Ik heb de afgelopen dagen wat tijd gestopt in mijn planning voor Japan. Hopelijk zijn er wat Japan kenners die hierdoor willen kijken en advies kunnen geven.
**Japan:** 21 October (8:45 narita) > 13 November (10:55 narita). Total of 23 days.
**Plan:** Sawara > Naritasan > Tokyo > Nagano > Kyoto > Osaka > Mie > Hakone > Tokyo
**Notes:**
* Too busy schedule, considering skipping Nagano/Takayama and take night bus to Kyoto from Tokyo?
* Too many temples, should I drop drop some?

* Not intending on getting a JRP because I think I'm staying to long in most places to make it valuable.
* Bus pass >
http://willerexpress.com/st/3/en/pc/buspass/
* Shimanami Kaido (
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3478.html) (2 hours from Kyoto). Probably not enough time.
**Tokyo - 2 days start trip / 3 days end trip**
Sleep > Asakusahostel wasou
*Which days should I rent a bike?*
1) Narita
* Arrival early morning (maybe do this at end, stay last night in Narita)
* Sawara 'little Edo'
* Walk to Naritasan Shinshoji Temple
2) Ueno Park
* Tokyo Free walking tour >
https://www.tripadvisor.nl/Attraction_R ... Kanto.html
* Nezu (small houses)
* Asakusa \ Senso-ji
* Tokyo National Museum
* Cat Cafe Nekojalala
* Akihabara \ Electric Town
4)
Nakagin\Chuo
* Tsukiji Fish Market (early morning)
* Capsule Tower (modern architecture)
* Sony Building (Sukiyabashi)
Chiyoda
* Pasona O2 (underground farm in bank vault
* Imperial Palace
* Chidorigafuchi Moat
* Optional: Tsukishima - Nishinaka Dori monja shops
5)
Shinjuku:
* Barme Robot Restaurant
* Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (metro exit E-28 - free view)
* Sengakuji temple
Shibuya:
* Harajuku (anime/shopping) > Saturday Yoyogi Park + Takeshita-dori
* Meiji Jingu (shrine)
* Shibuya station crossing (the large crosswalk)
* Eat Takoyaki at Gindaco
0) Other:
* Urayasu - DisneySea
* Mitaka - Ghibli Museum
* Asakusa vs Shibamata (historical districts)?
* Omoideyokocho (yakitori / soup shops)
* Evening Shinjuku (neon) \ Nakano Broadway
**Nagano/Takayama - 3 days**
Travel from Tokyo > Bus
Sleep > ?
* Matsumoto Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park
* Matsumoto Castle (pancake fish at food stalls between station/castle)
* Takayama Hida no Sato / Shinhotaka Ropeway (walk Kamikochi)
**Kyoto - 5 days**
Travel from Nagano > (night)bus
Sleep Kyoto > Gion Ryokan Q-beh (or Mosaic hostel)
Local food: “Kyo-kaiseki-ryori,” “Shojin-ryori” (vegetarians), and “Obanzai”.
1) Southern Higashiyama/Gion
* Kiyomizu-dera
* Sannenzaka/Ninenzaka
* Kodai-ji
* Yasaka Jinja/Maruyama Park
* Shogun-zuka (short hike from Maruyama park for scenic view of Kyoto)
* Chion-in
* Gion (night)
* Pontocho (night street)
* Kiyamachi (night street)
* Teramachi (commercial street)
* Shinkyogoku
* Nishiki Market
2) Northern Higashiyama/Sakyo-ku/Kamo River Delta
Biking
* Demachi Masugata Shopping Arcade
* Shimogamo Shrine
* Kamo River
* Ginkaku-ji (temple)
* The Philospher's Path (Mansagama, pottery send home afterwards)
* Honen-In
* Nanzen-ji
* Heian Jingu (imp palace, museus closeby)
* The Imperial Palace
* Shisen-do (temple)
3) Northwestern Kyoto
Biking (not as well connected by public transit)
* Kitanotenmangu
* Kinkaku-ji (golden pav touristy)
* Ryoan-ji
* Ninna-ji
* Myoshin-ji
* Daitoku-ji
4) Northwest Arashiyama
* Fushimi Inari Shrine (2h hike, only hike partial not full)
* Sanjusangendo statues
* Bamboo Grove
* Tenryu-ji
* Jojakko-ji
* Gio-ji
* Adashino Nenbutsu-ji
* Arashiyama Monkey Park
* Riverboat cruises
* Sagano Scenic Railway
* Togetsukyo bridge
* Prunus, the amazing vegetarian restaurant.
0) Other:
*
*Must:* Afternoon cooking class >
http://www.kyotouzuki.com/
* Eat at
https://goo.gl/maps/Wmo546X3s382
* Uji (stroll along the river, visit Byodo-in)
* Manga museum
* Nijo-jo (Castle)
* Higashi Hogan-Ji (free, buddhist)
**Osaka - 3 days**
Travel from Kyoto > Train
Sleep > ?
* Whisky distrillery (on way from Kyoto) >
http://www.suntory.com/factory/yamazaki/access/
* Osaka Dotonburi / Shinsaibashi shopping street (eat Okonomiyaki)
* Shitennoji / Tennoji (fried icecream on a stick)
* Amemura Night >L&L for OR comedy night, Space Station video game bar, and Far Plane – a quirky kink-themed bar.
* Day trip to Himeij?
**Mie/Nara/Ise - 3 days**
Travel from Osaka > ? (check JR 5 day pass )
Sleep > ?
* Nara deer park
* Pagoda’s / Fushimi Inara tempel
* Shingu (hiking mountain temples)
* Kumano (rice paddies)
**Hakone - 2 days**
Travel from Nara/Ise > Bus
Sleep > ? (Takaragawa Onsen)
*
http://www.hakonenavi.jp/english/ Hakone Freepass
* Fuji Five Lakes (kachi Kachi Yama Ropeway to Mitsutoge-yama)
* Jigokudani (Hell Valley)
* Hakone Open Air Museum (art, picasso, nature)
**Back to Tokyo for the last days.**