[biwako]

thanks for all the info so far, its a great help with my itinerary planning,

i think i might try and cut down my stay in osaka to one night,

if i manage to get two days and one night do you think i would have enough time to see the following:
Osaka Aquarium,
Osaka Castle
Dotonbori and night life areas,

is there anything else in osaka one would reccommend to a first time visitor to Japan. From what I can gather i am best to spend more time in tokyo and kyoto.
i was thinking of staying at least 3 nights in Kyoto and then one around Mt Fuji before finishing off with 2-3 night in tokyo.

although i dont have any specific plans for kyoto i was thinking of seeing the following:

Nijo Castle
Gion
Kinkakuji
Fushimi Inari Shrine
Monkey Park Iwatayama
Bamboo Groves (Arashiyama)
and a couple of the temples people reccommend,
is this too much to do in say 3 days,
keeping in mind i will be travelling alone and not sitting at the one spot for too long.

thanks again,
any tips are appreciated,

Ben