i am planning to take a trip to japan solo. It si something i was planning for a long time and tried, from other itineraries and video to put toghether something i wanted to see.
I plan to do additional trip to esplore more of osaka, kyoto and tokyo for sure.
Any advice on how to improve it? or better balance the different days? Some of these days seems quite unfeasible and i´d like to explore freely some of these areas
- Stay in Asakusa – historical district
- Day 1
- Arrival at 12:00 AM, trasnfer to hotel and launch in asakusa
- Sensoji Temple and a bit of Sumida park (after launch)
- askusa ueno (late afternoon, early evening)
- Day 2
- teamLab planets for 9 AM
- DiverCity Tokyo Plaza
- Imperial Palace
- akihabara (afternoon-evening)
- Day 1
I still need to optimize this and the last days to find the optimal loop for exploration
- Kamakura
- Day 3
- Kamakura daibutsu (43 ft buddha statue)
- Hokokuji Temple (temple with stunning bamboo forest)
- Komachi dori (bustling shopping street – try Giraffa curry bread)
- Yokohama ( second largest city)
- Minato Mirai Harbor ( Futuristic Waterfront district)
- CupNoodles Museum
- Chinatown ( the largest in the world)
- Day 3
- Kanazawa
- Day 4-5
- Kazue Machi Chaya Tea District
- Omicho Market ( try unagi grilled eel )
- Nagamachi Samurai Distrcit /try matcha)
- Higashi Chaya-gai Geisha District
- try gold leaf ice cream
- Kenrouken garden
- Day 4-5
I am taking this leg of the visit easy because of the kamakura and yokohama section which seems quite busy
- Shirakawago village (very beautiful mountain village)
- Day6
- try their pudding in a glass jar
- Just visit around
- Day6
- Takayama
- Day 6-7
- Take in the views over the Miyagawa River
- Stroll around Takayama old town
- Try the many Hida beed street foods
- Takayama Showa-kan Museum
- Stop for tea at Bagpipe
- Hida Fold Village (if i have time)
- Kyoto
- Day 8
- Fushimi Inari Taisha ( ancient shrine famed for its thousand of tori gates)
- Arashiyama Scenic Mountain District
- Sagano Bamboo Grove ( walkable 24 hours of a day for free)
- Tenryuji temple (Zen Buddhist temple originally constructed in 1339)
- Kinkakuji (golden pavilion. zen temple originally home to 14th-century shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu)
- Kiyomizudera temple (one of Kyoto`s most celebrated temples founded in 780)
- Pontocho Alley (atmospheric narrow alley packed with restaurants)
- Day 9
- Nara is 45 minutes from Kyoto by train (ancient capital)
- Nara Park (with deer)
- Todaiji Temple (eastern great temple originally founded in the 8th century)
- Kasiga Taisha (Nara`s most celebrated Shinto shrine)
- Day 8
- Osaka (Japan`s nightlife capital)
- Day 10
- Dotonbori (downtown Osaka)
- Osaka Castle ( epic in scale and completed construction in 1597)
- Shinsekai (retro district built in the 1920s) (try kushikatsu – deep fried skewers – fish meat , veggies)
- Day 11
- Japan studio
- Tenjinbashi-sujiÂ
- Focus on food and bars (submarine and gundam one)
- Day 10
- Hiroshima
- Day 12 and 13
- A-Bomb Dome and the Museum
- Miyajima: Tori gate. Daisho in temple, mount misen climb, OYSTERS
- Day 12 and 13
- Hakone ( hot springs)
- Day 14-15
- Ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) and kanseki (traditional multi-course dinner)
- Hakone loop split between the days
- Day 14-15
- Tokyo again
- Day 16-17
- Omoide yokocho (maze of narrow alleyways crammed with 60+ bars and restaurants)
- Shibuya
- Stay in a capsule hotel’
- Mori Tower
- Game Center
- Odaiba
- Ginza ( souvenir shopping)
- Ueno park, shinjuku park
- Go retro second-hand shopping
- Day 18
- Flying away in the late afternoon
- some of the stuff from day 16-17 can be done in the morning
- Day 16-17
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