27 day (~4 week) itinerary check

Hi all, I'll be travelling with a mate this December (30/11 – 26/12) for the first time to Japan. We enjoy shopping, anime/manga, video games/arcades, sports, sightseeing and theme parks. I'm wondering how doable the trip, is it too much or appropriate?

Any tips on adding/moving/removing things around would be much appreciated, thanks heaps!!

Tokyo

Day 1

·         Arrive at NRT 5:40pm

·         Check into hotel, get dinner (Shinjuku)

Day 2 – Chuo | Ginza

·         Tsukiji outer market

·         Uniqlo/Muji/GU ginza

·         Tsujihan

·         Roppongi hills Tokyo city view

·         Roppongi

Day 3 – Shibuya | Harujuku

·         Brekky at yoyogi park

·         Meiji jingu

·         Zuicho – katsudon (opens 11:30)

·         Takeshita st

·         Shibuya sky

Day 4 – Shinjuku

·         Suga shrine

·         Gyoen national garden

·         Gyukatsu motomura (opens 11)

·         Hanazono Jinja Shrine

·         Golden gai/Omoide Yokocho vs Ebisu

Day 5

·         Disneysea

·         Odaiba – Gundam

Day 6 – Asakusa | Akihabara

·         Sensoji

·         Nakamise dori St

·         Asakusa unana

·         Ameyoko + Akihabara

·         Bookoff or super potato

Day 7

·         Ghibli museum

·         Nakano broadway

·         Shimokitazawa vs Kichijoji & Koenji

Fuji

Day 8 – Mt fuji | car rental???

·         fuji yumeno ohashi? Mt. Fuji Panoramic Ropeway? Lake Yamanaka ·         THE PARK dessert?

Day 9

·         Fuji q highland

Alps

Day 10 – Nagano

·         Arrive from tokyo (1.5hrs train)

·         Jigokudani Yaen Koen

·         Zenkoji

·         Wafu no Yado Masuya Ryokan

Day 11 – Takayama

·         Arrive from Nagano (3hrs?)

·         Aji-no-Yohei (hida beef)

·         Explore

·         Ryokan

Day 12 – Shirakawago

·         Arrive from takayama (45 min trip) –

·         Explore

·         Hike up Ogimachi Castle

·         Irori (hida beef skewers)

·         Head to kanazawa (1 hr 15 trip)

•    21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art 
  

•    Higashi Chaya district  
  

Day 13 – Kanazawa

·         Omicho Market

·         Kenroku-en garden (one of the 3 great gardens of JP)

·         Kanazawa Castle Park

·         Nagamachi

·         Ryokan

Kyoto

Day 14

·         Arrive from kanazawa (2hr20)

·         Settle into accom

·         Adashino Nenbutsuji

·         Gio-ji

·         Jōjakkōji Temple

·         Tenryu-ji

·         Pontocho

Day 15

·         Kiyomizu-dera

·         Maccha house

·         Gion (philosophers path, Ninenzaka street, Sannenzaka street)

·         Fushimi inari (at night)

Day 16 (Sunday) – Nara

·         St mary's & St marks liturgy

·         Nakatamidou Pounded Mochi

·         Todai-Ji Temple via Yoshikien Garden

·         Nara park/Wakakusayama hill

·         Isui-en

·         Kasuga Taisha

Day 17

·         Kinkaku-ji

·         NIjo Castle

·         Shigeharu across from Nijo if open

·         Nishiki market

·         Kyoto International Manga Museum

Osaka

Day 19

• Arrive from Kyoto

·         Namba Yasaka Jinja

·         Sennichimae doguyasuji

·         Nipponbashi Den Den town

·         Shinsekai

Day 18

·         Osaka castle

·         Tenjimbashi bridge

·         Tenjibashi-Suji"

·         Tenmagu shrine

·         Umeda skybuilding

·         Dotonbori

Day 20

·         USJ express

·         Dotonbori

Hiroshima

Day 21 – Himeij

·         Arrive from osaka (40 mins)

·         Himeji castle

·         Kokoen garden"           

·         Miyuki street

·         Head to Hiroshima (1hr train)

·         Okonomimura

Day 22

·         Miyajima – Itsukushima + Mt Misen hike

·         Peace memorial park + museum

·         Atomic bomb dome

·         Hiroshima castle

·         Dinner + sleep overnight

Fukuoka

Day 23

·         Arrive from Hiroshima (1hr train)     

·         ShinShin ramen

·         TeamLabs Forest

•    Baseball game?
  

•    Fukuoka tower (night)
  

•    Hakata Issou?
  

Day 24

·         Tochoji

·         Kushida Shrine

• Acros Fukuoka

·         Tenjin + Daimyo

·         Mugiwara store

·         Ohori park |  Fukuoka Castle ruins

·         Nagahama Yatai Street

Day 25 – Day trip to Kurokawa onsen town, car rental – 2 hr drive

Onsen hopping + sleep over night @ ryokan

Kumamoto

Day 26

·         Leave Kurokawa onsen

·         Start one piece statue adventure

·         Suizenji jojuen Garden (next to luffy)

Day 27

·         Finish any unvisited statues

·         Leave car rental

·         Plane back to NRT (2 hrs ~$60)

·         Flight at 7:20pm