Hello my friends,
I will be going by myself to Japan on the week of March the 9th to March 17th, and i just want to know if what i want to do is possible or if am way overestimating my time and what is possible to do in one week in Japan, it is my first time traveling alone to such a different country and i am really bad at making intineraries i normally run out of time or end up with too much time after what i planned so i would greatly appreciate your help. Just carrying my backpack and a small carry-on to store the stuff i bought.
Main objectives are to see the sumo basho (Tickets start advanced sales on Feb 10th so days in Osaka subject to change depending on the day i manage to get a ticket on), see the Yokohama giant Gundam, and go to the samurai and ninja museum to wear samurai armor and see as many shrines as possible at early morning to avoid large crowds (to get many Goshuin), i plan to move around Tokyo to Osaka on the Shinkansen. I will be staying mostly in capsule hotels and am considering reserving a Ryokan.
Flying from LAX to Tokyo Friday 8th and flying back to LAX from Tokyo Sunday 17th
Friday-Saturday – Arrive in Tokyo
* \- I believe this day is lost as i will be likely horrible jet lagged and i will be around the airport getting my SIM card, Pasmo card (I use android, i dont believe i can get digital suica like apple), get cash at ATM from 7Eleven.
* \- Take a train to Tokyo, find a capsule hotel, eat, fight the jet lag, find a bathhouse and go to sleep at an appropiate time.
Sunday – Explore Tokyo
* \-Gotokuji shrine
* \-Shibuya
* \-hachiko
* tower records
* 109
* Recomendations please
* \-I could spend the night in tokyo or take a shinkansen to Osaka i feel it would be better to take it at daylight to enjoy the view
Monday – Osaka, Grand Sumo Tounament
* \-Sukunahikona shrine
* Osaka Castle (guided tour? if not just walk around it)
* 7/11 print out tickets and buy food/snacks for the tournament
* Be at Sumo Tournament in EDION arena by 1 – 2pm ends at 6pm
* Explore Dotonbori
* Spend the night
Tuesday – Kyoto
* Shinakansen to Kyoto
* Inari temple, go to the top
* Samurai and Ninja Museum by 12:30
* Visit Kinkakuji
* Im dry on ideas for Kyoto please recomendations
* Take Shinkansen to Yokohama
Wednesday Yokohama Gundam
* Kamakura Daibutsu
* Gundam at noon (But i also really want to return at evening when they turn on the lights Anyone know by what time do they light it up?)
* Cup of noodle museum
* Shinyokohama Ramen Museum
* the order of these last two can be swapped if i am coming back to the gundam base at night
* Go back to tokyo
Thursday
* Togo Shrine
* Harajuku
* Shinjuku
* Godzilla head and Toho studio
* Recomendations?
Friday
* Hie Shrine
* Gundam base tokyo
* Akihabara
* Monster hunter Sakabaa
Saturday Free Day
* Shopping
* Arcades
* Chill out?
Sunday, fly back and time travel into early morning sunday.
As you may see, there are some days i dont have much planned to do, or so i think. Please let me know if i should swap places around of if some days im way overbooked or if you have overall recomendations.
I would appreciate recomendtions on places to eat and bathhouses as i have barely investigated on this.
I if could take one day off tokyo, i would think to add a day on osaka to visit the aquarium and perhaps visit Nara.
Again, i greatly appreciate you assitance my friends.
Edit: I am used to long travel days and walking a lot and can handle being outside for long times and being on the run. Thank you for worrying about this.
