Hey guys,
So, my friend and I are going to Japan from mid-March to early April 2024. With plane tickets secured, we are meticulously deciding our itinerary before confirming the remaining details. Below, you’ll find our current schedule, and I invite your esteemed opinions. Having previously explored Japan in 2019 for 11 days, primarily in Tokyo and Kyoto, your insights would be invaluable.
**Day 1 – Tokyo**
– Arriving in the early evening at Tokyo Narita Airport
– Check-in in hotel, roam around if we are not dead but no plans to do any activities
**Day 2 – Tokyo (Shibuya)**
– Meiji Jingu
– Yoyogi Park
– Takeshita Street
– Omotesandō
– Hachiko Memorial Statue
– Shibuya Crossing
– Shibuya Sky
**Day 3 – Kyoto (North)**
– Nishiki Market
– Kyoto Imperial Palace
– Kinkaku-ji
– Nijo Castle
**Day 4 – Kyoto (North East)**
– Nanzen-ji Temple
– Tetsugaku No Michi
– Higashiyama Jisho-ji
– Shimogamo Shrine
**Day 5 – Kyoto (East)**
– Kiyomizu-dera
– Sannenzaka
– Ninenzaka
– Fushimi Inari
– Pontocho
**Day 6 – Kyoto (North West)**
– Arashiyama
**Day 7 – Hiroshima**
– Hiroshima Castle
– Hiroshima Museum of Art
– Hiroshima Orizuru Tower
– Atomic Bomb Dome
– Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
**Day 8 – Hiroshima (Miyajima day trip)**
– Day trip to Miyajima
– Send luggage to Osaka for day 10
**Day 9 – Okunoshima**
– Leave Hiroshima to Okunoshima, in the evening head to Himeji.
**Day 10 – Himeji and Kobe**
– Himeji Castle
– Head to Kobe
– Rokko Vable Shita
– Kobe Chinatown Nankin-machi
– Umie
– Dinner at Kobe
– Head to Osaka in the evening
**Day 11 – Osaka**
– Osaka Aquarium
– Dotonbori
– teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka
**Day 12 – Osaka (Nara day trip)**
– Kofuku-ji Temple
– Isuien Garden and Neraku Museum
– Todai-ji
– Kasuga Taisha Shrine
– Explore Nara Park
**Day 13 – Osaka**
– Universal Studio Japan
**Day 14 – Osaka**
– Koyasan (Sleep there but leave luggage in Osaka)
**Day 15 – Osaka**
– Minoh Park
– Shitennoji
– Shinsekai Market
– Harukas 300
**Day 16 – Kanazawa**
– Kanazawa Castle
– Nagamachi Samurai District
– Omicho Market
– Higashi Chaya District
– Kenrokuen Garden
**Day 17 – Tokyo (Asakusa)**
– Arrival in Tokyo
– Nakamise-dori Street
– Senso-ji
– Denboin Street and the surrounding ones
– Sumida Park
– Asahi Sky Room
– Tokyo Skytree
– Hoppy Street
**Day 18 – Tokyo (Kamakura day trip)**
– Kamakura
**Day 19 – Tokyo (Shinjuku and Odaiba)**
– Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
– Explore Shinjuku
– Shinjuku Sumitomo Building
– Odaiba
– teamLab Planets
**Day 20 – Tokyo(Nikko day trip)**
– Nikko
**Day 21 – Tokyo**
– Flight is very late in the evening and we can use the day.
– Imperial Palace
– Akihabara