- 7–10 travellers
- 21 days
- Mid-range
- Airbnb-first
- Anime · hiking · food
A three-week loop sequenced so you reach Nara mid-trip and stand on the 3,776 m summit of Mount Fuji in the final week — exactly when the climbing season opens.
Why this date structure works
Fuji opens early July
The Yoshida Trail runs ~1 Jul – 10 Sep. Climbing in the last week puts your summit just after the gates open — fewer crowds, huts freshly open.
June is rainy season
Mid-to-late June is tsuyu. It rarely rains all day, but we front-load cool alpine hikes and keep indoor anime days as rain buffers.
An unhurried pace
Three weeks lets you use 3–5 night bases (Tokyo, Kyoto) and short hops for hikes — less packing, more resting.
The route in one line
Tokyo → Ghibli Park (Nagoya) → Nakasendo trail → Kamikochi (Alps) → Kyoto → Nara → Osaka → Hiroshima & Miyajima → Mount Fuji → Tokyo.
Day-by-day at a glance
| Day | Date | Base | Highlight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 14 Jun | Tokyo | Arrive, settle in |
| 2 | Tue 15 Jun | Tokyo | Akihabara — anime & games |
| 3 | Wed 16 Jun | Tokyo | Ghibli Museum + Nakano Broadway |
| 4 | Thu 17 Jun | Tokyo | Senso-ji, Shibuya, food crawl |
| 5 | Fri 18 Jun | Day trip | Nikko shrines + nature hike |
| 6 | Sat 19 Jun | → Nagoya | Travel, Nagoya food |
| 7 | Sun 20 Jun | Ghibli Park | Full day at Ghibli Park (Aichi) |
| 8 | Mon 21 Jun | Kiso Valley | Nakasendo hike: Magome → Tsumago |
| 9 | Tue 22 Jun | Matsumoto | Matsumoto Castle, gateway to Alps |
| 10 | Wed 23 Jun | Kamikochi | Alpine day hike |
| 11 | Thu 24 Jun | → Kyoto | Travel, Gion stroll |
| 12 | Fri 25 Jun | Kyoto | Fushimi Inari, Arashiyama, Kinkaku-ji |
| 13 | Sat 26 Jun | Nara ★ | The deer + Todai-ji Great Buddha |
| 14 | Sun 27 Jun | Osaka | Dotonbori, Den-Den Town |
| 15 | Mon 28 Jun | Osaka | Universal Studios (Nintendo World) |
| 16 | Tue 29 Jun | Hiroshima | Peace Park + Miyajima torii |
| 17 | Wed 30 Jun | → Fuji lakes | To Kawaguchiko, prep & rest |
| 18 | Thu 1 Jul | Fuji lakes | Chureito Pagoda, gear check |
| 19 | Fri 2 Jul | Fuji ★ | Climb to 8th-station hut |
| 20 | Sat 3 Jul | Fuji ★ | Sunrise summit, back to Tokyo |
| 21 | Sun 4 Jul | Tokyo | Last shopping, depart |
Where you’ll stay — Airbnb-first
For a group of 7–10, Airbnb whole-homes beat hotels almost everywhere: one booking, a shared living room, laundry, a kitchen, and a lower per-person cost. At this size you may need two adjacent rentals in some cities — book 3–4 bedroom places early (confirm a minpaku registration number). The few planned exceptions are a traditional ryokan on the Nakasendo, a lakeside guesthouse near Fuji, and the booked mountain hut on Fuji itself.