Hello Y’all! Wife and I will be spending two weeks in Japan for our honeymoon and would like any advice on our trip. We are looking to have one maybe two things planned for the day and just wing the rest. The bolded text next to the days are the "Must have" the rest are flexible.
Tokyo looking for cool izakaya spots & street food, Jazz/funk bars or any hidden gems
Hakone Biggest concern is traveling from here to Shizunami. Should I send luggage ahead and travel light?
Shizunami content with plopping my ass on the sand and not doing anything
Kyoto any must see places we do not have listed
side mission: would love to see a sumo wrestling match (I saw a sumo wrestling "show" on viator but it doesn't look like a real match)
Day 1 Travel
Land at Haneda airport 5:30 pm on 7/1. I have arranged via booking.com for a taxi cab to take us to our hotel Mitsui Garden Hotel Jingu-Gaien Tokyo Premier in Shinjuku. When booking it says cab driver can track our flight and will wait 45 minutes after landing. Will this be enough time for us to go through customs and find our driver? I would like to buy pocket wifi’s and have them sent to our hotel so I don’t have to buy one in the airport.
Settle into hotel grab dinner in local area recover from flight
Day 2 Shibuya and shopping
Head over to Shibuya for some shopping
Hit a barbershop for a haircut
check out yoyogi park
Golden Gai bars at night
Day 3 Big date night
Senso-ji early in day? (would like to see this but not sure which day is best)
Shiba park
Azabu Kadowaki 3 star Michelin dinner at 6PM
Tokyo tower at night
Day 4 Bikram/ Les Halles
Bikram yoga Akira studios at 1:30pm
Dinner at Les Halles (Restaurant of the late Anthony Bourdain)
a10 jazz bar This place looked cool on instagram but could substitute for other bars/night activities near Les Halles
Day 5 Travel to Hakone
Buy Hakone Free pass at Shinjuku station and Take romance car to Hakone
Check into Ryokan Gora Kansuirou at 3pm
Settle in private onsen bath before Kaiseki dinner on premise.
Walk around Gora
Day 6 Lake Ashi/ Amasake Tea house
Visit Lake Ashi
From Gora station take ropeway to Togendai Port
Jump on pirate ship to Takiado road
check out local area before walking Toikado road to Amasake Tea house
Day 7 Spa Day
open air museum and surrounding area
couples massage at Nauta Spa 1:30 PM (90 min)
Dinner in Gora area?
Day 8 Travel day to Shizunami
Now this part of traveling I am really unsure of what to do because I might have to take a public buss.
From Gora station take Hakonetozan line to Odawara
Odawara: get on Tokaido line (Jr East for Atami)
Atami: Take Tokaido line (Jr central) for Shizuoka Station
@ Shizuoka station should I take an uber/taxi to Ryokan or continue to Kanaya Station and take public buss to Ryokan?
Kanaya station: take Katsumata line (joint operation) for Shizunamie Kaigan Iriguchi than walk 7 blocks to Hachiboshi (Ryokan)
check in
surf at @ Shizunami surf stadium might have to hit a 2pm -3pm session possibly can set up a 5pm session
local karaoke/dinner
Day 9 BEACH DAY
shizunami beach and maybe rent a surfboard for ocean surfing depending on conditions
Day 10 Travel to Kyoto
Taxi?? to Shizuoka Station
Take Shinkansen line to Kyoto station
check in at Renka-no-Yu On-Yado NONO
walk around local area maybe hit Pontocho Alley
Day 11 Viator Tour/Sushi Nariata
Private Early bird tour via (viator) 6:45am (5hours)
Fusjimi Inari-Taisha Shrine
Kinkakuji Temple
Arashiyama
lunch at Sushi Nariata
Check out Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple
Day 12 Nara Day trip
Naramachi Pottery Class Pottery Class 9:30-11
Tobihino park
Manyo Botanical gardens
Day 13 Tea Ceremony/ Nishiki Market
Tea ceremony 10 am @ guru Gojo (45 min)
Nishiki market
Day 14 Sushi Gion for last night
Philosophers path in AM?
Dinner at Sushi Gion Matsudaya 8pm
Kodajii Temple at night
Day 15 Flight home :'(
check out for 5pm flight from Kansai international airport
by Kookybean
