21 day solo trip – Itinerary check (and a few questions)

Hey guys, this is my pretty extensive itinerary for 1 21 day solo trip.

|**21 Nov**|Tokyo|Reach Haneda Airport at 9 pm, get JR pass ticket and set start date as 27th. Get Suica and reach hotel at Sumida city pretty late. Pass out. |
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|22 Nov|Tokyo|Rest day. Gather strength. Walk around the property. Go to a CocoIchibanya or a Sukiya. |
|23 Nov|Tokyo|Start with Asakusa – Senso-ji temple and then head to Ueno park. Then head to Akihabara. In the evening head to Shibuya. Probably try out Shibuya Sky or the Metropolitan building. Food at Sushi Tokyo Ten.|
|24 Nov|Tokyo|Tsukiji market early in the morning and then teamLab Planets. Try out kaitenzushi. Meiji Jingu and Harajuku in the evening. |
|25 Nov|Tokyo|Toyosu market in the morning, then Ginza. (A live performance at Kabuki za?) Then Shinjuku at night – Kabukicho, Golden gai etc|
|26 Nov|Tokyo – Kamakura – Enoshima|Leave for Kamakura in the morning and explore the small town – Hasedera/small bamboo grove etc. Take Electric railway to Enoshima and explore the island. Food at Enoshima Tei? Come back to Kamakura OR Tokyo late and spend the night. |
|27 Nov|Hiroshima|Activate 14 day JR Pass and travel to Hiroshima. Reach by 12 noon. Explore the Peace Park and the museum. Food at Okonomimura. Stroll around at Shukkeien garden. |
|28 Nov|Hiroshima – Miyajima|Explore Hiroshima castle and more of the sights. More okonomiyaki. Then head to Miyajima island in the afternoon via JR ferry. Explore and spend the night. |
|29 Nov|Miyajima – Himeji – Kyoto|Explore Miyajima early in the morning, with noone there. See sunrise if possible. Then around 11 am head to Hiroshima and take direct Sakura to Himeji. Explore the castle and head to Kyoto late. Spend night in Kyoto.|
|30 Nov|Kyoto|In the morning, explore Kiyomizudera and nanzenji temples. Possibly Eikan-do. In the evening walk around streets of Gion, through Sannenzaka street, catch the Yasaka pagoda during sunset.|
|1st Dec|Kyoto|Early morning head to Arashiyama. The bamboo grove, the monkey park. Sagano Romantic railway (if i get tickets). Walk around old neighborhoods in Arashiyama, Walk to Nenbutsu-ji temple in the afternoon. Back to Kyoto by evening. Food at Pontocho alley?|
|2nd Dec|Kyoto|Fushimi Inari Taisha and chill out in the evening |
|3rd Dec|Kyoto|Day trip to Amanohashidate and Ine OR day trip to Magomejuku and Tsumagojuku (shortest possible version of Nakasendo trail)|
|4th Dec|Kyoto|Kinkakuji in the morning and then walk around, chill in cafes. Walk around Kamogawa river. (kodai-ji temple?)|
|5th Dec|Kyoto – Nara – Osaka|Head to Nara for a day trip – nara park, Todai-ji etc, and then head to Osaka in the evening. |
|6th Dec|Osaka|Osaka castle, Namba Yasaka shrine, Dotonbori in the evening|
|7th Dec|Osaka|Amerikamura, Shinsekai, Kuromon market, Osaka Botanical gardens|
|8th Dec|Osaka – Takayama|Head to Takayama in the morning and explore the old town. Have Hida beef. |
|9th Dec|Shirakawago|Explore Shirakawago in the morning and come back to Takayama. |
|10th Dec|Takayama – Tokyo|Shinhotaka Ropeway in the morning? (not sure) then head to Tokyo and reach by evening. |
|11th Dec|Tokyo – Narita|Chill out in the morning and head to the airport for flight back. |

What do you guys think? Am i packing too much? I have made sure to stay in Tokyo and Kyoto for long enough and taken breathers. The two main things I’m confused about – The trip to Kamakura and Enoshima on the 26th, is it too much? Should i rather use that time for more of Tokyo or even Hiroshima?

Also, the day trip from Kyoto on 3rd. Amanohashidate&Ine or Magomejuku&Tsumagojuku? Which one would make more sense? I’ve seen videos and both look amazing. Or do you think I should rathet spend that time on Kyoto itself?

Also, is the shinhotaka ropeway worth it?

Let me know.

1 comment
  1. I can just speak for the Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo parts of the trip but it looks very relaxed to me. I think you should combine Nenbutsu-ji with Kinkaku-ji as they’re pretty close to each other. Kinkakuji doesn’t take that long to see, I’d just add that on Dec 1, then on Dec 4 you have more free time to do whatever.

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