yeah I went for tsuruichi monme LOL I'm not sure if you can visit all places you mentioned within three weeks. I mean it's possible but you should plan some leeway in case you want to stay somewhere longer or unfortunate accidents happen. if you cram too much at once, you're just rushing through your trip and that's not fun either. if you go to Hokkaido, please look out for shimaenagas for me
oh is there another stamp rally next year? I had the impression it was a time limited thing. you might as well visit the various shrines (and get their stamps) in Kyoto. I had a site bookmarked that listed notable shrines linked to swords, but I don't have it at the moment. I only remember Fujinomori and Awata shrine for... specific reasons. if you want to collect shrine stamps, you'll need a stamp book for those, I'd buy the one at Fujinomori shrine but you can buy them at many places. I have one from Awata shrine, but it's not as pretty imo, I can show it to you if you want to see.
I don't have any recommendations for places, though I wanted (but failed) to go to the Ashikaga flower park. you should pay attention online (on twitter) for time limited campaigns though. there's a tkrb collab with Animate cafe happening until mid-February, check it out.
oh but beware of tourist traps/spots. Harajuku's Takeshita-dori and Asakusa are popular tourist places, the former will have stuff targeted towards tourists, at the latter you'll find mostly tourists posing (in Japanese clothes) for selfies. Akihabara isn't that great imo, but Ikebukuro and Nakano Broadway are amazing.
another thing you should consider is how you transport your luggage. there's services in Japan that carry it for you from A to B, very useful if you travel long distances or don't want to carry them to the airport. please consider using this service, I had to carry my heavy luggage alone in the rain LOL
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Date: 2019-12-10 01:12 pm (UTC)I'm not sure if you can visit all places you mentioned within three weeks. I mean it's possible but you should plan some leeway in case you want to stay somewhere longer or unfortunate accidents happen. if you cram too much at once, you're just rushing through your trip and that's not fun either. if you go to Hokkaido, please look out for shimaenagas for me
oh is there another stamp rally next year? I had the impression it was a time limited thing. you might as well visit the various shrines (and get their stamps) in Kyoto. I had a site bookmarked that listed notable shrines linked to swords, but I don't have it at the moment. I only remember Fujinomori and Awata shrine for... specific reasons. if you want to collect shrine stamps, you'll need a stamp book for those, I'd buy the one at Fujinomori shrine but you can buy them at many places. I have one from Awata shrine, but it's not as pretty imo, I can show it to you if you want to see.
I don't have any recommendations for places, though I wanted (but failed) to go to the Ashikaga flower park. you should pay attention online (on twitter) for time limited campaigns though. there's a tkrb collab with Animate cafe happening until mid-February, check it out.
oh but beware of tourist traps/spots. Harajuku's Takeshita-dori and Asakusa are popular tourist places, the former will have stuff targeted towards tourists, at the latter you'll find mostly tourists posing (in Japanese clothes) for selfies. Akihabara isn't that great imo, but Ikebukuro and Nakano Broadway are amazing.
another thing you should consider is how you transport your luggage. there's services in Japan that carry it for you from A to B, very useful if you travel long distances or don't want to carry them to the airport. please consider using this service, I had to carry my heavy luggage alone in the rain LOL