I have been wanting to visit Japan for more than 10 years now. Finally have had the money and courage to go on a Solo trip there.
I know nothing of the Japanese language a few basic phrases for thank you, excuse me, please, bye, and some more but that’s it. I am trying to learn some but don’t know how much would be possible in the next month. With good internet and Google translate shouldn’t face many issues? (correct me if I am wrong here)
My plan is as follows:
Day 1: Arrive in Tokyo, check-in, rest, and maybe see the Tokyo Tower and any nearby areas
Day 2: Travel to Lake Kawaguchiko, where I plan to stay for a couple of nights, for local sightseeing and Mount Fuji views
Day 4: Travel to Osaka, Spend the night in Osaka visit Shinsekai
Day 5: Explore Osaka, Osaka Castle, Namba Yasaka Shrine, watch the sunset from Abeno Harukas, evening and dinner at Dotonbori
Day 6: Travel to Kyoto early in the morning to visit Arishiyama and then Fushimi Inari Shrine.
PS: I can stay here in Kyoto for the night, even though I have a booking in Osaka I can double book and travel here with a light backpack.
Day 7(Kyoto): Imperial Palace, Kiyomizu Temple, and Nishiki market, and then return to Osaka late in the night
Day 7(Osaka): Could visit the Osaka Aquarium and Universal studios
Day 8: Flight to Okinawa, staying near the Aquarium only so would take quite some time to get there using a public bus so nothing planned here.
Day 9: Chill on the beach near my hotel, go kayaking if possible, visit the aquarium in the afternoon to evening catch the sunset spend the night walking around the town
Day 10: Go for one last swim in the ocean before catching my afternoon flight to Tokyo
Day 11: Explore more of Tokyo, Asakusa, and Shibuya, and watch the sunset from Shibuya Sky
Day 12: Visit Akihabara, team labs exhibit, roam around the Roppongi hills area, go for drinks or to some club for NYE
Day 13: Cover some spots that I missed or visit something that I really liked some shopping and dinner and drinks before the early morning flight back to Mumbai
Please let me know if this is doable. I plan to travel via public transport only.
Also planning on doing some reading on the Shrines and locations I visit so that I’m not clueless about their significance when I visit them.
2 comments
Cut out okinawa entirely. This is a huge waste of time in such a short trip. Not to mention you spend a lot of money to stay there for what, two nights? Also you are from India so its not like you haven’t been to a beachy island before.
It feels like you are rushing tokyo a lot. And day 2 kawaguchiko is really rushed. Are you confident you can figure out the bus tickets/trains on the second day you land in Japan?
Personally I would stay in kyoto while visiting kyoto because even though its a “25” min bullet train, you have to get to shin osaka to take the bullet train so its more like 40 minutes you lose on either end. For what? Just stay in kyoto.
You’ll want to spend more time in Kyoto. Tons to do there. I just did 2-Tokyo, 4-Kyoto, (day trip) Osaka, 4-Wakayama hiking the Kumano Kodo, and 4-Tokyo to end the trip.