Open for suggestions or changes! This is just what I have planned for now.
Hoping to get some feedback & ideas!
Did I plan too much for some days?
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**Itinerary**
**Day 1-5: Tokyo**
Day 1:
\~14:00 – Land in **Narita**
Check in to hotel and explore Tokyo for the day.
Day 2:
Start at **Harajuku Station** \> Meiji Shrine > Samurai Museum > Takeshita Street > Omotesando > Explore Shibuya > Explore Shinjuku
Day 3:
Start at **Asakusa Station** \> Kaminarimon Gate > Nakamise Dori > Explore Sensoji Temple > Sumida River Boat Ride > Hama Rikyu Garden > Miraikan > Edo-Tokyo Museum
Day 4:
Start at **Kamakura** \> Enoshima > Enoshima Aquarium > Free time for whatever comes up
Day 5:
Freetime for anything
**Day 6-9: Travel to Nikko**
Day 6-7:
**Nikko** \- [Senjogahara Hike](https://www.visitnikko.jp/en/itineraries/beginner-hike-to-senjogahara-plateau-and-lake-chuzenji/) \> Stay at Okunikko Yumoto Onsen
Day 8-9:
**Nikko** \- [“Autumn Leaves in Secluded Nature”](https://www.visitnikko.jp/en/itineraries/autumn-leaves-in-secluded-nature/) \> Stay at Kawamata Onsen > Edo Wonderland
**Travel to Nagano through Tokyo**
Day 10:
Check-in hotel > Matsumoto Castle
Day 11:
Explore Nagano > free time
**Travel to Hakone**
Day 12:
Onsen & Hiking > Stay overnight
Day 13:
Relax day
**Travel to Nagoya**
Day 14:
Explore Nagoya > Nagoya Castle > Stay overnight
To Takayama in the mornings
**Travel to Takayama**
Day 15:
Explore Takayama > Stay overnight
Day 16:
To Kamikochi in mornings > hike > stay overnight
**Travel to Kanazawa**
Day 17:
Check-in > Explore Kanazawa
Day 18:
Explore Kanazawa > Stay overnight
Wake up & go to Kyoto
**Day 19-23: Kyoto**
Day 19:
Explore Kyoto > Freetime
Day 20:
Free time day > Fushimi Inari
Day 21:
[Eastern Kyoto Full Day](https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3950_eastern_kyoto_full.html)
Day 22:
Start at Kinkakuji > Ryoanji > Ninnaji
Day 23:
Daytrip to **Nara** \> *TBD* \> Hōryū-ji
**Travel to Mount Koya**
Day 24:
Explore Mount Koya > Stay overnight at temple
Day 25:
Mount Koya > leave for Osaka at noon
**Day 24-26: Osaka**
Day 25:
Check-in hotel > Explore Osaka > Osaka Castle
Day 26:
Freetime
Day 27:
Daytrip to Himeji Castle
**Travel to Hiroshima**
Day 28:
Explore Hiroshima > Overnight at **Miyajima**
**Travel to Tokyo**
Day 29:
Kusatsu Onsen & Relax
Day 30:
Ghibli Museum > Last minute shopping > free time
Day 31:
Flight
1 comment
Day 2 : as far as I know, Samurai museum was in Shinjuku, so would not be logic to do between Meiji-jingu and Takeshita street, but does not really matter as it’s close.
Day 3: Edo-Tokyo is also close, but at least we know it’s for renovation and it will reopen one day.
Nikko-Nagano is the moment I start asking questions. Do you know how many hours it’s going to take. I would personally just check to return to Tokyo for at least a night so you don’t waste a day in the train.
Ok, the next part is really confusing, so you want to go to Nagano, do a daytrip to Matsumoto and go to Hakone next ? That make no sense. Then You want to do Takayama, daytrip to Kamikochi, Kanazawa…
What make most sense is Nagano, Matsumoto and from there, bus to Takayama via Kamikochi, then Kanazawa. I would do Nagoya and Hakone after Hiroshima on the way back to Tokyo.
Also… Kusatsu… just last… that barely make sense as a daytrip, you should expect to stay the night and return to Tokyo next day… or why not just do Kusatsu before Nagano, or just skip it, you already have several other onsen.