🇬🇪 Georgia or 🇯🇵 Japan
Which one, honestly
Georgia leads on value for money. Japan leads on getting around and cities.
A normal day costs about $60 in Georgia and $165 in Japan.
Side by side
- 🇬🇪 Georgia🇯🇵 Japan
- May, Jun, Sep, OctBest monthsMar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov
- $60A normal day$165
- 5h 30m to TbilisiNonstop from London14h to Tokyo
- Not the drawBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyGood
- GoodEasy to get aroundExceptional
- Shared minibuses and cheap drivers, the roads are the slow partGetting aroundThe best rail network in the world, buy the pass before you arrive
- The mountain roads from November to April, when the passes closeWhen to avoidGolden Week in early May, when the whole country travels at once
Pick by what you want
🇬🇪 Choose Georgia if
you want the Caucasus, eight thousand years of wine and food nobody has heard of yet, on the smallest budget in Europe.
🇯🇵 Choose Japan if
you want somewhere that feels genuinely different, you like cities and food, and you want everything to work perfectly.
Full Georgia guide →Full Japan guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.