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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
  • Monkey Park

  • 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