I’ve been planning a month-long trip to Japan with my sister and my soon to be wife. We have already planned out quite a few things we want to do, but if this was you, what would you want to see or do? Keep in mind that we’re all rather old (I’ll be turning 50 shortly).
We went for a two week trip, starting up north and working our way down. Hakone is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen.
Tokyo is absolutely massive, we had a hotel in Ueno and I spent about 2.5 days there before realizing that’s just one tiny part of Tokyo and there’s SO much more. After that I just rode the train around Tokyo for a while, exploring everything that sounded cool. I easily could have spent a month just exploring Tokyo, give yourself plenty of time there.
It really depends on what your interests are but it’s sure to have something for anyone. We were walking around Ueno Park and randomly stumbled on a local bonsai association which was such a magical experience.
Bring comfortable walking shoes that have already been broken in because you’ll likely be walking a lot. I had really lightweight shoes but they didn’t have enough support so I bought new shoes, only to get blisters from walking 50km in one day with shoes that haven’t been broken in yet 🥲