Thought I'd share my itinerary in case anyone here has some helpful last minute tips or advice. Travelling to Japan solo next week. This trip is very much a bucket list item I've always wanted to do.

Arrive at NRT on JL F.

• Tues - Sat: Tokyo. Will plan to check out the main tourist sites plus a baseball game in Yokohoma on Fri night. Also booked a Great Cycling Tour.
• Sun: Arrive in Kyoto, booked at Kikokuso Ryokan
• Mon: More Kyoto all day, then head to Hiroshima in evening
• Tues: Hiroshima (Mazda tour booked in the morning then museums and whatever in evening)
• Wed: Head to Osaka in morning. Osaka sights.
• Thu: More Osaka, maybe a quick trip over to Nagoya for either Toyota or Asahi tours
• Fri: Leave for HKG in the morning

Some of the hotels i've chosen are the Hotel Park Side in Hiroshima and Hotel Montereyy Grasmere Osaka. Thanks to the advice in this forum, i'll be picking up a JR pass, exchanging travelers cheques at Narita for Yen and i'm attempting to book a pocket wifi through Global comm.

The only thing I haven't yet figured out is fitting in an authentic onsen (maybe Hakone or Arima) and there's a small part of me that wants to rent a car for a day and take a drive out to the countryside somewhere, but unlikely I will be able to fit that into my schedule.

Once I leave KIX I'll head to HKG. After a few days in HKG i'll finish things off with a trip back home in CX F (also a bucket list).

Sayonara!