Itinerary
4 Days in Japan
Trripah's recommended length is 10–14 Days. Here's how 4 days breaks down across Japan's real highlights.
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- Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto — Ten thousand vermilion torii gates winding up a sacred mountain — Japan's most photographed sight an...
- Mount Fuji — Japan's most recognisable silhouette — a perfectly symmetrical volcanic cone that appears on lacquer...
- Tokyo Shibuya & Shinjuku — Shibuya Crossing — the world's busiest pedestrian intersection — at rush hour is a spectacle that ne...
- Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Kyoto — A forest of giant bamboo stalks that creak and sway in the wind, filtering light into green patterns...
Day 2
- Hiroshima & Miyajima Island — The Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima is one of the most moving museum experiences in the world — a...
- Cherry Blossom Season — For two weeks in late March to early April, Japan turns pink. Hanami (flower viewing) picnics fill e...
- Kyoto Temples & Geisha District — Japan's former imperial capital has over 1,600 Buddhist temples and 400 Shinto shrines — but the rea...
- Tokyo Metropolitan Experience — Shibuya Crossing at rush hour, ramen in a six-seat counter in Shinjuku's Golden Gai, vintage shoppin...
Day 3
- Mount Fuji & Hakone — Japan's sacred peak is best viewed from Hakone — a mountain resort town with an open-air art museum,...
- Nara Deer Park — 800 wild deer roam freely through a park surrounding Japan's largest bronze Buddha at Todai-ji — the...
- Osaka Castle & Dotonbori — Osaka is Japan's food and fun capital — a 16th-century castle surrounded by cherry trees, and Dotonb...
- Hakone Onsen (Hot Springs) — Soaking in a traditional ryokan's outdoor onsen (hot spring bath) while snow falls and Mount Fuji lo...
Day 4
- Akihabara Electronics & Anime District — Tokyo's Electric Town — floors of electronics, manga, anime collectibles and retro gaming stacked in...
- Arashiyama Bamboo Grove — A tunnel of giant bamboo in western Kyoto that makes sound like nothing else on earth when the wind ...
- Ramen Museum, Yokohama — Eight of Japan's most legendary regional ramen shops recreated in a 1950s-themed underground village...
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