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Itinerary for August 2017/6/21 05:53
Can you guys help me with the itinerary? It will be 4th time I go to Japan, I've been in Tokyo, Osaka, Nara, Kyoto and Hiroshima many times.

02/08 Arrive Tokyo
03/08 Sendai
04/08 Aomori for Nebuta matsuri
05/08 Go to Osorezan (is it doable in one day without car from Hachinohe or Aomori?)
06/08 Hakodate (1 day is enough for main places?)
07/08 Lake Toya (From Hakodate, would you go to Lake Toya or spend this day in Hakodate?)
08/08 Sapporo and Otaru
09/08 Furano from Sapporo (doable in 1 day?)
10/08 Ainu Museum and Noboribetsu onsen from Sapporo (doable?)
11/08 Sapporo
12/08 Take early flight to Osaka and enjoy Osaka there.
13/08 Kyoto
14/08 Horyuji and whatever happens later, any suggestion?
15/08 Tottori mainly for sand museum and dunes. (doable from Osaka or Kyoto, I would stay that night in Tottori)
16/08 Matsue from Tottori (doable?)
17/08 Hakata from Tottori, I've been to Hakata before it's just to stop and rest.
18/08 Kagoshima (stay there, doable in 1 day? never been there, mainly I want to be around Sakurajima)
19/08 to 21/08 I have to pick a 3 day excursion from Kagoshima, what would you pick? Yakushima or Okinawa? Never been to any of them, Yakushima looks cool but I've heard I would have to walk a lot to visit the cedar and rent a car...)

22/08 Go to Onomichi and visit Tomonoura if possible, depart from Kagoshima.Are Onomichi or Tomonoura worth? If not I would go to Hiroshima again

23/08 Go to Osaka or Kyoto and pick last shinkansen to Tokyo

24/08 to 31/08 Tokyo, I would pick two days to climb Fujisan. Any other good excursion? Been to Kamakura, Nikko, Enoshima, Hakone. Is Yokosuka worth for example?

Thanks so much for your patience
by Peter1986  

Re: Itinerary for August 2017/6/21 12:04
No need 2nd day Sendai, "Tanabata" fes is not started. (3 days in 6-8 AUG)
How about "Kanto" night fes in Akita?
http://www.kantou.gr.jp/english/index.htm
https://youtu.be/WZvHrxL309g
Nebuta,Kanto and Tanabata is Big 3 traditional summer fes in Tohoku, very famous.

But personally also like Sansa-odori in Morioka, Iwate(another prefecture in Tohoku).
http://www.sansaodori.jp/
https://youtu.be/NskqYlc0Wxk
https://youtu.be/Xeka3iT2Ddw
Can you copy this dancing?
by Marinos (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Itinerary for August 2017/6/21 13:21
04/08 Aomori for Nebuta matsuri
05/08 Go to Osorezan (is it doable in one day without car from Hachinohe or Aomori?)


Note that the room rate in these days in Aomori is very expensive (and limited). I searched on Rakuten.co.jp and the price is around 30000 yen for a small single bed room. Hachinohe is one option, but the fare is around 15000 yen. You may want to consider Morioka where you can find rooms 5000-6000 yen. I guess you will have Japan Rail Pass 21 days and can commute from/to Morioka, 60 min one way. JR East allow reservation outside of Japan. By the way, Japan Rail offers a"Pass" for local elderlies, but it has some "black-out days" and in this itinerary, Japanese people can't use the pass. Japan Rail Pass has no such restriction which is very envious from the Japanese point of view :).

After Aomori, you are planning to go to Hokkaido, and will hit the top season. The hotel rate is also expensive, but it will be good place in summer (which is the reason August is the top season for Hokkaido). Do search and find relatively cheap places. Maybe Otaru is somewhat cheaper than Sapporo.
by frog1954 rate this post as useful

Re: Itinerary for August 2017/6/21 20:45
Noboribetsu is close to Lake Toya, why not go there and to the museum on the way between Lake Toya and Sapporo on the 8th? Then you can do Otaru on the 10th.
by Mon (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Itinerary for August 2017/6/23 04:23
Not sure if you have been to Kyoto before but if not this is way too short
by WJ (guest) rate this post as useful

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