Hello would love critique, suggestions for the below itinerary.
We're a family of 5, two adults and three kids aged 4, 8 and 12.
3 nights in Tokyo, 3 in Kyoto, 4 in Osaka and again 3 in Tokyo.
Arrival: 10/19 at 9PM in HND, go to hotel by cab. Hotel is in Chiyoda.
Day 1- 10/20 TOKYO:
Shibuya ans Shinjuku.
Visit Miyamasumutake Shrine and Konno Hachimangu Shrine. First shopping at Kiddy land. See the Shibuya Crossing.
Day 2: 10/21 TOKYO:
Arrange for luggage transfer to Kyoto by Yamato.
Teamlab Planet at 9.30 AM. Tokyo Tower+ Roppongi. Lunch in area, then Akihabara visit for shopping including Japanese knives.
Day 3: 10/22 KYOTO transfer to Kyoto via Shinkansen leaving at 9AM. Check into hotel by Kyoto Station and have lunch.
Visit Toji shrine and Nidec Tower.
Late afternoon Gion walk and dinner at the wagyu restaurant in the Junei hotel
Day 4: 10/23 KYOTO early morning go to Arashiyama, check out monkey park, bamboo forest / observation deck.
Lunch at Shinkyogokubri shop on Teramachi Dori.
finish day at Kenninji (or Kodaiji)
Day 5 10/24: UJI NARA day trip. Early morning, arrange for suitcase forwarding to Osaka.
Quick kombini breakfast and then stop at Fushini inara for quick view, then onwards by rail to Uji. Check out Byodo-in, have matcha, eat lunch.
Onwards to Nara for afternoon. Check out park and Isuien.
Time permitting visit Kasuga Taisha, Kofuku-Ji and Todai-ji
Day 6 10/25. KYOTO OSAKA In the morning, check out Higashiyama after breakfast. Then take train to Shin-Osaka (shinkansen) at 11.15. get to hotel at noon, hotel is in Chuo Ward.
Go out to Dotonbori, have lunch there, go to coffee shop, pancake shop, Hozen-ji temple
Day 7 10/26 OSAKA. Kuromon market Denden town shopping. Lunch at Rokusen sushi, check out Shin Sekai, coffee at Sennariya. Check out Tennoji. Dinner at Yaekatsu
Day 7 10/27 OSAKA.
Morning: Aquarium.
Lunch Naniwa Kuishiko
Afternoon UNIVERSAL STUDIO JAPAN with Nintendo World. Have dinner locally after checking out the Halloween zombie display.
Day 8 10/28 DAY TRIP.
Arrange for suitcase forwarding to Tokyo.
leave early morning, check out Himeji castle and then Kurashiki by way of Okayama.
Plan B: shinkansen at 7.30 to Hiroshima, visit Memorial gardens, ferry to Miyajima, spend day there, aim to take shinkansen back at 5 PM from Hiroshima into Shin-Osaka.
Day 9 10/29 OSAKA TO TOKYO
leave at 9.30 AM. Go back to same Tokyo hotel in Chiyoda. Explore and shopping around Tokyo Station, Taito and some shopping at Akihabara. Finish day at Senso-Ji temple
Day 10 10/30. Disneysea day. Return to hotel evening.
Day 11 10/31. Ghibli museum, cream puff shop next to it, Teamlab borderless.
Day 12: 11/01. Last minute buys, Shibuya kiddyland, Nintendo DX, Pokémon Centre. Sticker shop, load up at Donki for cheap souvenirs and foods.
Depart hotel at 5 to go to Narita for our 9PM departure.
Many thanks
by BaldIbis8