27 day Japan trip itinerary check

Hi All,

I'm heading to Japan with a mate for basically almost all of December and have roughly planned the trip. We enjoy sports, shopping, anime/manga, theme parks and sightseeing.

I would appreciate any tips on things to add, remove or move around. I also have a spare day so if anyone has any suggestions that would be nice, I've currently just thought of some sort of day trip, like kyoto –> uji, or tokyo –> nikko. Or adding a day to a city im already going to.

Anything with a question mark just means I'm unsure, 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

· Late night baseball cage

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 (off beaten route)

· Maccha house 🍧

· Gion (philosophers path, Ninenzaka street, Sannenzaka street)

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Day 16

· Kinkaku-ji

· NIjo Castle | Menbaka Fire Ramen?

· Shigeharu🔪🛒 across from Nijo

· 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

Day 23

Fukuoka

Day 24 – Daizufu

· Arrive from Hiroshima (1hr train)

· Kyuushu National Museum

· Dazaifu Tenmangu

· Ramen

Day 25

· Tochoji

· Kushida Shrine

· ShinShin ramen (opens 11)

· Tenjin + Daimyo

· Mugiwara store

· Ohori park | Fukuoka Castle ruins

· Nagahama Yatai Street

Day 26 – Day trip to Kurokawa onsen town ($30 each way 2.5hrs each way)

· Onsen hopping + sleep over night & ryokan

Day 27

· Head back to Fukuoka

· FUK à NRT (1hr + ~60)

· Flight at 7:20pm