There are 3 major high seasons in Japan when all domestic travel becomes much more expensive then the rest of the year. As well as these three high seasons in Japan, traveling on normal weekends or on one of the many public holiday weekends can cause travel prices to increase

New Year is one of Japan's major travel seasons with intensive domestic and international travel activity. Most businesses and companies shut down from January 1 to 3.

Golden Week, sees many Japanese people with a few days off of work and ready to travel somewhere. It takes place at the end of April and beginning of May It’s best avoided.

Obon week in mid August is the other of Japan’s busiest travel seasons and room rates go up at many hotels as well as all other travel related expenditures. Travel activity is generally high during the whole month due to summer school holidays, which start at the of July and last until the end of August.