Really depends how widely you are travelling.
If you are just in Tokyo then yeah Akihabara, Harajuku, Shinjuku, and Asakusa (Kaminarimon) are the main places. I lived like a 15 minute walk from the lantern for about 6 months.
If you go to Kyoto you will have more of a historical experience rather than pop culture. Must sees are generally Kiyomizudera, and the silver and gold pavilions (ginkakuji/kinkakuji), but there is so much there that you can't possibly see it all.
Nara is the place to go to see deer and is a tourist favorite.
Osaka you want to go to Shinsaibashi-suji.
If you go even further west on Honshu to Hiroshima there is an amazing tiny island called Miyajima that is worth the visit and of course the Genbaku dome in Hiroshima itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsukushima_Shrine
I doubt you'll go to Kyushu (the Southern main island)
...and if you go to the Southern tip of a tiny island off the West coast of Kyushu you'll find a place I spent two years teaching English =P.
https://imgur.com/a/KmG2l#0
If you are just in Tokyo then yeah Akihabara, Harajuku, Shinjuku, and Asakusa (Kaminarimon) are the main places. I lived like a 15 minute walk from the lantern for about 6 months.
If you go to Kyoto you will have more of a historical experience rather than pop culture. Must sees are generally Kiyomizudera, and the silver and gold pavilions (ginkakuji/kinkakuji), but there is so much there that you can't possibly see it all.
Nara is the place to go to see deer and is a tourist favorite.
Osaka you want to go to Shinsaibashi-suji.
If you go even further west on Honshu to Hiroshima there is an amazing tiny island called Miyajima that is worth the visit and of course the Genbaku dome in Hiroshima itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsukushima_Shrine
I doubt you'll go to Kyushu (the Southern main island)
...and if you go to the Southern tip of a tiny island off the West coast of Kyushu you'll find a place I spent two years teaching English =P.
https://imgur.com/a/KmG2l#0