Hey everyone! I have a trip for 5 22/23 year old guys coming up VERY soon! We will be in Japan for 8 days and our daily itineraries are largely based on japan-guide.com. I've seen that those itineraries can be a little overloaded, but I'd love to hear what you guys think!
5/19 Tokyo – Stay in Sumida:
- Arrive at 5pm.
- Get cash at 7/11 & eat dinner somewhere
- Make way to accommodation in Sumida and Sleep, we're coming from a drastic time change
5/20 Tokyo – Stay in Sumida:
- Tsukiji Outer Market (preferably early)
- Imperial East Garden
- Explore Ginza
- Explore Marunouchi
- Kaminarimon
- Sensoji Temple
- Sumida Park
- Omakase Dinner at Sushi Kimura @ 8:30
5/21 Tokyo – Stay in Shinjuku:
- Meji Shrine
- Takeshita Street
- Omotesando
- Explore Shibuya
- Baseball Game @ 6PM
- Afterwards Explore Shinjuku and go to Golden Gai (are there better places to visit bars and experience shinjuku night life?)
- Hostel is ~10 min walk away from Golden Gai
5/22 Kyoto – Stay is right next to Fushimi Inari:
- Extra time to sleep in and then travel to Kyoto
- Ginkakuji Temple
- Philosopher's Path
- Nanzenji Temple
- Kaege Incline
- Kodaji Temple
- Higashiyama Streets
- Looking for a dinner that is >6k Yen/person and we can make reservations for.
- Night walk to Fushimi Inari?
5/23 Kyoto – Ryokan slightly north east of Kyoto:
- ~35 minute travel from hotel to Tenryuji
- Arashiyama
- Tenryuji
- Bamboo Groves
- Togetsukyo Bridge
- Monkey Park
- Kinkakuji
- Ryoanji Temple
- Ninnaji Temple
- Travel to Ryokan and eat dinner
5/24 Osaka – Hotel next to Shin Osaka Station:
- Osaka Castle
- Visit and Explore Shinsekai
- ?? I just want to eat good food here
- Evening in Dotonbouri
- Early sleep at Hotel
5/25 Tokyo – Capsule hotel in Minato:
- Be at Shin Osaka train station at 9AM to go to Tokyo
- 1PM Reservation @ Bifteck Kawamura Ginza
- 4PM Teamlabs borderless
- Explore wherever we felt we didn't get to see enough of in the first place
5/26 Return home:
- Quick breakfast then off to NRT
- Flight takes off at 2:30PM
The stays & activities listed have already been booked, but I'd love to hear what you guys would remove or do instead! Thanks in advance!
by hutchkinss