🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇯🇵 Japan
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
Which one, honestly
Egypt leads on value for money and the sea. Japan leads on food, nature and getting around.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $170 in Japan.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇯🇵 Japan
- Oct to MarBest monthsMar to May, Oct to Nov
- $75A normal day$170
- 11h 30m to CairoNonstop from New York14h to Tokyo
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- GoodFoodExceptional
- GoodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyGood
- GoodEasy to get aroundExceptional
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundThe best rail network in the world, buy the pass before you arrive
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidGolden Week in early May, when the whole country travels at once
Pick by what you want
🇪🇬 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.
🇯🇵 Choose Japan if
you want somewhere that feels genuinely different, you like cities and food, and you want everything to work perfectly.
Full Egypt guide →Full Japan guide →
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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.