Going to Japan for 24 days, I was interested in visiting Yakushima and kind of crafted my itinerary around it. Is this too much travel/too ambitious? What worries me is that I haven’t seen many itineraries similar to mine…is there a reason for this? Should I go for a more conventional itinerary? Lastly, probably going to take off Kitakyushu and add a day somewhere else.
27 Sep – Fly into Narita go to Asakusa
* Senso-ji at night if not too tired
28 Sep – Tokyo (Asakusa)
* Chill day
* Nakamise-Dori
* Kaminarimon
* Sumida Cruise
29 Sep – Tokyo to Nagoya
* Leave for Nagoya early in the morning
* Science Museum
* Lunch: Osu District
* Osu Kannon shrine
* Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry (if time)
* Oasis 21 (at night)
30 Sep – Nagoya to Takayama
* Go early to Nagoya Castle
* 1100 \~ Train to Takayama
* Takayama jinya
* Sanmachi Suji
* Kusakabe Heritage House
* Hachiman Shrine
* Karakuri Museum
1 Oct – Takayama
* Day trip hike
2 Oct – Takayama to Kyoto
* Stay near Saga-Arashiyama station
* Togetsukyo Bridge
* Kimono Forest
* Tenryu-ji
* Art Museum
3 Oct – Kyoto to Osaka
* Super early, sagano grove, arashiyama bamboo forest
* Arashiyama observation deck
* Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple
4 Oct – Osaka (day trip Kyoto)
* Commute to Kyoto
* Kinkaku-ji
* Fushimi-inari
5 Oct – Osaka (Mt Koya)
* Commute to Mt Koya
* Fudouzaka Pilgrimage route to Nyonin-do Hall
* Okuno-in
6 Oct – Osaka (day trip to Nara? himeji?)
* Commute to Nara or Himeji
7 Oct – Osaka
* Aquarium
* Castle
* Umeda sky
* Namba at night
8 Oct – Osaka to Hiroshima
* Peace Park
* Mazda Museum
* Castle?
9 Oct – Hiroshima
* Miyajima?
10 Oct – Hiroshima to Kitakyushu
* REST DAY
* Wisteria Garden
* Moji Port
11 Oct – Kitakyushu to Fukuoka
* Seaside Momochi
* Canal City
* Yatai (at night)
12 Oct – Fukuoka to Kagoshima (Ryokan)
* Chill day
* Shiroyama park
* Senganen Garden
13 Oct – Kagoshima to Yakushima
* Take ferry, get rental car, closest hike
14 Oct – Yakushima
* Drive around the island (not west side) explore trails
15 Oct – Yakushima to Kagoshima to Tokyo (Haneda)
* Fly back to Tokyo
16 Oct – Tokyo (Home base Ueno or Ginza?)
* (Kawaguchiko day trip if weather good?)
* Transit Shibuya
* Shibuya Sky (early time slot)
* Scramble
* Shopping
* Daikanyama
17 Oct – Tokyo (baseball?)
* (Kawaguchiko day trip if weather good?)
* Meji Jingu shrine
* Harajuku
* Shinjuku
18 Oct – Tokyo (baseball?)
* (Kawaguchiko day trip if weather good?)
19 Oct – Tokyo to Nikko
* Explore (shrines, temples, shinkyo bridge)
20 Oct – Nikko
* Ryokan / onsen tbd
21 Oct – Nikko to Narita
* Ryokan / onsen tbd
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