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Thank you all for your input so far.

I've been working on my itinerary and have come up with a few more questions.

I mentioned that my cousin and I want to leave Tokyo once we both arrive and head south to begin our trip around Hiroshima. This is a potential outline of our itinerary:

March 26
Arrival in Japan during evening.

March 27
Tokyo by myself until my cousin arrives in the evening.

March 28
Leave Tokyo on the shinkansen in the morning, we'll probably arrive in Hiroshima during the early afternoon (4-5 hour train ride). Take train and ferry to Miyajima island and spend the night.

March 29
Leave Miyajima and head to Hiroshima, see the atomic bomb memorial and then take the train to Iwakuni and then back to Hiroshima to spend the night?

March 30
Leave Hiroshima and take the train to Himeji, spend half a day there, take the train to Kobe for an authentic Kobe beef meal (any recommendations of a place in town?) and re-board the train to Osaka to spend the night?

March 31
Spend the day in Osaka. Sights to see (recommendations please):
Umeda sky building (view during day or night?)
Spa world
Dotombori (clubs you recommend?)
Aquarium (worth a visit?)

April 1
Leave Osaka in the morning and…
Is it possible to see The ISE shrines/Futamigaura beach as well as travel back to Osaka and from there to Mount Koya (spend the night) in one day or is it too much?

April 2
Mount Koya and travel to Nara (spend night)

April 3
Leave Nara and travel to Inari Fushimi shrine. From there, continue on train to Kyoto.

April 4
Day in Kyoto (sleep)

April 5
Day in Kyoto (Sleep)

April 6
Leave Kyoto and travel to Hakone. Spend night in Hakone. Is there a direct train to Hakone from Kyoto?

April 7
Spend most of the day in Hakone and travel to Tokyo

April 8 – April 12
Tokyo sightseeing

April 13
Kamakura and back to Tokyo

April 14
Yokohama and back to Tokyo

April 15
Tokyo and then travel to Nikko (sleep)

April 16
Nikko and travel back to Tokyo later in the day

April 17
Tokyo until time to leave for airport and end of first trip to Japan as an adult.

Is this a good itinerary? Too many days in Tokyo? Would you add subtract days in some of these places or add another sight at the expense of a certain place?

I'm also in the process of checking out places to stay in. Any recommendations for:

- Osaka
- Mount Koya
- Nara
- Kyoto
- Hakone
- Nikko