Itinerary Check – 4 weeks in November

I'm trying not to meticulously plan out every single day to leave room to walk around and find stuff naturally. Each day's plan is mostly a rough outline for the sub's guidelines, I'm willing to change a whole planned day if I feel like it. This will also be the longest vacation I've ever done and my first solo trip abroad so any tips are greatly appreciated.

11/2

Fly out from US

11/3

Arrive in Hiroshima in the evening, mostly just resting that night

11/4

Exploring the city

Atomic Bomb Dome

Peace Memorial Park + Museum

Hiroshima Castle

Gokoku Shrine

Toshogu Shrine (can skip this if too much)

11/5

Itsukushima

Explore Hiroshima some more in the evening

11/6

Train to Osaka

Osaka Castle

Amerikamura

Dotonbori

11/7

Himeji Castle

Explore Nishinomiya (Haruhi fan)

Explore more downtown Osaka in the evening

11/8

Kobe day trip

11/9

Nara day trip

11/10

Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan

Glion Museum

Tempozan Ferris Wheel

Umeda Sky Building

11/11

Travel up to Koyasan

Explore the temples

Okunoin Cemetery

Overnight temple stay

11/12

Travel back down and to Kyoto

Nijou Castle

Kiyomizu-dera

Nanzen-ji Temple

Explore the area around Shimogyo ward

11/13

Arashiyama

Daikaku-ji

Kinkaku-ji

Kyoto Imperial Palace

11/14

Day trip up to Hikone Castle and Lake Biwa

11/15

Fushimi Inari Shrine

Toji Temple

(Open to suggestions for rest of the day)

11/16

Train to Kanazawa

Omicho Market

Higashi Chayagai

Relax that night

11/17

Kurobe Gorge train ride

11/18

Kanazawa Castle

Kenroku-en Garden

Oyama Shrine

Nagamichi District

11/19

Bus to Shirakawa-go

Explore the area

Bus to Takayama

Enjoy a relaxing evening

11/20

Hida Folk Village

Takayama Shrine

Train to Hakone in the afternoon

Walk around the area

Chill in the ryokan

11/21

Open Air Art Museum

Owakuduni Ropeway

11/22 – Tokyo

Train to Tokyo

Explore Shinjuku that day

11/23 – Shibuya

Yoyogi Park

Meiji Shrine

Pokémon Center

Mostly going to explore, don't have a ton specific ideas

Maybe do more in Shinjuku if time permits

11/24 – Asakusa/Sumida

Sensou-ji Temple

Nakamise-Dori Street

Sumida Park

Ushijima Shrine

Tokyo Skytree

11/25

Day trip to Fuji-Q (I love roller coasters)

11/26 – Ueno

Ueno Park

Tokyo National Museum

Ueno Zoo

National Museum of Nature and Science

Maybe one of the art museums there as well

11/27 – Akihabara/Azabudai

Arcades + Shopping

Electric Town

Kanda Shrine

Teamlabs Borderless

Tokyo Tower

11/28

Day trip to Kamakura

11/29

Half day in Yokohama

Shin Yokohama Ramen Museum

Brief stop at Cosmo World to ride Vanish

Back to Tokyo, explore Shinjuku a little more

End the night at the DIO JoJo bar

11/30

Slower day, do anything I didn't get to in previous days that's feasible

12/1

Fly home

If you read all of that thank you so much. I'm open to feedback on number of days in each spot and activities for certain days. I do have a couple general questions as well for this trip:

• Will I reliably be able to do laundry throughout the trip? I've read hotels have laundry services which I'll need to use at least a few times during the month.
• Is forwarding luggage a few days in advance ok to do? I was planning on forwarding my suitcase to Tokyo when leaving Kanazawa, which will have 3 nights in between where I won't need more than a duffel bag. I was also planning to forward it to Kyoto from Osaka so I don't have to lug it up to Koyasan and back.