Vladivostok

To get a tourist visa, you need a travel confirmation certificate and voucher. From 2017, for part of the Russian Far East only, you can have an e-visa issued that is valid for 8 days (issue of new visas is currently suspended as of July 2022).

When entering Russia, your passport must be valid for at least six months from the deadline for leaving Russia. When applying for a visa, you must have at least two facing unused visa pages.

When traveling to Russia from Japan, the following items are not prohibited but are subject to quarantine.

When entering Russia, you are required to submit an arrival and departure card. Half of the card will be returned to you after immigration inspection, and this half must be submitted when leaving Russia. If you are bringing in more than the designated amount of currency or products, you must submit a customs declaration.

E-cigarettes and liquid cartridges can be brought in to Russia for personal use. They can be treated under the scope for non-essentials that can be brought in without declaration that is up to 200 cigarettes or 250 g of tobacco or up to 50 g of cigars.

If you are staying in Russia for 8 business days or longer, you must register your stay.
If you are visiting Russia for regular tourism, you will be registered automatically when staying at hotels, so you do not have to worry about stay registration. If you will stay at a friend's house or other type of accommodation, have the host complete the procedure for you.

Russia has 11 time zones. The time difference with Japan is minus 7 hours in Kaliningrad that is the westernmost exclave, minus 6 hours most of European Russia including Moscow and Saint Petersburg, plus 1 hour in the Russian Far East including Khabarovsk and Vladivostok, and plus 3 hours in the Chukchi Peninsula on the eastern edge. Russia abolished the Daylight Saving Time system in 2011 and now uses year-round standard time.
The most important thing to be careful of when traveling through Russia is the time difference. Nowadays, planes and other forms of transportation often run on local time in their schedules, but some still use the old custom of running on Moscow time. Right when you get your ticket, check if it is in the local time or Moscow time.

Russia has a typical continental climate. Most of the country has a cold climate, with short, cool summers and long, very cold winters. The temperature difference between summer and winter is from 30 to 75°C. The average temperature in January and February is about -10°C in European Russia, about -20 to -35°C in Siberia, and -50°C or lower in some inland places. However, heat waves and mild winters are becoming more common, and it is best to get information about local conditions before leaving.