31 days trip to Japan

Hello, I would like some recommendations about my trip to Japan !

**Context:** It will be my and my partner (both 25) first trip to Japan. We will flight from Paris to Tokyo on April 16th, 2024 and return from Osaka to Paris on May 18th, 2024. I have planned things to do in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, but we still have some days to spend we are not sure where.

So I would like your recommendations about my planning, if there are days that are **too busy or too empty.**

**What we like:** We love Rilakkuma. We like to go hiking and walking in parks. We like to visit Museum but not too much either). We like mangas and anime.

**What we don’t especially like:** Zoo and aquarium.

Here is the planning:

## Tokyo: April 17 to April 27 (10 days, 10 nights)

April 17

* arriving in Tokyo at 5A.M
* Shopping at Ikebukuro
* Walk in the Shinjuku Gyoen park
* Maybe go up the Tokyo metropolitan government building to view the city
* Spend the evening at Kabuchi\*ko

April 18

* Rilakkuma store at Tokyo Sky Tree (do not plan on going up the tower)
* Little walk around Ushijima Shrine and Hyotan pond
* Kaminarimon and visit Senso\*ji
* Ueno Park:
* Tokyo national museum
* Walk in the park

April 19

* Walk in Tokyo Dome City
* Akihabara: kanda shrine, shopping and karaoke

April 20

* Visit the Tokyo State Guest House
* Godzilla statue, Tokyo character street
* Visit the Kokyo (Imperial Palace), Hie\*jinja
* TeamLab

April 21

* Nakano Broadway and walk around
* Visit Ghibli museum
* Walk in the Inokashira park

April 22

* Walk in the Yoyogi park
* Shopping at Harajuku
* Shibuya crossing, Hachiko statue, Shibuya sky

April 23

* Disney sea

From April 24 to April 26

* Day trip to Nikko
* Day trip to Kamakura
* Day trip to Kawaguchiko

April 27

* Go to???? We still have 6 days to spend we don’t know where. So we would like to either:
* Add 1 day tip to Hakone
* Add 1 night in either Nikko, Kamakura, Kawaguchiko, or Hakone (if we go there) then leave the Kanto region
* We also hesitate to go to Kanazawa before going to Kyoto. How many days does it take to do the « tourists things » there ? Is it worth it? Considering we’ll have to spend 6000¥ more to take the train to Kyoto.

Should we spend any more days/nights to spend in the cities below ?

## Kyoto: May 03 to May 09 (7 days, 6 nights)

I don’t know if we will get fed up of temple haha. In any case, is there some temples you consider skippable ?

May 03

* Arrive in Kyoto
* Visit Kibune and Kurama

May 04

* Arashiyama
* Togetsukyo bridge
* Rilakkuma cafe
* Bamboo grove
* Visit Tenryuu-ji
* Visit Geo-ji
* Walk in Saga Toriimoto preserved street
* Visit Otago Nenbutsu-ji
* Visit Daikaku-ji
* Visit Katsu Imperial Villa

I guess it’s too much, any temple I should skip ?

May 05

* Visit Shugakuin imperial villa
* Visit Ginkaku-ji temple
* Walk in the Tetsuga no Michi
* Visit Eikan-do
* Visit Nansen-ji temple

May 06

* Visit Heian Jingu
* Visit Shoren-in
* Visit Chion-in
* Visit Yasaka Jinka

May 07

* Visit Kodai-ji
* Walk in Gion
* Visit Kennin-ji
* Visit Kiyomizudera
* See the Sanjusangendo
* Walk through the Fushimi Inari Shrine

May 08

* Visit Daitoku-ji
* Visit Kinkaku-ji, Ryoan-ji, Ninna-ji, Myoshin-ji

May 09

* Go to Nishiki market
* Visit the Kyoto Imperial Palace and the Sento Gosho palace
* Visit Nijo Castle and Ninomaru palace
* Go to Onomichi

## Onomichi: 05/09 to 05/11

May 09

* Arrive in Onomichi

May 10

* Shimanami Kaido

May 11

* Go to Hiroshima

## Hiroshima: 05/11 to 05/13

May 11

* Arrive in Hiroshima
* Walk in the Peace Park, visit the peace Memorial Museum, A-Bomb Dome

May 12

* Day trip to Miyajima (Itsukushima island)

May 13

* Go to Osaka

## Osaka: May 13 to May 18

May 13

* Arrive in Osaka
* Alice in fantasy land cafe
* Umeda Sky building
* Visit Osaka-jo

May 14

* Shopping at Dotombori
* Visit Shitenno-ji
* Visit Sumiyoshi Taisha

May 15

* Universal studio + Super Nintendo world

May 16

* Day\*trip to Nara

May 17

* Day trip to Himeji

May 18

* Flight at 11A.M to return to Paris

Thank you very much in advance !

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Edit: formatting

by hanakashinta