Hey guys we’re doing this tour between 9th and 25th of June
https://www.exoticca.com/uk/tours/asia/9479-self-guided-land-of-the-rising-sun?
It’s our honeymoon and as the almost Mrs has poured so much into the wedding planning it’s my job to do the honeymoon, I’m not the best at making plans I’m hoping someone will give it a once over.
So far I’ve cobbled this together, mainly just want to know if I’ve missed everything because it’s just been thrown together from scooting round Apple Maps, trip advisor and a few ‘what to do in Japan’ websites
(Copy and pasted from a note so I hope the formatting isn’t dreadful)
-I’m a bit stuck on day 5 and it’s full of question marks (one day to do most of Tokyo seems fun 😬)
-Final day in Osaka? There doesn’t seem like much to do we’re not going to bother with universal, or Disney in Tokyo for that matter..
Feel free to bash my bad plans I’d rather know now that later
Japan Plan
09/06 DAY 1 – Fly ✈️
Can park from 4
Check in from 5
Lounge from 6
Fly at 9.10
10/6 DAY 2 – Arrival 🇯🇵
Land at 1pm, meet exoticca rep get all the tickets etc.
– – Anything you want to ask them? Pop it here
– Train Skyliner to Keisei-Ueno station find JR office (main Ueno has one- by central ticket gate) activate JR pass to start from Friday and book a train to Kanazawa- (times below)
– Underground to Akasaka-mitsuke (orange line Ginza in Shibuya direction)
– Check in to hotel (3pm) quick wash then find some food nearby (checked maps there’s a bajillion little restaurants)
– The B Akasaka Mitsuke
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11/6 DAY 3 – Tokyo Bus Tour 🚌
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/AttractionProductReview-g14133673-d11473202-1_Day_Tokyo_Bus_Tour-Nishishinjuku_Shinjuku_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html
I think I’ve found it it might be this one?
This tour says it doesn’t do the river cruise on Tuesdays 😓
-Pick up at 7.50 – Meet at love statue
Approx 9 hours
Estimated arrival back: 17:00
– Tube to Nishi shinjuku takes 20 Leave about 7ish to be safe, Walk to tube station then west on red line one station past big shinjuku station south exit then east one block and turn right and down one block (we could get off at shinjuku but sod that I’m not getting lost)
– Bus returns to shinjuku, stay in shinjuku for tea? Otherwise head to shibuya or wherever we didn’t go yesterday to find some tea, have a wander.
-This tour returns earlier than tomorrow’s so might be the day to drop down to Shibuya and stay in Shinjuku tomorrow when we get back later?
12/6 DAY 4 – Mount Fuji Bus Tour 🗻
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/AttractionProductReview-g14133673-d27167612-Mt_Fuji_Day_Tour_from_Shinjuku_in_Tokyo_Japan-Nishishinjuku_Shinjuku_Tokyo_Tokyo.html
-think I’ve found it?
Pick up at 07.45 – Meet at love statue
Approx 10 hours
Estimated arrival back: 18:00
– Leave hotel at 7ish again same route.
– On return go to wherever we haven’t been from before so Shibuya or stay in shinjuku if we didn’t yesterday, later return so maybe best to stay today.
– Stay in Shinjuku?
13/6 DAY 5 – Tokyo Full Day 🗼
-Ginza if we want to see more of imperial palace I think we only drive past on the tour. **Very posh shoppy area by the looks of things not too much else, and it’s where that glitch coffee you saw is
-Akihabara, Ueno and Asakusa (by sky tree) seem closish to each other so could do that region
**If you want to go more outsidey suburby then either shimokita or kichijoji are supposed to be nice kichijoji has parks etc the other is more shoppy and restauranty
**- River Cruise? Could do it evening time? To make up for not going on the tour – goes to Odaiba the Island bit with Liberty Statue and team labs and stuff
14/6 DAY 6 – Travel to Kanazawa 🌳
Kagayaki (less stops)
-505 8.11-10.46,
-521 8.33-11.07
-507 09.20-11.52
All from Tokyo station
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– Get up check out, tube to Tokyo big station
– Get there in time for train we booked early morning
– Arrive in Kanazawa, go to find JR office book trains to Hiroshima so it’s done.
– How to get to Hotel:
– Drop bags at hotel or try dump bags if too early
– Check in from 1500
-Hotel Vista Kanazawa
– Should be around lunch time so get some lunch
– There’s a Kanazawa tourist loop bus that doesn’t cost much each. ¥800
– Kanazawa castle and the Kenrokuen park (Castle and Park closes at 18:00)
– How to get there: South east through station and along main road – Happy to walk there couple of mile.
– Plenty of little stalls in the parks for tea coffee snacks etc with nice views across park which would be nice
– Tea in either nightlifey bit west of park (Kiguramachi) or back towards station and hotel?
15/6 DAY 7 – Kanazawa Bus Pass Day 🚌
– Back to Center to do either Nishi Chaya (southern one) or Higashi chaya (north central) geisha districts, (higashi is bigger nishi is one street but temples and a ninja house nearby) or north to Nagamachi old samurai district. Should fill the morning
– Bus to beach? (42 from stations and back )
– Have a wander around the park there – Kemin Kaihin park (if we’re tired and weather is ok seems like a nice place to chill)
– Or we can go the other way to the hills where there are nice views (Utatsuyama park)? Would have to look up buses et
-or go to one of the million museums there seems to be
– Saturday nights there’s a light up bus that goes round lit up areas, sounds cool!
