Hi everyone,
(thanks in advance for looking it over)
I'm giong to Japan, with the below itineary – please feel free to review and let me know if you have any suggestions:
Oct 8/9: Leaving Toronto on Oct 8 and landing in Narita on Oct 9 at 3:45PM.
Oct 9: Land in Narita and take the Narita Express -> Shinkansen to Sendai
Oct 10: Sendai to Yamadera Temple first thing in the morning, head to Zao Onsen area for a few hours, then head back to Yamagata Station area for casual browsing and head back to Sendai
Oct 11: Exploring Sendai (Loople bus ticket and browsing the City – food recommendations will be greatly appreciated!)
Oct 12: Sendai to Matsushima Bay, check out Shiogoma fish market, Zuiganji Temple, Entsuin, Kanrantei Tea House, and other casual browsing, then back to Sendai
Oct 13: Sendai to Aomori in the morning by train, check out Nebuta Museum, A-Factory (other recommendations would also be appreciated – couldn't find much else)
Oct 14: Aomori to Hakodate in the morning by train, check out Kanemori, Hachiman-Zaka, Orthodox church, Motomachi, and Mt. Hakodate Observatory. For food, Lucky Pierrot (just to try)
Oct 15: Hakodate morning market then train from Hakodate to Noboribetsu, staying at the Dai-ichi Takimotokan for the day.
Oct 16: Hakodate to Sapporo, check out Beer Museum, explore the City like TV tower, Suskino St, Slowboat, Tanukikoji Street, Shiroi Koibito Park
Oct 17: Stay in Sapporo – check out Maruyama Park, Hokkaido Jingu, Mt. Okura Ski Jump and Mt. Moiwa
Oct 18: Sapporo to Otaru in the morning, checking out the canal, Sakaimachi, Kitaichi Glass Otaru, Otaru Sushi Restaurant Street and LeTAO
Oct 19: Not sure what to do this day but leaning towards taking a small onsen trip somewhere.
Oct 20: CTS to NRT flight at 10:25AM, landing at 12:05PM, then flight back to Toronto at 4:50PM. (I think this is more than enough buffer between two flights – booked separately).
I tried to balance out busy days and non-busy days as much as possible but feel free to provide any tips/feedback! Thank you so much in advance.
Also, I've done a lot of research on the passes and it seems like the only pass that's worth on my itineary is the JR Tohoku South Hokkaido 6 day pass starting on October 11 but let me know if I've missed any details.
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