Not really been on holiday in about 14 or 15 years and spontaneously booked this trip in January. Really need to get everything nailed down to be able to prepare what we need.
I like to have a solid plan of where to go and what to do including in time for travel so I think everyday should be manageable. To help this i tried to make it as much as possible that every day, the things to do were all at most about 30 minutes walking distance.
With that being said, if anyone has any advice or experience to offer, I'd be happy to make changes. I'd almost expect there to be too much that I've planned.
Saturday 5th
- Arrive Narita 1pm, sort internet and travel cards etc. Take train to Tokyo and go to hotel.
- Go to Meguro sky garden and walk down river, there looks to be a fireworks festival nearby in tamagawa so maybe check that out if not too tired.
Sunday 6th
- Focus around Ueno. Yushima shrine, pond and Ueno Park in the morning.
- Ueno Zoo for around 11 and get dinner
go to 2 or 3 of the nearby museums for the afternoon
Walk back through park and go to Ameyoko plaza for food and to look around the shops.
Monday 7th
- Teamlab Planets in the morning
- Go to Odaiba, look around, Gundam statue,
- Museum of science
Tuesday 8th
Shinjuku National Garden
Meiji Jingu
Harajuku, Takeshita Street
Yoyogi Park
Shopping around Shibuya, Pokemon Center etc.
Shibuya Sky
Wednesday 9th
Senso-Ji
Walk along river to Tokyo Skytree
Japanese sword museum
Akihabara
Thursday 10th
- Imperial Palace (Hopefully on tour)
- Nogi Jinja
- National Art Centre
- Nezu Museum
- Nori Art Museum
- Teamlab Borderless
- Tokyo Tower.
Friday 11th
- Day trip to Nikko
Saturday 12th
- Mt Fuji day trip, Stop in Izu
Sunday 13th
- Kawazu Seven Waterfalls + others
- Shinkansen to Kyoto
- Kyoto Railway Museum
- Kyoto Aquarium
- Kyoto Tower
Monday 14th
- Arashiyama monkey park
- Bamboo Forest
- Mount Ogura river valley hike
- Kinkaku-Ji
Tuesday 15th
- Fushimi Inari
- Kyoto National Museum by walking seeing temples on the way.
- Kiyomizu Dera
- Samurai Ninja Museum
- Kyoto Cultural Museum
Wednesday 16th
- Higashiyama Jinsho-ji
- Philosophers path to Eikando Temple
Kyoto City Zoo
Heian Shrine
Kyoto National Garden and Palace
Nijo Castle
Kyoto Botanical Gardens
Tadasu-no-mori forest via walking down river.
Thursday 17th
- Morning in Nara
- Train to Osaka
- Osaka Castle
- Osaka Aquarium
- Teamlab botanical garden
Friday 18th
- Day trip to Hiroshima via Himeiji castle.
- Hiroshima Castle
- Bomb Drone
- Ferry to miyajima
- up ropeway to top of mountain
- itsukushima jinja
Saturday 19th
Travel back to Tokyo and then Narita for 5:30 flight
by Jor94
