TOKYO

no Description District-Location
Imperial Palace (East gardens)
Senso-ji temple & Nakamise Dori(Shops)
Meiji Shrine
Tokyo Sky Tower
Tokyo metropolitan Govt Bldg.
Hamarikyu gardens Sumida river
Akihabara
Shibuya
Ginza
YoYogi park Harajuku station
Shinjuku Gyoen (National garden)
Shinjuku Golden Gai
Omoide Yokocho
Kobukicho district
Takeshita Dori
Asakusa district

Kanazawa & Takayama are out of the way

Type of activity Distance
scenic
scenic
scenic
views
views

Shopping, Anime

Scenic + busy, youth culture

bar district
Paper lanterns, restaurants
bars, nightlife
shopping
bars, nightlife
Notes
Need i.c card for subway (Pasmo or Sucia)
Haneda - Tokyo train or monorail or shuttle bus $13 pp
Narita - Tokyo Narita airport express train $41 pp
Use Hyperdia rail guide
 Kamakura (South of Tokyo)
no Description District-Location
Kotoku-in coastal
Type of activity Distance Notes
great Buddha statue
 Hakone (good views of Fuji)
no Description District-Location
Odawara Castle
Open air museum
Hakone loop & ropeway
Stay in a Ryokan
Arakuyama Sengen park
Fuji Gotemba distillery
Type of activity Distance Notes
 Mt Fuji
no Description District-Location
Oshino Hakkai (8 ponds)- Iyashi no Sato Fuji 5 lakes
Fujikawaguchi (Lake Kawaguchi) lakeside
Fujikawachiko resort town
Arakurayama Sengen park Pagoda
Chureito pagoda
Mt Fuji ropeway
Narusawa Ice cave
FujiQ highland amusement park
Type of activity Distance Notes
Thatched houses
views
 KYOTO
no Description District-Location
Imperial palace
Kinkaku-ji (Golden pavilion) Western Kyoto
Kiyomizu-Dera temple
Fushimi-inari shrine
Yasaka Jinja shrine & Maruyama park
Daitoku-ji
Sagano bamboo forest Arashiyama (west Kyoto)
Togetsukyo bridge Arashiyama (west Kyoto)
Iwatayama & monkey park near Nonomiya shrine
Nijo castle (Unesco)
Zen Tenryuji temple (Near Nijo castle)
Yasaka pagoda
Nishiki Ichiba markets
Pontocho near Kamogawa river
Higashi yama
Hanami-Koji street, Gion Higashi yama
Type of activity Distance Notes
Need i.c card for subway

views
red tori gates
scenic
easier than the bigger temples

bars , nightlife etc.

accomodation
geisha town
 Nara
no Description District-Location
Todai-ji temple + Buddha statue
Nara deer park
Isui-en garden
Kasuga Taisha shrine
Type of activity Distance Notes

further up hill
no Description
Kobe harbourland (waterfront district)
Ikuta shrine
Shin kobe ropeway & Mt Rokko (Nunobiki??)herb garden
Nunobiki falls
Nada sake district

Himeji castle is TOO FAR

Kobe
District-Location Type of activity Distance

drinking
Notes
 OSAKA
no Description District-Location
Osaka Castle
Sumiyoshi taisha (grand shrine temple)
Osaka aquarium
Hozenji Yokocho
Namba district
Dotonburi street, markets & river
Kansai district
Shinshaibashi suji
Amerikamura
Umeda
Type of activity Distance Notes
Need i.c card for subway

stone alley
Nightlife
ambience, Nightlife
Nightlife
Nightlife
Nightlife
shopping
 Nagoya
no Description District-Location
Nagoya castle
Tokugawa garden
Shikemichi street
Type of activity Distance Notes

historical
 Hamamatsu (Seaside city)
no Description District-Location
Hamamatsu castle
Ryugashido Cavern
Type of activity Distance Notes

Difficult to get to?

 Matsumoto
no Description District-Location
Matsumoto jo castle
Japan Ukiyo-e museum
Type of activity Distance Notes

wood block prints

 Nagano
no Description District-Location
Shibu Onsen & Snow monkeys Nagano station
Type of activity Distance Notes