Hello all,
I'm planning to travel for 14 Days to Japan via Japan airlines with my girlfriend.
We initially built our trip and wanted to share for potential feedback. We haven't decided which hotels to book right now. We want to book them as soon as our plans are finished.
We don't to fully pack all days so we've got room for improvisation.
Day 1 Osaka
- Arrive at the airport at around 1 pm
- getting started at the airport
- checking in at the hotel
- visiting 1 or 2 bars in Osaka (Bible club Osaka or the space station)
- Visiting dōtonbori at night
Day 2 Osaka
- Getting some cakes at Kirby Cafe petit (must have for my Girlfriend. She initially wanted to see the Cafe in Tokyo)
- visiting Osaka castle / park
Day 3 Osaka => Nara => Kyoto
- Taking a early train to Nara and storing our luggage
- Todai Ji
- Nara park
- getting back to the train station
- taking some mochi maybe see mochi pounding
- train further to Kyoto
- checking in a Kyōto hotel.
Day 4 + 5 + 6 Kyoto (order not fully planned, but we want to the things together which are near to each other )
– philosopher's Path
– ginkaku ji
– Nishiki market
– gion
– nintendo store Kyoto
– okazaki Shrine
– maybe Kiyomizu Dera
– Fushimi Inari Taisha
– arashiyama bamboo
– Togetsukyo bridge
Day 7 Kyōto => hakone
- Wandering round hakone
- sleeping in an Ryokan with an onsen
Day 8 Hakone => Tokyo
- taking a train to toyko and checking in at the hotel
Day 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 Toyko (order not fully planned, same as Kyoto. Doing things that are near to each other on a day. )
- Usagiza Lepus (must have for my GF)
- Nakano Broadway
- Ikebukuro
- Pokémon Center
- Rikugi-en
- maybe the Meiji Shrine
- Hello kitty store (must have for my GF)
- Shibuya
- Toyko Tower
- ginza
- Kōkyo Higashi-gyoen
- Maybe Tokyo National museum
- odaiba
- Disneyland Tokio day trip (on a weekday, never weekend). Must have for my GF. I'm afraid it's gonna be really busy nevertheless.
- Flight back home at around 11 pm.
That are right now our itinerary plans. Some questions came to my mind.
- Is day 3 to intense? Should we take a hotel at Nara?
- Should we go to toyko early from Hakone? Or stay half a day in Hakone?
- is the national museum worth it? I personally would maybe cut a shrine or a park for the museum.
- I suppose it's to early for a nice foliage at our destinations.
- Should be buy appropriate train tickets in advance? Or do we buy all in Japan (for example on day 1 at Osaka airport?
I would appreciate any feedback. Thank you very much in advance.
by Hoffe123321123