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Hello, I am traveling to Japan with a friend early september, our goal is to visit a lot of temples and take a lot of pictures. I organized our trip to be really busy in the morning and chill at night so I want to know if our trip is doable with the time listed (if we dont meet the time we can always take taxi). Is there any other recommendation of places to visit or change in time to visit since the trip itinerary is not completely filled out on some days? My friend also want to go to car shows and we both are anime geeks lol.
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Tokyo Hotel: APA Hotel Komagome Ekimae
https://maps.app.goo.gl/JkN9ANFHwgqMfjns5

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Day 1: Ikebukuro (9/1)

• Sunshine City (Gashapon/Pokemon Center)
• Explore Ikebukuro

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Day 2: Shibuya/Shinjuku (9/2)

• Meiji Jingu (7:30 am)
• Your Name Stair (9 am)
• Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden (9:15 am)
• Studio Ghibli Museum? (Reserve on August 10th) (11 am)
• Nakano Market (1 pm)
• Shop around Shibuya (2:30 pm-4:45pm)
• Shibuya Sky (Sunset (5pm)) (Reserve)
• Shinjuku Shopping/Godzilla Head (6:45pm)
• Hachiko Memorial Statue
• Various anime stores
• Godzilla Head (Evening)
• Kabukicho
• Camera Lens shopping

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Day 3: Asakusa/Ueno/Akihabara (9/3)

• Kaminariomon Gate/Senso-Ji/Nakamise-dori (7:20 am)
• Ueno Park (10:00 am) (Can Skip)
• Imperial Garden (12:00 Pm)
• Akihabara (2:30pm and onward)
• Potential Baseball game 9/3 or 9/5

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Day 4: Kamakura/Yokohama (9/4)

• Ride along the Enoden Line
• Leave at around 6:15am
• Hasedera/Kotoku-in (8:00 am)
• Enoshima Island (10:15 am)
• Tsurugaoka Hachimangu (1:00 pm)
• Hokokuji Temple (2:15 pm)
• Explore Yokohama
• Yokohama Dena Baystar baseball game???

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Day 5: (Full day akihabara?)/Free Day around Tokyo (9/5)

• Akihabara full day?
• Any extra place we didnt get to go
• Teamlab Borderless (Reserve)
• Joypolis?
• At our hotel, we’ll arrange for our suitcase to be delivered to our Kyoto hotel to arrive on day 8. In the meantime, we’ll travel to Takayama and Shirakawa-go using only our backpacks.

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Day 6: Nagoya/Takayama (9/6)

• Travel Via the Shinkansen to Nagoya (Leave at 6:30 am)
• Nagoya Castle (9:15 am)
• Atsuta-jingu Shrine (11:30 am)
• Inuyama Castle (2:15 am)
• Travel Via the Hida Line to Takayama (Leave Inuyama around 4:30 and take the taxi to Unuma station, then take the Hida Line at 4:47)
• Dekonaru Yokocho (7:00 pm)
• Nakabashi Park/Sanmachi suji (8:30 pm)
• Night trip to explore Takayama

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Takayama Hotel: Chisun Grand Takayama
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iwM6HZLUCe5C7m7y9?g_st=ic

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Day 7: Takayama (9/7)

• Hie Shrine/Takayama Castle Ruins (7:30 am)
• Takayama Jinya/Sanmachi Suji/Takayama Shōwa-kan Museum (8:45 am)
• Higashiyama Teramachi/Higashiyama Promenade (10:00 am)
• Hida Kokoubun-ji Temple (11:00 am)
• Hida Folk Village (11:45 pm) (Leave for 1:50 pm bus)
• Hida Furukawa Station/Festival Exhibition Hall/City Museum/City Library/Hida Furukawa Sakura Gift Shop (2:45 pm)
• Your Name Pilgrimage
• Setogawa Street/Setogawa Canal/Enko-ji (5:00 pm)
• Keta Wakamiya Shrine (6:30 pm)

