Here’s a simplified itinerary for a trip to japan I have been planning. I don’t know when I want to go yet so of course it will change but this is the rough outline.
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Some things to note:
1. This is the order I plan to do things in, let me know if other orders, times of day, times of the week, etc. are better
2. Let me know if days are too packed (Some days may look very un-busy but I have details and options to fill in gaps if I get bored)
3. I \*am\* a bucket list girl so yes I am kinda trying to check things off the “popular things to do in japan” list and I’m happy with that
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Day 0:
\- Arrive in Tokyo
\- Check-in
Day 1:
\- Sunshine City
\- Gyoen Garden
\- Shinjuku
Day 2:
\- Yoyogi and Meiji
\- Omotesando
\- Shibuya
Day 3:
\- Ueno Park
\- Akihabara
Day 4:
\- Sensoji
\- Tokyo Skytree
\- Asakusa Underground Street
Day 5:
\- Travel to Hakone
\- Check into Ryokan
\- Open Air Museum
Day 6:
\- Hakone Round Course
Day 7:
\- Travel to Kyoto
\- Manga Museum
\- Nishiki Market
Day 8:
\- Monkey Park
\- Bamboo Forest
\- Temple Bike ride (Jojakko-ji -> Ninsonin -> Gio-ji -> Adashino Nenbutsuji -> Otagi Nenbutsu-ji -> Daikaku-ji)
Day 9:
\- Fushimi Inari Shrine
\- Philosophers Path
\- Yasaka Shrine
\- Higashiyama Streets
Day 10:
\- Kinkaku-ji
\- Nijo Park and Castle
Day 11:
\- Travel to Hiroshima
\- Hit Himeji Castle on the way
\- Peace Memorial Park, Bomb Done, Peace Flame…
Day 12:
\- Ferry to Miyajima
\- Itsukushima Shrine
\- Mt Misen
\- Daisho-In
\- Return to Hiroshima
Day 13:
\- Extra day in Hiroshima/Extra Day in Osaka?
Day 14:
\- Shinsekai and Den Den Town
\- Kuromon Market
\- Dotonbori and Surroundings
Day 15:
\-Day trip to Nara
\- Kofuku-ji
\- Isuien Garden
\- Todai-ji
\- Deer Park
Day 16:
\- Osaka Aquarium
\- Spa World Osaka (or other theme park/attraction)
Day 17:
\- Leave for Tokyo
\- teamLab Borderless
\- Last-minute things
Day 18:
\- Take the Plane Back