This itinerary takes in a number of major sites with connections to the events of World War Two; Tokyo, which was the site of the heaviest firebombing, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, victims of the only atomic bombs ever used in war, and on to Okinawa, the only part of Japan invaded by Allied troops. The basic itinerary is 12 days, with suggested extra excursions that you can add on as you please, and assumes arrival and departure from Narita Airport in Tokyo.
Itinerary map

Day 1
Arrive at Narita Airport and take the airport bus or train into the city. Stay in Tokyo.
Day 2
Visit two museums with excellent displays about the war. Firstly make your way towards the Edo Tokyo Museum, just outside Ryogoku Station (??) on the Oedo Subway Line (????), which provides a good overview of the history of Tokyo and the war?s place within it. Try to get there early, as it?s a big museum that is easy to spend several hours in. NB: This is closed until March 2015; until then a good alternative is the National Showa Memorial Museum (???) (300 yen) which illustrates daily life in the Showa Period (1926-89) with a focus on the war years. Access is from Kudanshita Station (???) Exit 4.
Having got the wider context down, head to the fascinating but little-known Center of Tokyo Raids and War Damage, the only museum devoted specifically to the firebombing of Tokyo that occurred in the spring of 1945. Exhibits are well thought out, thought provoking and interesting, with some English information ava...