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If you could visit only one region on your first trip to Japan, which would it be? Hokkaido 1583 9% Tohoku 461 3% Kanto (Tokyo) 8320 46% Chubu 371 2% Kansai (Kyoto, Osaka) 4026 22% Chugoku (Hiroshima) 472 3% Shikoku 383 2% Kyushu 609 3% Okinawa 1678 9% Total: 17903 Read more... Results of users from USA Hokkaido 525 7% Tohoku 203 3% Kanto (Tokyo) 3999 50% Chubu 140 2% Kansai (Kyoto, Osaka) 1616 20% Chugoku (Hiroshima) 222 3% Shikoku 191 2% Kyushu 254 3% Okinawa 869 11% Total: 8019 Results of users from Japan Hokkaido 115 9% Tohoku 45 4% Kanto (Tokyo) 373 29% Chubu 70 5% Kansai (Kyoto, Osaka) 361 28% Chugoku (Hiroshima) 49 4% Shikoku 25 2% Kyushu 75 6% Okinawa 160 13% Total: 1273 Results of users from Canada Hokkaido 79 7% Tohoku 33 3% Kanto (Tokyo) 609 54% Chubu 20 2% Kansai (Kyoto, Osaka) 207 18% Chugoku (Hiroshima) 36 3% Shikoku 30 3% Kyushu 37 3% Okinawa 76 7% Total: 1127 Results of users from Australia Hokkaido 88 11% Tohoku 11 1% Kanto (Tokyo) 331 41% Chubu 21 3% Kansai (Kyoto, Osaka) 242 30% Chugoku (Hiroshima) 32 4% Shikoku 23 3% Kyushu 30 4% Okinawa 39 5% Total: 817 Results of users from Singapore Hokkaido 93 43% Tohoku 6 3% Kanto (Tokyo) 74 34% Chubu 2 1% Kansai (Kyoto, Osaka) 31 14% Chugoku (Hiroshima) 1 0% Shikoku 1 0% Kyushu 5 2% Okinawa 5 2% Total: 218 Results of users from Thailand Hokkaido 48 17% Tohoku 12 4% Kanto (Tokyo) 104 37% Chubu 13 5% Kansai (Kyoto, Osaka) 74 26% Chugoku (Hiroshima) 3 1% Shikoku 7 2% Kyushu 8 3% Okinawa 12 4% Total: 281 Results of users from United Kingdom Hokkaido 116 9% Tohoku 35 3% Kanto (Tokyo) 640 51% Chubu 29 2% Kansai (Kyoto, Osaka) 237 19% Chugoku (Hiroshima) 32 3% Shikoku 19 2% Kyushu 46 4% Okinawa 89 7% Total: 1243 Results of users from Germany Hokkaido 31 8% Tohoku 5 1% Kanto (Tokyo) 182 47% Chubu 4 1% Kansai (Kyoto, Osaka) 112 29% Chugoku (Hiroshima) 11 3% Shikoku 9 2% Kyushu 13 3% Okinawa 17 4% Total: 384 Results of users from France Hokkaido 18 6% Tohoku 2 1% Kanto (Tokyo) 154 48% Chubu 3 1% Kansai (Kyoto, Osaka) 106 33% Chugoku (Hiroshima) 8 3% Shikoku 2 1% Kyushu 7 2% Okinawa 19 6% Total: 319