Itinerary Check: 2 week trip this November

Hi All,

My Dad (63 M) and I (32 M) will be travelling to Japan from November 14th to December 1st. It is both our first time in Japan and we need some help/advice ironing out the itinerary.

Day 0 (Nov. 14): **Toronto** -> Tokyo

Day 1 (Nov. 15): Arrive in **Tokyo** (Narita) \~5 pm

* I will pick up our Suicia cards and pocket Wi-Fi before we head into the city.

Day 2 (Nov. 16): **Tokyo**

* Harajuku & Shinjuku

Day 3 (Nov. 17): **Tokyo**

* Asakusa, Akihabara, & Shibuya

Day 4 (Nov. 18): **Lake Kawaguchi or Kamakura Day Trip**

Day 5 (Nov. 19): **Tokyo (?)**

* *Free day in Tokyo OR day trip OR should we leave the city and head to our next destination a day early?*

Day 6 (Nov. 20): Tokyo -> **Kanazawa**

* Morning shinkansen to Kanazawa arriving late morning/noon.

Day 7 (Nov. 21): **Kanazawa**

* Full day in Kanazawa.

Day 8 (Nov. 22): Kanazawa -> **Takayama via Shirakawa-go**

* Morning bus to Shirakawa-go – store luggage at station and explore the village for a few hours. Take a bus in the afternoon to Takayama.

Day 9 (Nov. 23): **Takayama** -> Kyoto

* Spend the morning/early afternoon in Takayama and then take the train(s) to Kyoto.

Day 10 (Nov. 24): **Kyoto/Nara** day trip

* Nara day trip — thought process here is that it would be better to deal with the weekend crowds in Nara than in Kyoto.

Day 11 (Nov. 25): **Kyoto**

* Southern/Northern Higashiyama

Day 12 (Nov. 26): **Kyoto**

* Arashiyama/Northern Kyoto

Day 13 (Nov. 27): **Kyoto**

* Fushimi Inari Shrine
* Other points of interest in Kyoto that we didn’t get to in the previous days

Day 14 (Nov. 28): Kyoto -> **Miyajima Island**

* Luggage transfer to Osaka.
* Shinkansen to Miyajima Island in the morning; spend the day/overnight on the island.

Day 15 (Nov. 29): Miyajima Island -> **Hiroshima** -> Osaka

* Morning/afternoon on Miyajima Island and exploring Hiroshima.
* Shinkansen to Osaka in the evening.

Day 16 (Nov. 30): **Osaka / Himeji day trip**

* Short Himeji visit in the morning. Return to Osaka in the afternoon.

Day 17 (Nov. 31): Osaka -> Tokyo -> **Toronto**

* Fly to Tokyo and then home.

Any advice/recommendations would be greatly appreciated! My Dad and I don’t travel that often together, and he’s just recently retired, so I’m hoping to get this itinerary right!

Thank you.

by NoAstronomer3514