Hello everyone! Fiancée and I had a really successful trip last year and loved it so much that we are going again for our honeymoon!
We'll be in Japan after Christmas and be there until mid-January (For 3 weeks)! We've been kind of busy with wedding plans so our Japan itinerary may be a bit lacking. Something we did discover from our trip last year though is to just have a few activities because those will lead you to places you might want to explore!
Would like to know how our itinerary is shaping up so far, if some things are doable or not or things to look out for. Anything we should add? During our last trip we really hit on a lot of the popular go-to locations, so you won't see things like Nara, Miyajima, Arishiyama, Fushimi Inari, Golden Gai, Dotonbori, etc. on our list. You can see what we did on our previous trip in the link above!
I'd also like to note that this will be our first time experiencing snow when we visit Sapporo. So any tips would be good there too. We picked up base layers and insulated boots. Have yet to buy snow jackets (considering buying in Japan)
| Day 1 |
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| Land in Japan (Haneda) – 1:00 PM |
| Check-in Hotel |
| Walk around & eat dinner (Relax day to recover from jetlag) |
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| Day 2 – |
| Tokyo Labs |
| Visit Ginza and Shibuya. Potentially grab our snow jackets for Sapporo |
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| Day 3 – |
| All Day – Winter Comiket |
| Dinner |
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| Day 4 – |
| All Day – Winter Comiket |
| Dinner |
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| Day 5 – |
| All Day- DisneySea |
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| Day 6 – |
| Fly out to Sapporo & Check-in hotel |
| Explore Tanukikoji Shopping Street |
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| Day 7 – |
| Day trip to Otaru |
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| Day 8 – |
| Hokkaido Jingu |
| Tanukikoji Shopping Street |
| Sapporo Beer Museum |
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| Day 9 – |
| Day trip to Asahikawa |
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| Day 10 – |
| Fly back to Tokyo & check-in hotel |
| Explore Harajuku |
| Visit Meiji Jingu |
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| Day 11 – |
| Take guided tour bus to Lake Kawaguchi |
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| Day 12 – |
| Visit Skytree |
| Visit Senso-ji Shrine |
| Check into ryokan w/ private onsen |
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| Day 13 – |
| Visit Akihabara / Ikkekkburo (Animate) – Video game/figure/hobby shopping day |
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| Day 14 – |
| Go to Kyoto – Check in hotel |
| Explore local areas missed (stayed at this hotel last time) |
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| Day 15 – |
| Visit Saiho-ji |
| Visit Teramachi -dori. Shop around and dinner |
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| Day 16 – |
| All Day – Universal Studios |
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| Day 17 – |
| Take the train to explore Kobe |
| Visit Nunobiki Herb Gardens |
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| Day 18 – |
| Day trip to Osaka |
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| Day 19 – |
| Otagi Nenbutsuji |
| Adashino Nenbutsuji |
| Saga Torimoto street |
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| Day 20 – |
| Head to Nagoya |
| Visit Ghibli Park |
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| Day 21 – |
| Explore Uji |
| Nintendo Museum (assuming we get the lottery) |
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| Day 22 – |
| Take the bullet train back to Tokyo |
| Haneda Airport and head home |
If you are curious why we booked Kyoto last as opposed to Tokyo (since we're flying out of Haneda) it's because of my rewards travel. We're staying at a hotel in Kyoto completely free, but they only had those dates available.
Luckily our flight doesn't leave until around 5 PM, so we have time to check-out and head back from Kyoto to make it!
by Heavykiller