y 20 days in Japan Itinerary and budget for 2026 October solo vacation. Can anyone give me a evaluation if my budget is enough.

Itinerary

Tokyo ( 1-2 )

Naruko onsen ( 2-4)

Matsushima ( 4-6 )

Tsurunoyu Onsen ( 6- 

Tsuruoka ( 8-10 )

Yamagata ( 10-12 )

Aizuwakamatsu (12-14)

Nikko (14-16)

Ikaho onsen ( 16-18 )

Niigata (18- 19)

Tokyo 19 - 20

budget : 5000$ and a 21 day jr pass.

hotel booking apps I use are expedia and booking. Only Tsurunoyu Onsen I will book on hitou

My opinion

Naruko onsen and Matsushima are very closed but there are a lot places in Matsushima that I want to visit so I decide to stay for 2 days.

I only stay in Niigata for 1 day because I only go there to enjoy sighting the beach and eating fresh living crab.

Note: This is my second trip to Japan. My last trip was only last for 9 days and I was not satisfied enough so I will go wild on my next trip ( tokyo chuo 2 days, kusatsu onsen 2 days, Suwa 2 days, and tokyo shinjuku 2 days )