Hi everyone! Planning a 4-week trip with 2 other friends (3 people total( this year in late November-December (After November 23rd ish). My friends are new to Japan so want to see a lot of different things. Main concerns are I’m mildly concerned our trip is a bit too packed but we’ve left some leeway here and there to compensate. We plan to bring backpacks so won’t be lugging around much luggage. Any advice, especially for things we have left out would be appreciated!
We are still on the look out for cheap tickets, so flight plans are undecided but we’re assuming we’re flying into and out of Tokyo
Day 1
Fly into Tokyo and find accommodation in askusa district
Explore Sensoji temple
Askakusa shrine
Eat at Nakamise shopping district
Day 2
Tsukiji/tosoyu market early morning
Teamlab Planets
Back to Asakusa accomodation
Day 3
Travel to Yokohama
Cup Noodles Museum midday
Rest/additional event
Dinner at China town
Stay the night
Day 4
Travel to Kamakura
Kamakura daibutsu, Hokokuji temple
Grab Komachi Dori (curry bread)
Stay the night
Day 5
Travel to Nakasendo trail Magome juku
Hike to Tsumago
Stay at Tsumago
Day 6
Travel to Kanazawa
Check into Townhouse/accomodation
Day 7
Omoicho Market
Higashi Chaya district wandering
Tea at Kaiukaro leaf house
Ninjadera temple OR kenrokuen
Stay the night in Kanazawa
Day 8
Travel to Shirakawago
Pudding house
Travel to Takayama and check into accomodation
Day 9
Miyagawa Morning Markets
Takayama Showakan Museum
Travel to Kyoto and check into accomodation
Day 10
Tempura Endo
Free choice attraction
Stay in same accomodation
Day 11
Fushimi Inari
Philospher’s path
Pontocho alley dinner
Stay in same accomodation
Day 12
Arashiyama day trip
Bamboo forest
Togetsukyo bridge
Monkey Park
Tenryuji temple
Day 13
Travel to Osaka and check into accomodation
Osaka castle
Shinsekai
Dotonori
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Day 14
Universal Studios + Express pass
Day 15
Nara/Osaka/Kyoto day trip free choice
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Day 16
Travel to Mount Koyasan
Stay at Shokubo
Cemetery tour
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Day 17
Travel to Himeji for Himeji Castle
Travel to Hiroshima and check in
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Day 18
Hiroshima Peace Park
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Day 19
Free choice Shimane daytrip
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Day 20
Travel to Fukuoka and check in
Fukokuka Yatai
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Day 21
Gunkanjima tour
Sand Bath
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Day 22
Travel to Nagasaki and check into accomodation
Nagasaki peace park
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Day 23-24
Travelling back to Tokyo (train/flight)
Thinking of revising places we liked or have found interest in
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Day 25
Shibuya and Shinjuku shopping
Omoide Yokocho
Golden Gai
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Day 26
Akihabara
Various cafes
Shopping
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Day 27
Visit railway and aircraft museums
Final shopping
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Day 28
Prepare to leave
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by AccomplishedAdvisor3
3 comments
You can always fly from Nagasaki or Fukuoka to Tokyo. Cheaper and faster. Or book home airport to Tokyo, then Nagasaki-Tokyo-home, skipping Tokyo on the way back.
Day 21 Gunkanjima is in Nagasaki but you have travelling to Nagasaki the next day? Are you going to day trip it?
For Day 27: I’ve been to most of the railway museums in the Tokyo area. All of them are at least an hour away from any other one. The only aircraft museum I know of is a couple of hours from central Tokyo.