Hi, my wife and I are going to Japan from April 4-24. Our current itinerary slowly paced because we’ll have our baby (Tokyo April 5-11, Kyoto April 11-16, Osaka April 16-21, Tokyo April 21-24) but we love the beach so we’re trying to work Okinawa in, which you’ll see below in a proposed itinerary.
What would you change about our proposed itinerary below? / where are we doing too much? / or where we might be able to fit something else in?
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* Friday April 5: Land at Narita at 4pm
* Get eSIMS, IC cards, check-in, get dinner (assuming we’ll be too tired to move haha)
* Saturday April 6
* Shibuya Crossing, Miyashita Park, Meiji Jingu Shrine, Yoyogi Park, Takeshita St (Harajuku), Shibuya Sky (at sunset)
* Sunday April 7
* Shinjuku (Gyoen. Not sure if we’ll be able to visit Piss Alley or Golden Gai unless we go individually)
* Monday April 8
* TBD
* Tuesday April 9
* Teamlabs Planets (9AM), Tokyo Tower
* Wednesday April 10
* Ueno/Asakusa
* Thursday April 11: Shinkasen to Kyoto
* Stay in ryokan, explore Gion
* Friday April 12
* Nijo Castle, Kinkaku-Ji (Golden Pavillion) and Ginkaku-Ji, Philosopher’s Path, Nishiki Market
* Saturday April 13
* Bamboo Forest and Arashiyama Iwatayama Monkey Park (9-4pm 600Y tickets)
* Sunday April 14
* Fushimi-Inari Taisha Shrine’s famous Tori Gates, After Fushimi Inari, head over to the old geisha districts of Kyoto. (Higashiyama and Gion)
* Monday April 15: Kyoto to Osaka
* Walk around Dotonburi
* Tuesday April 16
* Umeda Sky Building, Osaka Castle
* Wednesday April 17
* Day trip to Nara and Todai-ji temple (giant Bhudda)
* Thursday April 18: Osaka to Okinawa
* beach bum it for four days (thinking to stay in Onna but open to suggestions)
* Monday April 22: Okinawa to Tokyo
* Sleep haha
* Tuesday April 23
* Tried to get a reservation at Den but they’re closed April 10-25 according to my hotel
* Wednesday April 24: Fly back to Toronto at 5pm
by 1006andrew