Hi, I’m traveling to japan (actually my first ever international trip) and would appreciate your help on our itinerary! We’re staying in osaka from day 1 to day 3, and heading to tokyo day 4th early morning. We’re staying there until Day 7th spending the night in our hotel and heading to kyoto super early morning on Day 8th. We’re staying in kyoto before our flight back on day 9th from osaka.
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated! Please feel free to recommend anything you suggest! I’m especially excited for kyoto as i’m very into shrines and temples, natures, and historic places. However, we’re going as a group, but i’d say overall as a group, we’re interested in sightseeing, eating yummy food, and some excursions. We also want to go out one of the nights in tokyo. Otherwise, we’re very chill about everything in general, so if we have to miss out on some stuff, we’re completely okay with it.
Thank you!
Day 1: Arrival in Osaka
4:00 PM: Arrival at Kansai International Airport (KIX)
Evening: explore the area, maybe head to dotonbori for dinner?
Day 2: Nara and Osaka
Early Morning:
Travel to Nara from Osaka
Todai-ji Temple and Nara Park
Kasuga Taisha Shrine
Afternoon:
Travel back to Osaka
Osaka Castle
Evening:
Explore Dotonbori
Day 3: Kyoto
Early morning:
Fushimi Inari Shrine
Midday:
Visit Hyoue Cafe for brunch.
Explore Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka streets.
Visit Hokanji Temple (Yasaka Pagoda).
Starbucks Kyoto Ninenzaka Yasaka Chaya.
Explore the Higashiyama District.
Visit Kiyomizu-dera Temple.
Evening: Gion District
Stroll through Gion District and Pontocho Alley.
Day 4: Tokyo
Morning:
Travel to Tokyo via bullet train
Afternoon:
Visit Meiji Shrine and walk through Yoyogi Park
Evening:
Explore Harajuku (Takeshita Street)
Dinner in Shinjuku
Day 5: Tokyo (Asakusa and Ueno)
Morning:
Visit Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa
Explore Nakamise Shopping Street
Afternoon:
Lunch at Ameya-Yokocho Market
Evening:
Visit Akihabara
Dinner in Akihabara
Day 6: Day Trip to Mount Fuji
Morning:
Travel from Tokyo to Mount Fuji
Visit Lake Kawaguchi and enjoy the views
Afternoon:
Explore the Chureito Pagoda
Evening:
Return to Tokyo
Day 7: Tokyo
Morning:
Free time to explore Tokyo or relax
Afternoon:
Visit Shibuya Sky for panoramic views
Evening:
Last-minute shopping or sightseeing
Day 8: Return to Kyoto
Morning:
Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion).
Nijo Castle.
Silver Pavilion (Ginkaku-ji).
Afternoon:
Philosopher's Path.
Nishiki Market.
Evening:
Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
Tenryuji Temple and its gardens.
Togetsukyo Bridge.
Dinner in Arashiyama area.
Day 9: Departure from Kyoto
Morning:
Visit any missed attractions or relax
Afternoon:
Travel to Kansai International Airport (KIX) from Kyoto
Flight departs at 7:00 PM
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