Hi everyone 🙂 I am excited for my first trip and am overwhelmed at the level of planning. I am trying to plan this thoughtfully. I want to have as much learning and variety as possible, a mix of cities and nature, filled with interesting things but still at a doable/realistic pace. It’s hard because every time I do research I want to see more and more things. Advice appreciated. Thank you
Day 1: Saturday: Tokyo NRT — Osaka
– Arrive to Tokyo NRT at 2:30pm
– Go through customs, immigration (1.5 hrs) take Narita Express to Shinagawa station (1hr) take bullet train to Osaka by 6pm, get to osaka by 8?
– Check into hostel, DONT FALL ASLEEP
– Go out in Osaka
– Sleep overnight at hostel in nishishinsaibashi
Day 2: Sunday: Osaka
– 10am – 2pm Osaka bike tour 4hr
– 2pm Explore alone, shop, hang in nakazaki-cho
– 5:30pm Deep backstreet osaka tours
– Stay overnight in osaka
Day 3: Monday: Osaka — Kyoto
– explore osaka in morning (if I want)
– early afternoon train to kyoto
– explore kyoto, go to shibori museum, maybe take bike tour
– Stay overnight at kyoto hostel
Day 4: Tuesday: Kyoto
– Full day in kyoto
– 9am fushimi inari hiking tour
– Get lunch, maybe at ramen sen-no-kaze or near book making
– 4pm – 6:30pm kyoto book making class
– 7pm Bar and Izakaya crawl
– Overnight in Kyoto hostel
Day 5: Wednesday: Hiroshima — Miyajima island — kyoto
– 930am hiroshima tour
– 1pm miyajima island
– back to Hiroshima by evening, bullet train back to kyoto (last one 9pm)
– Stay overnight in kyoto
Day 6: Thursday: kyoto — hakone
– explore Kyoto in morning
– bullet train from kyoto to hakone
– Overnight in hakone guesthouse
Day 7: Friday: Hakone — Tokyo
– Hike in hakone. Bathe in onsens
– Afternoon bullet train from hakone to Tokyo
– Check into Tokyo hostel in shinjuku
– Eat din in golden gai or shibuya.
– Out in golden gai or shinokitazawa for bars and shibuya for techno
– Overnight in tokyo shinjuku
Day 8: Saturday: Tokyo
– Shop in Shibuya/shimokitazawa
– meji shrine
– Japan folk crafts museum
– Lunch: fuunji ramen or udon shin OR places closer to shimokitazawa
– dinner: shinjuku or shibuya (book somewhere good)
– Go out in shibuya at night
– Overnight at shinjuku
Day 9: Sunday: Tokyo
– Explore eastern Tokyo
– 10:30am teamlab
– Tsukiji market for lunch
– 5pm omakase in shibuya reserved at The Bellwood
– Overnight at shinjuku hostel
Day 10: Monday: Tokyo
– Continue to explore eastern Tokyo or wherever I want, TBD
– Overnight at hostel shinjuku
Day 11: Tuesday: Tokyo — home
– day to hang in western Tokyo, eat lunch
– leave city by 2 for flight at 5:45pm
— thoughts? One alternative: I could spend the night in Miyajima and take out Hakone? Or take out Miyajima so I could go back to kyoto after Hiroshima and spend more time there? Ah!
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