u/meh_syk_4

Hey everyone,

So a couple of days back I made a post in @Japantraveltips for a 16 days travel itinerary. Right here - https://www.reddit.com/r/JapanTravelTips/s/Ar0PFnMjqB

I got many suggestions and a couple of good, helpful ideas from that post.

Today, I wanted to present you with my 2nd iteration of the plan. Please do let me know if this looks okay, and help me to make it more *well-rounded*.

First and foremostly, what are my goals -

1. Visit Japan via the golden route, with some detours here and there.

2. The trip should be more culture focused for the most part. ( Night life or the newer Japan is also a part of it, just in lower quantities )

3. Comfort is a top priority. And I am not just talking about the hotel or Onsen, etc. I am talking about having rest time between travels or ways in which we can make the trip, more pleasant and comfy!

With that being said, here's my initial plan -

DAY 1,2 - Tokyo. ( Hotel checkin - 1 )

Day 3 - Tokyo Disneyland.

Day 4 - Day trip to Kamakura + Enoshima ( combined, and yes, please feel free to suggest the "good, better, best" places for this )

Return to Tokyo at night.

Day 5,6 - Hakone. ( Hotel checkin - 2 )

Spend 2 days here.

Purpose - Onsen soaking ( resting ) + Chance to Watch Mt. Fuji + smaller sight seeing opportunities.

Day 7 - Move to Kawaguchiko from Hakone for Mt. Fuji. Do the famous photo op and pretty much get out. This is purely to have a better chance of viewing Mt. Fuji, in case we miss it in Hakone.

Return to Hakone, at night. Or, stay over there ( you guys please help me with this )

Day 8,9 - Continue to Kiso Valley from Hakone. (Hotel checkin - 3 )

Travel to Magome ( I know it would take a long time to reach there ) and then spend whatever time that's left to stroll around and experience the town. Stay the night over there ; Followed by day 2, where we do the Nakasendo trail before heading to Kyoto ( this is surely a long day, but oh well )

Day 10,11,12 - ( Hotel checkin - 4 )

From day 10, experience Kyoto.

This is again, purely cultural and contemplative. 3 days is not enough, and I know that but still.

Day 13,14 - while staying at Kyoto, visit Osaka as a day trip (2 times) - mainly to cover the nightlife aspects of Japan, as well as experiencing some good dishes.

Day 15 - Tokyo ( again ) ( hotel checkin - 5 )

This is for buying merches (both anime and otherwise ) - will mostly spend my time in Akihabara or Nakano Broadway.

Day 16 - open. This is where you guys can either suggest me some other places to visit or suggest me if I need to change/restructure my plan in any way. Mainly, an open spot for doing some quick reshuffle.

Tell me what do you guys think about this little plan of mine. Keep in mind, I am traveling there with my partner so again, comfort is a key-lookout.

Additionally, please suggest some good accommodations if you can ( and if possible, keep it under 100/110 dollars per night for the both of us ) as well as some activities.

And lastly, thanks to every one of you, in advance. ❤️

Hey!

So, me and my partner planning on visiting Japan in a couple of months and I have been trying to finalise the plan for it.

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I have the overall plan in my mind as what we wanna visit and where we wanna go. Just wanted to get your opinion on them, as well as some suggestions on how to optimize it and more importantly, how to make it more comfortable

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Now, to start us off, what are my goals? -

1. Visiting Japan via the golden route, with some detours in the middle.

2. The trip should be more culture/heritage focused.

3. Comfort is a priority. And I am not talking about the hotel or Onsen, etc. I am talking about having rest time between travels or ways in which we can make the trip, more pleasant and comfy!

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This is what I have so far.

We are gonna be there for 16 days.

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We gonna start with Tokyo, stay there for 2 days. From there, we wanna do the famous day trips of Enoshima and Kamakura. Ofcourse, since they are close by, we wanna spend 2 days there. From there, come back to Tokyo and from their, go to Hakone. This one will be for both Mt. fuji view as well as Onsen time. Here, we wanna stay 2 more days. From here, we wanna go to Kiso Valley and stay there for 2 days again for Magome and Nakashinda Trail Trekking.

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This is the end of our Tokyo time.

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To recap -

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Tokyo - 2 days.

Enoshima + Kamakura - 2 days.

Hakone - 2 days.

Kiso Valley - 2 days.

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Then, from here, we will go to Kyoto and spend 4 days over there, followed by 3 more days in Osaka.

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Kyoto - 4 days.

Osaka - 2 days

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From there we wanna go back to Tokyo, for 1 day before our flight for some Akihabara/Nagano's shopping time 😁

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All in all, that's about it.

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Please help me deciding if this is a good itinerary, and more importantly, how can we make it more streamlined and comfy! Because, I was thinking about the hotel change, and it seems like, we need to change 7 times, which is excessive. So, please, do guide me in that regards too! Thank you in advance.