Hi. I’m about to leave for Japan with some mates. I tried not to pack every day with too much and include some days without too many specific plans. It’s first time planning a trip so keen to take advice on anything I may have missed or any mistakes I’ve made. Thanks!
DAY 1 – TOKYO
Arrive airport 2-3pm
Arrive hotel around 4-5pm
Explore Kinshicho area + Dinner
DAY 2 – TOKYO
Shopping around Kinshicho area
Azadubai Hills Complex
Teamlab Borderless
Reservation Yakiniku in Shibuya for Dinner
DAY 3 – TOKYO
Ramenya Shima morning
Meiji Shrine
Chill in Shibuya, shop around Don Quijote
Shibuya sky deck
DAY 4 – KAMAKURA DAY TRIP
Get brekkie then Kamakura day trip
Engakuji Temple
Great Buddha Statue
Komachi-Dori
Hasadera Temple
Hokokuji Temple
Back to Tokyo at around dinner time
DAY 5 – TOKYO
Ramen Nakiryu entrance iPad booking morning
Hang out in Shinjuku
Pokemon Mega center
Bars
DAY 6 – TOKYO
Asakusa Sanja Matsuri Festival
Explore Asakusa area
Explore Ueno area
DAY 7 – TOKYO
Tsukiji Fish Market
Ueno Park or Ginza
Kikanbo Ramen Akihabara
Owl Cafe Akihabara
Hang out in Akihabara, shop
Gyukatsu for dinner
Street Karts Akihabara
DAY 8 – HAKONE TRIP
Get up 8am and travel to Hakone
Hotel counter request luggage forward to Kyoto
Buy Hakone free pass
Hakone loop:
1. Hakone-Yumoto to Gora via train
2. Gora to Sounzan via cable car
3. Sounzan to Owakudani via ropeway
4. Owakudani to Togendai via ropeway
5. Togendai to Hakone-machi via boat
6. Walk from hakone-machi to Hakone Shrine
7. Hakone shrine walk to Ryokan
Check-in Ryokan (4pm) onsen and dinner
DAY 9 – HAKONE
Breakfast at Ryokan, checkout 11am
Fun2drive to leave luggage
Open-air museum and lunch at gyoza centre nearby
Fun2drive
Travel to Kyoto
DAY 10 – KYOTO
Lorimer breakfast
Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
Tenryu-ji Temple
Iwatayama Monkey Park
DAY 11 – NARA DAY TRIP
Nakatanidou
Nara Deer Park
Todaiji Temple
Kasuga Taisha
Isuien Garden
Kintetsu-Nara Station at 5pm for Kyoto
Tempura restaurant booked for dinner
DAY 12 – OSAKA DAY TRIP
Universal studios
Dotonbori after for dinner
Return to Kyoto
DAY 13 – KYOTO
Fushimi Inari Shrine
Kiyomizu-Dera Temple
Omakase booked for Lunch
Nijo Castle
Kamo River for dinner
DAY 14 – KYOTO
Philosopher’s Walk
Pontocho Alley
DAY 15 – TOKYO
Return to Tokyo and do most shopping on this day
DAY 16
Airport
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