Japan in 14 days: Tokyo, Kyoto and Hiroshima are too many stages?
I am building my first itinerary in Japan for the second half of November. I have 14 actual nights and I was thinking in Tokyo 5, Kyoto 5, Hiroshima 2 with one night in Miyaj…
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