Places to visit in Japan?
 

In the next year me and a few mates have been talking about visiting Japan and i'm wondering if people who have been/live in Japan could recommend places to go to and also the best way of traveling around Japan to different destinations.
We most likely would be going around August time and a few places i know i want to go is Tokyo for the anime con and also Kyoto and Osaka for the shrines.. I think we will also remain on the Honshu island