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rate my itinerary for 3 weeks (second trip)
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2019/5/11 18:35
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at the moment this is my prefered itinerary for my second trip i visited tokyo, osaka, Kyoto, kanazawa, kamikochi, naoshima, Hiroshima, nikko, Kamakura, miyajima, okayama, hakone the first time
itinerary 1 1 osaka flight train to kobe 2 kobe 3 kobe-fukuoka train 3 hour 4 fukuoka 5 fukuoka itoshima or Yanagawa or nanzoin or ? 6 fukuoka 7 fukuoka-onomichi train 2 hour and 30 min 8 shimanami kaido 9 shimanami kaido 10 onomichi-matsue train 4 hour 11 matsue 12 izumo 13 matsue-okayama train 2 hour and 30 min 14 teshima train and ferry 1 hour and 25 min 15 inuijima train and ferry 1 hour and 30 min 16 okyama-tokyo train 4 hour 17 tokyo 18 nokogiriyama or yokoyama train 19 tokyo 20 tokyo 21 tokyo flight
this were my draft itineraries
itinerary 2 1 osaka flight train to kobe 2 kobe 3 kobe-onomichi 2 hour train 2 hour 4 shimanami kaido 5 shimanami kaido 6 onomichi-fukuoka train 2 hour and 30 min 7 fukuoka 8 fukuoka daytrip itoshima or Yanagawa or nanzoin or ? 9 fukuoka 10 fukuoka-nagasaka train 2 hour and 15 min 11 hashima / mount inasa 12 nagasaka-okayama train 4 hour 13 teshima train and ferry 1 hour and 25 min 14 inuijima train and ferry 1 hour and 30 min 15 takamatsu train 1 hour and 15 min 16 okyama-tokyo train 4 hour 17 tokyo 18 tokyo 19 tokyo daytrip nokogiriyama or yokayama? 20 tokyo 21 tokyo flight
i scrapped the idea of Nagasaki because the only reason i wanted to visit Nagasaki is teshima and im not sure its worth the detour. Since im travelling in oktober the change of heavy sea is a big change of cancellation
itinerary 3 1 osaka flight train to kobe 2 kobe 3 kobe-okyama train 1 hour 4 teshima train and ferry 1 hour and 25 min 5 inuijima train and ferry 1 hour and 30 min 6 takamatsu train 1 hour and 15 min 7 okyama-fukuoka train 2 hour and 30 min 8 fukuoka 9 fukuoka daytrip itoshima or Yanagawa or nanzoin or ? 10 fukuoka daytrip itoshima or Yanagawa or nanzoin or ? 11 fukuoka 12 fukuoka-onomichi train 2 hour and 30 min 13 shimanami kaido 14 shimanami kaido 15 onomichi-tokyo train 4 hour and 30 min 16 tokyo 17 day trip to nokogiriyama train 18 tokyo 19 day trip to yokohama train 20 tokyo 21 tokyo flight
i really like this itinerary aswell lesser travelling more sight seeing
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by naoshima (guest)
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Re: rate my itinerary for 3 weeks (second trip)
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2019/5/12 13:32
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You have some big differences in your proposed plans - ultimately only you can decide if going to the San'in side is better for you than the alternatives. Plus for some plans, you might make a 14-day JR Pass pay off, but it's still iffy. You might run your plans through the rail pass calculator. https://www.japan-guide.com/railpass/or use Hyperdia http://www.hyperdia.comA few things that jump out, is that you don't appear to have visited Nara at all yet, which to me is a terrible oversight. The city has some of Japan's best places. https://goo.gl/LfvWnLI also didn't notice you seeing Himeji either, and that is well worth half a day or more. https://goo.gl/65ZtRiKobe has some places to see just like anywhere, but the above are far better. Also I don't quite follow what you're saying about Nagasaki and Teshima. Nagasaki is an excellent place to visit and a unique place in Japan. https://goo.gl/hZVjBiFor Fukuoka, there are some good places to see - I highly recommend Nanzoin. https://goo.gl/X3LDaEhttp://www.thejapanfaq.com/fukpic.htmlBut why you add Itoshima is unclear. There are some places but better with a car and not train or bus. You could see Dazaifu and Yanagawa together though. And on the way back, you could if you like stop by Iwakuni. It's a nice charming place and really special in the country. https://youtu.be/0COOZXi66mM
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by Ken (guest)
