Day |
Places to See |
Food and Restaurants |
Accommodation |
Others |
1 |
Bus to Takamatsu station |
Mo's Burger |
n/a |
|
2 |
Shikoku Village |
Shikoku Village Café |
Takamatsu Castle Ruins |
|
3 |
Konpira-san |
Cafe Mori to Yama |
Kinryo Sake Museum |
|
4 |
Kotohira Post Office |
AceOne Supermarket |
Kochi Tsutaya Books |
|
5 |
Yusuhara Community Library |
Coffee Flag |
same |
Sakawa Makino Park |
6 |
Makino Botanical Garden |
CL Garden Café |
Kochi Castle |
|
7 |
Garyu Sanso |
ozu lecrin |
same |
Cafe Bleu |
8 |
Ride Botchan train |
Starbucks - Dogo Onsen Station |
media cafe Popeye Hakata |
Dogo Park |
9 |
Bus to Hakata terminal |
|
n/a |
Fuglen Fukuoka |
- There are other major cities in Honshu island such as Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Kyoto; and in Kyushu like Fukuoka or Oita which can be easily accessed or you may want to prioritize.
- This is a risky plan especially to consider if arriving via CEB flights in case there will be delays in time for your night bus schedule.
- You need to limit your base cities to enjoy the trip. Otherwise, you'll just keep on packing your things and rushing up to the next destination without enjoying the scenery.
- You need to plan where you will freshen up or take a shower when arriving in the next city.
- Plan your route, use Google maps or fare calculator to decide if buying the All Shikoku Pass is worth-it or will it still be better to manually buy a single journey ticket.
- If you are visiting during a holiday, you may also want to buy tickets in advance as bus seats may be sold out.
- For sakura viewing, please be more understanding that blooming forecast consider too many factors affecting the buds and the flowers. Even if you see only one or two trees blooming be more thankful for that. Check-out more other flora that are blooming on the streets and parks.
- There are a lot of locals who are willing to help and who were able to speak to me in English. Ensure to download the Translator app as well.
- The locals in Shikoku are very commendable for being more patient, than the exhausted Guides in the city due to over tourism.
- This may be very far from the capital, but there is a good civilization, office work is much visible, tourism is emerging, food is great.
- Not crowded unlike Tokyo and Kyoto.
- Transportation has a limited schedule but surely can reach places.
- Morning breakfast set meals with cafe americano are way much affordable.
- Most of the postcards I have seen are sketched by local artists. Was able to send some from each city I've been to back to my home city.
- Go to their grocery or local market to buy any fruit like strawberries, etc.
- I only know Doraemon, Kenshin Himura and some Ghibli characters. But there is a famous Anpanman who is Japan's national superhero. I saw him printed on a full cover of the train, taxi. There is even a moving diorama in Kochi station.
- Before your trip know the regional dish or must try for that city you are visiting.
- One sign that you got tired during your trip, when the driver of the Limited Express wakes you up when you reach the last station. Lucky me, the last station was my intended destination.
- Apart from the shoe you are wearing, bring another pair of shoes. After a few days of hiking my long time Merrel just got tired, lucky me that I still have other shoes to use for the following day. This will also ease the pain of suddenly doing a shoe hunting if not planned on your itinerary.
- Good things happen for those who wait. I visited a few ABC-mart stores in Shikoku looking for New Balance, but the size I was looking for the design I saw last December is no longer available. But just a few minutes of roaming around Hakata, I bump into On Cloud in Canal City.
- This trip filled-up my stamping booklet. I did see some who are also collectors like me.
- There are other flowers to see apart from sakura.
- When walking to the street markets, try to divert and visit a pachinko just for the sake of it. I did play on a driving activity on Mario Kart arcade game, and spent some yen enjoying it.
- Apart from Don Quijote, you can also visit drugstores and convenience stores as an option to buy chocolates, biscuits and coffee.
- You can also buy beans or drift coffee bags from actual cafes. I already tried the sakura spring season blend from Starbucks last year. Thus, I bought the seasonal sakura blend (Ethiopian and Guatemalan beans) from Doutor this time.
- Can't miss a visit to Uniqlo, GU, Muji, and some shoe shops.
- Also visit Hyaku-en shops (100 yen store) apart from known Daiso, there are also Seria or CanDo.
Other sample itineraries and expense reports:
For my further sample itinerary, expense, trip reports and PDF guides, please visit links below:
Japan: Traveling for the First Time
Fukuoka: Spring Itinerary (2016 May)
Fukuoka: Spring Itinerary (2017 May)
Fukuoka and Saga: Autumn Itinerary (2022 Dec)
Nagano, Hakone to Tokyo: Autumn Itinerary (2019 Dec)
Nagoya: Autumn Itinerary (2015 Nov)
Nagoya: Spring Itinerary (2019 Mar-Apr)
Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka: Autumn Itinerary (2023 Nov)
Osaka, Kyoto: Autumn Itinerary (2012 Dec)
Osaka, Okayama, Kobe, Kyoto, Japan: Spring Itinerary (2014 May)
Sasebo, Oita and Fukuoka: Spring Itinerary (2023 Apr)
Tokyo: Autumn Itinerary (2014 Oct)
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