How's my 3-week first-time adventure itinerary?

Posted by anonymouspsy@reddit | Shoestring | View on Reddit | 2 comments

I'll be traveling Nov 22 - Dec 14! Mid-20s guy excited (and going solo):

CA -> Osaka (Nov 22, ~18 hr flight, arrive Nov 23)

Osaka (Nov 23 - Nov 26 [4 Days])

Nara (Half Day Trip)
Kobe + Himeji Castle (Day Trip)

Hiroshima + Miyajima (Nov 27 - Nov 28 [1 Day])

Kyoto (Nov 29 - Nov 30 [3 Days])

Tokyo (Dec 1 - Dec 6 [6 Days])

Kamakura + Enoshima (Day Trip)

Nikko (Dec 7 - Dec 8 [1 Day])

Hokkaido / Sapporo (Dec 9 - Dec 13 [5 Days]))

Otaru (Day Trip)
Noboribetsu Onsen (Overnight Stay)

Sapporo -> Tokyo (Dec 13) ... Tokyo -> CA (Dec 13, land Dec 14)

What do you think? I love clothing shopping, attempting to talk to locals, food, and the occasional nightlife

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WiseDoctor4065@reddit

One tip: schedule some downtime to just wander and explore. At least a third of my favourite travel memories are things that happened by chance or that I discovered on a day off and didn’t have a tourist website about it.

SalamancaVice@reddit

Seems very hectic, especially with the jump north to Hokkaido and Sapporo.

That is a lot for one day/night including travel.

Also, are you factoring for travel fatigue/jetlag after an 18hr flight? If you're flying out of Tokyo, it also might make more sense to leave that until the end of the trip, rather than in the middle.