Hello, I have been to japan two times, one in summer and one in fall, and i would like to visit with my girlfriend soon. We are thinking about late march. We are both geek but also like to visit temples and such. I wanted to put the usual tourist spot but also something new for me.
Day 1
Arrive in Tokyo at 8 AM, Toyosu Market – sushi teamLab Planets Kawasaki Costco Asakusa and visit Senso-Ji
Day 2
Shibuya Scramble Yoyogi Park, Meiji Shrine Harajuku – Takeshita Street, food, shopping Explore Omoide Yokocho and/or Golden Gai
Day 3
Visit Nikko and the temples. Take the toru railway to Nikko, Pass the Shinkyo Bridge, then go to the Rinnoji Temple and Toshogu Shrine. Then go back to tokyo in the evening
Day 4
- Visit Jimbocho and the bookshops,then transfer to Akihabara, check the shops and some arcade
- In the evening get to Odaiba to see the malls
Day 5 and 6
- One day visit disneyland and one day Disneyland sea, we are planning to use the speed pass. I think it's not worthy to transfer in a hotel near them, since we are staying in tokyo and we can use the train to get to them
Day 7
- Travel to hakone
- check in a ryokan in Hakone-Yumoto, then do the Hakone loop, visit the sulphur spring and then take a boat in lake ashi.
- return to the ryokan late afternoon so we can take a bath. We are not interested in the open air museum but I want to get a feel of the area, and take the boat in the lake ashi.
Day 8 Kyoto
Leave Hakone, travel to kyoto via shinkansen, leave the luggage in hotel,(maybe we can ship them to the hotel?)
- if we are able visit the bamboo forest in Arashima
- Go to and Inari Shrine in the evening then checkin in a hotel
Day 9 Kyoto
Morning/Afternoon: Kiyomizu dera Hokanji/Higashiyama Byodo-ji (pet temple)
Evening: Pontocho
Day 10 Day trip to nara
Walk up Nobori-oji Street, then visit Todai-Ji temple, chill with the deers, In the afternoon visit Kasuga-taisha Shrine
Day 11
- Take and early train to Himeji, visit the castle,
- and then get to Hiroshima via shinkansen take the ferry to Miyajima in the late afternoon, and stay in a Ryokan there.
Day 12
- Visit Miyajima , start by visiting Itsukushima Shrine, relax a little, take the ropeway and visit mount misen. On the way back visit Miyajima Omotesandō Shopping Street to do some shopping (I visited hiroshima last time and loved the chogoku region)
Day 13
- Return to Toyko via shinkansen, transfer in the airport in the evening, My flight is leaving Day 14 on 1AM, so i'll just wait in the airport
What do you think of it? If you have some suggestion or criticism of places near this intinerary and maybe not so popular it would be welcome.
I still have a couple doubts:
- Is ok to just do Hakone one day? I will book a nice ryokan and i want to enjoy it
- As you can see day 13 is mostly empty, my girlfriend is worried we are gonna miss our flight on the 14th.
How can we utilize that day? Maybe transfer somewhere near tokyo on the end of the day 12? (but we will miss one night in miyajima)
by grey_bourbon