A few months ago I posted a rough draft of my itinerary for my one month (32 days) trip to Japan I’m planning to go on in May. You guys gave me some excellent tips and so I want to share with you the updated version that also has more detail. I’m travelling with the JR Pass. I would love to hear your guys’ tips and advice again if you want to share it. For example on any cheap hotels 🙂 If you want me to explain some things in more detail, like what I want to do in each city, just lmk. Thanks!
**Day 1: Fly from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport** at 10:05 AM local time (layover in Frankfurt).
**Day 2: Land at Haneda Airport** at 6:45 AM local time. Get to hotel in Shibuya or Shinjuku. Try to survive until hotel check-in time and sleep off jetlag if necessary. Walk around the city a bit. Any tips?
**Day 3-9: Spend 7 days in Tokyo:**
* One sick day where I do nothing except maybe go to a park because I *!!!ALWAYS!!!* get really sick around day 3 or 4 of a trip 🙁
* One day each in
* Shinjuku
* Shibuya
* The Ghibli museum + Sunshine City
* A day trip to Mt Fuji
* A day trip to Kamakura
* A day trip to Yokohama
**Day 10: Go to Kanazawa.** Sleep in capsule hotel.
**Day 11: More Kanazawa.** Go to Kyoto in evening.
**Day 12-16: Spend 5 days in Kyoto:**
* Four days in Kyoto itself
* A day trip to Nara
**Day 17: Go to Himeji.** Arrive in morning, leave for Hiroshima in evening.
**Day 18: Hiroshima.**
**Day 19: Day trip to Fukuoka.** Sleep in Hiroshima.
**Day 20: Day trip to Miyajima.** Sleep in Hiroshima.
**Day 21: Go to Okayama.** Go to Osaka in evening.
**Day 22-25: Spend 4 days in Osaka**
* Three days in Osaka itself
* A day trip to Kobe
**Day 26:** Go to Tokyo in early morning. Get to hotel in Asakusa. **Spend day in Ueno + Akihabara.**
**Day 27: Spend day in Asakusa + Sumida.**
**Day 28: Go to Nikko.** Stay in hostel that a Redditor recommended.
**Day 29: More Nikko.** Go back to Tokyo in late afternoon/evening. Get to hotel in Minato.
**Day 30: Spend day in Minato + Koto.**
**Day 31: Last day.** Do anything I haven’t had the time to do yet in Tokyo and go to airport in evening.
**Day 32: Leave from Haneda Airport** at 00:10 AM local time.
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> Day 2: Land at Haneda Airport at 6:45 AM local time. Get to hotel in Shibuya or Shinjuku. Try to survive until hotel check-in time and sleep off jetlag if necessary. Walk around the city a bit. Any tips?
If you’re really feeling exhausted you could goto a manga cafe get into one of those private room and take a nap for a bit. You can also check out book and bed in Shinjuku they have 1-3 hour nap options available. Other than that just drink a lot of coffee/tea/energy drinks.
> The Ghibli museum + Sunshine City
These two places are kinda far apart. It would probably be better to do Ghibli with either Shinjuku or Shibuya. Assuming you can get a ticket to Ghibli.