Originally Posted by
eefor jfp
Maybe I figured that Tokyo had a lot to see and do based on the threads here in the forum.
There's lots see and do in Tokyo, but there's a huge amount to see in the Kansai area (Kyoto, Nara, Kobe, Osaka) and there's actually a helluva lot more to the country than just Tokyo and Kansai.
Originally Posted by
eefor jfp
it's really hot and humid in July which is something I don't handle well.
If you don't like hot and humid weather then perhaps you shouldn't devote so much of your trip to two of the least pleasant heat islands in the country - Tokyo and Kyoto. As a radical revision of your itinerary, you might consider:
Enter Japan at NGO
Train and bus up to Shirakawa-go (thatched house village at high altitude)
Four days in Kyoto (with a trip to Kurama if you like)
Train to Koya san (moutain with many buddhist temples)
Exit from KIX