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We are a family of 4 (Wife, 12 year old son, 9 yo daughter) visiting next month for 11 full days. Trying not to pack in too much as I am not sure how my kids will take walking around everywhere, also not sure how long it takes to get to point A to point B. Prefer to have a nice leisure fun vaca instead of stressed out trying to pack too much in anyway. We like to eat and shop. Looking for clothes, gifts to bring back, anime, bags, watches. We love animals so also try to hit up the Nara deer park, Kyoto Monkey park, and other animal cafes. Not going to Disney land or Universal since we have that at home and I figure it will be much the same. Definitely going to Disney Sea.
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Here’s what we got so far. Feel free to critique and provide suggestions and since we have no idea where things are in location wise.
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Day 0 – Arrive in Narita around 8 PM. Will stay over night in Narita and take train to Kyoto in the morning. Hopefully can figure out luggage delivery service so we don’t have to lug our luggage on the train
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Day 1 – Arrive KYOTO 2/16
\- Check out some Temples (so many to choose from)
\- Walk around Gion
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Day 2 – KYOTO 2/17
\- Monkey Park
\- Bamboo Grove
\- More shopping and eating
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Day 3 – Day trip to NARA 2/18
\- Kasuga Shrine
\- Nara Park
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Day 4 – Day trip to OSAKA 2/19
\- Walk around Dotonbori
\- Osaka Aquarium
\- Osaka Castle
\- Eat and Shop (Must see recommedations?)
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Day 5 – Last full day in KYOTO 02/20
\- Tea ceremony
\- Geisha dress up (Any place where we can do this in Kyoto?)
\- Walk around and shop and eat
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Day 6 – Check out of KYOTO and travel to TOKYO 02/21
\- Check in to Hotel
\- Explore nearby hotel
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Day 7 – TOKYO 02/22
\- Disney Sea
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Day 8 – TOKYO 02/23
\- Explore Shibuya and Shinjuku and surrounding areas
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DAY 9 – TOKYO 02/24
\- Mount Fuji Day Tour (Any good tour guide recommendations? Been looking at Avatar tours)
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DAY 10 – TOKYO 02/25 (More shop and eat)
\- Explore Yokohoma and surrounding areas
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DAY 11 – TOKYO 02/26
\- Explore Ginza and surrounding areas
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DAY 12 – DEPARTURE back to Narita Airport 02/27
\- Flight is at night so hopefully Hotel will allow us to store luggage so we can go last minute shopping before heading to Airport
\- Book private car back to Narita (more for convenience)
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We are still trying to figure out where to stay in Tokyo. So far have 3 hotels in mind. Any recommendation on which is best in terms of location (for a family, not looking to go clubbing or anything) and easy to get to places and travel to Disney Sea. I think all are somewhat close to a train station.
1. Richmond Hotel Premier Asakusa International (Near Sensoji temple and Train station)
2. Hotel Metropolitan Kawasaki (Saiwai Ward near Kawaski station)
3. Hyatt Regency Yokohoma
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TIA!
by qtone4