My husband and I are going to Japan and Korea for our honeymoon on October 10th and Returning November 13th.
We both studied East Asian History in University so we are incredibly excited to finally go to Japan and Korea. I speak some Japanese and he speaks very good Korean so we hope getting around shouldn't be too bad. We are both huge pokemon, Nintendo, and studio ghibli fans as well.
Our itinerary is below. Please let me know if it looks doable. Suggestions and corrections are welcome!
thank you so much in advance!
Fri, Oct 11
- arrive in Tokyo 4:10pm digital Suica Card ready, activate eSIM
- Take transit to hotel, check in, casual dinner – explore immediate area if we have energy.
Sat, Oct 12
- WB Harry Potter tour 11am
- spending evening at Prince Park Tower or bello visto
Sun, Oct 13
- Sejo-ji
- Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
- Shibuya Sky
- Tokyo tower
Mon, Oct 14
- Teamlabs Tokyo (10:30)
- Mori Building art
- Tokyo Joypolis
Tues, October 15
- Disneyland
Wed, October 16
- DisneySea
Thur, October 17
- Ghibli Museum
- Pokemon cafe
- Pokemon center
- Shopping
- Conveyor belt sushi
Fri, October 18th
- FFIV Cafe
- Akiharbara
- Super Potato
- Mandarake Complex
- Japan Sake & Shochu Information Center
Sat, October 19th (Tokyo)
nothing concrete for this day, probably more shopping and exploring.
Anything we should check out that we are missing?
Sun October 20 (Kyoto)
- Ride to Kyoto
- To-ji temple
- Nijo-jo castle
- Lunch
- Imperial castle
Mon, October 21 (Kyoto)
- Higashiyama Jisho-ji
- Philopher's Path
- Honen-in
- Nanzen-ji
- Shōrenin Temple
- Yasaka Shrine +Maruyama Park
- Kōdai-ji Temple
- Bamboo Forest
- Ninenzaka (Hōkan-ji Temple, kiyomizu temple)
Tue, October 22 (Kyoto)
- Fushimi Inari Taisha
- Tōfuku-ji Temple
- Tea ceremony at 2:30 pm
- Mipig cafe
- Nishiki Market
Wed, October 23 (Kyoto-Osaka)
- Train to Osaka
- Osaka Castle
- Osaka Tenmangu Shrine
- Tsūtenkaku
Thu, October 24 (Osaka)
- Universal Studios Day 1
- Amerika mura in the evening
- shopping street
Fri, October 25 (Osaka)
- Universal Studios Day 2
- The aquarium if time permits
- Dotonbori
- kuromon market
Sat, October 26th (Himeji-Kobe)
- Train to Himeji early in the morning
- Himeji castle + Koko-en garden
- Train to Kobe in early afternoon
- Sorakuen garden
- Nankinmachi (Chinatown)
- Kitano-cho district
- Stay one night in Kobe
Sun, October 27th (Kobe-Nara)
- Early train to Nara through Osaka
- Walk up Nobori-oji Street
- Nobori-oji/Route 169 to Todai-ji Temple
- Nigatsu-do Hall
- Kasuga-Taisha Shrine.
- Kofuku-ji Temple
Mon, October 28th (Nara)
- Nara national museum
- Naramachi
- Take bus No 97 to the Nishinokyo District
- Yakushi-ji Temple
- Toshodai-ji Temple
- Back to downtown Nara
- Shopping, exploring the city
- Any more suggestions for here?
Tue, October 29th (Tokyo)
Train back to Tokyo
Looking to explore some arcades, suggestions?
Wed, October 30th
Flight to Seoul
(Oct30 – Nov 7th) Korea
Fri, November 8th (Tokyo)
- Arriving back in Tokyo
- Shibuya
- Tokyo Anime Center
- meiji jingu
- Harajuku shopping and Takeshita Street
- Starbucks just across the road from crossing
- Shinjuku
- golden gai
Sat, November 9th (Hakone)
- Train and bus to accommodations in Hakone
- Not planning to do much but to relax in the onsen
- Sun November 10th (Hakone)**
- our anniversary
- Going to relax and have nice dinner, walk around
Mon, November 11th (Hakone)
- Hakone Shrine
- Odawara castle
- what else is good to see in Hakone?
Tue, November 12 (Hakone/Tokyo)
Train and bus back to Tokyo
Last-minute shopping in Tokyo
Wed, November 13
Flight back to Toronto
by Jealous-Lawfulness31
