Hi all,
My girlfriend and I (early 30s) will be going to Japan for our first time for 30 days at the end of September. We’re undecided about the second half of our itinerary so would love some feedback on it. Our interests are culture/cities, nature (plan on doing 1 or 2 hikes), nerd culture, onsens, and definitely food! For now it’s more of a general itinerary, we usually don’t plan the specifics of what we’ll do each day in advance.
**Sep 28th – Oct 2nd:** **Tokyo**
Roughly 4 days in Tokyo, staying in Akasaka
**Oct 2nd – Oct 3rd: Kusatsu**
We’re really looking forward to onsens, so thought we could spend a day here relaxing
**Oct 3rd – Oct 5th**: **Nagano**
Monkey park, temples & shrines, moving on early on the 5th
**Oct 5th – Oct 9th: Kyoto**
See all the usual sights, we’ve booked a cooking class, we might also do a day trip from here to Kibune / Kurama
**Oct 9th – Oct 12th: Osaka**
Two full days to see Osaka
*From here on nothing is booked yet and we’re uncertain how long we should spend at each location*
**Oct 12th – Oct 15th: Hiroshima**
During the trip from Osaka we want to stop at Himeji Castle. Then a full day for Hiroshima, and a day for Miyajima. We think this might be too much time here? Could we reduce this to 1.5 days instead of 2.5?
**Oct 15th – Oct 21st**: **Kyushu**
We want to spend around a week in Kyushu. We’re thinking of spending 3 nights in Fukuoka, one in Beppu, and 2 more in Nagasaki. But we could also stay in Fukuoka and do day trips from there, which makes more sense?
**Oct 21st – Oct 23rd: Hakone**
More onsens and relaxing!
**Oct 23rd – Oct 26th: Tokyo**
See whatever we didn’t see the first few days, do some shopping, eat a lot of food. Fly back.
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We’re mostly thinking of spending a day less in Hiroshima and either adding that to Kyushu or Tokyo at the end. Or are there any must see places that we’re skipping now? Any feedback would be appreciated!
by Sidoth