Could i view sakura on other of these days? Is this itinerary too packed?
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16 apr:
0630 reach japan airport
get welcome suica (JR East Travel Center inside Terminal 1)
0800 leave airport
see if can put lugguage in hotel
1230 Shinkyo Bridge / Toshogu Shrine / Iemitsu Mausoleum / Rinnoji Temple
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3822\_nikko\_town\_full.html
1500 Check in hotel (Nikko Station Hotel II bankan)
Kanmangafuchi / Nikko Botanical Garden / Kanaya Hotel History House
find cherry blossom, explore, lots of shrine around
17 Apr:
1100 Chuzenji
(https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3822\_okunikko\_full.html)
in order of closest:
Kegon Waterfall
Akechidaira Plateau
Chuzenji Temple
Irohazaka Winding Road
Mount Hangetsuyama
Ryuzu Waterfall
Senjogahara Marshland
Yumoto Onsen
if have time:
edo wonderland nikko edomura
18 apr:
0900 check out nikko hotel
1000 Futaarasan Shrine (fes)
https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/294/
https://www.klook.com/en-SG/activity/98946-nikko-futarasan-shrine/?spm=SearchResult.SearchResult\_LIST&clickId=0bb94f6cc1
1400 oya temple
1500 check in utsunomiya (Chisun Inn Utsunomiya Kanuma)
1600 utsunomiya castle ruins park, explore area
19 apr:
0900 check out utsunomiya
1130 oomiya park at omiya station
1400 kawagoe
kitain temple > honmaru goten > candy alley > warehouse district(tele map)
taisho roman yume dori
https://tokyocheapo.com/entertainment/day-trip-kawagoe-little-edo/
1900 check in shiki (Toyoko Inn Shiki eki Higashi guchi), explore area
20 apr:
0900 check out shiki
1000 ameyoko(shop) / ueno park / Mandarin Oriental Tokyo(pizza)
Nezu Shrine(fes)
Sensoji
Kameido Tenjin Shrine(fes)
1600 check in tokyo (Toyoko Inn Tokyo Ikebukuro Kita guchi No 2)
keio department store(yuza) / shinjuku park / shin okubo station
ebisu
devilcraft jiyugoaka (pizza), jiyugoaka station
21 apr:
1000 check out last hotel
1030 Tenso Shrine(fes)
1200 funabashi (daiso giga/bic camera)
1500 Narita Omotesando / Naritasan Shinshoji Temple (eel famous until 4) / naritasan park(24hours)
1700 aeon mall
check in narita hotel (toyoko narita)
22 apr:
6am fly
by LoliFreak
4 comments
Try spacing out the days so its easier for us to read.
Sakura trees would have arleady bloomed by then losing color.
The itenarary doenst look to packed just make sure to have backup plans incase of rain ect (see what you can explore on rainy days)
Also make extra time since you will probably end up looking at other things not on these guides (Personally I tend to just walk around checking out the area)
Im doing something similar next month visiting Nikko, Kawagoe and a few other day trips from Tokyo.
My only advice to you is that for your full Nikko day, please start the day EARLY like 7/8am, not 11. There’s a lot you want to see, and assuming you’re taking the public bus it’ll take a long time to travel around all the locations you listed. Of course do note a lot of shops only operate from 11 to 5, so careful to carry some snacks with you and check opening times properly.
I am just wondering
a) why visit Utsunomiya, it’s not a particularly interesting place for tourists (and locals, honestly)
b) If visiting Utsunomiya, why stay in a hotel that it very far from the station like that? There are a ton of hotels within a 5 minute walk of the station, that one needs a car to get to
Apr17 will need a car if you want to realistically visit all of those, and you can definitely cut out Edo wonderland.