Hi everyone. I’m very sorry to post another itinerary plan to the subreddit. But myself and my soon to be wife are heading to Japan from Ireland for our Honeymoon! We are very excited as it’s somewhere we’ve always wanted to go. We are nervous about making the most of our time out here as this could be the one and only time we ever make it out so we want to be as smart and sensible with the time we have to see as much as we can. Our trip is broke up into these sections –
Days 1-3 Tokyo
Days 4-6 Kyoto
Days 7-9 Osaka
Day 10 Nara
Day 11 Tokyo
If you have the time could you please review my planned itinerary for the 11 full days we have. Suppose a few quick disclaimers:
– when we travel we never do tours as we prefer to explore and walk around ourselves. Because of this we usually end up getting through things quite quick. This might speed up some parts of the plan compared to someone getting a tour.
– I’ve left some comments for help as we have gaps or need some ideas
– my biggest concern is Day 11 in Tokyo as I think we could use this day better, any suggestions would be great
See below my itinerary:
Day 1 (23/07) – Tokyo
– Arrive in Tokyo at 6am head to hotel and drop off bags
– Sensoji Temple (after explore surrounding old neighbourhood)
– Walk to Sumida River Park
– Sky tree tower
– Head back to hotel and freshen up
– Head to Shibuya district for dinner and to explore for evening
Day 2 24/07 – Tokyo
– Tokyo Imperial Gardens
– Yasukuji Jinju
– Akihabara District to explore
– Head back to hotel and freshen up
– Head to Shinjuku district for dinner and to explore for the evening
Day 3 25/07 – Tokyo
– Meiji Jingu
– Explore Harajuku district
– Ueno Park
– Back to hotel and freshen up
– Head to Tokyo tower for view
– Explore area around Tokyo Tower (any better suggestions for this evening?)
Day 4 26/07 – Kyoto
– Travel to Kyoto from Tokyo via bullet train (plan to do this as early as possible)
– Head to hotel and drop luggage off
– Kiyomizu Dera
– Explore Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka streets
– Yasaki Jinja
– Head back to hotel and freshen up
– Head to Hanamikoji street for dinner and to explore including Pontocho Alley
Day 5 27/07 – Kyoto
– Nanzen-Ji
– Philosophers Path
– Kyoto Imperial Palace
– Okazaki-Jinja
– Fushimi Inari
– If time, also Kinkaku-ji temple
– Head back to hotel and freshen up
– Head out for dinner, any suggestions what parts of Kyoto we should go to?
Day 6 28/07 – Kyoto
– Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
– Take Romantic Train
– Head to Togetsukyo bridge for views
– Iwatayama monkey park
– Head back to hotel and freshen up
– Head out for dinner, any other suggestions what parts of Kyoto we should go to?
Day 7 29/07 – Osaka
– Travel from Kyoto to Osaka as early as possible
– Head to hotel and drop luggage off
– Osaka Park
– Osaka Castle
– Tenmangu Shrine
– Shitennoji temple
– Go back to hotel and freshen up
– Head to Shinsekai district for dinner and to explore
Day 8 30/07 – Osaka
– Namba Yasaka Shrine
– Nipponbashi Denden town to explore
– Any suggestions for something here?
– Head back to hotel and freshen up
– Head to Dotonbori district for dinner and to explore
– Team Lab botanical garden
Day 9 31/07 – Osaka
– Day reserved for Universal Studios and Super Nintendo Land
– Any ideas of an area to go out at evening?
Day 10 01/08 – Nara
– Day trip to Nara from Osaka
– Kasuga Taisha Shrine
– Isuien Garden
– Kofukuji Temple
– Nara Park
– Todaji Temple
Day 11 02/08 – Tokyo
– Heading back to Tokyo from Osaka. Assuming we need to get train to Kyoto then bullet to Tokyo?
– Drop luggage off at hotel
– Head to Team Labs (should we move this to start of our trip?)
– Explore Odaiba district
– Need more suggestions for our last day
Day 12 03/08 – Home
– Early flight home so won’t be able to do anything
by McLovinMyBacon
