My wife and I will be in Japan for about 12-13 days. Could you please check my itinerary and let me know if this sounds feasible? Please feel free to recommend adding/removing items. I tried grouping activities based on locations on Google Maps. If certain days are too much, I don’t mind cutting down a little based on what you think is less important. I just can’t change the order of cities because I already booked hotels. My wife and I are into food and culture. I’m into anime, so I’ve added some things related to that here too.
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**Day 0 (Saturday) – USA**
• Fly to Japan in afternoon
**Day 1 (Sunday) – Haneda/Tokyo/Shinjuku**
• Arrive in evening
• Travel to Tokyo/Shinjuku
• Check in to hotel
• Dinner: Ichiran Ramen
• Food: Convenience store
• Travel to Shinjuku hotel to sleep
**Day 2 (Monday) – Tokyo/Ikebukuro/Shinjuku**
• Breakfast: TBD
• Travel to Ikebukuro
• Animate store
• Sunshine City
• Tenbou Park
• Lunch: Mutekiya (ramen)
• Travel back to Shinjuku
• Mandrake Nakano (maybe)
• Omoide Yokocho
• Food: Uogashi Nihon Ichi (maybe)
• Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
• Dinner options: Tatsukichi (omakase), Tsukemen Gonokami, Ramen Tatsunoya Shinjuku, Gyukatsu Motomura
• Golden Gai
• Travel to Shinjuku hotel to sleep
**Day 3 (Tuesday) – Tokyo/Shibuya/Harajuku/Omotesando/Aoyama/Roppongi Hills**
• Breakfast: TBD
• Travel to Shibuya
• Yoyogi Park
• Meiji Jingu
• Harajuku
• Lunch: Sakura-tei (okonomiyaki)?
• Food: Santa Monica Crepes
• Shopping: Daiso
• Takashita Dori
• Omotesando
• Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku
• Food: Tonkatsu Maisen
• Omotesando chachanoma
• Aoyama
• Dinner: Tempuraya Miyakawa
• Roppongi Hills
• Tokyo Midtown (mall)
• Travel to Shinjuku hotel to sleep
**Day 4 (Wednesday) – Tokyo/Akihabara/Asakusa**
• Breakfast: TBD
• Travel to Akihabara
• Maid café
• Animal café
• Yodobashi Akiba (electronics)
• Super Potato (video game store)
• Ueno Park
• Niki no Kashi (candy, snacks, etc.)
• Lashingbang (maybe)
• Animate (maybe)
• Asakusa
• Kappabashi Dori (shop for knives)
• Food: Asakusa Unana
• Food: Asakusa Kagetsudo
• Food: Suzukien Asakusa
• Senso-Ji
• Food: Imahan Annex
• Food: Asakusa Menchi
• Nakamise Dori
• Dinner: TBD
• Travel to Shinjuku hotel to sleep
**Day 5 (Thursday) – Kyoto/Nara**
• Check out of hotel
• Travel to Kyoto
• Check in to hotel
• Travel to Nara
• Travel back to Kyoto hotel to sleep
**Day 6 (Friday) – Kyoto/Arashiyama/Other**
• Breakfast: TBD
• Travel to Arashiyama
• Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
• Tenryu-Ji
• Food: Oimatsu Arashiyama (confectionary)
• Food: % ARABICA Kyoto Arashiyama (café)
• Food: Arashiyama Yoshimura (soba noodle shop)
• Togetsu-kyu Bridge + Katsura River
• Arashiyama Park Nakanoshima Area
• Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama
• Travel to Kinkaku-Ji
• Nijo Castle
• Kyoto Gyoen
• Travel back to Kyoto hotel to sleep
**Day 7 (Saturday) – Kyoto/Other**
• Breakfast: TBD
• Travel to Fushimi Inari Shrine
• Kiyomizu-dera
• Sannenzaka
• Ninenzaka
• Yasaka Pagoda
• Gion
• Shirakawa Lane
• Nintendo Store
• Pokemon Center
• Nishiki Market
• Pontocho
• Food: Kichi Kichi Omurice
• Teramachi Street
• Travel back to Kyoto hotel to sleep
**Day 8 (Sunday) – Kyoto/Uji**
• Travel to Uji Station
• Itoh Kyuemon – JR Uji Station
• Nakamura Tokichi Honten (Main Store)
• Murasaki Shikibu statue
• Byodo-In Omotesando
• Byōdō-in Temple
• Byodoin Hoshokan Museum (maybe)
• Food: Fukujuen Café Uji OR Nakamura Tokichi Byodo-in
• Tachibanahashi Bridge through Tachibana Island
• Asagiribashi Bridge
• Statue of the Ten Uji Chapters
• Kōshō-ji Temple (maybe; out of the way and has admission fee of 500)
• Uji Shrine
• Ujikami Shrine
• Daikichiyama Observation Deck
• Tsuen Main Branch
• Ujibashi Bridge
• Byōdō-in Omotesando Road for souvenirs
• Travel back to Kyoto hotel to sleep
**Day 9 (Monday) – Osaka**
• Breakfast: TBD
• Check out of hotel
• Travel to Osaka
• Check in to hotel
• Amerika-Mura
• Shinsaibashi Shopping Street
• Dotonbori
• Don Quijote Dotonbori
• Namba Yasaka Shrine
• Travel back to Osaka hotel to sleep
**Day 10 (Tuesday) – Osaka**
• Breakfast: TBD
• Osaka Castle
• Kuromon Market
• Nipponbashi Denden Town
• Abeno Harukas (optional)
• Dotonbori
• Travel back to Osaka hotel to sleep
**Day 11 (Wednesday) – Tokyo/Shibuya**
• Check out of hotel
• Breakfast: TBD
• Travel to Tokyo/Shibuya
• Check in to hotel in Shibuya
• Shibuya Crossing
• Hachiko Statue
• Lunch: Katsukichi Bodaijyu
• Shibuya Station to Shimokitazawa Station
• Shimokitazawa Ichibangai Shopping Street
• Hiroki (for Okonomiyaki)
• Shiro-Hige Cream Puff Factory
• Shimokitazawa Station to Shibuya Station
• Hikarie Building?
• Mugiwara Store?
• Shibuya Loft?
• Mega Don Quijote
• Daiso
• Shibuya Parco?
• Nintendo Store?
• Pokemon Center?
• Miyashita Park
• Shibuya Sky
• Dogenzaka
• Dinner: TBD
• Travel back to Shibuya hotel to sleep
**Day 12 (Thursday) – Tokyo/Toyosu/Tsukiji/Ginza**
• Toyosu Market (early morning by 5 AM)
• Sushi Dai
• Tsukiji Market
• Sushizanmai Main Branch
• Onigiriya Marutoyo
• Ginza
• Hashigo Ginza Hon-Ten
• Muji Store
• Uniqlo Store
• Imperial Palace?
• Stairway of Success?
• Food: Nihonbashi Kaisen Donburi Tsujihan?
• Tokyo Station
• Food: Tokyo Ramen/Character/Food Street
• Food: Rokurinsha (Tsukemen)
• Souvenir shopping
• Travel back to Toyosu for teamLab Planets
• Travel to Shibuya hotel to sleep
**Day 13 (Friday) – Tokyo/TBD**
• Check out of hotel; keep luggage at hotel
• Breakfast: TBD
• Lunch: Manten Sushi
• Last-minute shopping, as needed
• Get luggage from hotel in afternoon
• Travel to Haneda airport and depart to USA in evening
by brucematthew92