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Here a trip I recommended few times to my friends visiting Japan:

Day 1 – Tokyo

• Arrival at Tokyo Haneda Airport
• Visit of Harajuku, Takeshita, Omotesando
• Night in Tokyo

Day 2 – Kyoto

• Shinkansen train from Tokyo to Kyoto (about 3h20 trip and Â¥14,000)
• Visit of Kyomizu dera and Gion area
• Diner in Pontocho
• Night in Kyoto in a Ryokan

Day 3 – Kyoto

• Visit of temples: Kinkakuji (Golden temple), Ryoanji (garden with 15 rocks), Ninna-ji (pagoda), Nijo-jo (castle of Kyoto + garden ), Ginkakuji (Silver temple)
• Spectacle of Gaisha in the evening at Gion Corner
• Night in Kyoto

Day 4 – Nara & Hiroshima

• Nara: visit of Kōfuku-ji (five-storied pagoda), Tōdai-ji (Great Buddha Hall)
• Hiroshima: visit of A-bomb dome by night
• Hiroshima’s castle park by night
• Night in Hiroshima in a Minshuku

Day 5 – Hiroshima & Miyajima

• Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Museum
• Miyajima: Itsukushima shrine (sea gate), aquarium
• Night in Hiroshima

Day 6 – Himeji & Osaka

• Himeji: Himeji’s castle, zoo
• Osaka: aquarium with whale shark
• Night in Osaka in a western hotel

Day 7 – Osaka

• Osaka’s castle
• Universal Studio
• Shinkansen from Osaka to Tokyo
• Night in Tokyo

Day 8 – Tokyo

• Tsukiji at 5am. To check before, some day the fish market is closed.
• Shopping in Ginza
• Yurakucho
• Imperial garden
• Ueno Museum
• Ueno Zoo
• Akihabara: electronic town. Spend half the day at Yodobashi Camera

Day 9 – Tokyo

• Shibuya: crossing in front of Shibuya 109, ganguro girls
• Picnic in Yoyogi park
• Harajuku: on Sunday noon, young people are wearing some Gothic costumes in front of Harajuku station. Next to Yoyogi park you will find Elvis Presley. Plus visit of the Takeshita dori street for its young shop
• Meiji-jingu temple

Day 10 – Tokyo

• Shinjuku: top of the Metropolitan government building
• Shinjuku Gyoen to observe the sakura (end of March) or momijigari (November)
• Yakatabune (diner in Tokyo Bay)

Day 11 – Tokyo

• Roppongi Hills shopping center. Plus visit by day or night or the last floor for a panorama of the city
• Roppongi Mid-town and Omotesando Hills shopping center if time as well
• Roppongi National museum of Art

Day 12 – Tokyo

• Odaiba artifical island: Decks and Aqua City (for view of the Rainbow Bridge and Tokyo Tower), Venus Fort, Ooedo onsen
• Water bus from Odaiba Marine Park to Asakusa
• Visit of Asakusa Kaminarimon gate, Sensoji Temple, and shopping streets around
• Visit of Tokyo Skytree

Day 13 – Tokyo

• Edo Tokyo Museum
• Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku (2nd Sunday in January, May and September)
• Hamarikyu park

Day 14 – Tokyo

• Flight back home from Tokyo Haneda Airport