The Japanese Grand Tour　日本グランドツアー

Have your chance to see all of Japan from the air. This route covers virtually all of Japan including its four main islands, interesting locations including landmarks and airports (all Japanese 'star' runways are also included, for achievement hunters). 

My reason for creating this grand tour is because I was supposed to move to Japan before the travel ban made me delayed, this way I can still explore before I arrive. 

空から日本を見るチャンスです。 このツアーでは、4つの主要な島、ランドマークや空港などの興味深い場所を含む、ほぼすべての日本をカバーしています（アチーブメントを集めるために、すべての日本のスター滑走路も含まれています）

このツアーを作った理由は、日本に移住する予定だったのが、入国拒否により遅れてしまったからです。この方法だと到着する前に日本を散策することができます。

Suggested scenery addons (most can be found on this website) for this route are:

  • Biwako 琵琶湖 (East and South 東と南)
  • Aomori 青森県
  • Osaka scenery & landmarks 阪神高速道路とかの大阪シーナリー
  • Nagano 長野市
  • Sapporo Tower 札幌テレビ塔
  • Sendai 仙台市
  • Nagasaki  (長崎女神大橋)
  • Sapporo 札幌市
  • Nagoya 名古屋市
  • Fukuoka 福岡市
  • Hiroshima 広島市
  • Niigata 新潟県
  • Kobe & Sannomiya 神戸市と三宮
  • Kyoto 京都府
  • Tokyo 東京都
  • Yokohama 横浜市
  • Kyomizu-dera 清水寺
  • Monbetsu Airport 紋別空港
  • (All Japanese airports)

The other extra addons (Japan only) can be found here

その他の追加アドオン（日本のみ）はここにあります。

For an elevated experience where you can listen to local Japanese radio stations, listen to real-time audio tours and more , I recommend that you also use the Bushtalk addon.

Suggested Aircraft: Cessna 172. 

お勧めの飛行機: セスナ 172.

The reason for this is that while yes this flight plan is long, it is probably not intended to be completed in one sitting. In using a small propellor aircraft, you free yourself to become able to simply disconnect the autopilot and explore at your leisure whenever the feeling strikes you while listening to local 80's radio stations (aesthetic), without need for gigantic turn circles, slow deceleration and before you know it the amazing scenery has passed.

The Cessna 170 only has enough fuel to make it safely to the next waypoint, possibly the one after that. The reason I did this is because I find it fun and immersive to 'stop-by' these locations and refuel, also breaks are good. For stretches over water, you can engage the autopilot and relax for only 10-15 minutes or so. 

This is an IFR flight plan, so you can complete it in one sitting using a larger aircraft (I would recommend the Cessna Citation CJ4 if you must go faster). I also input IFR vectors to take the aircraft right past most vanilla POI's. 

There is no ILS approach vector for RJCR so final landing must be manual.

 

Full route:

RJFE/21 RJDK RJDT RJDB RJFF RJFU RJDA RJFK RJFY RJFN RJFT RJFO RJFR RJOF RJOW RJOI SUNFL RJOA ARIGI RJOM RJOK RJOT UTAZU RJOB RJOC RJNO RJOR RJBT ASANO RJOO CUE OTABE RJOS RJBD RJOE PIASS RJNG RJNK RJNW RJNT RJAF RJNH RJNS RJNY RJTH RJAN RJTO TET RJTY RJTT INTEL RJTL RJAA RJAH RJTU RJSF RJSN RJSD RJSY RJSC RJSS RJST RJSI RJSK RJSR RJSA RJSA RJSO RJCH RJEO FUNKA RJCJ RJCB RJCK NSE RJCM RJEB RJCA RJCW RJCR/32

In the .ZIP file you will find:

  • Operational Flight Plan
  • .pln file
  • 2 mid-flight screenshots
  • 2 example route maps

This flight path was made over many hours using a combination of Simbrief, SkyVector and AIS Japan.

Thank you very much and I hope you enjoy it.