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Dotonbori canal at night, lined with illuminated signs

Fun & shopping

After dark

Neon streets, observation decks and harbour lights. Just check the time of your last train home first.

Travel tips

  • Last trains in the cities leave around midnight to 12:30 a.m. Search a route in the evening and we show the last departure.

10 places to go

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Hokkaido

  1. 1

    Hakodate

    Station

    The night view from Mount Hakodate, reached by ropeway.

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Kanto

  1. 2

    Shibuya Scramble Crossing

    Attraction

    Said to be the world's busiest pedestrian crossing, and more striking at night.

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  2. 3

    Tokyo Tower

    Attraction

    Tokyo's symbol, glowing orange.

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  3. 4

    Tokyo Skytree

    Attraction

    634 metres tall, with the night view of Tokyo from its decks.

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  4. 5

    Odaiba Seaside Park

    Attraction

    Rainbow Bridge and the lights of Tokyo Bay.

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Kansai

  1. 6

    Dotonbori

    Attraction

    Osaka: neon reflected in the canal, and places open late.

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  2. 7

    Tsutenkaku / Shinsekai

    Attraction

    An old-style entertainment district beneath Tsutenkaku Tower.

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  3. 8

    Umeda Sky Building

    Attraction

    A 360-degree night view of Osaka from the rooftop Floating Garden.

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  4. 9

    Kobe Harborland / Meriken Park

    Attraction

    Harbour lights, with a Ferris wheel and Port Tower.

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Kyushu

  1. 10

    Nagasaki

    Station

    The night view from Mount Inasa, with lights spreading up the slopes around the harbour.

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Photo and data credits

Dotonbori canal at night, lined with illuminated signs Kristoffer Trolle (CC BY 2.0) / Night view of Hakodate between two bays, seen from Mt. Hakodate MaedaAkihiko (CC BY-SA 4.0) / Crowds crossing the Shibuya Scramble Crossing at dusk Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr) (CC BY-SA 2.0) / Looking up at the Umeda Sky Building's Floating Garden from below Martin Falbisoner (CC BY-SA 4.0) / Port Tower and the white-roofed Maritime Museum at Meriken Park Mocchy (Public domain) / Night view of Nagasaki around its harbor, seen from Mt. Inasa Konstantin Leonov | GONE. RIP FLICKR. | http://oldstable.org/ | https://twitter. (CC BY 2.0). Cropped and resized.