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Day 8: Shirakawa-go -> Kyoto (9/8)

• Travel Via Bus to Shirakawa-go in the morning (Reserve via Nohi Bus 1 month advance)
• Shirakawa-go (8:30 am) (Take the bus at 7:20 am)
• Ogimachi Village
• Shiroyama Viewpoint
• Travel Via Bus to Kanazawa (Reserve via Nohi Bus) (Take the bus at 11:25 PM)
• Nagamachi Samurai District (1:15 PM)
• Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa Castle, Oyama Shrine (2:45 PM)
• Kazuemachi Chaya District/Higashi Chaya District (5:00 PM) (Leave at 7:23 bus or taxi)
• Kanazawa to Kyoto via Hokuriku Shinkansen -> Thunderbird (Book Them Online) (8:00 PM)

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Osaka/Kyoto Hotel: Hotel The M's Kyoto
https://maps.app.goo.gl/wYSXoTcL6kFtzdk9A
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Day 9: Kyoto (9/9)

• Fushimi Inari Taisha (6:45)
• Kiyomizu-Dera Temple (9:30)
• Kodai-ji Temple/Yasaka Shrine/Gion District (10:30)
• Keage Incline/Nanzen-ji/Eikando Temple/Tetsugaku No Michi/Honenin Temple/Ginkaku Ji (1:00 PM-4:30 PM)

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Day 10: Kyoto (9/10)

• Arashiyama Bamboo Grove/Tenryu Ji (7:30)
• Adashino Nenbutsuji Temple/Otagi Nenbutsuji (9:15)
• Daikaku Ji (10:30)
• Ninna-ji/Ryoan-ji/Toji-in (12:00)
• Hirano Shrine/Kitano Tenmangu Shrine (2:15)
• Kenkun Shrine/Daitoku-ji/Imamiya Shrine (3:15)
• Kinkaku Ji (4:30)

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Day 11: Kyoto (9/11)

• Kyoto Gyoen Garden (6:50 am)
• Nijo Castle (8:45 am)
• Nara Park (Todai-ji Temple, Kasugataisha Shrine, Kofuku-ji) (12:30)
• Purchase the Kansai Hiroshima Area Pass for cheaper travel
• Byodo-in Temple (Maybe)
• Shimogamo Shrine (Maybe)

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Day 12: Osaka (9/12)

• Katsuoji (Minoh-Kayano -> Taxi) (7:30 am)
• Minoh Fall (Taxi) (9:30 am) 
• Ryuan-ji (10:30 am)
• Osaka Castle (1:15)
• Shitenno-ji/Tennoji Park (3:30)
• Dotonbori/Round1/Nipponbashi Denden town (5:30PM)
• Osaka Tenmangu Temple (Maybe)

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Day 13: Osaka (9/13)

• Free Day

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Day 14: Osaka/Hiroshima (9/14)

• Himeji Temple/Koko En Via Limited Express to Shin Osaka -> Sanyo Shinkansen (8:30)
• Okayama Korakuen/Castle (12:00 PM)
• Kurashiki Bikan Historical Center (2:00PM)
• Hiroshima Castle (4:00)
• Atomic Bomb Dome/Peace Memorial park/Hiroshima Peace Museum (5:00)

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Hiroshima Hotel: HOTEL MYSTAYS Hiroshima Peace Park
https://maps.app.goo.gl/4sqEXxQ7cJisX7Rf8

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Day 15: Hiroshima (9/15)

• Itsukushima Jinja (7:30 am)
• Shukkeien Garden (12:30 pm)
• Go back to Tokyo (2:00 pm - 6:00 pm) Akihabara?
• Leave Tokyo at around 9:30pm to Keisei Narita

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Airport Hotel: The Hedistar Hotel Narita
https://maps.app.goo.gl/eNuk8drheybuiwNS6

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Day 16: Narita (9/16)

• Naritasan Shinsho-ji and surrounding areas (7:30 pm - 10:30 pm)
• Leave