Hello! I am going on a 16 Day Japan Trip very soon (mid-February) and just wanted to do a last minute sanity check before the takeoff. I will mainly be travelling solo as a 20-something male and allocated most of my time in Tokyo since I have friends in the city I will be meeting.
Day 1: Land in Osaka → Kyoto
Land at 4 pm + 2 hour Transit to Kyoto Hotel
Day 2: Kyoto Day 1
Kiyomizudera
Sannenzaka
Ninenzaka
Yasaka Pagoda
Maruyama Park
Yasaka-Jinja Shrine
Hanamikoji Street
Nishiki Market
Fushimi Inari Taisha
Day 3: Kyoto Day 2
Arashiyama -Togetsukuyo Bridge
Sagano Monkey Park
Tenryu-ji
Kinkaku-ji
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Teramachi Shopping Street
Train to Osaka Hotel
Day 4: Osaka Day 1
Shitennoji Temple
Abeno Harukas
Sumiyoshi Taisha
Namba Yasaka
Osaka Aquarium
Day 5: Osaka Day 2 + Nara
Tenjinbashi
Osaka Castle
Nara Park
Harushika Sake Brewery store
Kofuku-ji
Todaiji Temple
Kasuga Taisha
Wakakusayama Hill
Yodobashi Camera
Grand Front Osaka
Day 6: Osaka Day 3
Shinsekai
Nipponbashi
Kuromon Market
Doguyasuji Shotengai
Hozenji Yokocho
Dotonbori
Day 7: Osaka Day 4 → Tokyo
Shinjuku:
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Meiji Jingu
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (Tocho) – Observation Deck
Godzilla Statue
Train to Shinjuku Hotel
Day 8: Tokyo Day 1
Harajuku:
Meiji Shrine
Takeshita Street
Tokyo Plaza Omotesando Harajuku
Yoyogi Park
Shibuya:
Shibuya Scramble Crossing road
Hachiko Statue
Shibuya SKY Observation Deck – At sunset
Day 9: Tokyo Day 2
Asakusa:
Kaminarimon Gate
Namikase Dori
Sensoji
Sumida Park
Tokyo Skytree
Ueno:
Ameyoko – Uotsuka
Ueno Park
Akiharaba:
Hanabusa Inari Shrine
Walk around Akihabara
Day 10: Tokyo Day 3 + Day Trip to Kamakura and Yokohama
Kamakura:
Kamakura Daibutsu
Hokokuji Temple
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu (Kamakura’s most important shrine)
Yokohama:
Minato Mirai Harbor
Chinatown
Yokohama Akarenga Soko (red brick warehouse)
Day 11: Tokyo Day 4
Roppongi:
Mori Sky building
Team Labs Borderless
Tokyo Tower
Chiyoda Imperial Palace
Ginza:
Walk around and shop
Day 12: Tokyo Day 5 → Lake Kawaguchi
Mount Fuji Panoramic Ropeway
Chureito Pagoda
Ubuyagasaki Shrine
Stay at Ryokan at Lake Kawaguchi
Day 13: Lake Kawaguchi → Hakone
Reserve Bus to transit to Hakone
Stay at Ryokan in Hakone
Day 14: Hakone Explore Day
Owadakuni
Togendai
Lake Ashi
Hakone Open-Air Museum
Hakone Loop + Gondola to Hakone Mototsumiya Shrine
Stay at Ryokan in Hakone
Day 15: Hakone → Tokyo
Walk around Ikebukuro and Nakano
Ghibli Museum
Hotel in Shinjuku
Day 16: Odaiba + Leave Japan
Odaiba:
DiverCity
Miraikan
Leave from Haneda Airport
by harryz619