Hello all, just want to say I’ve submitted one before and it wasn’t as fleshed out as this, and this is about as fleshed out as its gonna get before my brain melts.
Just a few questions:
-is there anything we are doing that is repetitive? (We might nix Kawaguchiko to extend either Tokyo or Osaka)
-what other highlights of Tokyo are we missing that might be better suited?
-should we do the pirate ship tour or hakone free pass?
-what are some good day trips from Tokyo north of Tokyo (2hr max one way)?
-is it worth it to get a guided tour in Hiroshima?
-is Nikko worth it?
Thank you!
*+/- means maybe do it
Tokyo May 11-13th
stay: Petit Grande Miyabi, 1 Chome-2-10 Ishiwara, Sumida City, Tokyo 130-0011, Japan
May 11th
-arrival
+/- Tokyo sky tree
-kabuki-cho (entrance where there is lots of bars/resturants/golden gai is there)eat yakaturi
shinjuku golden gai (alley with food)
May 12th
AM
-Tsukuiji market, shibuya
-Tokyo tower next to it is the zojoji temple
-Shibuya sramble crossing (Hachiko statue- outside the shibuya station)
-Hotel Gracery Shinjuku (godzilla), shinjuku
-Meiji Jingu shrine (oldest buddhist temple in tokyo. The gate of 2 kings.)
note: Sumida river walk to walk from tokyo sky tree to sensoji
pm:
-the food tour 5pm (1-chōme-2-10 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan)
May 13th
AM and PM Sumo
Mt Fuji
May 14
-Chureito Padoga
-North shore of Lake Kawaguchiko
-panoramic ropeway
Osaka May 15-19th
Stay: Tokyu stay osaka honmach
Japan, 〒541-0056 Osaka, Chuo Ward, Kyutaromachi, 2 Chome−4−24 東急ステイ大阪本町 1F
May 15th
AM
-Osaka castle (make sure to look at the view from the top)
-Kuromon market-fresh food/osaka food; scallops, oysters, puffer fish sashimi
+/-Shitennoji Temple (oldest temple in osaka)
PM
-Dotonbori Bridge-street food, takoyaki (balls with octupus), okonomyaki
+/- umeda sky building
+/-Shinsaibashi (for shopping)
May 16th
Day trip to Kyoto (NE of Osaka)
AM
-Fushimi Inari Taisha
-Higashiyama and Gion (old neighbothood/geisha distric)
+/-kodaiji temple (alternative to the one below)
-Kenninji Temple (cool dragon art work)
-Kimkaku – Ji (gold pavillion)
-Arashiyama bamboo grove
-Arashiyama Iwatayama Monkey Park
PM
-nishiki market: eat sweets and soba noodles
-pontoko alley : alley in kyoto- eat kosho yaki
-saki brewery
May 17th
Day trip to Nara (East of Osaka)
AM
-Kōfuku-ji temple
-Todai-jiv(has the largest bronze buddha)
-Kasuga-Taisha (has 3K stone lenterns)
-Nara Deer Park
PM:
-return to osaka for food tour by 4pm
May 18th
AM: heading west
Kobe to eat kobe beef
Hemji castle
PM:
-Shinsekai- “new world” go to south for food and bar scene
May 19-21st Hiroshima
Stay: Hotel Kuretakeso Hiroshima Otemachi (3 Chome-7-3 Otemachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0051, Japan)
May 19th
AM
+/- take a tour
-Atomic Bomb Dome
-Peace park
-Shukkei en garden
-Hiroshima Castle
PM
Fumi Chan Okonomiyaki resturant
May 20th
Miyajima Island
AM
-giant torii japan
-Itsukushima Shrine
+/-Five storied podaga (Goju-no-To) Horyuji temple
-Daisho in temple
PM: somewhere to eat
May 21-25th Yakushima Island
Stay: Cottage Morinokokage 292-9 Funayuki, Yakushima, Kumage District, Kagoshima 891-4312, Japan
AM: ferry in and pick up the car
PM- grab dinner
22nd
-am: forest tour
-pm: grab dinner
23rd:
-am: do SUP
-pm: grab dinner
24th
-am: go diving
-pm: grab dinner
May 25th-27th Hakone
Stay: Karuka Gora: 1300-8 Gora, Hakone, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa 250-0408, Japan
May 25th
AM: traveling to hakone
PM:dinner
May 26th
-hakone sightseeing cruise/lake ashi
https://www.hakonenavi.jp/hakone-kankosen/
-take the rope way to togendai-ko port for the cruise
-see the jakon jinja temple
-owakudani sulphur springs
+/-old tokaido road cedar (Old Tōkaidō Road Ancient Cedar Avenue – East End)
-open air museum
cruise infor: https://www.hakonenavi.jp/hakone-kankosen/
PM: dinner
May 27th-June 1st back to Tokyo
stay: Petit Grande Miyabi, 1 Chome-2-10 Ishiwara, Sumida City, Tokyo 130-0011, Japan
May 27th
travel back
AM and PM
spend time in Akihabara (electric city): manga and anime.Lots of aracade games
-There is 8 floors of it.
-shop at retro game camp
May 28th
Nikko (3hrs away)
AM:
-Shinkyo bridge
-Rinnoji Temple
-Toshogu Temple
-Kegon Falls
+/-Ryuzu falls
PM:
Dinner
May 29th
AM
10am Samurai cutting and basic ninja/samurai tour.
4:30- photo shoot in akasuka
PM: fancy dinner
May 30th
AM Team labs borderless
PM
Harajuku Karaoke
May 31st
AM shopping
PM dinner and packing
June 1st- leave