1 Week in Japan
Hi,
I'm going to be spending a week in Japan from the 10th to the 17th of August.
I'm flying in to Tokyo, where I can stay with a mate, and I'm exiting through Osaka on a ferry to Shanghai.
The plan so far is, Tokyo for the 10th, 11th 12th and 13th, heading to Hiroshima in the morning of the 14th, spend the night of the 14th in Hiroshima and the majority of the 15th, before jumping on a train to Osaka, spending the night of the 15th and 16th and then hopping on the ferry on the morning of the 17th...
Should I spend less time in Tokyo and try and either spend a little more time in one of the other places, or maybe even take in another city? A week isn't very much time for any country, particularly one as rich as Japan. I'm thinking I may already be trying to see too much.
Also, I have heard that it can be difficult trying to get around on the trains in Japan during August as it's traditionally a time when Japanese people visit their families making it necessary to book well in advance. Can you book tickets using a Japan Rail Pass, or do you just rock up to the ticket counter and wave your pass at them on the day?
