Some of the days are not planned exactly, wanted to get some opinions on how to plan the things we have targeted on our list. This will be our second time in Japan, went for 3 weeks this past May.
TRIP PLANTRIP PLAN
November 21, thursday- we get in Osaka at 6:55pm
Stay in Osaka
Nov 22nd, Friday
AM
Osaka---- train--> Tottori
train ride is 2.5-3.5hrs
-pick up car
-San dunes +/ paragliding
-sand museum
PM
-Karoichi fish market
-pick a pear @ Mika-en 9-5pm
-Nashikkokan, Tottori Nijisseiki Pear Museum 9-5pm
-Hakuto shrine (hare of inaba a national folk) opens 24hrs
Nov 23rd Saturday
AM
-Uradoma coast- take a boat trip Uradome Coast Island Cruise
to explore San’in Kaigan Geopark operates q1hr only 40min boat ride. Pleasure boat 1500yen
https://www.tottori-tour.jp/en/sightseeing/776/
PM
Genbudo park + basalt (hours 9-5pm)
-if we take train we need to get a boat ride.
-500 yen/person
website : https://visitkinosaki.com/things-to-do/genbudo-park/
Nov 24th
Daisen + Matsue + Misasa onsen
MT Daisen
-Daisen Makiba Milk no Sato
-Daisen hiruzen Parkway scenic drive
https://www.japan.travel/national-parks/parks/daisen-oki/see-and-do/daisen-hiruzen-parkway-scenic-drive/
-Hiking :
-2hs = Daisen daki falls and chugoku nature trainl
-most common hiking is the mount daisen hiking loop that starts from Bakuroza parking lot = 6hr in total
Tottori Resturants
Eat buck wheat soba
- Mitaki-en Restaurant (Japanese seasonal Sansai cuisine)
-Matsubi gani (snow crab) only harvested Nov to March
Nov 25th, Monday
Tottori--fly--> Tokyo (Narita >HND)(leave @
1120 arrive @ 1235)
Nov 25-27th
Tokyo
-Chiba-to see the suspended train
Nov 25th Tokyo--- train ---> Sendai
Nov 25th-December 1st
Sendai
tohoku region in known for sweet edemame (zunda) ,whiskey, beef tongue. Has Q codes throughout the city that shows you how it was back in the day. Oysters.
-Zuihoden (Grave of date masamune) shrine
-sendai castle honmaru ruins to see the statue near
+/- Aoba castle honmaru hall
-Sendai morning market
-Jozenji dori avenue: nice at night
-Sendai dai kannon (colossus) big buddah statue you can walk up 12 stories
-Akiu great falls 30 min from sendai
Miyagi area
-narukokyo resthouse
-oufukazawa bridge
-naruko gorge walking trail
-buy naruko kokeshi dolls there is a museum near the area
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5177.html
-there is onsens
-Geibikei gorge (north of sendai) : take a boat ride
Matsushima
-known for pine trees
-take a boat tour
-Fukuurajima there is a wood shrine there take the red bridge
-Miharashidai
-Matsushima fish market
Yamagata prefecture
-known for cherries. Known for local beef. known for waterfalls, soba, sake
Yamagata cherry land (Kaminoyama tourism fruit garden)
Mt Zao - dai rotenburo outdoor
-Okama (crater with water) "cooking pot"
you can take a ropeway to the top and hikw down
+/-Mifuchi Keikoku Valley
Yamadera (west of sendai)
-Omoshiryoyama autum leaves river gorge
-Yamadera Hie Shrine (+1K steps) very top has beautiful observation deck
-Rissyakuji temple
Extra Trips from sendai
Senshin gorge
-Raieaikyo gorge
December 1st--fly--> Osaka
Osaka
December 1st-December 10th
Day trips from Osaka
-Namba Yasaka shrine
-Nintendo museum
-Hoshi No Burako (suspended trips): 1.3hrs away
-KOBE : Mt rokko - the garden ter
-Minoh Falls: 1.45-2.0 hrs
-Takeda castle ruins- about 4-5hrs
alternative naegi castle ruins 3.33hrs
-Amanohashidate 3 hrs +/- Village of Ine (fisherman town)
race
+ Nunobiki falls (can take the ropeway) 2-3 hours
-Kyoto
Sea of the clouds- nature area
https://www.kyototourism.org/en/column/16952/
-Shikouko island
-hompukuji water temple (made by famous architect japanese)
-Uji?
-Mount Hiei: 1.46-2.0 hrs
Osaka
-Hattori Ryokuchi
-Osaka castle (make sure to look at the view from the top)
has museum inside, around it there is parks, osaka museum of history. Explore the park.
-Osaka Aquarium
-karahori shotengai local neighborhood
-fumi no sato a local shope arcade = shopping mall
-korean town
-kitahama station - a bunch of cafe by the river for outdoor seating
-temma station (good for night life) but also to see fall colors
- umeda sky building
-nazakachicho- neighborhood in osaka
Osaka Restuants/food
Unique experience: ofune camome breakfast cruise (sat/sunday)
-dessert: greenarium awajishima hyogo. You can pick strawberries)
-kyuyamute curry
-ren resturant (chocolate shop) -->ek chuah
-grandfather clock cafe - offers american food. has a hidden shrine
-chelsea daikuku cho in namba (american style brekfast)
-strike ken ramen shop
-botani curry
-saryo itoen green tea ice cream
-yasu mitsu bazu- bun shop***
-typhoon hantin (okinawa, viet, thai foods)
-udon sanku
-tsage tsudo- traditional sweet
-Hanamaruken hozeji- hass the creamy ramen
Osaka station - inside has the following:
-taiyahono bar for a view
-pokemon center
-tenku no eon (farm in the sky)
November 21, thursday- we get in Osaka at 6:55pm
Stay in Osaka
Nov 22nd, Friday
AM
Osaka---- train--> Tottori
train ride is 2.5-3.5hrs
-pick up car
-San dunes +/ paragliding
-sand museum
PM
-Karoichi fish market
-pick a pear @ Mika-en 9-5pm
-Nashikkokan, Tottori Nijisseiki Pear Museum 9-5pm
-Hakuto shrine (hare of inaba a national folk) opens 24hrs
Nov 23rd Saturday
AM
-Uradoma coast- take a boat trip Uradome Coast Island Cruise
to explore San’in Kaigan Geopark operates q1hr only 40min boat ride. Pleasure boat 1500yen
https://www.tottori-tour.jp/en/sightseeing/776/
PM
Genbudo park + basalt (hours 9-5pm)
-if we take train we need to get a boat ride.
