Hi everyone,
I am travelling to Japan from April 17th to Map 10th. And this is the itinerary that we made, would love opinions and suggestions on what to see/not see.
Arrival at NRT on April 18
– check in hotel
– Check out kuramae area (where hotel is)
April 19
– Explore Akihabara
– Taito city
– Imperial palace and Chidori-ga-fuchi – [cherry blossoms (near taito and shinjuki)]
– Also can check out Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
– Yoyogi Park – cherry blossoms garden
– Hie shrine
– Tokyo skytree
– Radio kaikan
– Gigo arcades
– Super potatoe
April 20
– Kamakura day trip
April 21
– Hakone day trip
– Then to → Yamanashi – mt fuji
Back to tokyo (**does this work or would this work better on the 20th or a whole separate day?)
April 22
– Check out hotel, take train to kyoto
– Check in, explore near hotel (middle of Kyoto area)
April 23
– Explore arashiyama
– Bamboo forest
– Monkey park
– Maybe also
– Golden pavilion- Kinkaku-ji
– Silver pavilion – Higashiyama Jisho-ji
– Kamo shrine
– Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple
– Kimono forest
April 24
– Explore in kyoto
– Eastern part:
– Gion district – Yasaka Shrine*
– Kiyomizu-dera*
– Near: heian-kingu shrine
– Shijo-ohashi Bridge
– Fushimi Inari Taisha
– Okazaki Shrine
– Chion-in temple
– Yasaka Kōshin-dō Temple
– Maruyama Park
– Kyoto imperial palace
April 25
– Nara day trip
– Yoshino kansai – cherry blossoms
April 26
– Kanazawa day trip
April 27
– Kyoto shopping day – P and N
– Teramachi-dori – shopping street (near imperial palace)
– Nishiki market – food
– Any other places missed
– Maybe kifune shrine (out of the way, outer northern part of kyoto)
April 28
Check out, head to osaka
Explore near hotel- nakagyo ward
April 29
– Tattoo day
– Explore in osaka
April 30
– Wakayama [still deciding on which area]
– Kumano Nachi Taisha
– Okuno-in (Koyasan)
– Yunomine Onsen
May 1
Explore Osaka
– Dotonbori
– Lower part of osaka
– Sumiyoshi Taisha
– Osaka castle
– Noodle museum
May 2
– Day trip to hiroshima or another place
– or check out more of osaka
May 3
– Osaka shopping day
– make your own rings – glanta
– Missed stuff
May 4
– Check out, head back to tokyo
– Explore near hotel, kuramae or whatever
asakusa
– Asakusa
– Don Quijote
May 5
Explore tokyo
– Shibuya
– shibuya sky
– Meiji Jingu
– Pokemon center
– One piece store
– Takeshita St
– Ringram
– Don Quijote
May 6
Explore tokyo
– Nakano
– shinjuku
– Tokyo metropolitan government building
– Shinjuku Golden Gai
– Omoide Yokocho
May 7
Day trip: missed
Yokohama
Hakone
Yamanashi
May 8
Explore Tokyo
– Chuo city
– itoya stationary
– Ginza
– Uniqlo
– Art aquarium museum
Koto city
– teamlab planet
May 9
– Explore/shop
– Missed stuff day
May 10
– Head to airport, flight at 4pm
– Morning do whatever with time
Thank you!!! 🙂
Also would love tips on what I should book beforehand, like shibuya sky. <3
by MessiersEleven