School me on Japan

[CivicBlues]

If you don't want to sightsee why don't you find a Ryokan (Traditional hotel) near an Onsen (hotspring) and chill out there for a few days?

[Hondaracer]

When I say the only must do is Disney sea, I kinda meant like on top of the traditional sites you’d go to in these places

Still want to go to like Shibuya, Shinjuku, the typical stuff as well. I just haven’t really dug into it that much and I’ve never been anywhere in Asia before, but I definitely am interested in all the typical tourist sites

[Eff-1]

Osaka and Tokyo are super similar on the grand scheme of things. I think if you're spending a lot of time in Tokyo, you can skip Osaka unless there is something specific there you really want to see.

I'd add Kyoto into the itinerary. Spend a night there in a traditional ryokan. I can suggest the one I stayed at, I loved it. It's very much a tourist-thing to do.

Look up a town called Hakone, it's near Tokyo, at the base of Mt Fuji and is famous for its hot springs.

Outside of Tokyo, my next favourite place in Japan is Hiroshima. It's a bit further but super quick/cheap to get to. You can take the bullet train but I'd actually recommend a domestic flight from HND. Tourists can sometimes get special promotional airfares.

[pastarocket]

A friend also recommended to me the Tottori Sand Dunes in Japan.

A popular tourist destination for anyone who wants to visit a desert by the Sea of Japan. -quite a unique area outside of a city centre from what a buddy told me.

https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e8102.html


The Tottori Sand Dunes (鳥取砂丘, Tottori Sakyu) are large sand dunes located just outside the city center and are Tottori's most famous tourist attraction. They span roughly 16 kilometers of coast along of the Sea of Japan and are up to two kilometers wide and 50 meters high. They are part of the Sanin Kaigan National Park.

The sand dunes were created over thousands of years, as sand from the nearby Sendaigawa River was washed out to sea and eventually redeposited along the coast by the ocean's currents. Today, the movement of the tides and the coastal winds continuously shape the sand dunes and provide an ever changing landscape.

Things to do at the Tottori Sand Dunes: Camel riding, Sandboarding. -like snowboarding except you are boarding on sand dunes.