Travelling for the first time excluding work conferences and would be very grateful for any tips and recommendations!
Solo trip, late 20s male. I like exploring places by just walking, but in most cases I will be taking taxis instead of public transport if it makes more sense to save time (wait+travel time) and buying shinkansen tickets on the spot as recommended below!
Some days are planned specifically for those were reservations requires multiple months in advance, but I like to just explore things and have a few key interests instead of making a plan by the hour with checkpoints
March 19
Arriving 9PM to HND so decided to sleep in the airport hotel to help with the terrible jet lag
March 20
– Flying to Okinawa, landing 12:30
– Naminoue Shrine
– Fukushūen Garden
– Shuri Castle (maybe)
– Getting to the The Orion Hotel Motobu Resort
March 21
– Churaumi Aquarium / Ocean Expo Park
– Okinawa Village
March 22
– Flying to Osaka, landind 1:30PM, staying at Remm Shin-Osaka
– NIFREL
– Hattori Tenjingu (maybe)
– Umeda Sky Building (maybe)
March 23
– Nara Park
March 24
– Kyoto Aquarium
– Umekōji Park
– Kyoto Railway Museum
– SAMURAI NINJA MUSEUM Kyoto
– Kimono Tea Ceremony MAIKOYA Nishiki
– Tagoto honten
– Nishiki Market
March 25
– Nijō Castle
– Kyoto Imperial Palace (maybe)
– Yasaka Shrine
– gion ichiho
– Kiyomizu-dera
– Ninenzaka
– Fushimi Inari Taisha
March 26
– Himeji Castle and the area
– Osaka Castle and the area
– Osaka Museum of History (maybe)
– Osaka Aquarium (maybe)
March 27
– Ghibli Park (I know about tickets…)
– Nagoya Aquarium (if time permits)
March 28
– Universal Studios Japan with a few express tickets
– taxi to/from Osaka Aquarium if couldn't make on March 26
March 29
– Take Shinkansen to Hakone first thing in the morning
– The Hakone Open-Air Museum
– Owakudani
– Hakone Shrine
– Stay at Odakyu Hotel de Yama
March 30
– Exlore Hakone, go for a hike
– Get to "Hotel Ryumeikan Tokyo" in the eveing
March 31
– Izu Shaboten Zoo
– Mt. Omuro
– Jogasaki Coast
April 1
– Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa
– Sengaku-ji
– Yama
April 2
– Ghibli Museum (I know about tickets…)
April 3
– Sumida Aquarium
– Tokyo Skytree (just because it's right there as well)
– Sensō-ji
– Want to explore Shibuya but don't really have a plan
April 4
– Tokyo Sea Life Park
– Kasai Rinkai Park
– Explore, maybe go to Akasaka
April 5
– Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
– Akihabara
– Kanda Myoujin Shrine
April 6
– No plan
April 7
– teamLab Borderless
– Tokyo Tower
– Zojo-ji Temple
– Hamarikyu Gardens
– taxi to teamLab Planets
April 8
– Imperial Palace
– Fukutoku Shrine
– Intermediatheque
– Go to the airport (10PM departs)
by ParticularAnt5424