The 70/30 Japan trip model
I’m going to give you some advice here and that is that if I was planning my very first trip to Japan, I would follow the 7030% model. Meaning that I would either choose to spend 70% of my trip in the golden triangle mainly Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and back and 30% in more rural, less crowded, less known of locations, or the other way round. You could do 100% of your trip in the golden route. That’s absolutely fine. But my recommendation is to add some rural locations. And the best way to do it is to add it to your itinerary. 30% or even more might be the perfect ratio.
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That's a good ratio (70/30). On my 1st trip, I did 90/10. I was there for 10 days, and spent 1 day in Nikko. My second trip, was probably 60/40 (with trips to Nikko, Nagano, and Yokohama). This past trip was probably 10/90 (only a couple days in Tokyo, with most of it in Kyushu). My next trip will be mostly in Tohoku.