– 500 YEN Hokutetsu Center (on Kanazawa Sta. West Gate) and the Transportation Information Center at Kanazawa Station, as well as at some major hotels.
– The Light-up Bus departs every 15 minutes from Bus Stop No. 7 at the Kanazawa Station East Exit. The first bus departs at 7:00 pm.
– Early night I think especially if we’re going for the early train.
16/6 DAY 8 – Travel to Hiroshima 🌆
8.40 Tsurugi to Tsuruga arrive 09.25
09.39 Thunderbird To shin-Osaka 10.58
11.20 Sakura to Hiroshima Arrive 12.51
Or
07.02 Tsurugi to Tsuruga arrive 07.59
08.37 Thunderbird to shin Osaka arrive 09.58
10.20 Sakura to Hiroshima arrive at 11.51
Orrrrr if you really want to wake up early….
06.00 Tsurugi to Tsuruga arrive 06.57
07.05 Thunderbird to shin-Osaka arrive 08.26
0853 Sakura to Hiroshima arrive 10.22
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– Travel to Hiroshima
– Get tickets sorted for return to Kyoto – times below
-meipruru bus (red tourist one) goes past hotel free with jr pass
– Arrive go to hotel and drop bags
Check in from 3- Mitsui Garden Hiroshima
Lots to pick from
go anti-clockwise from hotel so peace park viewing floor on Orizuru tower, castle grounds aif we have time (we’re doing Osaka castle anyway) then shukukeien park then back through the built up bit get some tea and back to hotel for the night- phew
This will help 🙂
https://m.jrpass.com/blog/using-the-jr-pass-on-the-hiroshima-sightseeing-city-bus?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqPyjzrfYhQMVJpFQBh3lSQvhEAAYASAAEgJ4SvD_BwE
17/6 DAY 9 – Miyajima ⛩️
How to get there guide with jr pass
– walk along coast (lots of shops and cafes and restaurants) to Itsukushima and Otorii in the bay
– Find the cable car Nomijidani (follow the stream) some of the way up mt Misen walk the rest of the way to the viewing platform
-Find somewhere to eat
-Night cruise
-Travel back to Hiroshima
18/06 DAY 10 – Travel to Kyoto 🛕
Earliest
8.10 Sakura to shin Kobe arrive 9.24 swap to
9.34 Hikari to Kyoto Arrive 10.02
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– Go to hotel from station directly north past temple on left and right on first dual carriageway we get to
– Drop bags see what check in time is 3pm
—Vessel hotel Campana Kyoto Gojo
– Bike rental next door? E-bike get round faster seems pretty cheap too
– cut through Gion, path of philosophy up to Ginkaku (Silver Temple)
** spot anything else east side that isn’t the big 2 in tomorrows tour?
19/06 DAY 11 – Kyoto Bus Tour 🚌
Pick up at 09:00 – Train Station
Approx. 08:30
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/AttractionProductReview-g298564-d11485661-Kyoto_Top_Highlights_Full_Day_Trip_from_Osaka_Kyoto-Kyoto_Kyoto_Prefecture_Kinki.html
99.9% sure it’s this one
Tour does Fushimi Imari, kiyomuzudera, Jinkaku and Arashiyama – ends
Stay around Arashiyama area for a bit Okochi sanso garden at the end of bamboo grove looks cool, lots of temples nearby to wander round.
-Try find food? Might be hard with how busy it gets round here if not train back and find something in the center.
20/06 DAY 12 – Kyoto Half Day 💃 – Nara Trip 🦌
-Morning in Kyoto, Brekky *something* Dinner then go to Nara
– meet where? Find out, doesn’t say on itinery need to ask airport guy he should have info for all tours.
– In Nara park. Todai-ji (we get a ticket), kasuga grand shrine and Nigatsu-do temple look cool
– Harushika brewery down the road? 🥴
21/06 DAY 13 – Travel to Osaka
– Morning in Kyoto anything we missed???
-Nijo castle or old imperial palace we won’t have done
– Local train to Osaka
– Umeda sky building and surroundings depending on time eat around this northern bit of the city as we are staying in the south
– Getting to Hotel: Subway to NAMBA (red line on map) walk east and hotel on left side of street
Agora place Osaka NAMBA
– Lots of alley way restaurants and bars to wander around if short on time, have a look at the mossy statue in that area then wander on to Dotombori along the river.
22/06 DAY 14 – Osaka – Osaka Metro + City Bus Pass 🚌
– Tsurumi Ryokuchi Parkrun @ 8:00 🥱
– How to get there: Go up to light green line at Shinsaibashi then east, station has same name, park across road in main entrance and turn left. Train Time / Leaving Time??
– Get a Coffee in the Park
– Go back to Hotel to shower and change
-Got train/bus pass today so to get it used
– Admission ticket for the Osaka Castle so go there first, after that there a market Tsuruhashi ichiba which seems cool, then Sumiyoshi Taisha.. **Anything else?
-Shinsekai area in evening
– There’s boats up and down dotonbori which would be cool
24/06 DAY 15 – Osaka Last Day
-something during day…..
– Kobe Steak (find a nice place and book a table)
24/06 DAY 16 – Travel Home
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– Airport shuttle bus ticket to transfer from Osaka to Airport
by whix12
