Planning to Travel Japan
I am planning to travel to Japan for 10 days (including travel time) what are some of your recommendations and things I should be aware of before going to these places?
I would really love to see Mt.Fuji, go shopping for clothes and love food places. I’m not really trying to go to any adventure parks like Disneyland or Universal Studios.
I’m also thinking that Shinjuku might be a good place to stay. However, we are debating if it’s a good idea to just stay at one place or have different hotels for different regions.
Here is what we have so far. Still need to fill in a lot but just a general idea of what we really want to see
Day 1 – Land to Narita Airport
-Check in the hotel
If we land morning time then we’ll start heading to places like Omoide Yokocho, Kabukicho Tower and bars.
Shinjuku is great for nightlife and shopping that we want to experience so we want to be close to the area for later in the trip (easier travel).
Day 2 – Kyoto
-Fushimi Inari Shrine
-Nishiki Market
-Arashiya Bamboo Grove
-Kifune Jinja Shrine
Day 3 – Kyoto
– Nineizaka
– Higashiyama Jisho-Ji
Day 4- Arashiyama (I was told to spend a whole day to Arashiyama so we might do a whole day for this one)
Day 5 – Nara
-will spend the whole day here to see the deers!
-check out mount yoshino and the famous mochi pounding
Day 6 – Day 9 will purely just be Tokyo to visit places like
Akihabara (for maid cafes, manga, video games, franchises)
-Shibuya Crossing (definitely want to try Ichira Ramen. One piece Mugiwara’s store.
-Harajuku ( heard this place has the cutest shops, and great desserts, definitely excited for this one!)
– I want to spend a whole day just shopping for clothes. A place recommended is GU and ofc Uniqlo. I am definitely into street fashion. ( Heard Shibuya is also great for this )
Day 10 – Prepare to Leave 🙁
Let me know if you have any recommendations, we definitely need more restaurant suggestions. I really want to try the famous Omurice by Motokichi Yukimura. Pokemon Cafe in Tokyo. I know these needs reservation so I’m still trying to form the actual time slots of my itinerary to know which day and what time I can go.
Budget per person is $4k -$5k. Hoping that’s enough for the trip.
For reference, this is both our first time in Japan. Am also thinking of bringing a small camera but am really debating since it will take up space. Don’t wanna have it around my neck all the time. Those who brought their cameras how did you make it work?
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