏一样的花粉热（尽管见上文注释，将药物重新进口到日本），以及 保湿霜 防止皮肤干燥
• 降噪耳机 值得花这么大的价钱来阻止飞机引擎
• A. Kindle阅读设备 是在平板电脑或手机上携带数百本书籍或使用Kindle应用程序的绝佳方式。看见 我最喜欢的日本书籍列表 如果你需要一些灵感。
• 有声读物 -有声读物是一种充分利用旅行时间的好方法，同时还能隔绝飞机和机场环境的噪音。 听得见的 提供免费试用，并有数千本畅销有声读物可供访问和下载。
• 电视节目下载 -您可以使用将多种电视节目和电影下载到移动设备 亚马逊的Prime视频服务，让您无需任何互联网连接即可在任何地方观看它们-非常适合飞机旅行。查看我的列表 我最喜欢的关于日本的电影、电视节目和纪录片 if you want some ideas on what to watch.

Travelling with Kids In Japan

Japan is a great place to travel with children: It’s safe, clean and filled with fun things for children to do. Be sure to bring any medicines that children might need from home. Also, bring a couple of English books for them if you like to read to them before bed. If you forget, you can buy English-language children’s books at major bookstores in Japan. For more details on travel with children in Japan, see our Osaka 1-Day Itinerary With Children, Osaka 2-Day Itinerary With Children and Kyoto with Children page.

Osaka District Map

Click an Osaka district for detailed info on attractions, places to eat and accommodation