Hi everyone,
My husband and I will be traveling to Japan in about two weeks for the first time. I will be about 14 weeks pregnant at the start of the trip so we are trying to keep in mind a reasonable pace when planning. I believe we have the itinerary set for the most part, but would appreciate any advice/help with a few things and any input on our itinerary below:
1. Would you recommend we purchase the tickets to get from city to city prior to our flight? Did the calculations and the JR Pass doesn’t seem to make sense for our itinerary, so plan to just purchase individual tickets.
2. Planning to stop at Fuji City Meat Bridge on the way back to Tokyo from Osaka. Is there a better spot to fit in a Mt. Fuji viewing?
**ITINERARY (still ironing out Tokyo, so we are missing some days there, but suggestions welcome!)**
**Tokyo (Days 1-7)**
* **Day 1:** Arrival at Haneda Airport late afternoon, take train to hotel in Shinjuku
* **Day 6:**
* TeamLab Borderless Museum (6:30PM)
* Rainbow Bridge afterwards
**Kyoto (Days 7-10)**
* **Day 7:** Leave Tokyo & check into Ryokan (Momiji)
* Spend day in Ryokan
* Jingo-Ji Temple
* Food Nearby: Happy to hear any reviews you may have!
* Suzuriishi-tei – Udon/Soba Noodles (Google says cash-only)
* Takao Chaya
* かわらけ売店 (not sure what this is but it was on booking.com)
* **Day 8**:
* Breakfast at Ryokan, checking out and traveling to Hotel Binario Saga Arashiyama by train/bus
* Togetsukyo Bridge to see cherry blossoms
* Monkey Park (considering moving to Day 9 since they close at 4:00 pm)
* Kimono Forest at night
* **Day 9**
* Wake up by 6:00 am for Bamboo Forest
* Try KichiKichi (reservation must be same-day)
* 1 hr away from Bamboo Forest
* Saihoji Kokedera Temple/Garden: Reservation at 11
* **Day 10**: Breakfast out or in hotel, check-out by 10 AM.
* Travel to Osaka.
**Osaka (Days 10-14)**
* **Day 10**: Check into Hotel Monterey Grasmere Osaka (\~ 1hr 40 mins train/bus)
* Umeda Sky Building (33 min train/12 min car)
* Two tickets purchased (didn’t see a time
* Floating Garden Observatory on 39th floor
* After Sky Building
* Shinsekai (30 min train)
* Kuromon Market (30 min train)
* **Day 11**:
* Kuromon Market (5 min walk from hotel)
* Osaka Aquarium (38 min train ride) 12PM
* **Day 13**: Day trip to Nara
* Nara Deer Park
* **Day 14**: Check out by 11 AM
* Stop by Fuji City Meat Bridge on way to Tokyo
**Tokyo (Days 14-17)**
* Staying in Taito City
Thanks all for your help!
by caro8bun