Hi all! I’m planning on going to Japan for 3 weeks with my partner after I finish my masters in June and wanted some advice on my preliminary itinerary. This will probably need to be edited but any advice is appreciated:
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|Date|General Day Itinerary|Questions/Concerns|
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|Monday June 24th|Take morning ferry from Busan to Fukuoka. Drop Luggage off in hotel/airbnb. Get lunch at Ramen Stadium. Take open bus tour around city/roam around tenjin. Get yatai for dinner. Explore Daimyo. Head back to hotel||
|Tuesday June 25th|Take shinkansen to Kagoshima. Spend the morning in Sengan-en. Lunch Spend afternoon in Sakurajima. Furusato Food Village for dinner. Roam around downtown kagoshima til around 8 and head back to fukuoka|Where to eat for lunch. Is it possible to squeeze in Ibusuki? Was thinking maybe after Sakurajima but doesn’t seem feasible. Also is it worth doing Yakushima instead of Sakurajima? It seems like Sakurajima is more manageable for a day trip|
|Wednesday June 26th|Take shinkansen to nagasaki. Visit Saano Shrine, nagasaki peace park. Lunch in nagasaki china town. Visit nagasaki bio park. Explore Arita/Imari/Karatsu as time permits. Head back to Fukuoka.||
|Thursday June 27th|Take shinkansen to hiroshima. Visit hiroshima peace park. Spend rest of day in miyajima. Get okonomiyaki and head to okayama hotel.|Is it better to spend the night in hiroshima or okayama?|
|Friday June 28th|Spend morning in korakuen. Afternoon in Kurashiki + Jeans street. Naoshima + Udon Dinner in Takamatsu if time permits. Head back to hotel.|I’m guessing Naoshima + kurasashiki + korakuen might be too much. Which 2 to pick? We’re also huge udon fans so we wanted to try to go to Kagawa but thatll probably be too ambitious. Maybe we can make the trip while in osaka?|
|Saturday June 29th|Visit Himeji castle on the way to Osaka. Drop off luggage in stay. Lunch in Kuromon Market. Hozenji + Namba. DenDen Town. Dinner in Amerikura. Night out in Dotonbori||
|Sunday June 30th|Sumiyoshi. Lunch in Korea Town, Afternoon in Shinsekai||
|Monday July 1|Kobe||
|Tuesday July 2|Osaka Aquarium in the morning, Tempozan Marketplace for lunch. Umeda Sky, Tenjinbashisuji, Dinner in Sonezaki. Head to kyoto.||
|Wednesday July 3st|Arashiyama Bamboo Park + Monkey Park, Tenryuji, Toei Park||
|Thursday July 4th|Fushimi Inari, Tofukuji, Ginkaku-ji, Philosopher’s Path, Geisha Show, ||
|Friday July 5th|Nara: Deer Park + Mochi Pounding. Uji – Ujigami, Tsu-en. Marukyu, Green Tea Soba For Dinner||
|Saturday July 6th|Nishiki Market, Gion Market, Cooking Class, Kiyomizu-dera, Kabuki Show, ||
|Sunday July 7th|Kyoto to Mt. Fuji. Stop in Nagoya for lunch. Climb Mt. Fuji|If we decide not to climb fuji then will do ghibli park|
|Monday July 8th|Lake Kawaguchiko|We’re looking for an authentic onsen experience so debating between Kawaguchiko, Hakone or another Onsen town near tokyo|
|Tuesday July 9th|Travel to tokyo. Asakusa + ginza + akihabara ||
|Wednesday July 10th|Setagaya + Minato + Meguro + Shinagawa||
|Thursday July 11th|Tokyo DisneySea||
|Friday July 12th |Harajuku + Shinjuku + Ikebukuro + Roppongi||
|Saturday July 13th|Chiba + Yokohama|Not really sure what to do on this day. Best to leave sat night or sunday morning?|
|Sunday July 14th|Sendai|Is sendai worth the day trip or should either spend an extra day in sapporo, do hakodate or aomori?|
|Monday July 15th|Clock Tower, Ramen, Milk Farm Tour + Susukino||
|Tuesday July 16th |Sapporo Beer Museum, Soup Curry for lunch, Ainu Village?||
|Wednesday July 17th|Travel home||
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