{"id":18612,"date":"2024-01-28T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T21:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/?p=18612"},"modified":"2025-01-18T23:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T04:59:11","slug":"21-day-japan-itinerary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/21-day-japan-itinerary\/","title":{"rendered":"A detailed 21-day Japan itinerary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

W<\/span>hen travel is concerned, I firmly believe that you should always, always stay in a place at least as long as it took to get there\u2014especially when that place is halfway across the world. You’ve got to make it worth your while! With that in mind and with 19 hours of transit ahead of me, I set out to put together my three-week Japan itinerary which, as a first timer in the land of the rising sun, would take me to all the main sights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Edo-era castles to metropolises, from shogun<\/em> villages to iconic volcanoes, and from tranquil temples to surprising wildlife, here’s what I did in the space of three weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n