Hi, me and my boyfriend are going to Japan in August for 20-ish days, please let me know if our current plan is do-able and would really love some reccomendations on what we can do with our time in each city.
We have a rough idea of what we want to do, but nothing specific has been planned yet nor times/dates. Only flights and hotels are booked, so all recommendations are welcome. Never been, and absoutely so lost and overwhelmed with trying to plan it! All advice is appreciated:)
9th: Travel day, arrive Tokyo 5pm (Mitsui Garden Hotel)
9th-12th: Tokyo
– Disneyland (10th August)
– Ghibli Museum
– Shinjuku + Shibuya
12th-13th: Lake Kawaguchi, Yamanashi Prefecture (Lake Land Hotel)
13th-14th: Hikone, Shiga Prefecture (Hotel Sunroute)
14th-17th: Kyoto (Daiwa Roynet Hotel)
– Nara day trip
17th-18th: Kyoto (Yuzuya Ryokan)
18th-21st: Osaka (Hotel Trusty Abeno) (take day trip to Nara)
21st-22nd: Ako, Hyogo (Kariya Ryokan Q)
22nd-23rd: Kurashiki (The OneFive Garden Hotel)
23rd-26th: Hiroshima (Aki Grand Hotel)
26th-28th: Tokyo (The Royalpaark Hotel Iconic)
28th: Travel day, Tokyo 2pm
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* You have a Nara day trip listed twice?
* Three nights in Hiroshima is a bit much for just the city and will require traveling outside of it (Kure, Onomichi etc.)
> Kurashiki and Hikone
Given the logistical hassles I really hate changing hotels just for one night unless it is for a special experience. In this sense I would convert Kurashiki and Hikone to day trips. Hikone from Kyoto, and Kurashiki between Kansai and Hiroshima. Especially since the Kurashiki hotel is not even that highly rated – 7.8/10 on Booking.com.
> Lake Kawaguchi
Friendly reminder that Mt Fuji is usually covered in clouds in August, in case this is the sole reason of your visit there.
Personally, I think it’s *way* too much moving around, especially for what I assume is a first time visit.
Lots of hotels and lots of moving around, although 20 days is a decent amount of time.
If you’re okay with the hotels swapping, then it may not be an issue.
It does seem like you at least give yourself a few days in a given city, which is good. I would avoid trying to get too granular within a specific day of plans, once you get to that point of planning.
Not much to see in Kurashiki. You only need 5 hours at most