14-day Itinerary Check

Hello all,

I am in the process of planning my second trip to Japan and am looking for advice. The first time I was here, I was with my college culture class, and we spent \~20 days starting in the Saga prefecture, and working our way up to Tokyo.

During that trip, we stopped in Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kyoto, Nara, and Tokyo.

I wanted to mention this because I have probably been to the major places in each location, but would like to revisit some, as well as see the country during cherry blossom season.

For this trip, I plan to focus more on the central part of the island and visit Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Kobe, and if I can squeeze it Hiroshima.

I will be leaving on March 31st in the afternoon and returning on April 16th at night. It should be around 14 full days.

Here is my preliminary list of places I would like to see:

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|Tokyo|Kyoto|Osaka|Nara|Other|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|teamLab Tokyo|Fushimi-Inari Taisha Shrine|Osaka Castle|Nara Park and Tōdai-ji Temple|Arakurayama Sengen Park – Mt Fuji|
|Robot Restaurant|Gion District|The Kobe Port Tower|Isuien Garden||
|Tokyo Skytree|Arashiyama Monkey Park|Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan|||
|Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden|Arashiyama Bamboo Grove||||
|Sensō-ji Temple|||||
|Shibuya|||||
|Shinjuku|||||

This list is pretty high-level after some quick research I did,

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And a rough date breakdown:

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|Date|City|
|:-|:-|
|3/31/23|Arrive, Sleep, Tokyo|
|4/1/23|Tokyo|
|4/2/23|Tokyo|
|4/3/23|Tokyo|
|4/4/23|Tokyo|
|4/5/23|Travel to Kyoto, Mt Fuji Day Trip|
|4/6/23|Kyoto|
|4/7/23|Kyoto|
|4/8/23|Kyoto|
|4/9/23|Nara Day Trip|
|4/10/23|Kobe Day Trop|
|4/11/23|Osaka|
|4/12/23|Osaka|
|4/13/23|Osaka|
|4/14/23|Hiroshima?|
|4/15/23|Hiroshima?|
|4/16/23|Return to Tokyo, fly home|

Some other notes:

I (24M) will be traveling alone. I enjoy nightlife and would like to try and find some fun bars/clubs to meet people. I also am a foodie so I would appreciate recommendations for places to eat. I’m not huge into shopping but I am open to suggestions.