Hi all, my wife and I are going on a trip to Japan April 13-21. (Not enough time, I know). We booked the trip a month ago, this was the only time frame we could do this trip so we saw a great package deal on Costco travel and snagged it. The package comes with tours around various temples and forests throughout Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.
For a few reasons we haven’t been able to make reservations for any restaurants/activities. My main question here is will we still be able to have great eating experiences? I’ve read about how crazy some lines are and how long in advance you have to make some reservations. So I’m terrified the only options we’ll have are crappy chain restaurants, is this the case or is there enough great food for everyone?
We love sushi, ramen and anything with beef. Any advice, recommendations and tips are much appreciated.
Brief itinerary below
April 13- Land at 2 pm, check in at Shinjuku Washington Hotel, relax, grab something to eat and walk around a bit if we have the energy.
April 14- Asakusa Temple, Meiji Jingu Shrine, Sensoji Shrine Nakamise street, Shibuya Crossing
15- Nothing planned yet. Ideas: Ueno Park, Ginza, Skytree, any recommendations here would be helpful
16- Bullet Train to Kyoto, Tea houses, Nijo Castle, The Golden Pavilion, all that’s planned so far
17- Free day, have the option to take half a day trip to Nara.
18- Fushimi Inari Shrine
19- Osaka Free Day
20- Free Day
21-Leave to Airport 5 PM
P.S. We know this isn’t the ideal way to book a trip for Japan, well aware of that. But we’ve always wanted to go and this won’t be our last time here but we are winging it and just grateful we have an opportunity to travel anywhere let alone Japan. Thank you for reading
Edit: Thank you all for the kind comments! All of them super positive and relieved us of any worries. Now we can go in care free and just enjoy ourselves
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