Hey everyone!
I’m planning my second trip to Japan and have compiled an itinerary covering various cities and places of interest (eateries and drinking places have not been included even though I’ve saved a lot to my Google Maps). I’d love to get feedback and suggestions from the community, especially if you’ve been to any of these places before or have insider tips! I’m a 35M travelling solo, open to making new friends along the way.
Here’s my itinerary:
**4 & 5 Sep: Fukuoka day 1 & 2**
* Uminonakamichi Seaside Park
* Sakurai Futamigaura’s Couple Stones
* Momochihama Beach
* Fukuoka Tower
* Ohori Park
* Tochoji Temple
* Nagahama Park
* Tenjin Central Park
* Kego Park
* Daimyo
* Nakasu
**6 Sep: Nagasaki day trip**
* Peace Park Nagasaki
* Hypocenter Park
* Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
* Fuchi Shrine Station
* Inasa-yama Park
* Mount Inasa
* Megane Bridge
* Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown
* Nagasaki Seaside Park
**7 & 8 Sep: Beppu day 1 & 2**
* Beppu “Jigoku Meguri” Hells Tour
* Jigoku Onsen Museum
* Kannawa Steam Bath
* Yukemuri Observation Deck
* Hyotan Onsen
* Shoningahama Park
* Beppu Park
* Takegawara Onsen
* Beppu Ropeway
* Mount Tsurumi
* Beppu Tower
**9 Sep: Osaka – day 1**
* Abeno Harukas
* Shitennoji
* Shin Sekai “New World”
* Tsūtenkaku
* Sumiyoshi Taisha
* Nagai Park
* teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka
**10 Sep: Osaka – day 2**
* Kuromon Ichiba Market
* Dotonbori
* Hozenji
* Triangle Park (Sankaku Park)
* Tempozan Park
**11 Sep: Osaka – day 3**
* Universal Studios Japan OR
* Osaka Castle
* Umeda Sky Building
**12 Sep: Kyoto – day 1**
* Kinkaku-ji
* Myōshin-ji Temple
* Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple
* Adashino Nenbutsuji Temple
* Okochi Sanso Garden
* Saihōji (Kokedera) Temple
* Katsura Imperial Villa
* Katsurazaka Park
* Bamboo Path (Take-no-michi)
**13 Sep: Kyoto – day 2**
* Ine (day trip)
**14 Sep: Kyoto – day 3**
* Nijō Castle
* Kyoto Gyoen National Garden
* Kyoto Imperial Palace
* Philosopher’s Path
* Higashiyama Jisho-ji
* Daimonjiyama
* Nanzen-ji Temple
* Ume-yu (Public bath)
**15 Sep: Kyoto – day 4**
* Aga Shrine (Shiga, day trip)
**16 Sep: Kyoto – day 5**
* Fushimi Inari Taisha
* Taihoan (tea house)
* Byōdō-in Temple
* Kyoto Tower
* Shōseien Garden
* Nishiki Market
* Pontocho Alley
* Shoren-in Monzeki
* Maruyama Park
* Ninenzaka
* Sannenzaka
* Kiyomizu-dera
**17 Sep: Tokyo – day 1**
* Tokyo Tower
* Rainbow Bridge
* teamLab Planets
* Hamarikyu Gardens
**18 Sep: Tokyo – day 2**
* Keiō Seiseki Sakuragaoka Shopping Center
* Irohazaka Sakura Park
* Ghibli Museum
**19 Sep: Tokyo – day 3**
* Marunouchi Square
* Ochanomizu Bridge
* Meidai-dori (music stores)
* Ameyoko Shopping District
* Ueno Park
* Tokyo National Museum
* SAMURAI NINJA MUSEUM TOKYO (a.k.a. Samurai Museum Tokyo)
* Nakamise-dori Street
* Sensō-ji
* Tokyo Skytree
* Mikokuyu (Public bath)
**20 Sep: Tokyo – day 4**
* Osake no Bijutsukan Shibuya Meiji dori
* Shibuya Sky
* Tower Records Shibuya
* Yoyogi Park
* Meiji Jingu
* Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
* Suga Shrine
* Omoide Yokocho
* Kabukicho, Shinjuku City, Tokyo
**21 Sep: Tokyo – day 5**
* Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum
* Kotoku-in (Buddhist temple)
* Shichirihama Beach
* Enoshima
**22 Sep: Tokyo – day 6 (until 2pm)**
* The Waseda International House of Literature (The Haruki Murakami Library) OR
* Suntory Museum of Art
* Go to Ginza (Uniqlo Ginza, MUJI Ginza Flagship Store)
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