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Re: rate my itinerary for 3 weeks (second trip)
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2019/5/12 18:40
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hey thanks for your quick answer i meant hashima instead of teshima, dont know if its worth the detour to Nagasaki
since i have to flight 12 hours to japan i didnt want to travel that long to my first hotel and since i visted osaka allready i thought kobe was a nice alternative for a day but this updated plan is mayb better
itinerary 4 1 osaka flight 2 osaka himeji castle and kobe 3 osaka nara 4 kobe-fukuoka train 3 hour 5 fukuoka 6 fukuoka itoshima or Yanagawa or nanzoin or Dazaifu 7 fukuoka 8 fukuoka-onomichi train 2 hour and 30 min 9 shimanami kaido 10 shimanami kaido 11 onomichi-matsue train 4 hour 12 matsue 13 izumo 14 matsue-okayama train 2 hour and 30 min 15 teshima train and ferry 1 hour and 25 min 16 inuijima train and ferry 1 hour and 30 min 17 okyama-tokyo train 4 hour 18 tokyo 19 nokogiriyama or yokayama train 20 tokyo 21 tokyo flight
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by naoshima (guest)
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Re: rate my itinerary for 3 weeks (second trip)
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2019/5/13 07:10
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I like all the itineraries you have typed up. None seem rushed and all would be enjoyable. I do have a personal comment on visit only Fukuoka. I love Fukuoka city. I am normal one of the first to say go visit Fukuoka. I think it is one of the better cities in Japan. Modern like Tokyo/Osaka but no where near as crowded with locals or tourists. But with your itineraries. I find Fukuoka is a long way to go just to ignore the rest of Kyushu and only do Fukuoka city. I would omit Fukuoka if you are only doing Fukuoka. I think it is somewhat a lot of lost travel time just to do Fukuoka. Yanagawa (as one of the only few locations you have suggested outside Fukuoka) is nice old town and boat/canal rides. But Omihachiman just 30 mins outside Kyoto also have a old town and canal/boat rides of very similar appeal. https://en.biwako-visitors.jp/spot/detail/175
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by hakata14 (guest)
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Re: rate my itinerary for 3 weeks (second trip)
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2019/5/13 16:50
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thanks for your answer the ferry from Kansai airport to kobe isnt in the jr pass so i makes sense to base in osaka instead and make a visit to nara and the castle
about Fukuoka hmz i allready scraped Nagasaki since it wasnt on the route i will buy a 3 week jr pass so its doable but i can switch the 4 days Fukuoka part for takamatsu (from okyama) instead travel to Fukuoka (better than sitting in the train) omihachiman (from osaksa) instead of Yanagawa, (lesser traveltime and lesser touristic) shōdoshima (from okayama) instead of day in Fukuoka (i think a day in Fukuoka is better than shodoshima) nokogiriyama / yokoyama (from tokyo) instead of day in Fukuoka / nanzoin (i think i like nokogiriyama better than nanzoin)
are those places better? seams like shodoshima is the least favorite place for me of all those places
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by naoshima (guest)
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2019/5/13 20:03
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itinerary 4 1 osaka flight 2 osaka himeji castle (and kobe) 3 osaka nara 4 osaka omihachiman 5 osaka-onomichi train 2 hour 6 shimanami kaido 7 shimanami kaido 8 onomichi-matsue train 4 hour 9 matsue 10 izumo 11 matsue-okayama train 2 hour and 30 min 12 teshima train and ferry 1 hour and 25 min 13 inuijima train and ferry 1 hour and 30 min 14 takamatsu train 1 hour and 11 min 15 Shōdoshima 16 okyama-tokyo train 4 hour 17 tokyo 18 nokogiriyama train 19 yokayama train 20 tokyo 21 tokyo flight
so this is the updated schedule without Fukuoka i think shodoshima and yokayama are the weakest places of this plan
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