🇯🇵 Japan or 🇪🇬 Egypt
Which one, honestly
Japan leads on food, nature and getting around. Egypt leads on value for money and the sea.
A normal day costs about $165 in Japan and $75 in Egypt.
Side by side
- 🇯🇵 Japan🇪🇬 Egypt
- Mar, Apr, May, Oct, NovBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec
- $165A normal day$75
- 14h to TokyoNonstop from London5h 15m to Cairo
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingGood
- GoodValue for moneyExceptional
- ExceptionalEasy to get aroundGood
- The best rail network in the world, buy the pass before you arriveGetting aroundSleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flights
- Golden Week in early May, when the whole country travels at onceWhen to avoidUpper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearable
Pick by what you want
🇯🇵 Choose Japan if
you want somewhere that feels genuinely different, you like cities and food, and you want everything to work perfectly.
🇪🇬 Choose Egypt if
you want the oldest thing on this list, a river trip through it, and Red Sea diving, at prices nowhere in Europe matches.
Full Japan guide →Full Egypt 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.