I took a trip to Japan and Vietnam with my 12 year-old daughter.   The two countries could not be further apart in experiences.  Both countries are great and incredibly different.  A Trip to Japan Japan is orderly, polite and clean.  For my first trip to Japan, I decided to focus on the main cities of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.  The trains are super efficient (and very reasonably priced).  They take their toilets pretty seriously (the toilet control panels are like no other!).  And although Japan has a reputation for being very expensive, it is pretty easy to eat on a ...