Japan
This was pretty much the trip we followed in 2019
Tokyo⚑
- Akihabara Electric Town
- 8bit Cafe
- Meiji Shrine
- Sumida river to Asakusa district (lunch on boat)
- Sensoji Temple
- Kameido Tenjin shrine
- Akone national park (full day?)
- Neco Republic
- Shibuya crossing
- Odaiba Oedo Onsen Monogatari
Kamakura⚑
- Hokokuji temple
- Great Buddha
Hakone⚑
- Hakone National park
- Fujiyoshida sengen shrine
- Open-air museum
- Odwara Castle
- Kaseki dinner
- Hakone Checkpoint
- Mt Komagatake (cable car)
- Tozan Railway
Kyoto⚑
- Sanjusangendo Temple (1k Buddhas)
- Sagano Bamboo Forest
- Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine
- Nishiki Market (knife maker)
- Ninomaru Palace
- Nijo castle (Shogun era with nightengale floors)
- Toji
- Neo Sujidn (cyberpunk city)
- Otagi Nenbutsu-ji
- Ryōan-ji (museum/zen gardens)
- Tokufuji Temple (rock gardens)
- Kiyomizudera
- Kinkakuji (golden pavilian)
- Genko-an Temple (blood)
- Hosen-in Temple
- Sanzen-in Temple
- Nishi Honganji temple
- Philosopher's path/Ginkaku-ji-chō
- Nanzen-ji Temple
- Heian Jingu (Shinto shrine)
- Arashiyama (bamboo groves)
- Tenryuji temple (Head temple for zen buddhism)
- Togetsukyo Bridge
- Maruyama Park
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Monkey Park
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Kinosaki Onsen - Town with the hot springs, just North of Kyoto
- Mount Koya - South of Kyoto
- Okuno-in cemetary
- Kongobuji Temple and monestary
Himeji⚑
- Himeji Castle
Nara⚑
- Higashiyama (neighborhood)
- Todai-ji and kasuja-taisha (with deer)
- Kasuga Taisha (Shinto shrine with lanterns)
- Naramachi (traditional district)
Kanazawa (samurai town)⚑
- Nagamachi district
- Myoryuji (ninja temple)
- kanazawa castle
- kenoroku-en garden
- Ishikawa Gate
- Asuka on the way to Osaka
Osaka⚑
- Osaka Aquarium
- Osaka Castle
- Shitennoji Temple
- Hozenji Alley
- Ura-Namba
- Dontonbori Street (food)
- Chusome towel shop and Tenma by train