My husband says that I have allocated too many days to shopping, which is probably correct.
Can I get your suggestions on what to leave out/visit instead?
Edit: this is my second trip to Japan (first trip we did 10 days Tokyo only)
21 days Japan trip
Osaka – 5 nights
Hiroshima – 3 nights
Kyoto – 5 nights
Fujisawa – 2 nights
Tokyo – 6 nights
Based on everyone’s comments, I’ve made a few changes to my itinerary: Here is the updated for now. May still need to swap some shopping places, but it feels like I’m now visiting Japan and not just shopping at major stores.
- Sunday – Arrive at Osaka – Kansai International Airport. Check into hotel afternoon – Explore Nishishinsaibashi + America-mura.
- Monday – Tenjinbashi-suji Shopping Street + Pokemon Center Osaka + Dotonbori
- Tuesday – Osaka Castle (9am-1pm) + Nipponbashi Denden Town: Animate, Melonbooks, Gamers, Surugay, Mandarake (2-6pm)
- Wednesday – Kobe San Center Plaza: Melonbooks/Lashinbang and lunch at Kobe beef Ramen Yazawa + Kobe Motomachi shopping Street kinkaku-ji + Meriken Park
- Thursday – Osaka Universal Studios Japan express pass: Harry Potter World + Universal Wonderland + Minion Park
- Friday – Check out 11am. Catch Shinkansen: Osaka to Hiroshima (1-3pm). Transfer to hotel/check in. Purchase tickets from Hiroshima to Miyajima via Hotel’s travel agent for next day.
- Saturday – Hiroshima to Miyajima High Speed Ship: (8am depart, return 5pm)
- Sunday – Explore Hiroshima. Visit Hiroshima Castle + Downtown Hiroshima
- Monday – Check out 11am. Catch the Shinkansen: Hiroshima to Kyoto (1-3pm) + Transfer to hotel 4:30pm
- Tuesday – Higashiyama rickshaw 2 hour tour (10-12pm) + explore Higashiyama and surrounds
- Wednesday – Arashiyama bamboo forest sunrise (5:30-7am) + Breakfast (7-8pm) + Tenryu-li temple (8:30am-10am) + Nijō Castle/Ninomaru Goten Palace (3-5pm)
- Thursday: Kiyomizu-dera street and temple + Kawaramachi OPA: Lvl 3 character goods/Lvl 7 Lolita/ Lvl 8 Book off Plus/ Lvl 9 Tower Records + SUINA Muromachi/Pokemon
- Friday – Uji day trip: River Uji Walk + Byodoin Temple + visit tea house – Tsuen Tea + souvenirs/food on Byodo-In Omotesando Street + Uji Bridge / Statue of Murasaki Shikibu
- Saturday – Checkout 10am. Catch Shinkansen: Kyoto to Tokyo (12-3pm) + transfer to Fujisawa.
- Sunday – Explore Enoshima.
- Monday – Check out 10am. Luggage storage. Explore Enoshima until 5pm.
- Tuesday – Brunch at Tsukiji Outer Market (8:30-10:30am) + Ginza: Uniqlo Flagship store (11-1:30pm) + Mitsukoshi Ginza (2-6pm) + Ginza Six (6:30-8:30pm)
- Wednesday – Shinjuku: Disney Flagship Store Tokyo (10am-12:30pm) + lunch at Takashimaya Times Square (1-5pm) + Marui Annex: Lolita/otomate (5:30-8pm) + dinner at Isomaru Suisan Shinjuku (8:30pm)
- Thursday – Day trip to Kawagoe
- Friday – Disney Sea
- Saturday – Yokohama: Cup museum + Pokemon Center + Chinatown
- Sunday – Early check out. Transfer Tokyo Haneda Airport. Morning flight Tokyo to Sydney.
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