Hey everyone!
My wife and I are finally making our ,years in the planning, first trip to Japan for our 15th anniversary. We are arriving June 1st and departing June 17th. I know, I know, summer is going to be hot and rainy. We are from Florida so we’re hoping it won’t be too much worse than our early summer months (fingers crossed).
I’ve been working on this itinerary for the past several months, almost to the point of obsession, and I was hoping to get some advice on things to avoid, things to perhaps do instead, anything big I’m missing, and really any feedback is welcome.
I’ve included all the ‘main’ things we want to do with a rough timetable that I know will likely be unrealistic. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are all implied and we don’t have any real specific food plans aside from taking a food tour in Gion.
That all being said, here goes:
Day 1:
13:00 – Arrive at HND
16:00 (hopefully) – Travel to 1st hotel (Sotetsu Fresa Inn Ueno) in the Ueno area
\- Try to stay awake and hit up the Ameyoko Shopping District
Day 2:
09:00 – Ueno Park, Ueno Zoo, Tokyo National Museum, Toshogu Shrine
17:00 – Travel to our 2nd hotel (Grand Nikko Tokyo Bay) in Tokyo Bay
Day 3:
\-Tokyo Disneyland – pretty much all day.
Day 4:
\-Tokyo DisneySea – pretty much all day.
21:00 -Travel to 3rd hotel in Shinjuku (Hotel Gracery)
\-Possibly get a drink or check out an arcade if we aren’t dead tired.
Day 5:
09:00 -Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
11:00 -Shibuya Scramble Square
\-Shopping in Shibuya area
14:00 -Takeshita Street – Explore Harajuku area
17:00 – Shibuya Sky for sunset
18:30 – Omoide Yokocho (Dinner?)
20:00 – Golden Gai
Day 6:
07:30 – Travel to Kawaguchiko
\- Arrive by 10:00
10:30 – Chureito Pagoda
13:00 – Panorama Ropeway
15:00 – Oishi Park
18:00 – Travel back to Shinjuku
Day 7:
09:00 – Meiji Shrine
11:00 – TeamLab Planets
13:30 – Travel to Hakone
16:00 – Arrive at 4th hotel (Hakone Gora Byakudan)
18:00 – Dinner at Ryokan
Day 8:
09:00 – Gora Park
11:00 – Hakone Ropeway
14:00 – Hakone Shrine
15:00 – Explore. Shopping.
16:30 – Return to Ryokan for dinner and relaxing
Day 9:
09:00 – Open Air Museum
13:00 – Travel to Kyoto
\- Arrive by 16:30
18:00 – Check into 5th hotel (Daiwa Roynet Ekimae)
Day 10:
09:00 – Kiyomizu-dera
10:00 – Explore Sannenzaka Path
12:00 – Honon-ji Temple
13:00 – Kodai-ji Temple
14:00 – Yasaka-Jinja Shrine
15:00 – Shoren-in Temple
16:30 – Nishiki Market
Day 11:
07:00 – Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
09:00 – Okochi Sanso Garden
09:30 – Sagano Romantic Train
11:00 – Kinkaku-ji Temple
13:00 – Tea Ceremony Camillia (GARDEN)
16:00 – Explore Gion
18:30 – Gion Food Tour
Day 12:
07:30 – Fushimi Inari
11:00 – Travel to Hiroshima
\- Arrive by 13:30
14:00 – Atomic Bomb Dome
14:30 – Children’s Peace Monument
15:00 – National Peace Memorial Hall
16:00 – Check into 6th hotel (RIHGO Royal Hotel Hiroshima)
Day 13:
09:00 – Ferry to Miyajima
10:00 – Itsukushima Shrine
11:00 – Daisaho-in Temple
12:00 – Momijidani Park
13:00 – Shishi’iwa Observatory (via ropeway)
16:00 – Omotesanso Shopping Street
18:00 – Back to Hiroshima
Day 14:
09:00 – Peace Memorial Museum
11:00 – Peace Memorial Park
14:00 – Shukkeien Garden
15:30 – Hiroshima Castle
Day 15:
06:30 – Early trip back to Tokyo
\- Arrive by 11:30. 7th hotel (Sequence Miyashita Park)
12:00 – Senso-ji Temple
13:00 – Nakamise-dori Street
17:00 – Tokyo Skytree
Day 16:
09:30 – Ghibli Museum
13:30 – Explore Akihabara
15:00 – Explore Roppongi
Day 17:
08:00-14:00 – Hit any last minute things we missed before heading back to HND
18:30 – Flight home.
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Thank you everyone!
by GinjaAssassin