40 days in Japan!
I’m headed to Japan in late October to early December (Oct. 27 – Dec. 5th) I wanted advice on my itinerary to see if it’s reasonable and if anyone has recommendations! I tried to do a mix of both tourist and hopefully local. I love more local things however it’s my first time to Japan and wanted to experience a bit of everything.
I’m going with a friend and our budget is $10k. I’m fine going super cheap on hotels as I’m not there to sit in a hotel room so any recommendations would be nice. Budget can fluctuate but I’m fine cheaping out on some things
Something important to me is getting a piece of handmade jewelry whether a ring or bracelet for myself. I like handmade stuff so any recommendations for that would be huge!
I’m also a huge one piece fan so any recommendations on that part would also be super cool!
My friend wants to get a kimono any shop recs?
Also looking for some good knives.
Couple things I’m looking for if anyone has advice.
– Changes to itinerary and or places
– Recommendations for shops and restaurants
– Good hotels (heard very bad things about Appa)
– local spots that would be memorable
– Travel tips
– Anything else you got on your mind
ITINERARY
Day 1 (Tokyo. Ahkihabara)
– arrive 1pm ish
– explore around
Day 2 (Tokyo. Ahkihabara)
– Shopping and checking out area
– Maid cafe
Day 3 (Tokyo. Ahkihabara)
– Asakusa
– Senso-ji
– Ueno Shopping Street
– Ueno Park
Day 4 (Tokyo. Ahkihabara)
– Pokémon mega center
– Koishikawa Garden
– !Day is open!
Day 5 (Tokyo. Halloween)
– It’s Halloween so probably going to be in shibuya or anywhere else that’s recommended
Day 6 (Tokyo. Ahkihabara)
– !Completely free day!
Day 7 (Tokyo. Move near Shibuya or anywhere recommended. Trying to find cheap hotel)
– Kawagoe
– kawagoe Shrine
– Castle
– Gate Remains
– Toki no Kane
Day 8 (Tokyo. Shibuya)
– Harajuku st
– Meiji Jingu
– !Day is open!
Day 9 (Tokyo. Shibuya)
– !Free day!
Day 10 (Tokyo. Shibuya)
– Teamlabs Borderless
– Shopping
– Sumo match??
Day 11 (Tokyo. Day trip)
– Kamakura
– Kotoku-in
– Houkokuji
– Tomoya Kamakura Komachi
Day 12 (Tokyo. Shibuya)
– !Free day!
Day 13 (Tokyo. Shibuya)
– Nakano Broadway
– Ghibli Museum
Day 14 (Lake Kawaguchi)
– !Free day!
Day 15 (Lake Kawaguchi)
– !Free day!
Day 16 (Lake Kawaguchi)
– !Free day!
Day 17 (Osaka)
– !Free day!
Day 18 (Nara day trip)
– Nara Park
– Botanical gardens
– Castle walk
Day 19 (Day trip Kobe)
– Nada Ward
– !Free day!
Day 20 (Osaka)
– Osaka Aquarium
– !Free day!
Day 21 (Osaka)
– Shinsekai
– Tenjinbash – suji shopping district
Day 22 (Osaka)
– Kuromon Market
– Shinsabashi-suji shopping street
– Umeda sky building
Day 23 (Osaka)
– !Free day!
Day 24 (Osaka)
– !Free day!
Day 25 (Kyoto)
– Fushimi Inari Taisha
– !Free day!
Day 26 (Kyoto)
– Kyoto Imperial palace
– Philosopher’s path
– Heian Jingu Shrine
Day 27 (Kyoto)
– Visit Uji
– Shop recommendations would be nice
Day 28 (Kyoto)
– Kiyomizu-dera
– Higashiyama ward
– Kodaji temple
– kenninji temple
– gion ichiho
Day 29 (Kyoto)
– Nijo Castle
– Nishiki Market
Day 30 (Kyoto)
– !Free day!
Day 31 (Fukuoka)
– Nanzoin Temple
– Hakata Ward
Day 32 (Fukuoka)
– Tower
– Food Stalls
– !Free day!
Day 33 (Fukuoka)
– !Free day!
Day 34 (Beppu)
– !Free day!
Day 35 (Beppu)
– !Free day!
Day 36 (Beppu)
– Umi Jigoku
– Hells of Beppu
– Kamado Jigoku
– Hyotan Onsen
– Chinoike Jigoku
Day 37 (Beppu)
– Zoological garden
– Takegawara Onsen
– Beppu Tower
Day 38 (Kumamoto)
– Castle
– Suizenji Jojuen
– One piece statues
Day 39 (Kumamoto)
– Honmyoji Park
– Kumamon Square
Day 40 (Kumamoto)
– Leaving just doing whatever till flight
by The-King-of-Water