I am going to Japan !!!

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I am not getting any younger so this week, one evening I literally thought...[PLEASE DON'T TRY TO BYPASS THE SWEAR FILTER] it, i am going, so i am later this year.

Going to be going 14 days, landing on Sunday, leaving a week on Saturday, from Tokyo Narita. So, I need your help, seeing i am unlikely to go back anytime soon I want to make the most of my time and see as much as possible but of course without feeling too rushed. My 1st plan is this.

Sunday Day 1 land in Tokyo (10:30) - Straight into train to Mt Fuji, look at the sites, stay the night.

Day 2 (Monday) to Kyoto, a couple of temples and Bamboo forest, stay perhaps 2 nights, 5th day (Thursday) i'll head to Osaka? Also planning to go to Kobe and then Hiroshima.

By Sunday or Monday i'll do an internal flight to Tokyo for 5 nights from Hiroshima.

Is this doable?
 
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Raymond Lin said:
I am and i would but i don't have the time. I've seen videos of it, it's more a hike than anything with 1 night stay half way up.
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Yup my gf went and did it. And Tbh it depends on the weather up the top. When she went the weather was crap up top and hardly say a thing
 
I'd love to do that, my son is going out there in September to study for a year, not far from Nagasaki
 
Depending on your travel arrangements you can get a"cheap" foreign train ticket. But you need to buy it abroad if I remember correctly. Some attractions like studio Ghibli you need to book well in advance too (not sure if that would interest you anyway).

Enjoy your trip, I'd go back tomorrow.
 
J Veitch said:
Depending on your travel arrangements you can get a"cheap" foreign train ticket. But you need to buy it abroad if I remember correctly. Some attractions like studio Ghibli you need to book well in advance too (not sure if that would interest you anyway).

Enjoy your trip, I'd go back tomorrow.
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JR Pass, I can't get it yet, the voucher that you can exchange it is only valid for 3 months so I'm a month away before I can get it. It's £300 but will save month with the trips I'm taking. Will also get a Suica card for Tokyo too.
 
don't forget to take a shopping list
 
I'd want to visit the used guitar shops and bring back a Greco or Burny.
 
Update!

So I have decided where to go and where to stay. The basic schedule is..

Land in Tokyo, 3 hour layover in Narita and then straight on another flight to Fukuoka and work my way up by Shinkansen.

Fukuoka 1 day (for the Ramen)
Hiroshima 1 day (popping over Miyajima for a couple of hours)
Osaka 1 day (for the food!)
Kyoto for 3 days
Hakone 1 day (to see Mt Fuji and booked a private Onsen hotel)
Tokyo for 7 days

All the hotels booked, ordered 2 x 4G sim cards, internal flight book, will get JR Pass next week, picking up some yen tomorrow.
 
Fukuoka is where my son is going to stay, studying at Kurume uni. Hope he moves out there so I can visit, just going to the Japanese embassy tomorrow to get his visa, sounds like an excellent trip, I'm very jealous lol
 
It sounds a great trip.

A couple of the stops sound tight on time. Hiroshima and then Miyajima in the same day is do-able, but I wonder if the pace would get the best from them? Visiting the Hiroshima centre really slows you down - it's an incredible experience and so much to see. The temples around Hiroshima are also worth visiting (and the okonomiyaki there is really great!). It's then a wee trip and a ferry to Miyajima, and actually Miyajima in my opinion is best experienced overnight. Once the last ferry leaves the island totally changes. If you are staying you can go out and wander round in your yukata, take photos after dark and soak up the atmosphere. I liked Miyajima in daytime, but loved it in the evening and first thing the next morning.

3 days in Kyoto and seven in Tokyo are easily fillable, but especially if no plan to go back it might be worth stretching the time a little in other places.
 
Wow it sounds fantastic.:):D
 
Moadib said:
It sounds a great trip.

A couple of the stops sound tight on time. Hiroshima and then Miyajima in the same day is do-able, but I wonder if the pace would get the best from them? Visiting the Hiroshima centre really slows you down - it's an incredible experience and so much to see. The temples around Hiroshima are also worth visiting (and the okonomiyaki there is really great!). It's then a wee trip and a ferry to Miyajima, and actually Miyajima in my opinion is best experienced overnight. Once the last ferry leaves the island totally changes. If you are staying you can go out and wander round in your yukata, take photos after dark and soak up the atmosphere. I liked Miyajima in daytime, but loved it in the evening and first thing the next morning.

3 days in Kyoto and seven in Tokyo are easily fillable, but especially if no plan to go back it might be worth stretching the time a little in other places.
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I've booked hotel in Hiroshima already so the plan is when I arrive at Hiroshima on the day I head straight to Miyajima for the sunset (i've checked, high tide that day co-inside with sunset almost to the minute), stay as late as I could and head back to Hiroshima for dinner (okonomyaki) and in the morning i do the museum before leaving.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I've booked hotel in Hiroshima already so the plan is when I arrive at Hiroshima on the day I head straight to Miyajima for the sunset (i've checked, high tide that day co-inside with sunset almost to the minute), stay as late as I could and head back to Hiroshima for dinner (okonomyaki) and in the morning i do the museum before leaving.
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Plenty of research!

It's good that the tide/sun coincide, although my comment was more that it's the character of the island that changes after the last ferry and all the day-trippers leave. It's very quiet, and very nice with the just the locals and the deer in the evening!

That was somewhat the point I was making on the balance of time. It's well over an hour from Miyajima back to Hiroshima, so hoping sunset fits with the ferry and getting back in good time to enjoy a meal and a walk around. The downtown is nice especially after dark (most Japanese cities look better after dark...!). Somewhat nearby, Iwakuni (kintaikyo) is well worth a visit too.
 
Moadib said:
Plenty of research!

It's good that the tide/sun coincide, although my comment was more that it's the character of the island that changes after the last ferry and all the day-trippers leave. It's very quiet, and very nice with the just the locals and the deer in the evening!

That was somewhat the point I was making on the balance of time. It's well over an hour from Miyajima back to Hiroshima, so hoping sunset fits with the ferry and getting back in good time to enjoy a meal and a walk around. The downtown is nice especially after dark (most Japanese cities look better after dark...!). Somewhat nearby, Iwakuni (kintaikyo) is well worth a visit too.
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Well, being mid November Sunset in that part of the world is around 5pm so there are plenty of time and I am sure most people will leave not long after that, I could stay a little later than them.

http://jr-miyajimaferry.co.jp/en/timetable/

Last ferry is at 22:14, I won't risk that, will probably catch the one at 7pm or 7:30pm.

This is where i am staying, so I don't foresee any problem getting to where i want to go right after breakfast.

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