27 day japan itinerary check
Hi all, I'll be travelling with a mate this December for the first time to Japan. We enjoy shopping, anime/manga, video games, sports, sightseeing and theme parks. Im 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
Day 5
· Disneysea
· Odaiba
Day 6 – Asakusa | Akihabara
· Sensoji
· Nakamise dori St
· Asakusa unana
· Ameyoko + Akihabara
· Pokemon centre DX
· Bookoff or super potato
Day 7
· Ghibli museum
· Nakano broadway
· Shimokitazawa
Fuji
Day 8 – Mt fuji | car rental???
· fuji yumeno ohashi? Mt. Fuji Panoramic Ropeway? Lawson Kawaguchi? Honcho st?
· THE PARK dessert?
Day 9
· Fuji q highland
· Yamanakako onsen benifuji
Alps
Day 10 – Nagano
· Arrive from tokyo (1.5hrs train)
· Jigokudani Yaen Koen
· Zenkoji
· Wafu no Yado Masuya vs Maguse Onsen
Day 11 – Takayama
· Arrive from Nagano (3hrs?)
· Aji-no-Yohei
· Explore
· Hida beef (gifu beef)
· 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)
Day 13 – Kanazawa
· Higashi Chaya district
· 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
· Kinkaku-ji
· NIjo Castle
· Shigeharu across from Nijo if open
· Nishiki market
· Kyoto International Manga Museum
Day 17 (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
· Kitahara Soba?
· Head to Kyoto then Osaka? Or head to Osaka from nara?
Osaka
Day 18
· Osaka castle
· Tenjimbashi bridge
· Tenjibashi-Suji"
· Tenmagu shrine
· Umeda skybuilding
· Dotonbori
Day 19
· Namba Yasaka Jinja
· Sennichimae doguyasuji
· Nipponbashi Den Den town
· Shinsekai
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
· Peace memorial park + museum
· Atomic bomb dome
· Hiroshima castle
· Dinner + sleep overnight
Fukuoka
Day 23 – Daizufu
· Arrive from Hiroshima (1hr train)
· Kyuushu National Museum
· Dazaifu Tenmangu
Day 24
· Tochoji
· Kushida Shrine
· ShinShin ramen (opens 11)
· 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
by Rivenexile