A couple (29m 26f) traveling for the first time to Japan this April – would love to hear your tips and suggestions!
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**Things we’re most interested in**:
* Good food and drinks
* Beautiful nature views
* Cherry blossoms (didn’t plan specific places where to see it yet)
* Onsens/Ryokans/Traditional Japanese villages and architecture
* Night life
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**Additional context**:
* I am tattooed (6 small-medium size tattoos total on upper arms) – so would love to hear some tips on that as well
* We love mixing backpacking and luxury traveling styles (will probably travel with backpacks)
* We’re especially unsure about days 8-10, we wanted a Post Towns trail hike and found this path recommendation online
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**The plan is:**
* Day 1 – Land in Tokyo
Staying at Dormy inn premium Shibuya
* Day 2-4 – Shibuya, Harajuku, Ikebukuru, Meiji Jingu, Asakusa, Akihabara, Roppongi
* Day 5 – Day trip to Nikko
* Day 6 – Traveling to Hakone
Staying at Hakone Onsen Guesthouse Tsutaya
* Day 7 – Traveling to Lake Yamanaka/Kawaguchi
Staying at Yamanaka Chalet
* Day 8 – Traveling to Nagano
Staying at Hotel Metropolitan Nagano
* Day 9 – Nagano – Shiojiri – Narai – Kiso
Staying in Fukushima
* Day 10 – Traveling to Takayama
Staying at Furusato
* Day 11 – Day trip to Shirakawa-go
* Day 12 – Day trip to Gokayama + Spring festival eve in Takayama
* Day 13 – Traveling to Osaka
Staying at Cross Hotel Osaka
* Day 14-15 – Dotonbori, Shinsekai, Osaka castle
* Day 16-18 – Kyoto
Staying at Hotel Kanra
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Arashiyama bamboo forest, Nishiki Market, Mount Koya, Kinkaju-ji
* Day 19 – Day drip to Nara
* Day 20 – heading back to Tokyo
* Day 21 – flying home
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Thanks in advance!