Google mapsĪs I said in the beginning, the google maps is maybe the best app to actually get where you want and in the fastest way, the problem with google maps in japan is that you need to be connected to the internet to use it. I will also talk a bit about how to best get around without using any internet connection, but for now let’s start by going into the best offline map apps that you can use to travel.

Some of these apps have offline features as well, which helps for those who do not want to stay connected to the internet cause it can be quite expensive for a traveler.

Most of the apps need internet connection to work, basic gps tracking without internet connection won’t work. With this article, I am going to go through the best apps to use with some of them only needing internet partially, I will also explain how to make the best out of offline maps, because there is not just one offline app that can do the trick alone. There are other apps with useful information and useful features that Google maps does not have some of these are offline maps, others are just partly online. It should not come as a surprise that basically the best app is Google maps but, it is an online map which makes it bit of a hassel if you don't have internet or simply don't want to use your mobile data. I will be talking about some online maps as well, because the answer to the question “is there a best app to use? “Is yes and no.

For Japan and specially for Tokyo there are a lot of map and commute apps and because there are so many it might be hard to decide which one to download and to know if they work offline or not.

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