1 Country, 2 Regions, 9 Prefectures, 8 Days. Our 2020 Winter Wonderland Trip to Japan is one for the books. It’s my first winter, and my hard core D-I-Y Trip.
Buhay tren ba ! It was exhilarating yet tiring !
I am sharing with you our itinerary plus our expenses. I am proud that we spent only this much considering the number of days that we stayed in Japan plus the number of prefectures we visited.
Day 1 (Osaka)
Arrival at Kansai Airport
Shop / Groceries at Don Quijote Osaka
Day 2 (Nagoya / Osaka)
Toyota Kaikan Museum
Toyota Factory Tour
Osaka Station Malls
Umeda
Day 3 (Kanazawa / Kobe)
Bought Tickets to Kanazawa for a later date (fully booked buses bound to Shirakawago on this date)
China Town, Kobe
Day 4 (Biwako Valley / Kyoto / Kanazawa)
Biwako Valley Ski Resort
Gion, Kyoto
Overnight Stay at a Kanazawa Hotel
Day 5 (Shirakawa)
Shirakawa-go UNESCO Heritage Village
Day 6 (Fukuoka)
Hello Kitty Train bound for Fukuoka (Kodama Service Shinkansen)
Hakata
Canal City
Day 7 (Nagasaki)
Nagasaki Ground Zero
Nagasaki Peace Memorial Museum
Huis Ten Bosch
Day 8 (Hakata)
Explore Hakata
Fukuoka – Manila
EXPENSES (in Peso)
Tickets (CebPac) 3,800.00
Visa (Discounted at JTB Travel Fair) 950.00
Travel Tax 1,620.00
Extra Baggage 20/20 1,200.00
JR Pass with free SIM via Klook 14,029.00
Hotel Mikado South Namba (5N) 1,800.00
Kanazawa Hotel + Tourist Tax (1N) 1,750.00
Residence Hakata 14 (2N) 2,800.00
Bus Tickets to Aichi Loop RT 423.00
Bus Tickets to Shirakawago RT 1,786.00
Train Tickets to Hotel outside JR Pass 216.00
Nagasaki Museum 94.00
Huis Ten Bosch 2,350.00
Kyoto Loop Bus 217.00
Bus To Biwako Valley 160.00
Ropeway/Entrance to Biwako Valley 1,410
TOTAL 34,605
+ Food 7,000 (711, Family Mart, Yoshinoya, Ippudo, Baon)
I did not include na pasalubongs and souvenirs, because that varies from one person to another.
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