Hey all
I’ll be heading to Japan next march and will spend the whole month in there. There are a few things I wanted to do there but obviously not enough for a whole month, so I picked up points of interest here and there (and especially in Wanderlog lists) to fill it up, so if the names look weird/wrong it’s because I found there.
The one thing I found out and really want to do is the Shimanami Kaido cycling route, ~70km between Onomichi and Imabari on a rented bike.
Feel free to suggest more things, or to replace stops entirely – I’m kinda iffy on Himeji and still need to fill the last 2 free days. I’m assuming what I picked for most days won’t keep me busy for an entire day, the plan is just to do whatever towards the evening.
**Tl;dr:**
Tokyo (7 days) > Hakone (2) > Osaka (2) > Kyoto (3) > Kobe > Himeji > Teshima > Naoshima > Kurashiki > Onomichi (3*) > Hiroshima (3) > back to Tokyo (3)
## Tokyo
#### 4/3 (Mon) – Landing in Haneda
– Get a suica and a sim card at the airport
– Get to the hotel
– Walk around Asakusa and check Imado Shrine to stretch my legs after 30h in flight. It’ll be past 7pm by then so not much else to do
#### 5/3 (Tue)
– Ueno Park and zoo
– Tokyo Metro art and national museums
– Walk around Akihabara
#### 6/3 (Wed)
– Check out a woodblock print shop in Asakusa
– Senso-ji
– Asakusa Shrine
– Sumida Park
– Do something until late then head to Tokyo Skytree at night-ish
#### 7/3 (Thu) – day trip to Kamakura
– Zeniarai Benten Shrine
– Kencho-ji
– Tsurugaoka Hachimangu
– Hokokuji Temple
– Kamakura Hasedera
– Kotoku-in
#### 8/3 (Fri)
– Guided Mt. Fuji day trip
#### 9/3 (Sat)
– Gotokuji Temple (as early as possible in the morning since it’s out of the way)
– Ghibli Museum
– Shibuya Scramble Crossing
– Yoyogi Park
– Meiji Jingu
– Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
– Shibuya Sky (at night if possible)
#### 10/3 (Sun)
– teamLab Planets
– teamLab Borderless
– Zozo-ji Temple
– Hamarikyu Gardens
– Ginza
– Tokyo Tower (at night if possible)
## Hakone
#### 11/3 (Mon)
– Hakone Open-Air Museum
– Hakone Gora Park
– Okada Museum of Art
– Owakudani
– Hakone Pirate Ship
#### 12/3 (Tue)
– Odawara Castle
– Onshi-Hakone Park
– Hakone Shrine
## Osaka
#### 13/3 (Wed)
– Osaka Castle
– Nishinomaru Garden (Osaka Castle)
– Shitenno-ji
– Tsutenkaku
– Shin Sekai “New World”
– (a cat cafe I found online)
– Umeda Sky Building
#### 14/3 (Thu)
– Namba Yasaka Shrine
– Shinsaibashi-Suji Shopping Street
– Dotonbori
– Osaka Aquarium
– Tempozan giant ferris wheel
## Kyoto
#### 15/3 (Fri)
– Kiyomizu-dera
– Sannenzaka
– Ninenzaka
– Maruyama Park
– Chion-in Temple
– Shoren-in Monzeki
– Nishiki Market
– Fushimi Inari Taisha
#### 16/3 (Sat)
– Tenryu-ji
– Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
– Okochi Sanso Garden
– Arashiyama Monkey Park
– Kinkaku-ji
– Daitoku-ji Temple
#### 17/3 (Sun) – day trip to Nara
– Kofuku-ji
– Isuien Garden and Neiraku Museum
– Todai-ji
– Nara park
– Kaasuga Taisha
– Higashimuki shopping street
## Kobe
#### 18/3 (Mon)
– Ikuta Jinja
– Kitanocho
– Kobe Nunobiki Herb Gardens
– Steakland Kobe (at lunch)
– Sannomiya Center Gai shopping street
– Kobe Chinatown Nankin-machi
– Kobe Harborland
## Himeji
#### 19/3 (Tue)
– Mt. Shosha
– Engyoji
– Himeji Castle
– Koko-en
## Teshima (hotel in Uno)
#### 20/3 (Wed)
– Rent a bike
– Teshima Art Museum
– Teshima Yokoo House
## Naoshima (hotel in Uno)
#### 21/3 (Thu)
– Lee Ufan Museum
– Benesse House Museum
– Naoshima Public Bath I Love Yu
## Kurashiki
#### 22/3 (Fri)
– Honmachi
– Kurashiki Craft Work Village
– Kanryuji
– Tsurugatayama Park
– Higashimachi
## Onomichi
#### 23/3 (Sat)
– Senkoji Park
– Senkoji Temple mountain ropeway
– Neko no Hosomichi
– Okunoshima
## Shimanami Kaido cycling route
#### 24/3 (Sun)
– Rent a bike at Onomichi
– Start the route towards Imabari
– Check Kousanji if there’s time
– Rest at Ikuchi
#### 25/3 (Mon)
– Resume Shimanami Kaido route, from Ikuchi to Imabari (end)
– Rest at Imabari
## Hiroshima
#### 26/3 (Tue)
– Mitaki-dera
– Atomic Bomb dome
– Peace Memorial Museum
– Peace Memorial Park
– Orizuru Tower
– Hiroshima Castle
– Gokoku Shrine
– Shukkeien Garden
– Okonomimura
#### 27/3 (wed) – day trip to Iwakuni
– Honke Matsugane
– Kintaikyo Bridge
– Kikko Park
– Iwakuni Castle
#### 28/3 (thu) – day trip to Miyajima
– Miyajimaguchi Station
– Itsukushima Jinja
– Momijidani Park
– Daishoin
– Itsukushima Jinja Otorii
## Back to Tokyo
#### 29/3 (fri)
– Meguro River Cherry Blossoms Promenade
#### 30/3 (sat)
– Free day
#### 31/3 (sun)
– Free day
#### 1/4 (mon)
– Flight back