country · overall rank 2 of 233 · rank 2 among country destinations
AI models put Japan in their top 10 recommendations in 38.1% of answers, rank 2 overall. It does best when the question specifies how it's asked as the plain question: 84.0%, +45.8 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores −4.3 points against web search off.
The score is the share of answers that recommend Japan in their top 10, averaged model by model and then platform by platform, so each platform counts equally.
Japan with web search on and off, and at each model's lowest and normal effort setting.
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Setting
Search on / normal effort
Search off / lowest effort
Web search on vs off
36.0%
40.3%
Normal vs lowest effort
38.5%
37.8%
The baseline question, "Where should I go in 2027?", was asked 5 times of each model at each setting. Japan made the top 10 at least once for 28 of those 28 model-and-setting combinations, and where it did, it came back in 85.7% of the repeats on average.
By kind of question
How much higher or lower the score is on questions that ask for each option, in percentage points against the overall score. Outlined cells are below the overall score.
How it's asked
Unit: percentage points versus overall score
The plain question
Underrated
Where should I go?
Overrated
Change
+45.8
+1.4
−3.4
−38.1
Season
Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Fall
Spring
Winter
Summer
Change
+7.6
+0.5
−17.5
−20.6
Trip length
Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Two weeks
One week
Weekend
Change
+0.5
−5.3
−33.9
Transport
Unit: percentage points versus overall score
At most two connections
Requires a flight
Road trip
Change
−6.5
−6.7
−36.1
Travel party
Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Couple
Solo
Family
Change
−11.7
−13.4
−24.2
Travel style
Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Cultural
Workcation
Digital Nomad
Relaxation
Exotic
Adventure
Change
−11.8
−12.1
−17.3
−18.4
−24.2
−35.4
Climate
Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Mild Weather
Cool Weather
Warm Weather
Change
−13.8
−22.5
−37.3
How the models wrote the name
Name
Mentions
Kyoto
348
Japan
178
Tokyo
125
Hokkaido
65
Kanazawa
37
Yokohama
27
Okinawa
15
Sapporo
12
Shikoku
12
Kawaguchiko
9
Niseko
9
Osaka
7
Nara
6
Western Japan
6
Hakone
4
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