Itinerary check – 3 weeks – Osaka, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Takayama, Kanazawa, Tokyo

# About The Trip

I am planning a trip with my wife this March. Never been to Japan before. We looove Japanese food. We are not really anime or manga fans, but we love all of the Ghibli movies. We love nature, mountains, baths, beaches, temples, castles

# Flights

Arrival – March 8 – Osaka Kansai International Airport
Departure – March 29 – Tokyo Narita

# Days:

22 days including flights
Osaka: 5 days
Hiroshima: 2 days
Kyoto: 5 days
Takayama: 2 days
Kanazawa: 2 days
Tokyo: 5 days

# Itinerary:

**Osaka March 8-13**

* 8: Get SIM card, Suica or Icoca, head to the hotel, go out for late dinner snack
* 9: Osaka Castle, Amerikamura Street, food near Dotonbori
* 10: Day trip to Himeji, see Himeji castle, dinner at Osaka
* 11: Activate JRPass, Day trip to Nara, See The Omizutori Festival, Nara Park, Minoh Park
* 12: day trip to Wakayama, Wakayama Castle, Kishu Toshogu Shrine, etc.
* 13: Breakfast in Osaka, head to Hiroshima

**Hiroshima March 13-15**

* 13: Hiroshima castle, Peace Memorial Park area and Museum, Shukkein Garden
* 14: Explore Miyajima, Itsukushima Shrine, Daisho-in Temple, and dinner back at Hiroshima
* 15: head to Kyoto after breakfast

**Kyoto March 15-20**

Kyoto itinerary is not complete yet

* 15: Kyoto imperial palace, Higashiyama Jisho-ji, Philosopher’s Path
* 16: Arashiyama bamboo forest, dinner at Kameyamaya restaurant, Tenryuji temple
* 17: Kinkaku-ji, Ryōan-ji, Nishiki Market, Samurai and Ninja Museum
* 18: Nijo castle, Heian shrine, Okazaki park, strolling Gion
* 19 and 20: not sure yet, might do a day trip to Nagoya or Lake Biwa, or continue exploring the city, other museums, and shrines?? What do you think?

**Takayama March 20-22**

* 20: Check in to a Ryokan, relax, experience Onsen
* 21: try snacks in Miyagawa Morning Market, stroll Sanmachi, have lunch there, go back to the hotel and enjoy Onsen again
* 22: Possibly go to Shirakawa-go for a few hours, return and take the train to Kanazawa

**Kanazawa March 22-24**

* 22: Kanazawa Castle Park Kenroku-en Ōmichō Market
* 23: day trip to Toyama, Kittokito Market, Toyoma Castle Ruin Park, Folkcraft Village
* 24: breakfast and take the train to Tokyo

**Tokyo 24-29**
Tokyo itinerary is still not complete as well

* 24: Tsukiji Fish Market, walk around and try snacks,
* 25: Walk around Shibuya, Kiddy Land, Nintendo Store, Crossing, Meiji Shrine, Gyukatsu Motomura
walk around Asakusa
* 26: Shinjuku Gyoen Garden, Samurai museum(?), Walk around Kabukicho and Golden Gai
* 27: Tokyo Imperial Palace, Eat tori paitan from Ginza Kagari, Ghibli Museum (?)
* 28: ? Something around Fuji? Hakone? The lakes? Not sure
* 29: rest and fly back from NRT

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We have three different versions for the last week of our trip.

* Either the one above.
* Or reduce Takayama and Kanazawa, and add Shizuoka area (Izu, Shizuoka City, Mishima, Atami, Onsen overlooking Fuji etc.) after Tokyo (return to Tokyo to fly out from Narita last night)
* Or remove Takayama and Kanazawa, go to the Shizuoka area after Kyoto on 20th, stay there for 4 days instead, and go to Tokyo afterward

What do you think about Shizuoka?

Also, what do you think about the itinerary? Do you think it’s so ambitious? It could be more ambitious? Remove stuff? Add stuff?