Hi all, after dreaming about it for as long as I can remember, I’m visiting Japan for the first time in May this year! I’ll be traveling for 3 weeks, and I would love to receive some feedback on the itinerary I have prepared. For days 19 to 22, I am unsure about what to do, so any suggestions are welcome and would be very helpful.
Please find the itinerary here:
**Day 1 – Tokyo**
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* Arrive at Narita Airport
* Get Suica card and activate eSIM
* Check-in to hostel and rest
* Explore immediate area
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**Day 2 – Tokyo**
* Asakusa
* Senso-ji
* Nakamise-dori
* Sumida park
* Tokyo skytree
* Kanda/Jimbocho
**Day 3 – Tokyo**
* Akihabara
* Japan Sake and Shochu information centre
* Tokyo anime centre
* Mandarake complex
* Super potato
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**Day 4 – Tokyo**
* TeamLabs Planets
* Tokyo ramen street
* Tsukiji fish market?
* Ginza
**Day 5 – Tokyo**
* Shibuya
* Meiji jingu
* Harajuku
* Takeshita street
* Starbucks across the crossing (sit on 2nd floor)
* Shinjuku
* Golden gai
* Omoide Yokocho
**Day 6 – Nikko**
* Ryuzu
* Yudaki falls
* Kegon-no-taki
* Chuzenji lake
* Hangetsuyama
**Day 7 – Fuji San (can move to another day according to weather)**
* Chureito pagoda
* Kawaguchi lake
**Day 8 – Kyoto**
* Get up early and ride to Kyoto
* To-ji
* Nijo-jo
* Imperial palace
* Sanjusangen-do
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**Day 9 – Kyoto**
* Ginkaku-ji
* Philosopher’s path (+ Honen-in)
* Nanzen-ji
* Chion-in
**Day 10 – Kyoto**
* Fushimi Inari Taisha (at dawn)
* Tofuku-ji
* Nishikidori/Pontocho/Teramachi-dori & Shinkyogoku (around noon)
* Kiyomizu-dera
* Kodai-ji night time illumination
**Day 11 – Kyoto**
* Ryoan-ji
* Kinkaku-ji
* Daitoku-ji
* Gio-ji
**Day 12 – Kyoto**
* Okochi Sanso & bamboo garden
* Gion
* Uji
**Day 13 – Osaka**
* Get up early and ride to Osaka
* Amerikamura
* Osaka castle
* Tenjinbashi-suji
* Osaka Tenmangu shrine
**Day 14 – Himeji**
* Day trip to Himeji from Osaka
**Day 15 – Nara**
* Day trip to Nara from Osaka
* Todaiji temple
* Isuien garden
* Kofukuji temple
**Day 16 – Kobe**
* Day trip to Kobe from Osaka
* Have kobe beef
**Day 17 – Hiroshima**
* Get up early and ride to Hiroshima
* Peace park and museum
* Atomic dome
**Day 18 – Itsukushima**
* Day trip to Itsukushima from Hiroshima
* Miyajima shrine (time depending on tide)
* Mount Misen hike
**Day 19 – ???**
* ???
**Day 20 – ???**
* ???
**Day 21 – ???**
* ???
**Day 22 – ???**
* ???
**Day 23 – Tokyo**
* Fly back home from Narita airport
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If there are some must try experiences/restaurants, please do let me know. I sincerely appreciate your time and help!! Thanks in advance 😀
by barathkrishnas