Heyo guys! Me and 3 other friends will be visiting Japan in August, and we put up an itinerary draft before booking our airbnbs, and would like to have a second opinion before locking in the trip.
We are all aged begin 20s and will come from the Netherlands with 7 hours of time difference and an overnight flight. We will land in Narita.
Day 1:
We will land in Narita around 14:00 local time. We will travel to our airbnb around shinjuku, and explore shinjuku before going to sleep relatively early
Day 2:
Edo Castle/Imperial gardens –> Akihabara –> Asakusa –> Senso-ji and we will walk from there to Tokyo Skytree
Day 3:
Shibuya –> Meiji shrine –> Takeshita street –> Togo Shrine
Day 4-5:
Depending on ticket sales we will visit teamlabs and Ghibli on these days, and finish off the rest of Tokyo depending on what we still want to see on these days
Day 6-7:
Climbing Mount Fuji, we will rent a room in one of the mountainhuts and watch the sunrise
Day 7:
Travelling to Kyoto using JRP –> travelling to airbnb –> visiting Kinkaku-ji and eating in Gion.
Day 8:
Arashiyama Bamboo grove early in the morning –> Monkey Park –> Philosophers path –> Kiyomizudera
Day 9:
Checking out of Airbnb –> dropping suitcases in locker in station –> Fushimi Inari shrine –> Train to Osaka –> Airbnb –> Dotonbori and food
Day 10:
National Osaka Museum of Art –> Namba Gardens –> Osaka Aquarium –> Tempozan ferris wheel
Day 11:
Osaka Castle –> Namba Yasaka Shrine –> Amerikamura –> Shinsekai
Day 12:
Universal Studios Japan
Day 13:
Travelling to Nara –> Mochi pounding at nakatanidou –> Nara park with Todai-ji
Day 14:
Travelling to Hiroshima –> Atomic Bomb museum and memorial
Day 15:
Miyajima island exploration
Day 16:
Flying to Naha in Okinawa
Day 17-18:
Vibing and Snorkelling in Okinawa
Day 19:
Flight home
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We are maybe looking for some more interesting things to do in Tokyo, Hiroshima and maybe Okinawa, and are hoping the rest of the days will be possible. We are also curious to hear how Obon could affect our Tokyo part of the trip. We are very welcome to receive feedback, since we want this to be the best trip possible.
Thanks in advance!