Avoid Japan in the Summer. I visited with the intent on teaching English the entire summer through the Guy Healy American Summer Camp. I ended up falling ill due to the heat/humidity and had to come home early. If you don’t handle heat well, just avoid the country(except the northern island) in the summer months.

It’s a lovely country with an amazing culture and helpful, friendly people, but it was NOT the place for me in summer. It was a rather huge disappointment having to come home after only a little over a week.

If you tolerate heat, then go for it, but most guide books will even tell you to visit during another season. I’d love to go back in the Springtime. At least I saw Mt. Fuji….