2 Week Itinerary Check

I'm going on a trip with 1 other person to Japan for about 2 weeks this upcoming Fall. It's the first time in Japan for both of us so any suggestions to our itinerary is appreciated.

Sunday

Tokyo

  • Land in Tokyo (HND) 4:30am
  • Airport stuff 5am-6:30am
    • Get bags
    • Get Suica
    • Get cash
    • Sim cards
    • Breakfast
  • Meiji Jingu 7:40am-9:40am  
  • Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden 9:50am-11:50am
  • Sumo wrestling/lunch 12pm-2pm
  • Shopping-Shinjuku street 2:30pm-4:30pm
  • Godzilla 4:50pm-5:20pm
  • Golden Gai/Dinner 5:30pm-7:30pm
  • Tokyo Mystery Circus 7:50pm-10pm

Monday

  • Tsukiji Fish Market (Breakfast) 7am-9am
  • Shopping-Chuo street 9:15am-11:15am 
  • Team labs planet 12pm-2pm
  • Lunch: McDonald’s
  • Gundam 2:30pm-3:30pm
  • Shopping-Takeshita street 4:45pm-6:45pm
  • Tokyo tower 7:15pm-7:45pm
  • Dinner 7:45pm-8:45pm
  • Rainbow bridge from Odaiba Marine park 9pm-9:30pm

Tuesday

  • Disneyland

Wednesday

  • Disneysea

Thursday

  • Kamakura
    • Kamakura Daibutsu
    • Hokokuji Temple-bamboo
    • Komachi street
  • Yokohama
    • Minato Mirai harbor
    • CupNoodles Museum
    • Chinatown 

Friday

  • Sensoji Temple 7:30am-9:30am
  • Shopping-Nakamise street 9:30am-11:30am
  • Mario Kart 12pm-1pm
  • Lunch: Maid Cafe
  • Akihabara 1pm-8pm
    • Animate
    • Kotobukiya
    • Mandarake
    • Super potato
    • Don quijote
    • Hirose entertainment yard-arcade
    • Melonbooks
    • Toranomon
    • Lashinbang
    • Karaoke
  • Dinner 8:30pm-9:30pm

Saturday

  • Pokemon Center 10am-12pm
  • Ikebukuro 12:15-2:15pm
  • Nakano Broadway 2:45pm-4:45pm
  • Shibuya Sky 5pm-6pm (Sunset:5:09pm)
  • Shibuya crossing
  • Hachiko Statue
  • Golden Gai 7:40pm-10pm

Sunday

Fuji

  • Leave for Fuji 7am
  • Arrive in Fuji (Kawaguchiko Station) 9am
  • Mount Fuji Panoramic Ropeway 9:15am-10am
  • Bike/Walk around Kawaguchiko lake
  • Maple Corridor 11am-11:30am
  • Oishi Park 12pm-12:30pm
  • Kawaguchiko Natural Living Center 12:30pm-1pm
  • Arakuryama Sengen park 1:15pm-2:15pm
  • Chureito Pagoda 2:15pm-3:15pm
  • Oshino Hakkai 3:35pm-5:35pm
  • Ryokan
    • Ryokan dinner start 6-6:30pm
    • Onsen

Monday

  • Breakfast  7:30-8:30am

Kyoto

  • Arrive in Kyoto (Kyoto Station) 1:30pm
  • Eikando temple 2pm-3:30pm
  • Ramen class 4pm-5:30pm
  • Yasaka shrine 5:45pm-6:45pm
  • Hanamikoji street 6:55pm-7:55pm
  • Gion Tatsumi Bridge 8pm-8:30pm
  • Pontocho Alley 8:40pm-9:40pm

Tuesday

  • Bus Tour 7:50am-4pm/5pm
    • Kiyomizudera temple
    • Sanjusangendo temple
    • Arashiyama bamboo
    • Bamboo forest trail
    • Tenryu ji temple
    • Kinkakuji temple
    • Nijo castle (pass by)
    • Fushimi inari shrine
  • Sannenzaka street 5:15pm-6:15pm
  • Ninenzaka street 6:20pm-7:20pm
  • See Yasaka Pagoda from Yasaka street 7:30pm-8pm

Wednesday

  • Consider going to any previous sites early for less crowds

Nara

  • Arrive at Nara (Kintetsu Nara Station) 8:35am
  • Kasuga Taisha 9am-10am
  • Nara park 10am-12pm
  • Todaiji Temple 12:10-1:10pm
  • Isuien garden 1:15pm-2:15pm

Kyoto

  • Arrive in Kyoto (Kyoto station) 3:35pm
  • Tea Ceremony 5pm-7pm

Thursday

  • Nishiki market 9am-11am

Osaka

  • Arrive in Osaka (Osaka Station) 11:45am
  • Osaka Castle 1-2hr 12:10pm-1:10pm
  • Kuromon market 1-2hr 1:40pm-2:40pm
  • Sumiyoshi taisha 1-2hr 3:10pm-5:10pm
  • Dotonbori 5:40pm-6:30pm
  • Escape room 7pm-8pm
  • Dotonbori 8:30pm-10:30pm
  • Round One Namba 1-3hr

Friday

  • Himeji Castle 9am-12pm
  • Kaiyukan Aquarium 2:15pm-4:15pm
  • Umeda Sky 5pm-6pm
  • Nintendo Store Osaka 6:15pm-7:15pm

Saturday

  • Minoh Waterfall 9am-11am
  • Travel back home 4:50pm (KIK)

Edit:

Seems like I've overplanned this a tinyyyy bit so I'm going to rethink our plans. I've bolded some of the activities that we prioritize/have already booked and leave the rest for if we have time. Thanks for the feedback!

by pieetr

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