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14 day trip 2014/8/31 04:08
Next week I will be in japan! Yay. Does this seem reasonable? I am aware of lots of traveling and will be doing much of it early in the morning to arrive at sightseeing places when they open. I will have jr pass plus succia & icoca cards.

Sept 7 sun day 0 arrive nrt

Sept 8 mon - day 1 - tokyo to matsumoto day trip

Sept 9 tues - day 2 - tokyo-
Tokyo national museum
Gokoku ji
Ueno park

Sept 10 wed - day 3 - day trip to kamakura (giant buddha) & odawara (castle/museum)

Sept 11 thurs - day 4 nikko day trip

Sept 12 fri - day 5 - osaka baseball game in evening/ nara during day.

Maybe famous food street / osaka castle after baseball game or come back in evening one night from kyoto.

Sept 13 sat - day 6 -kyoto
Kinkaku ji
Tenryu ji
Bamboo forest
Nijo castle
Heian shrine

Sept 14 sun - day 7- kyoto
Kiyomizudera
Pottery center
Fushiminari

Sept 15 mon - day 8 - kyoto to uji -visit byodo
Back to kyoto then onto hikone city -
Hikone castle/museum (garden if time)
Lake biwa after 1700

Sept 16 tues - day 9 - sekigahara city
Return to kyoto - Chion-in or mt. Hiei if time

Sept 17 wed - day 10 - kyoto to nagoya
Nagoya castle
Tokugawa art museum
Inuyama castle

Sept 18 thurs - day 11 - kyoto to himeji
Himeji castle
Engyo ji
Okayama castle

Sept 19 fri - day 12 - hiroshima to miyajima & floating torii

Sept 20 sat - day 13 - morning trip to matsuyama / back to tokyo in afternoon

Sept 21 sun - day 14 - tokyo
Ota memorial museum
Meiji shrine
Return to nrt

by Shogun26  

Re: 14 day trip 2014/8/31 15:28
I would really recommend to bring down the number of sites, you'll be out of breath most of the time from hurrying from one place to another to really soak up the experience. Visit less, see more, is my motto.

Both Okayama and Nagoya castles are concrete reconstructions and as you are visiting Himeji and Hikone castles as well, I would skip the reconstructions, for instance, and spend some time to sit and watch the Japan of today unfurl in front of your eyes.
by Jim (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: 14 day trip 2014/8/31 20:48
Ok I will put those two castles on the (if time list). For sure I would not like to rush at the Tokugawa art museum.
Ive already re-adjusted my kyoto section too via a different thread.
Any other suggestions?

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