Hi everyone. I’m starting to think more and more about my travel plan for my trip in November.
Since I got recommended to also check out Shikoku Island from a friend who has been to Japan before I am thinking about visiting Shikoku Island. But I am not sure if it would be too much for a 3 weeks trip to Japan and if it would be better to leave out Shikoku Island and have more time for Tokyo or Kyoto for my first trip. Like concentrate on these.
I know that this is something that in the end is my own decision but it would still be nice to read some opinions. Would you do Shikoku on your first trip on Japan?
A travel plan I thought of (I have no idea if that would make sense) that would include Shikoku might look like this (note that I won’t have a rental car and will be dependend on public transportation)
「「「「Tokyo Area
NOV 15th (FR) — Arrival in Tokyo at. 6.55 AM+ Tokyo
NOV 16th (SA) — Tokyo
NOV 17th (SU) — Tokyo (Maybe half day Yokohama or Chiba, or..) — Tokyo
NOV 18th (MO) — Tokyo-Trip to Nikko — Tokyo
NOV 19th (TU) — Tokyo-Trip to Kamakura (or Matsumoto) — Tokyo
Kyoto Area
NOV 20th (WE) — From Tokyo to Kyoto + Kyoto
NOV 21st (TH) — Kyoto
NOV 22nd (FR) — Kyoto — Trip to Osaka — Kyoto
NOV 23rd (SA) — Kyoto – Trip to Nara — Kyoto
NOV 24th (SU) — Kyoto – Trip to Himeji — Kyoto
(or stay in Himeji than Himeji — Hiroshima)
Hiroshima
NOV 25th (MO) — Kyoto (or Himeji) to Hiroshima + Hiroshima
NOV 26th (TU) — Hiroshima
Nov 27th (WE) — Hiroshima — Shikoku Island （Kochi)
Shikoku
Nov 28th （TH）Kochi to Takamatsu
NOV 29th （FR）Takamatsu to Matsuyama
NOV 30th （SA）Matsuyama
Kyoto
DEC 1st (SU) Shikoku （Matsuyama) — Kyoto
DEC 2nd (MO) Kyoto — Tokyo
Tokyo
DEC 3rd (TU) Tokyo
DEC 4th (WE) Tokyo
DEC 5th (TH) departure at ca. 10.30」」」」
by dontsaltmyfries