27 day japan itinerary check
Hi all, I'll be travelling with a mate this December for the first time to Japan. We enjoy shopping, anime/manga, video games, sports, sightseeing and theme parks. Im wondering how doable the trip, is it too much or appropriate?
Any tips on adding/moving/removing things around would be much appreciated, thanks heaps!!
Tokyo
Day 1
· Arrive at NRT 5:40pm
· Check into hotel, get dinner (Shinjuku)
Day 2 – Chuo | Ginza
· Tsukiji outer market
· Uniqlo/Muji/GU ginza
· Tsujihan
· Roppongi hills Tokyo city view
· Roppongi
Day 3 – Shibuya | Harujuku
· Brekky at yoyogi park
· Meiji jingu
· Zuicho – katsudon (opens 11:30)
· Takeshita st
· Shibuya sky
Day 4 – Shinjuku
· Suga shrine
· Gyoen national garden
· Gyukatsu motomura (opens 11)
· Hanazono Jinja Shrine
· Golden gai/Omoide Yokocho
Day 5
· Disneysea
· Odaiba
Day 6 – Asakusa | Akihabara
· Sensoji
· Nakamise dori St
· Asakusa unana
· Ameyoko + Akihabara
· Pokemon centre DX
· Bookoff or super potato
Day 7
· Ghibli museum
· Nakano broadway
· Shimokitazawa
Fuji
Day 8 – Mt fuji | car rental???
· fuji yumeno ohashi? Mt. Fuji Panoramic Ropeway? Lawson Kawaguchi? Honcho st?
· THE PARK dessert?
Day 9
· Fuji q highland
· Yamanakako onsen benifuji
Alps
Day 10 – Nagano
· Arrive from tokyo (1.5hrs train)
· Jigokudani Yaen Koen
· Zenkoji
· Wafu no Yado Masuya vs Maguse Onsen
Day 11 – Takayama
· Arrive from Nagano (3hrs?)
· Aji-no-Yohei
· Explore
· Hida beef (gifu beef)
· Ryokan
Day 12 – Shirakawago
· Arrive from takayama (45 min trip) –
· Explore
· Hike up Ogimachi Castle
· Irori (hida beef skewers)
· Head to kanazawa (1 hr 15 trip)
Day 13 – Kanazawa
· Higashi Chaya district
· Omicho Market
· Kenroku-en garden (one of the 3 great gardens of JP)
· Kanazawa Castle Park
· Nagamachi
· Ryokan
Kyoto
Day 14
· Arrive from kanazawa (2hr20)
· Settle into accom
· Adashino Nenbutsuji
· Gio-ji
· Jōjakkōji Temple
· Tenryu-ji"
· Pontocho
Day 15
· Kiyomizu-dera
· Maccha house
· Gion (philosophers path, Ninenzaka street, Sannenzaka street)
· Fushimi inari (at night)
Day 16
· Kinkaku-ji
· NIjo Castle
· Shigeharu across from Nijo if open
· Nishiki market
· Kyoto International Manga Museum
Day 17 (Sunday) – Nara
· St mary's & St marks liturgy
· Nakatamidou Pounded Mochi
· Todai-Ji Temple via Yoshikien Garden
· Nara park/Wakakusayama hill
· Isui-en
· Kasuga Taisha
· Kitahara Soba?
· Head to Kyoto then Osaka? Or head to Osaka from nara?
Osaka
Day 18
· Osaka castle
· Tenjimbashi bridge
· Tenjibashi-Suji"
· Tenmagu shrine
· Umeda skybuilding
· Dotonbori
Day 19
· Namba Yasaka Jinja
· Sennichimae doguyasuji
· Nipponbashi Den Den town
· Shinsekai
Day 20
· USJ express
· Dotonbori
Hiroshima
Day 21 – Himeij
· Arrive from osaka (40 mins)
· Himeji castle
· Kokoen garden"
· Miyuki street
· Head to Hiroshima (1hr train)
· Okonomimura
Day 22
· Miyajima – Itsukushima
· Peace memorial park + museum
· Atomic bomb dome
· Hiroshima castle
· Dinner + sleep overnight
Fukuoka
Day 23 – Daizufu
· Arrive from Hiroshima (1hr train)
· Kyuushu National Museum
· Dazaifu Tenmangu
Day 24
· Tochoji
· Kushida Shrine
· ShinShin ramen (opens 11)
· Tenjin + Daimyo
· Mugiwara store
· Ohori park | Fukuoka Castle ruins
· Nagahama Yatai Street
Day 25 – Day trip to Kurokawa onsen town, car rental – 2 hr drive
Onsen hopping + sleep over night & ryokan
Kumamoto
Day 26
· Leave Kurokawa onsen
· Start one piece statue adventure
· Suizenji jojuen Garden (next to luffy)
Day 27
· Finish any unvisited statues
· Leave car rental
· Plane back to NRT (2 hrs ~$60)
· Flight at 7:20pm
by Rivenexile
1 comment
The first week is almost fine (some of the days are a little overloaded – you don’t need to tack on Shimokita to a day that *already* has the Ghibli Museum and Nakano Broadway) and then it kind of goes off the rails.
Exactly when in December are you planning on coming? Because if you hit the end-of-year holidays you’re going to find places closed for the New Year or booked solid.