My wife and I are headed to Japan in about 3 weeks. Can anyone please give advice on our itinerary? This is a dream trip for us and we want to see what we can without overdoing it and burning ourselves out 🙂
Flight: 13 hours to Haneda in Delta Economy from Minneapolis St. Paul
Total Budget: $8,000 – $8,500
Remaining Budget: $3,000 – $,3500 (all hotels, flights, and some tours have been paid for, do you think this is enough to pay for food, trains, souveniers, etc)
Overview:
- 1 night over the western seaboard and Pacific ocean
- 4 nights in Tokyo
- 2 nights in Hiroshima (day trip to Miyajima)
- 1 night in Koyosan
- 2 nights in Osaka
- 4 nights in Kyoto (day trip to Nara)
- 1 night over the Pacific Ocean
DAY 1: SATURDAY
- Approx. 8 a.m. CST arrive at MSP via connecting flight
- Approx. 11 a.m. CST depart MSP to Haneda
DAY 2: SUNDAY
- Approx. 2 p.m. GMT arrive at Haneda Airport
- Pick up baggage
- Purchase WIFI and Suica cards
- Tokyo Monorail/subway to hotel in Akihabara
- Walk in Akihabara and Asakusa area, dinner in this area
- We are open to suggestions for this afternoon. We will of course be tired.
- Try to stay awake until 10 p.m. 🙂
DAY 3: MONDAY
- Tokyo DisneySea
- Optional: Tokyo Tower in the evening
DAY 4: TUESDAY
- Tokyo Imperial Palace (tour has been booked through Imperial Household Agency)
- Asakusa
- Senso-Ji
- Asakusa Shrine
- Shopping/food in Asakusa
- Tokyo Skytree at night
DAY 5: WEDNESDAY
- Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
- Meiju Jingu
- mipig Cafe
- Shibuya
- Omoide Yokocho
DAY 6: THURSDAY
- Approx. 8 a.m. Shinkansen to Hiroshima, arrive at approx. noon
- Drop bags at luggage storage/hotel near bomb dome
- Peace Memorial Museum, Park and bomb dome
- Okonomiyaki dinner (open to suggestions)
DAY 7: FRIDAY
- Day trip to Miyajima via JR Ferry at Miyajimaguchi
- Miyajima Omotesando Shopping Street
- Hokokujinja Senjokaku Pavillion
- Itsukushima Jinja
- Daishoin
- Shishiiwa Observatory via ropeway
DAY 8: SATURDAY
- Train/bus to Koyosan
- Kongobu-Ji
- Okunoin Cemetery
- Hoon-In (buddhist temple overnight)
DAY 9: SUNDAY
- Bus/train to Osaka
- Osaka Castle Park
- Dotonbori
- Namba Yasaka Jinja
- Hozenji Yokocho
- Hotel in Dotonbori area
DAY 10: MONDAY
- Osaka Aquarium Kaiyakan
- Shinsaibashi PARCO
- Denden Town
- Osaka Guided Backstreet Food Tour
DAY 11: TUESDAY
- Train from Osaka to Kyoto
- Drop luggage @ storage near Kyoto Station
- Kyoto Railway Museum
- Bikouen Matcha Tea House experience
- Fushimi Inari Taisha at night
- Hotel near Gion District
DAY 12: WEDNESDAY
- Kiyomizu-Dera
- Kodaiji Temple
- Gion District
- Chionin Temple
- Tatsumi-jinja Shrine
- Shirakawa Lane
- Nishiki Market
DAY 13: THURSDAY
- Train from Kyoto to Nara
- Kofuku-ji
- Tadai-ji
- Nara Park
- Kasuga Taisha
- Nakatanidou
- Higashimuki Shopping Street
- Train from Nara to Kyoto
DAY 14: FRIDAY
- Tenriyu-ji
- Sagano Bamboo Grove
- Okochi Sanso Garden
- Arashiyama Monkey Park
- Kinkaku-ji
- Daitoku-ji Temple
DAY 15: SATURDAY
- Shinkansen to Tokyo + final shopping in Tokyo/Kyoto
- Approx. 3 p.m. depart Haneda to Minneapolis St. Paul
Thank you!!!
by Dull_War8714