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The original was posted on /r/japantravel by /u/jynnkxx on 2024-11-14 20:16:32+00:00.
Hey everyone!
I visited Japan for the first time in May this year and I had the absolute best time! To be honest though, I never thought I’d be able to go again so soon or even at all, so I tried to make the absolute most of my 23 days there.
Against the odds, I’ve just booked flights to Japan again next year and am now thinking about places to go/see this time round. We’ll be arriving in Osaka midday on the 12th of May and departing from Haneda at 8pm on the 5th of June, so 25 days to work with. I have some loose ideas at this stage; husband wants to spend some more time in Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo and I have Mt Fuji, Nikko and several places across Kyushu on my hit list this time round. But there are so many possibilities that I know I haven’t thought of or even know exist, so I’m looking to you all for recommendations!
Here’s the itinerary from the first trip, so you can see what we got up to. I look forward to hearing all your thoughts and recommendations for places to see/go and things to experience!
Day 1 - Osaka: Arrived at midday, wandered around town for a bit.
Day 2 - Osaka: Osaka castle in the morning, spent the rest of the day in Kobe
Day 3 - Osaka: Universal
Day 4 - Osaka: Day trip to Awaji Island/Nijigen no Mori
Day 5 - Osaka/Kurashiki: Travelled to Nara for half a day, headed to Kurashiki, and spent the afternoon exploring town.
Day 6 - Kurashiki/Hiroshima: Spent the morning in Kurashiki, headed to Hiroshima, visited A-Bomb Dome, Peace Memorial Hall + Memorial Museum.
Day 7 - Hiroshima: Caught the ferry to Miyajima for the day
Day 8 - Hiroshima/Kinoskai Onsen: Caught the Shinkansen to Himeji for half a day, hoped on the train again and spent the afternoon exploring the town and baths of Kinosaki Onsen. (would love reccomendations for any similar tattoo friendly onsen locations?)
Day 9 - Kinoskai Onsen/Kyoto: headed to Kyoto late morning, explored the city in the afternoon and Gion district at night(so lovely and peaceful of an evening!)
Day 10 - Kyoto: Arashiyama bamboo forest, Gioji temple, Kinkaku-ji, Kiyomizu-dera
Day 11 - Kyoto/Nagoya: Fushimi Inari Shrine, travelled to Nagoya and visited the Toyota Techno museum(husband works for Toyota haha)
Day 12 - Nagoya/Kanazawa: Spent the day at Ghibli Park and the early evening travelling to Kanazawa
Day 13 - Kanazawa: Explored the samurai district, ate lots of food garnished in gold leaf and walked around town
Day 14 - Kanazawa/Takayama: caught the first bus to Shirakawa-go and spent a half day there, headed to Takayama early afternoon. Strolled around old town, ate a bucket load of Hida beef(delish!!) and visited the Takayama Showa-kan museum.
Day 15 - Takayama/Nagano: caught the first bus out of Takayama to Kamikochi, did a half-day hike in the alps(saw a monkey!) and then caught an early afternoon bus/train ride to Nagano and explored town.
Day 16 - Nagano: caught the first bus to the snow monkey park, weather was not on our side, we saw no monkeys :( made our way back into town and visited Zenkoji temple instead.
Day 17 - Tokyo: headed to Tokyo late morning, spent the afternoon in Akihabara and the evening street karting
Day 18 - Tokyo: DisneySea
Day 19 - Tokyo: a lot of shopping in Ikebukuro and teamLab Planets in the evening
Day 20 - Tokyo: Spent time in Akasaka, Shibuya and wayyyyyyyyy too long in Don Quijote lol
Day 21 - Tokyo: spent hours wandering around Nakano Broadway and hung out in Shinjuku in the evening
Day 22 - Tokyo: spent some more time in Shibuya, half a day in Yokohama, mostly at the cup noodle museum, and the evening at Tokyo Skytree.
Day 23 - Tokyo: wrapped things up with the Warner Bros Studio tour on our last day