My Updated (huge) Japan bucket list

So one of my fave bloggers HelloLizzieBee recently made her Japan Bucket list, and it's been a hot minute since I posted mine so here is my updated list. I have a huge huge list in my notebook and I always find new places I want to go. If only I had more holidays.... If you wanna check out where I've been so far. check out the Japan tag, but for now, here is my (ridiculously huge) Japan bucket list! FYI I'm not including most of the 'tourist spots' in Tokyo, Kyoto or Osaka because I've been to a few, so this isn't a 'must see in Japan holiday itinery' (although I do have a couple of travel guides like Osaka, and 2 weeks in Japan)

Osaka// Kansai

A.k.a. the city that stole my heart. Obviously I want to go back to loads of my old haunts from when I did my study abroad (Amemura, Shinsaibashi, "my" starbucks, "my" okonomiyaki restaurant, "my" tower records in Namba, "my" SPINNS etc etc.) but there are also a lot of places that I didn't explore enough or didn't get to at all.
OPA shinsaibashi (I always walked past this thinking it was offices with a couple of shops at the front, turns out there is a whole super fashionable shopping centre there... oops)
Abeno Harukas and Q's mall in Tennoji- they have a 109! And although it was a bit pricy for me, I wish I'd gone back at least once... And I wanna see the city from the top of Abeno Harukas
Bubbles
Den Den town again to go to a maid cafe!!
Bar Rock rock in Amemura
cute cafes in Horie
Ura namba- explore and photograph more
Go up Tsutenkaku at night and Umeda Sky building in the day
Osaka redhorse wheel
The Ferris wheel on Donki
USJ
Tondabayashi Peace Tower
Kishiwada castle
Emperor Nintoku's Kofun
Tsuruhashi
Nachi falls
Koyasan
Hasedera in Nara

Tokyo/Kanto/ Shinshu area

Osaka may be my first love, but as the centre of Japanese pop culture, Tokyo is pretty dear to my heart too. I didn't actually get to go to a lot of the fashionable areas I wanted to explore, so my list for Tokyo is actually pretty long.
Nakameguro- I wanna go in sakura season

Ebisu
Nezu and the shitamachi
Edo Museum
Ueno Koen
Izuoshima
Ogasawara islands
Ameyokocho
Hanayashiki in Asakusa
Nikko
Yokohama
Takayama
Kanazawa
Daikanyama
Hakone/ Fuji 5 lakes

Kyoto// 
There are just too many amazing places in Kyoto...
Daigoji
Genko-an
Gokonomiya shrine
Myoshinji
Miho Museum
Ootsu
Tenryu-ji
Kenninji
Manju-ji
Zuihoin
Enkoji
Manshuin
Higashi honganji
Kyoto Tower
Fushimi Inuyama Castle
Shourenin
Shimogamojinja
Hiezan and Enryakuji
Daitokuji
Chionin
Kibune Jinja
Kyoto Botanical garden
Sannenzaka


Tohoku/ Hokkaido//
I've actually never been north of Tokyo! And Tohoku looks so gorgeous, I need to go.
Sendai
Hirosaki castle
Lake Towada
Akita
Hachimantai
Iwate- sunriku coast
Yamadera
Tono
Matsushima
Naruko Gorge
Hanamiyama 
Mt Haguro
Hiraizumi
Aizuwakamatsu
Sapporo- ramen alley! 
Kamuisaki

Shikoku//
Another place I haven't been to at all- Shikoku doesn't have a shinkansen link, so it's a teeny bit more effort to get to but it looks sooo gorgeous. I really want to have a relaxing weekend hiking and getting some nature in.
Naruko
Kouchi
Ehime
Seto Oohashi
Takamatsu

Chubu/ Shizuoka// 
For having spent a year here in Shizuoka, I've barely done anything ^^; (apart from work obvs) But Shizuoka is actually really beautiful!
Atami
Izu Peninsula- Ito, Dougashima
Oikawa Railway
Okushizu
Matsumoto castle
Gifu castle
Mt Kisoontake
Kurobe Gorge
Lake Hamanako
More of the Nakasendo
Ise shima and Ise Jingu

Chugoku//
Onomichi
Shimanami Kaido
Tottori Sand dunes
Fukuyama Castle
Okayama 
Kurashiki
Izumo Taisha

Kyushu//
I loooved Kyushu when I briefly vistited last time and am dying to go back!
Fukuoka
Gunkanjima
Arita
Beppu
Yakushima
Kumamoto
Mt Aso

So that's that! Obvs because it's super personal and also places I haven't been so can't really say much about any of it, it probs wasn't that helpful, but hey.
If you are interested in places I *have* been, check out the aforementioned Japan tag, where you can see many pictures of Osaka and the occasional travel guide

Thanks for reading!
-Amy xoxo