Itinerary Check – 12 day Osaka-Kyoto-Tokyo Recs/Advice

Hello, my wife and I will be leaving the country in late February from the 15-26 for our first international trip ever and am excited but anxious if we’re missing any details that may be important.

We have a lot of open spaces as we were just going to see where the tide takes us, so any suggestions for food places in our visiting areas along with if you could see if it would be worth it to buy the JR rail pass with this itinerary, and any advice regarding pasmo vs. suica or e-sim vs. pocket wifi would also be extremely appreciated!

**Day 1 Osaka**

– 4 PM Airbnb Check-In
– 4:30 PM Walk around dotonbori
– 8:00 Kushikatsu for dinner

**Day 2 Osaka**

– 11:00 AM Kuromon Market
– 5:00 PM Eat and walk around Orange Street
– 9:00 PM Eat at CoCo Ichibanya

**Day 3 Osaka/Kyoto**

– 11:00 AM Train to Arashiyama
– 1 PM Arashiyama Kimono Rental
– 1:30:00 PM Walk around Arashiyama
– 7:00 PM Back to Osaka
– 8:00 PM Sushi in Osaka

**Day 4 Osaka/Kyoto**

– 11:00 AM Osaka Airbnb Check-Out
– 12:00 PM Train to Kyoto
– 1:00 PM Take luggage to accommodation
– 2:00 PM Walk around and eat at Kiyomizu-dera
– 3:00 PM TABITABI Moonlight check-in
– Rest

**Day 5 Kyoto**

– 11:00 AM TABITABI Moonlight Check-out
– 2:00 PM Kamishichiken Oku Check-in
– 6:00 PM Gyuzen Shijo Karasuma for dinner
– 7:00 PM Walk around Kamo River area

**Day 6 Kyoto/Tokyo**

– 11:00 AM Kamishichiken Oku Check-Out
– 1:00 PM Train to Tokyo
– 3:00 PM Airbnb Check-in at Chuo City
– 4:00 PM Train to Akihabara
– 4:30 PM Gyukatsu Motomura
– 5:30 PM Akihabara activities
– 9:00 PM Back to Airbnb

**Day 7 Tokyo**

– 11:00 AM Walk around Asakusa
– 5:00 PM Shutoku Ganso

**Day 8 Tokyo**

– Day trip to Kamakura/Enoshima
– Any suggestions appreciated here, we don’t really have anything planned we were just gonna walk around and see where it takes us

**Day 9 Tokyo**

– 10:00 AM Breakfast at convenience store
– 10:30 AM Train to Mitaka
– 12:00 PM Ghibli Museum
– 3:00 PM Train to Kichijoji
– 3:30 PM Gianta Kichijoji
– 4/4:30 PM Sushiro
– 5:00 PM Walk around Kichijoji
– 7:00 PM Train to Tokyo/hotel

**Day 10 Tokyo**

– 12:00 PM Train to Shibuya
– 12:30 PM Shibuya and Harajuku activities (crossing, thrifting, random stores, mori art museum, eat anywhere that looks good)
– 8:00 PM Train back to Tokyo/hotel

**Day 11 Tokyo**

– Freeballing, no plans

**Day 12 Tokyo**

– 11:00 AM Airbnb check-out
– 3:00 PM Train to Narita
– 8:00 Depart Tokyo

Thank you!

by anderu

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