Hey all, yesterday I posted my rough itinerary and today I specified it more, I am almost done and was wondering if I made some dumb mistakes or if I forgot some things.
I have the JR Tail pass for 21 days and will get more subway passes if needed.
April 1 - Tokyo
-Arrival, just walking around in the Shinjuku area;
-A bit of shopping, I have some nice shops I want to go to written down;
-Shinjuku Gyoen.
April 2 - Tokyo
-Exploring the Shibuya district;
-More shopping, Takeshita street & Center Gai;
-One Piece Museum;
-Golden Gai in the evening;
-Eating at ‘Seiko en Harajuku’ and ‘uobei’.
April 3 - Tokyo
-Go to Sushi Dai & Tsukiji market early;
-Hamarikyu garden;
-Ginza;
-UDX parking lot, Ueno and Ueno park;
-National museum;
-Some temples/ shrines.
April 4 - Tokyo
-Exploring Midtown area;
-Hinokicho park;
-Zojoji Temple;
-Imperial Palace;
-Science museum;
-Mori tower.
April 5 - day-trip to Kawagoe
-Taking the train at around 9AM, it takes an hour;
-Kawagoe Castle Ruins;
-Hikawa shrine;
-Warehouse district;
-Taisho Roman dream street;
-Kita-In temple;
-Train back to Tokyo.
April 6 - Tokyo
Haven’t decided yet want I want to do, might do a day-trip, might just do another day in Tokyo
April 7 - Tokyo ―> Kamakura
-Taking the train at around 7/8AM, it takes an hour;
-See some temples;
-Enoshima;
-Just exploring.
April 8 - Kamakura ―> Hakone
-Taking the train at around 8AM, it takes about an hour and a half;
-Haven’t really made a plan for Hakone yet, suggestions are welcome!
April 9 - Hakone ―> Tokyo
-Again no concrete plan for Hakone yet;
-Taking the train in the evening, I’ll be using Tokyo as a place to sleep.
April 10 - Tokyo ―> Nikko
-Taking the train at around 10AM, it takes about 2 hours and 20 minutes;
-Shinkyo bridge;
-Toshogu temple;
-Kanmangafuchi abyss;
-exploring.
April 11 - Nikko ―> Tokyo
-Not a concrete plan for this day yet;
-Taking the train at around 5/6PM, it takes about 2 hours.
April 12 - Tokyo
-Last day in Tokyo, just going to walk around and explore.
April 13 - Tokyo ―> Matsumoto
-Taking the train at around 8/9AM, it takes about 3 hours;
-Matsumoto castle & shrine;
-Exploring;
-Eating at Doon Shokudo Indoyama;
-Matsumoto city alps.
April 14 - Matumoto ―> Takayama
-Taking a bus in the morning;
-Exploring the city and watching the festival;
-Visiting some temples if they are open.
April 15 - Takayama
-Enjoying the festival;
-Walking course;
-Some more temples if they are open.
April 16 - Takayama ―> Osaka
-Going to the morning market in Takayama;
-Maybe going to the folk village, otherwise just some more exploring and wandering around;
-Taking the train at around 3/4PM, it takes a solid 4 hours;
-Just eating something in Osaka, using it as a sleeping place.
April 17 - Osaka ―> Kobe
-Taking the train at around 10AM, it takes 45 minutes;
-Exploring;
-Sorakuen garden;
-Kitanocho;
-Ikuta shrine;
-Meriken park;
-Watching sunset from Venus bridge.
April 18 - Kobe
-Going to Himeji;
-Himeji castle & gardens;
-Exploring;
-If I’m done early I might go back to Kobe and do some thing I missed the day before.
April 19 - Kobe ―> Okayama
-Taking the train at around 12PM, it takes about 45 minutes;
-Korakuen & castle;
-Kibitsu shrine;
-Exploring and reading in the park.
April 20 - Okayama
-Going to Kurashiki;
-Historical quarter;
-Ivy square;
-Kurashiki park;
-Outlet;
-Denim street;
-Sunset at Washuzan;
-Back to Okayama
April 21 - Day-trip to Hiroshima
-Taking the train at around 10AM, it takes about 50 minutes;
-Atomic bomb dome;
-Peace Park
-Hiroshima castle;
-Kobe bar;
-Miyajima;
-Back to Okayama.
April 22 - Day-trip to Matsue
-Taking the train at around 9AM, it takes about 2 and a half hours;
-Matsue castle, some shrines;
-Rakuzan park;
-Exploring;
-Back to Okayama.
April 23 - day-trip to Takamatsu
-Taking the train at around 10AM, it takes about an hour;
-Ritsurin garden;
-Kitahama alley;
-Tamamo park;
-A bit of shopping;
-Back to Okayama.
April 24 - Okayama ―> Osaka
-Taking the train at around 11AM, it takes about an hour;
-Tennoji park;
-Shitennoji;
-Keitakuen garden;
-Nipponbashi;
-Eating something at kuromon market.
April 25 - Osaka
-International peace center;
-Osaka Castle;
-Aquarium;
-Eating at Endo sushi;
-Dotonbori in the evening.
April 26 - day-trip to Nara
-Taking the train at around 10AM, it takes about an hour;
-Nakatanidou for some Mochi;
-Todai-Ji;
-Nara Park;
-Back to Osaka.
April 27 - Osaka
Not much planned for today, might be going to Kyoto today so I have an extra day in Kyoto?
April 28 - Osaka ―> Kyoto
-Taking the train at around 10AM, it takes about 20 minutes;
-Exploring west Kyoto, see some temples/ shrines.
April 29 - Kyoto
-Explore East Kyoto;
-Nineizaka;
-Nanzenji;
-Honen-In temple;
-Sunset at fushimi Inari;
-Gion in the evening.
April 30 - Kyoto
-Will probably rent a bike today;
-Bamboo forest;
-Monkey park;
-Exploring.
May 1 - flying back in the evening
-Enjoying my last day
Did I make some mistakes or plan thing to tight? If you have any feedback or nice places to eat please let me know!
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