Hello! We have booked a 16-day trip to Japan from the 6th to the 22nd of November. We are super excited but now we are planning the itinerary, and we are really struggling to work out if we can do everything we want. If we can’t, we are also struggling to prioritize which places to visit. If anyone could help look at our itinerary and give any suggestions/help on if we are doing too much and help with the order of things we are doing in each city, we would be really grateful! We are thinking of doing the day trip to Hakone so that we don’t have luggage with us while we are there, but we could stay a night in Hakone if that is a better plan.
**6 Nov – Wednesday – Arrive in Tokyo (we are planning to stay in Shinjuku)**
* Look around Shinjuku
**7 Nov – Thursday – Tokyo**
* Imperial Palace Ginza Crossing,
* Itōya Stationery Store,
* Hamarikyu Gardens
* Golden Gai bar district in the evening
**8 Nov – Friday – Tokyo**
* Shibuya Crossing
* Hachiko statue
* Asakusa
**9 Nov – Saturday – Hakone day trip**
* Train to Hakone
* Bus to Lake Ashi
* Walk around the lake to Hakone Shrine
* Walk to Moto-Hakone Port or Hakone-machi-ko
* Get the pirate ship over Lake Ashi – view of Mt. Fuji
* Walk over to the ropeway to Owakudani
* Hakone open-air museum
* Cable car to Gora Train
* back to Tokyo
**10 Nov – Sunday – Kanazawa**
* Morning train from Tokyo to Kanazawa
* Kenruko-en Gardens
* Kanazawa Castle
* Higashi Chaya District – Ochaya Shima and Kaikaro Geisha houses
**11 Nov – Monday – Kanazawa**
* Myoryuji – The Ninja Temple
* Nagamachi Bukeyashiki District – Samurai families
* Nomura Samurai House and Garden
* Kanazawa Shinise Memorial Hall
* Kyu-Kaga Hanshi Takada Family House
* Afternoon train to Kyoto
**12 Nov – Tuesday – Kyoto**
* Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
* Arashiyama Monkey Park
* Tenryu-ji Zen temple
* Sagano Romantic Train
* Ryoanji Temple
* Kinkaku-ji
* Pontocho alley
**13 Nov – Wednesday – Kyoto**
* Nijo Castle
* Kyoto Imperial Palace
* Nishiki Market
* Gion
**14 Nov – Thursday – Day trip to Nara**
* Spend a day in Nara
**15 Nov – Friday – Kyoto**
* Kiyomizu-dera Temple
* Hokanji Temple
* Nanzen-ji Temple
* Fushimi Inari
* Toji Temple
* Maruyama Park
* PM train to Hiroshima
**16 Nov – Saturday – Hiroshima**
* Hiroshima Castle
* Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum
* Cenotaph for the A-Bomb victims
* Children’s Peace Monument
* A-Bomb Dome
* Orizuru Tower
**17 Nov – Sunday – Hiroshima (Miyajima Island)**
* Miyajima Island
**18 Nov – Monday – Osaka**
* Train to Osaka
* Osaka Castle
* Museum of History
* Kita / Umeda and Nakazakicho areas
* Umeda Sky Building / Ohatsu Tenjin Shrine
**19 Nov – Tuesday – Osaka**
* Sumiyoshi Taisha
* Shitenno-ji Temple
* hinsekai – Tsutenkaku Tower
* Kuromon Market
* Ebisu-bashi bridge / Hozen-ji temple / Fudo-myoo statue / Hozen-ji Yokocho
* At night Dotombori area
**20 Nov – Wednesday – Tokyo**
* AM train to Tokyo
* TeamLab Borderless Museum
* Meiji Jingu
* Harajuku
**21 Nov – Thursday – Tokyo**
* Asakusa
* Senso-ji Temple
* Ueno Park
* Akihabara
**22 Nov – Friday – AM Flight home**
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