One-week Japan Itinerary for repeat visitors (4)

(Tokyo, Nagano, Gifu, Toyama Prefectures)

To foreign travelers who have already been to Japan many times and would like to visit more places in Japan!

We have created model routes outside the so-called "Golden Routes" such as Tokyo, Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, and Osaka. Please use it as a reference for your future itineraries.

The fourth route is a tour of Tokyo, Nagano, Gifu, and Toyama Prefectures. We have created a travel route that will take 7 days and 6 nights, departing from and arriving at Narita International Airport, with a budget of no more than Yen 200,000.

This itinerary allows visitors to fully enjoy Japan's proud culture and scenery, including two World Heritage sites (Shirakawa-go and Gokayama), seven National Treasure buildings, one of the 12 existing castle towers (Matsumoto Castle), and six national preservation districts for groups of traditional buildings.

 

Table of Contents

Day 1 (Tokyo)

Day 2 (Kiso County, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture)

Day 3 (Matsumoto City, Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture)

Day 4 (Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture)

Day 5 (Gifu and Toyama Prefectures)

Day 6 (Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture)

Day 7 (Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture)

  

 

 

Day 1 (Tokyo)

 

1, Narita International Airport

 

2, Bronze statue of Ken Shimura

 

3, Shofukuji Temple (National Treasure)

 

4, Shinjuku Golden Gai

 

Recommended meal on Day 1

Tempura

 

Edomae Sushi

 

Yanagawa nabe

 

 

 

 

Day 2 (Kiso County, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture)

 

1, Tsumago-juku (Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings)

 

2, Narai-juku (Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings)

 

Recommended meal on Day 2

Sanzoku-yaki

 

Horse Meat Cuisine

 

Pickled nozawana

 

 

 

Day 3 (Matsumoto City, Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture)

 

1, Matsumoto Castle (National Treasure)

 

2, Former Kaichi School (National Treasure) (Under renovation until 2024)

 

3, Daio Wasabi Farm

 

4, Matsumoto City Museum of Art

 

5, Former Matsumoto High School (National Important Cultural Property)

 

Recommended meals on Day 3

Char

 

Shinshu salmon

 

Wild vegetable cuisine

 

 

 

Day 4 (Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture)

 

1, Zenkoji Temple (National Treasure)

 

2, Togakushi (Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings)

 

Recommended meals on Day 4

Togakushi soba

 

Oyaki

 

Locust tsukudani (boiled in soy sauce)

 

 

 

Day 5 (Gifu and Toyama Prefectures)

 

1, Shirakawa-go (World Heritage, Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings)

 

2, Gokayama Gassho no Sato (World Heritage)

 

Recommended meal on Day 5

Gohei-mochi

 

Pickled red turnip

 

Hoba miso (Magnolia leaves grilled with miso and negi)

 

 

 

Day 6 (Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture)

 

1, Amaharashi Beach

 

2, Keta Shrine (National Important Cultural Property)

 

3, Shoukouji Temple (National Treasure)

 

4, Kanaya-machi (Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings)

 

5, Yamacho-suji (Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings)

 

6, Takaoka Daibutsu

 

7, Zuiryuji Temple (National Treasure)

 

Recommended meals on Day 6

Firefly squid with vinegared miso

 

Daikon radish with yellowtail

 

Kakiage (Fried glass shrimp)

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Web site

 

 

 

Day 7 (Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture)

 

1, Anrakuji Temple (National Treasure)

 

2, Hokkoku Kaido Yanagimachi

 

Recommended Meals on Day 7

Soba with walnut dipping sauce

 

Matsutake mushroom dishes

 

Koikoku (Carp stewed in miso)

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Web site