Hi everyone,
Me and my mate will be going to Japan from mid March to early April in 2024, have booked plane tickets and currently going over the itinerary before we go ahead with booking the rest. Bellow is the current itinerary and if you guys can give your opinion.
\*I have been to Japan in 2019 for 11 days, have visited Tokyo and Kyoto mainly.
**Day 1 – Tokyo**
– Arriving in the early evening at Tokyo Narita Airport
– Check-in in hotel, roam around if we are not dead but no plans to do any activities
**Day 2 – Tokyo (Shibuya and Shinjuku)**
– Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
– Shinjuku Sumitomo Building
– Meiji Jingu
– Yoyogi Park
– Takeshita Street
– Omotesandō
– Hachiko Memorial Statue
– Shibuya Crossing
– Shibuya Sky
**Day 3 – Tokyo**
– Day trip to Nikko
**Day 4 – Tokyo**
– Day trip to Kamakura
**Day 5 – Kyoto (North)**
– Arrival in Kyoto by 11am
– Nishiki Market
– Kyoto Imperial Palace
– Kinkaku-ji
– Nijo Castle
**Day 6 – Kyoto (North East)**
– Nanzen-ji Temple
– Tetsugaku No Michi
– Gigashiyama Jisho-ji
– Shimogamo Shrine
**Day 7 – Kyoto (East)**
– Fushimi Inari
– Kiyomizu-dera
– Sannenzaka
– Ninenzaka
– Pontocho
**Day 8 – Kyoto (North West)**
– Arashiyama
**Day 9 – Hiroshima**
– Arrive by lunch time(leave early from Osaka)
– Hiroshima Castle
– Hiroshima Museum of Art
– Hiroshima Orizuru Tower
– Atomic Bomb Dome
– Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
**Day 10 – Hiroshima**
– Day trip to Miyajima
**Day 11 – Okunoshima**
– Leave Hiroshima to Okunoshima, in the evening head to the next location.
**Day 12 – Okayama**
– Asahi Lake(Boats)
– Korakuen Garden
– Okayama Castle
– Kibitsu Jinja
**Day 13 – Osaka**
– Arrive by 10/11 am
– Kuromon Ichiba Market
– Osaka Aquarium
– Universal Studios Japan
– Dotonbori
– Ebisu Tower Ferris Wheel
**Day 14 – Osaka**
– Day trip to Nara
**Day 15 – Osaka**
– Osaka Castle
– Osaka Tenmangu
– Tenjinbashi
– Shitennoji
– Tennoji Park
– Tennoji Zoo
– Shinsekai Market
– Abeno Harukas
**Day 16 – Osaka**
– Day trip to Kobe
**Day 17 – Osaka**
– Day trip to Koyasan, potencially can sleep there, but seems expensive.
**Day 18 – Tokyo (Asakusa)**
– Arrival in Tokyo
– Nakamise-dori Street
– Senso-ji
– Denboin Street and the surrounding ones
– Sumida Park
– Asahi Sky Room
– Tokyo Skytree
– Hoppy Street
**Day 19 – Tokyo (Akihabara and Imperial Palace)**
– Imperial Palace
– Akihabara exploring
– Yodobashi Akiba for shopping
**Day 20 – Tokyo(Yokahama and Odaiba)**
– Cup Noodles Museum
– Yokohama Cosmo World
– The Sky Garden
– Yokohama Chinatown
– Odaiba
– teamLab Planets
**Day 21 – Tokyo**
– Flight is very late in the evening and we can use the day for any new or missed activities.
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I will be flying to Osaka and will be traveling between Osaka – Himeji – Nara – Kyoto – Fukuoka.
Since the train ticket from Kyoto/Osaka > Fukuoka already expensive, so I thought l’ll just get 7 days of west JR pass to cover my entire trip, which I thought it was the cheapest way to travel around.
However, upon searching on google map for the routes, it seems that most of the recommended routes are not covered by JR pass.
Is there a way to find which nearest station from departure to arrival transport is covered by ir pass? Understand the main ir pass website has the search function for the schedule, but that I will need to enter the exact station name. I am hopeful for a function that would recommend the nearest station to and fro my destinations.
Thanks in advance!