-500 yen/person
website : https://visitkinosaki.com/things-to-do/genbudo-park/
Nov 24th
Daisen + Matsue + Misasa onsen
MT Daisen
-Daisen Makiba Milk no Sato
-Daisen hiruzen Parkway scenic drive
https://www.japan.travel/national-parks/parks/daisen-oki/see-and-do/daisen-hiruzen-parkway-scenic-drive/
-Hiking :
-2hs = Daisen daki falls and chugoku nature trainl
-most common hiking is the mount daisen hiking loop that starts from Bakuroza parking lot = 6hr in total
Tottori Resturants
Eat buck wheat soba
- Mitaki-en Restaurant (Japanese seasonal Sansai cuisine)
-Matsubi gani (snow crab) only harvested Nov to March
Nov 25th, Monday
Tottori--fly--> Tokyo (Narita >HND)(leave @
1120 arrive @ 1235)
Nov 25-27th
Tokyo
-Chiba-to see the suspended train
Nov 25th Tokyo--- train ---> Sendai
Nov 25th-December 1st
Sendai
tohoku region in known for sweet edemame (zunda) ,whiskey, beef tongue. Has Q codes throughout the city that shows you how it was back in the day. Oysters.
-Zuihoden (Grave of date masamune) shrine
-sendai castle honmaru ruins to see the statue near
+/- Aoba castle honmaru hall
-Sendai morning market
-Jozenji dori avenue: nice at night
-Sendai dai kannon (colossus) big buddah statue you can walk up 12 stories
-Akiu great falls 30 min from sendai
Miyagi area
-narukokyo resthouse
-oufukazawa bridge
-naruko gorge walking trail
-buy naruko kokeshi dolls there is a museum near the area
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5177.html
-there is onsens
-Geibikei gorge (north of sendai) : take a boat ride
Matsushima
-known for pine trees
-take a boat tour
-Fukuurajima there is a wood shrine there take the red bridge
-Miharashidai
-Matsushima fish market
Yamagata prefecture
-known for cherries. Known for local beef. known for waterfalls, soba, sake
Yamagata cherry land (Kaminoyama tourism fruit garden)
Mt Zao - dai rotenburo outdoor
-Okama (crater with water) "cooking pot"
you can take a ropeway to the top and hikw down
+/-Mifuchi Keikoku Valley
Yamadera (west of sendai)
-Omoshiryoyama autum leaves river gorge
-Yamadera Hie Shrine (+1K steps) very top has beautiful observation deck
-Rissyakuji temple
Extra Trips from sendai
Senshin gorge
-Raieaikyo gorge
December 1st--fly--> Osaka
Osaka
December 1st-December 10th
Day trips from Osaka
-Namba Yasaka shrine
-Nintendo museum
-Hoshi No Burako (suspended trips): 1.3hrs away
-KOBE : Mt rokko - the garden ter
-Minoh Falls: 1.45-2.0 hrs
-Takeda castle ruins- about 4-5hrs
alternative naegi castle ruins 3.33hrs
-Amanohashidate 3 hrs +/- Village of Ine (fisherman town)
race
+ Nunobiki falls (can take the ropeway) 2-3 hours
-Kyoto
Sea of the clouds- nature area
https://www.kyototourism.org/en/column/16952/
-Shikouko island
-hompukuji water temple (made by famous architect japanese)
-Uji?
-Mount Hiei: 1.46-2.0 hrs
Osaka
-Hattori Ryokuchi
-Osaka castle (make sure to look at the view from the top)
has museum inside, around it there is parks, osaka museum of history. Explore the park.
-Osaka Aquarium
-karahori shotengai local neighborhood
-fumi no sato a local shope arcade = shopping mall
-korean town
-kitahama station - a bunch of cafe by the river for outdoor seating
-temma station (good for night life) but also to see fall colors
- umeda sky building
-nazakachicho- neighborhood in osaka
Osaka Restuants/food
Unique experience: ofune camome breakfast cruise (sat/sunday)
-dessert: greenarium awajishima hyogo. You can pick strawberries)
-kyuyamute curry
-ren resturant (chocolate shop) -->ek chuah
-grandfather clock cafe - offers american food. has a hidden shrine
-chelsea daikuku cho in namba (american style brekfast)
-strike ken ramen shop
-botani curry
-saryo itoen green tea ice cream
-yasu mitsu bazu- bun shop***
-typhoon hantin (okinawa, viet, thai foods)
-udon sanku
-tsage tsudo- traditional sweet
-Hanamaruken hozeji- hass the creamy ramen
Osaka station - inside has the following:
-taiyahono bar for a view
-pokemon center
-tenku no eon (farm in the sky)
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