r/japan vs r/JapanTravel

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Japan discussion room vs Japan travel room

r/japan describes itself as a general hub for most things Japanese that also guides users to specialist subreddits for daily life, travel and language learning. r/JapanTravel is for anyone visiting Japan as a tourist, including people who have already been, with questions, itinerary help and travel tips.

In our directory, JapanTravel is larger (about 3.5M, rank #285) than japan (about 1.8M, rank #603) and posts more often (~51 posts/day vs ~15). japan’s sample mixes text and links; JapanTravel’s is all text, flaired Itinerary, Question, Recommendations, Advice and Trip Report. Our directory lists each among the other’s related communities.

Rule titles: japan bans tourist posts and asks people to use the right subreddits for travel, moving and living in Japan; JapanTravel requires posts to relate to travel inside Japan and itinerary posts to be identified and detailed.

Choose r/JapanTravel for itineraries, trip questions and travel reports — r/japan removes tourist posts.
Choose r/japan for news and general discussion about the country.
JapanTravel is the larger and busier of the two in our directory.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.

r/japan

Japan

This subreddit serves as a general hub to discuss most things Japanese and exchange information, as well as to guide users to subs specializing in things such as daily life, travel or language acquisition. Users are str…

Members: 1.8M
7-day growth: +832
Posts/day: 15.4
Directory rank: #603
Created: Jan 25, 2008
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 60%, links 36%, videos 4%

Topics: Japan

Rule titles (short names we collected)

No racism/hatemongering/harassment
No tourist posts allowed
No blog/vlog/product spam/crowdfunding/begging/shopping assistance posts
Post in the correct subreddits for traveling to, moving to and living in Japan
Submission titles should be relevant & informative
Don't be a troll

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r/JapanTravel

Japan Trips & Travel Tips

Got questions? Need advice? Overwhelmed with your itinerary? Want to share your travel tips and experiences in Japan? Then this is the place for you! /r/JapanTravel is for any and all looking to visit Japan as a tourist…

Members: 3.5M
7-day growth: +984
Posts/day: 50.8
Directory rank: #285
Created: Sep 5, 2012
Submissions: Text posts

Sample mix: text posts 100%

Topics: Japan, Travel

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Posts must relate to travel and tourism inside Japan.
No low effort posts.
Itinerary posts must be identified and detailed.
No posts that primarily focus on individual establishments or services.
No self promotion.
No standalone meet-up request posts.
No solicitation posts.
No "meta" posts about this subreddit.
Keep content legal and PG-13 rated.
Be civil.
Trip reports are welcome but must be personal and focused on activities.
No standalone posts about border policy or visas allowed.

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Supported differences

Aspect	r/japan	r/JapanTravel
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	This subreddit serves as a general hub to discuss most things Japanese and exchange information, as well as to guide users to subs specializing in things such as daily life, travel or language acquisition. Users are str…	Got questions? Need advice? Overwhelmed with your itinerary? Want to share your travel tips and experiences in Japan? Then this is the place for you! /r/JapanTravel is for any and all looking to visit Japan as a tourist…
Size r/JapanTravel is larger in our directory (about 2×).	1.8M members	3.5M members
Posting activity (our sample)	15.4/day	50.8/day
Common post types in our sample	text posts 60%, links 36%, videos 4%	text posts 100%
Allowed submission type (meta)	Text or links	Text posts
Topic tags on SubMouse	Japan	Japan, Travel
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	No racism/hatemongering/harassment; No tourist posts allowed; No blog/vlog/product spam/crowdfunding/begging/shopping assistance posts; Post in the correct subreddits for traveling to, moving to and living in Japan; Submission titles should be relevant & informative	Posts must relate to travel and tourism inside Japan.; No low effort posts.; Itinerary posts must be identified and detailed.; No posts that primarily focus on individual establishments or services.; No self promotion.

What they share

Shared SubMouse topics: Japan
Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.

Rules and posting patterns we can verify

japan short titles include: No racism/hatemongering/harassment; No tourist posts allowed; No blog/vlog/product spam/crowdfunding/begging/shopping assistance posts; Post in the correct subreddits for traveling to, moving to and living in Japan; Submission titles should be relevant & informative.

JapanTravel: Posts must relate to travel and tourism inside Japan; No low effort posts; Itinerary posts must be identified and detailed; No posts that primarily focus on individual establishments or services; No self promotion; No standalone meet-up requests; Keep content legal and PG-13; Be civil.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Short titles only. Mutual related-list links.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.