Hello all! Im getting ready to book plane tickets soon for my family’s Japan trip in April 2025, and I was curious if this seems like a reasonable plan. To paint a picture, my spouse and I will be traveling with a 1.5 year old and 5 year old, and my mom will be coming as well. My mom would really like to visit Kyoto, and I would like to as well— my original plan was for us to just fly in and out of Tokyo, but would it be reasonable to fly into KIX and then fly out of Tokyo? So basically, go to Osaka first, then Kyoto, and take the Shinkansen to Tokyo.
We only have about 13 days including travel, if that helps put in perspective how much time we could reasonably spend in each city. I see a lot of posts here where people visit Tokyo and Kyoto but everyone seems to fly into Tokyo, don’t know if there’s a reason for that.
by feuilles_mortes