Myself, my partner, and our twin 8 year old children will be travelling to Japan for the first time this November. The kids will be 9 when we fly. Flights are booked for 25th November from cairns Australia landing in Tokyo. We fly home from Osaka on the 12th December. The following is a draft itinerary. Please let me know if there are any major issues. I’m trying not to overload the kids, but still want to see as much as we can which is quite the balancing act.
Day 1
Land in Tokyo 5pm
Check into hotel which is close to ginkgo avenue, thought we’d go for a stroll then get some dinner and straight to bed.
Day 2
Meiji shrine
Takeshita street
Yayogi park
Shabuya scramble
Day 3
Shinjuku gyeon park
Arcades and video games in Shinjuku
Tokyo metro building
Day 4
Teamlabs borderless
Zojo temple
Asakusa river cruise
Day 5
Uneo park
Akihabara
Day 6
Imperial palace
Art aquarium ginza
Day 7
Teamlabs planets
Unko museum
Other museums in koto city
Day 8
Bullet train to Kyoto
Walk around gion which is close to the hotel
Yasaka shrine
Day 9
Arashiyama
Day 10
Fishimi inari
Day 11
Kyoto bus tour
Imperial palace
Nijo castle
Kinksku ji
Day 12
Nishiki market
Tea ceremony
Travel to Nara and check into hotel
Day 13
Walk around Nara
Day 14
Travel to Osaka
Walk around dontonbori
Day 15
Universal studios
Day 16
Osaka aquarium
Teamlabs botanical
Day 17
Shinsekai market
Shy building
Day 18
Osaka castle
Fly out in the evening
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