Hi all! My friend told me that this would be a good place to ask for itinerary review. I wanted to have it double checked if it's feasible and yeah this is our first time going too, if there's any places or activities that I may have overlooked, or if I'm falling into a tourist trap. I wanted to check the feasibility first before figuring out which local cuisines that I must try in each region or finding the hotel. So yeah, thank you so much for your time in advance!
Day 1: Osaka: Land at KIX –> Shinsekai (Tsutenkaku Tower & street food)
–> Kuromon Market (street food)
–> Dotonbori (night)
To eat: takoyaki, kushikatsu
To stay: near Dotonbori
*if have time, Nara Deer Park
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Day 2: Kyoto: JR to Kyoto –> Fushimi Inari Taisha (early morning, 6:45 AM) –> Nishiki Market (food) –> Kiyomizudera Temple –> Pontocho Alley
To stay: Higashyama (stay in Kyomachiya)
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Day 3: Kamakura & Yokohama: En route to Kamakura –> Kamakura Daibutsu –> Hokokuji Temple –> JR to Yokohama –> Chinatown (night) –> En route to Hakone (thinking of putting this to the next day)
*if have time, Cup Noodles Museum
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Day 4: Hakone: Hakone Shrine
–> Owakudani
To eat: Kanseki, black eggs
To stay: Ryokan
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Day 5: Tokyo: En route to Tokyo –> Asakusa (Kaminarimon + Sensoji Temple*) –> Akihabara –> Ameyoko Ueno
To stay: Asakusa area
*if have time
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Day 6: Tokyo: Shibuya –> Tokyo Tower –> Odaiba –> Shinjuku (night)
**I'm a little worried for this one because it would be Christmas day
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Day 7: Tokyo: Go home
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Here's the following details to our trip:
- Family of 4 (all adults)
- Eyeing to go around Dec 19 to 26 this year
- Planning to land on KIX around 2PM then leaving on HND around 3PM
- Mostly want an equal balance of weeb things and tourist destinations so my parents won't get bored with it lol
- Haven't fully figured out the last day, somewhat of a flextime period but might go round 2 Akihabara or maybe to Shimo-Kitazawa if we have time
- I feel Day 2 in Tokyo is gonna be jam-packed so maybe some recommendations? (and also would need store recommendations in Shibuya xD)
- We're not tight with money so don't worry about it
Once again, thank you so much!
by meljchen