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I'm (M31) travelling to Japan for the first time this November. I'm solo travelling and staying for about three weeks.
I currently have these plans and only the hotel for the first 5 nights in Tokyo have been booked, so I am open to making changes if anyone has any good ideas for improvements 🙂
Spend 5 nights in Tokyo (Staying in Shinjuku):
- 6th + 7th: My plane arrives early in the morning the 6th of November, and I didn't want to plan too much specifically for that day since I dont know how bad the jetlag will be. So the plan is to use both these days to explore Shinjuku and Shibuya.
- 8th: Visit one of the teamlabs, Tsukiji and walk around Ginza for a bit
- 9th: Daytrip to the Mt. Fuji-area, leaning towards Kawaguchiko.
- 10th nov: Visit the Imperial Palace, Akihabara and Korakuen Garden (Might skip this if I am low on energy/time or find something else more tempting that day).
- 11th: Travel to Kanazawa
Spend 2 nights in Kanazawa:
- 11th: Arrive from Tokyo. Start visiting some of the things on the list for tomorrow if I have the energy/time, otherwise just relax and wander around the city.
- 12th: Full day in Kanazawa. Visit Higashi/Kazuemachi Chaya District, Kanazawa Castle Park, Kenroku-en, Nagamachi District, Omicho Market and the "Ninja temple" if I have the time/energy.
- 13th: Take the train to Hiroshima early in the morning
Spend 1 night in Hiroshima:
- 13th: Arrive from Kanazawa, check-in at hotel and visit the Peace Memorial Museum and the Atomic Bomb Dome.
- 14th: Take a quick visit to Hiroshima Castle (probably only look at it from the grounds outside) and visit Shukkeien Garden if I have the time/energy. Then take a mid-day train to Kyoto.
Spend 4 nights in Kyoto:
- 14th: Arrive from Hiroshima, check-in at the hotel and take a stroll around the Gion/Higashiyama-area.
- 15th: Spend the day walking around and visiting sights at the eastern side of Kyoto.
- 16th: Head to the other side of Kyoto visiting the bamboo forest, Arashiyama Monkey Park and Kinkaku-ji.
- 17th: Visit the Imperial Palace and maybe attend a guided sake-tour/tasting afterwards.
- 18th: Take the morning train to Osaka.
Spend 4 nights in Osaka:
- 18th: Arrive from Kyoto. Leave the bag at hotel and attend a 2-3 hour ramen class. Visit the Teamlabs Exhibition at the botanical garden in the evening.
- 19th: Day trip to Nara.
- 20th: Attend a morning sushi-class for 2-3 hours, spend the rest of the day wandering around Osaka.
- 21st: Day trip to Kobe (or maybe to Himeji Castle with a short stop in Kobe on my way back to Osaka).
- 22nd: Take the morning train to (?)
What to do for these two nights?
- 22nd: ??
- 23rd: ??
- 24th: Take morning train to Tokyo
Spend 3 nights in Tokyo (Staying in Asakusa):
- 24th: Arrive in Tokyo. Check-in at the Hotel and explore the Asakusa-area (Senso-ji, Tokyo Skytree and just wander around a bit).
- 25th: A day trip somewhere maybe? Thinking of Yokohama/Kamakura
- 26th: Last full day in Japan, buy some gifts for friends and family back home and just wander around Tokyo with no plans or if there are some things that I wanted to do in Tokyo earlier but didn't find time for.
- 27th: Head to the airport (Haneda) for a flight at around 9 am.
So with these plans I have a few days leftover. So far I am considering spending those days/nights on one of these things:
- Add one more night each to Kyoto and Hiroshima so I can visit Miyjajima when in Hiroshima and just have more spare time/rest days in Kyoto
- Spend both of the extra nights in Hiroshima (day trip each to Miyajima and Fukuoka)
- Visit Takayama
- Change the day trip to Mt. Fuji to a trip where I stay for one or two nights.
If anyone have any comments/critiques to my planned itinerary or some suggestions for what I could do with my two spare nights it would be greatly appreciated 🙂
by Nov204