🇯🇵 Japan or 🇸🇬 Singapore
And what the world thinks
🇸🇬 Singapore leads by 26 votes.
Which one, honestly
Japan leads on nature and value for money.
A normal day costs about $170 in Japan and $150 in Singapore.
Side by side
- 🇯🇵 Japan🇸🇬 Singapore
- Mar to May, Oct to NovBest monthsFeb to Mar
- $170A normal day$150
- 14h to TokyoNonstop from New York18h 45m to Singapore
- Not the drawBeaches and seaNot the draw
- ExceptionalCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingNot the draw
- GoodValue for moneyNot the draw
- ExceptionalEasy to get aroundExceptional
- The best rail network in the world, buy the pass before you arriveGetting aroundThe MRT, cheap and spotless, you will not need a taxi
- Golden Week in early May, when the whole country travels at onceWhen to avoidNothing seasonal, but the haze can appear in some years around September
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 Singapore if
you want a short, effortless, very safe city stop with world class food, and you are pairing it with somewhere else.
Full Japan guide →Full Singapore 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.