I’m trying not to meticulously plan out every single day to leave room to walk around and find stuff naturally. Each day’s plan is mostly a rough outline for the sub’s guidelines, I’m willing to change a whole planned day if I feel like it. This will also be the longest vacation I’ve ever done and my first solo trip abroad so any tips are greatly appreciated.
**11/2**
Fly out from US
**11/3**
Arrive in Hiroshima in the evening, mostly just resting that night
**11/4**
Exploring the city
Atomic Bomb Dome
Peace Memorial Park + Museum
Hiroshima Castle
Gokoku Shrine
Toshogu Shrine (can skip this if too much)
**11/5**
Itsukushima
Explore Hiroshima some more in the evening
**11/6**
Train to Osaka
Osaka Castle
Amerikamura
Dotonbori
**11/7**
Himeji Castle
Explore Nishinomiya (Haruhi fan)
Explore more downtown Osaka in the evening
**11/8**
Kobe day trip
**11/9**
Nara day trip
**11/10**
Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
Glion Museum
Tempozan Ferris Wheel
Umeda Sky Building
**11/11**
Travel up to Koyasan
Explore the temples
Okunoin Cemetery
Overnight temple stay
**11/12**
Travel back down and to Kyoto
Nijou Castle
Kiyomizu-dera
Nanzen-ji Temple
Explore the area around Shimogyo ward
**11/13**
Arashiyama
Daikaku-ji
Kinkaku-ji
Kyoto Imperial Palace
**11/14**
Day trip up to Hikone Castle and Lake Biwa
**11/15**
Fushimi Inari Shrine
Toji Temple
(Open to suggestions for rest of the day)
**11/16**
Train to Kanazawa
Omicho Market
Higashi Chayagai
Relax that night
**11/17**
Kurobe Gorge train ride
**11/18**
Kanazawa Castle
Kenroku-en Garden
Oyama Shrine
Nagamichi District
**11/19**
Bus to Shirakawa-go
Explore the area
Bus to Takayama
Enjoy a relaxing evening
**11/20**
Hida Folk Village
Takayama Shrine
Train to Hakone in the afternoon
Walk around the area
Chill in the ryokan
**11/21**
Open Air Art Museum
Owakuduni Ropeway
**11/22 – Tokyo**
Train to Tokyo
Explore Shinjuku that day
**11/23**Â –Â **Shibuya**
Yoyogi Park
Meiji Shrine
Pokémon Center
Mostly going to explore, don’t have a ton specific ideas
Maybe do more in Shinjuku if time permits
**11/24 – Asakusa/Sumida**
Sensou-ji Temple
Nakamise-Dori Street
Sumida Park
Ushijima Shrine
Tokyo Skytree
**11/25**
Day trip to Fuji-Q (I love roller coasters)
**11/26 – Ueno**
Ueno Park
Tokyo National Museum
Ueno Zoo
National Museum of Nature and Science
Maybe one of the art museums there as well
**11/27 – Akihabara/Azabudai**
Arcades + Shopping
Electric Town
Kanda Shrine
Teamlabs Borderless
Tokyo Tower
**11/28**
Day trip to Kamakura
**11/29**
Half day in Yokohama
Shin Yokohama Ramen Museum
Brief stop at Cosmo World to ride Vanish
Back to Tokyo, explore Shinjuku a little more
End the night at the DIO JoJo bar
**11/30**
Slower day, do anything I didn’t get to in previous days that’s feasible
**12/1**
Fly home
If you read all of that thank you so much. I’m open to feedback on number of days in each spot and activities for certain days. I do have a couple general questions as well for this trip:
* Will I reliably be able to do laundry throughout the trip? I’ve read hotels have laundry services which I’ll need to use at least a few times during the month.
* Is forwarding luggage a few days in advance ok to do? I was planning on forwarding my suitcase to Tokyo when leaving Kanazawa, which will have 3 nights in between where I won’t need more than a duffel bag. I was also planning to forward it to Kyoto from Osaka so I don’t have to lug it up to Koyasan and back.
by XTornado01