Itinerary check: Four weeks in Japan

Hey everyone! My husband and I are spending four weeks in Japan soon and I was wondering if my itinerary looks alright so far. We’re kind of going all over the place so I’m just not sure if I’m getting myself into a rut here and wanted to check in before digging myself deeper. Anything major I’m missing/overlooking?

I haven’t fully fleshed out each day yet, but I’ve booked all our accommodation (which is all free cancellation). I have an idea of most of the activities/sights we want to do, but haven’t booked them into specific days yet.

I’m trying to give us a bit of breathing room to stop and see things we find along the way, and not try to cram too much into each day.

I’m still only half-way through travel guides so some of the later destinations like Osaka and Sapporo I haven’t got as far as planning activities for. I’ve just booked a few days accomm as I know there will be things we want to do.

Open to suggestions/recommendations for any activities or changes to the below.
Any advice so far?

Thanks!

**March 25 – TOKYO/ARRIVE** Land at Haneda Airport @ 5.45am. Catch train to our first hotel near Tokyo Tower. Drop off bags and find somewhere for breakfast/coffee, before hitting Tokyo Tower, Sanrio World, and a few specialty shops. Check into our hotel at 4pm, have a bit of a rest, then wander around for food/night life.

**March 26 -** **TOKYO** Basically catch up on sleep, wander about and hit TeamLab.

**March 27 – TOKYO** Travel to our next hotel in Shinjuku. Drop off bags and visit the Samurai Museum, Tokyo Metro Government Building, Shinjuku Gyoen gardens.

**March 28 -** **TOKYO** Day trip to Shibuya/Harajuku.

**March 29 -** **HAKONE** Visit Ghibli museum, Romancecar, check into ryokan in Hakone.

**March 30 – HAKONE** Hakone Open Air Museum

**March 31 – FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO** Chill travel day Check into Fujikawaguchiko hotel.

**April 1** – **FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO** Visit Mount Fuji. Travel back to Tokyo and check into north-east Tokyo hotel.

**April 2** – **TOKYO**

**April 3** – **TOKYO** Tokyo Disney Sea

**April 4** – **TOKYO** Chill Tokyo day/Disney day if we need a second one. Catch Sunrise Express from Tokyo to Osaka (nobi nobi seating).

**April 5** – **OSAKA**

**April 6** – **OSAKA**

**April 7** – **OSAKA** Day trip to Nara

**April 8** – **OSAKA** Universal Studios

**April 9** – **OSAKA**

**April 10** – **HIROSHIMA** Travel to Hiroshima, visit museums

**April 11** – **HIROSHIMA** travel back to Osaka

**April 12** – **OSAKA**

**April 13 – TAKAYAMA** Travel to Takayama for markets and Takayama Festival.

**April 14 –** **TAKAYAMA** markets and Takayama Festival.

**April 15 – KYOTO** wander around, do some sightseeing and shopping, tea ceremony

**April 16** – **KYOTO** Fushimi Inari, Tetsugaku No Michi,

**April 17** – **KYOTO** I’d like to find a ‘samurai experience’ for my husband for this day, but haven’t found one yet. Other than that, probably just shopping and wandering about.

**April 18** – **KYOTO** Bamboo Forrest, Iwatayama Monkey Park, Gijo-ji Temple and Moss Gardens, Adashino-Nenbutsu ji shrine, Kinkaku-ji temple.

**April 19** – **KYOTO** Yasaka pagoda in the morning, Sannen-zaka and Ninen-zaka, Kiyomizu-dera, Jishu-Jinja shrine, Kodaiji

**April 20** – **TOKYO** Travel back to Tokyo. Sunflower Ferry from Tokyo to Hokkaido/Sapporo. Travel to Oirai Port (3hrs) Departs 7.45pm. Accommodation on ferry.

**April 21** – **SAPPORO** Ferry arrives 1.30pm.

**April 22** – **SAPPORO**

**April 23** – **TOKYO** Fly from Sapporo to Tokyo in morning. Last day in Tokyo, catch up on anything we want to make sure we do before leaving.

**April 24** – **TOKYO**/**DEPART** Final shopping/packing/experiences. Fly out of Narita @ 10.30pm