First Time Two Week Itinerary Check

Hey all! My wife and I are going to Japan for the first time August, here is our itinerary. Is there anything that stand out to you as unreasonable, my fear is that we are doing too much. Tokyo at the end is more free-spirited and the listed things are suggestions. I have done the JR Pass calculator and I am about $60 short.

Day 1

Tokyo

Land around 5 

Sim card

Koto city ward 

Unicorn Gundam statue

Shinjuku 

Day 2

-Tokyo to Hakone

Hike around Lake Ashinoko 

Ryokan night

Day 3

-Hakone to Kyoto

Arashiyama Bamboo Forest

Can spend time in Arashiyama

Nijo Castle (Nijojo)

Nanzenji temple 

Gion 

Day 4

-Kyoto

Kiyomizudera Temple 

Kodaiji

Fushimi-inari-Taisha Shrine

Day 5

-Kyoto to Nara

Todaiji Temple

Kasuga Taisha (Nara’s most celebrated Shinto shrine) 

 or Horyuji Temple (The world's oldest wooden buildings) 

-Nara to Hiroshima

Day 6

-Hiroshima

Hiroshima Castle

Shukkeien Garden

Peace Memorial Park

Day 7

-Hiroshima to Himeji
Himeji Castle

-Himeji to Osaka

Umeda Sky Building

Shinsekai

Day 8

-Osaka

Osaka Castle

Shitennoji Temple

Kuromon Market

Dotonbori

Day 9

-Osaka to Kanazawa

Kenrokuen Garden

Ninjadera (Ninja Temple)

Nagamachi Samurai District

Day 10

Kanazawa to Mount Fuji

? Nothing planned yet

Stay in Fujinomiya

Day 11

Climb Mount Fuji

Stay in Fujinomiya

Day 12

-Tokyo

Shibuya sky 

Pokémon Center Shibuya in Shibuya Parco shopping mall

Ikebukuro’s Mugiwara Store

Ikebukuro’s Sunshine City Mall

Stay in shinjuku 

Day 13

-Tokyo

Art museum 

Ginza 

Stay in shinjuku

Day 14

-Tokyo

Sky Tree Tokyo- 

Akihabara 

Stay in shinjuku

Day 15

Tokyo

by Zolo0818

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