Toronto

Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario, is a major Canadian city along Lake Ontario’s northwestern shore. It’s a dynamic metropolis with a core of soaring skyscrapers, all dwarfed by the iconic, free-standing CN Tower. Toronto also has many green spaces, from the orderly oval of Queen’s Park to 400-acre High Park and its trails, sports facilities and zoo.

It may actually be an amazing time to visit Japan and experience everything this amazing country has to offer, particularly if you’d prefer to explore the cities and villages, temples and shrines, mountains, forests, and coastal regions, with a few less tourists around. As ever, the best way to get around is using a JR Pass for unlimited travel on Japan’s exceptional domestic rail network. So, sit back and relax and we’ll take you through the very best of Japan in June.

June is often referred to as ‘minazuki ’or ‘the month of water’ in Japan, but don’t let this put you off. Many experts rate June as a hidden gem and a secretly brilliant month to visit the country. Statistically, June does attract higher rainfall in Japan year in, year out – hence its reputation as the ‘month of water’, but this isn’t the whole story. The average peak temperature in the centre of the country is around 26C with lows of around 19C so it’s definitely on the warmer side,

But not too hot so it can be a more appealing month to visit than July or August, for those of us who overheat easily. It can also be relatively cool at night and, as we’ve mentioned above, June is technically the beginning of the ‘tsuyu’ rainy season, so you may get some rain (but not always). Umbrellas – including Japan’s famous transparent plastic umbrellas – are plentiful throughout shops in the country. And even when it does rain, it just makes Japan’s incredible greenery,