Thread: Southern and Central Japan

My budget is around $140 per room. Thanks alot for the help, I will be looking at this chain you mentioned. Alot of hotels are fully booked because of the long weekend, its their Labor day on Nov 23, just found out online...

What is your budget? Lived in japan 20 years ago and visited for most of May last year. It is much better to book in advance. There is nice hostel in Hiroshima which you'll find on-line. The Comfort chain of hotels are very reasonable for Japan and include breakfast (about$60/night for a single).

There are many business hotel chains, i.e. Toyoko-Inn, Green Hotels, Superhotels, etc. If you don't have bookings, when you arrive, go to a travel agent in or near the station. They will find one for you for a fee(~500yen). Later in the evening, some are discounted to fill the rooms. There are so many in Hakata/Tenjin or Hiroshima area that you should not have any problems. Also try http://travel.rakuten.co.jp/en/...

As much as I agree that arriving in Tokyo then training all the way to Kyushu is unnecessary, I wouldn't exactly say the whole trip is "too ambitious". I spent 23 days by myself once, saw 21 cities and completed 95% of my itinerary. I had experience in Japan before that, and I had carefully planned everything (yet left plenty of slack). Only missed one city, and that was due to poor train connections. Your itinerary is certainly...