**ARRIVE IN NARITA AIRPORT**
**TOKYO DEC 06-09 (4 days)**
**DEC 06 NARITA/TOKYO**
* **Hotel if arrived late at night. Otherwise:**
* WALK AROUND/FOOD
* NARITASAN SHINSHOJI TEMPLE
**-NARITA TO OSHIAGE STATION VIA KEISEI LINE (TRAVEL TIME 1hr30mins)**
* **TOKYO**
* ARRIVE OSHIAGE STATION
* TOKYO SKYTREE
* SENSOJI TEMPLE
**-ASAKUSA STATION -> NIHONBASHI -> TOKYO STATION**
* MARUNOUCHI ILLUMINATION
* IMPERIAL PALACE
* KORAKUEN HALL
* FOOD/REST
**DEC 07 TOKYO**
* TOKYO TOWER
* MEGURO RIVER
* SHINJUKU
* SHINJUKU GYOEN GARDEN
* SHIBUYA
* POKEMON CENTER
* MUGIWARA STORE
* HACHIKO
* OMOTESANDO
* SUGA SHRINE
* NAKANO BROADWAY
* IF MORE TIME, WALK AROUND
**DEC 08 TOKYO**
* GO TO ODAIBA
* TOKYO BIG SIGHT
* GUNDAM BASE TOKYO
* DIVER CITY
* GUNDAM FACTORY YOKOHAMA
**DEC 09 TOKYO**
* FOOD
* MOUNT FUJI
* AOKIGAHARA
**KYOTO DEC 10-13 (4 days)**
**DEC 10 KYOTO**
**-TOKYO -> KYOTO STATION VIA TOKAIDO-SANYO SHINKANSEN (TRAVEL TIME 2hr30mins)**
* FUSHIMI INARI TAISHA
* TOFUKUJI TEMPLE
* WALK AROUND
**DEC 11 KYOTO**
* KIYOMIZU-DERA
* SANNENZAKA
* WALK AROUND
**DEC 12 KYOTO**
* SUIROKAKU WATER BRIDGE
* PONTOCHO PARK
* SUIROKAKU WATER BRIDGE
* KYOTO INTERNATIONAL MANGA MUSEUM
* WALK AROUND
**DEC 13 KYOTO**
* MONKEY PARK
* ARASHIYAMA BAMBOO FOREST
* WALK AROUND
**OSAKA DEC 14-15 (2 days)**
**DEC 14 OSAKA**
**-KYOTO -> OSAKA STATION VIA TOKAIDO-SANYO LINE (TRAVEL TIME 40mins)**
* OSAKA CASTLE PARK
* SHINSAIBASHISUJI
* MIDO-SUJI
* HOZENJI TEMPLE
* OSAKA AQUARIUM
**DEC 15 OSAKA**
* WALK AROUND
* RELAX
**-OSAKA STATION TO HIROSHIMA VIA TOKAIDO-SANYO LINE, TOKAIDO-SANYO SHINKANSEN (TRAVEL TIME 2hrs)**
**HIROSHIMA DEC 16 (1 day)**
**DEC 16**
* HIROSHIMA CASTLE
* ATOMIC BOMB DOME
* WALK AROUND
**YAMAGATA DEC 17-18 (2 days)**
**DEC 17 YAMAGATA**
**-HIROSHIMA STATION TO YAMAGATA VIA TOKAIDO-SANYO SHINKANSEN, YAMAGATA SHINKANSEN (TRAVEL TIME 8hrs)**
* GO TO GINZAN ONSEN
* RELAX
**DEC 18 YAMAGATA**
* RELAX
**-YAMAGATA TO TOKYO VIA YAMAGATA SHINKANSEN**
**TOKYO DEC 19-20 (2 days)**
**DEC 19 TOKYO**
* AKIHABARA
**DEC 20 TOKYO**
* GO TO NARITA AND FLY BACK TO CANADA
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The only thing Im not so sure about is Hiroshima > Yamagata. And then Yamagata > Tokyo. Also is 1 day in Hiroshima and then 8 hrs travel to Yamagata kinda crazy?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/JapanTravel/comments/xtgidi/december\_trip\_to\_tokyo\_kyoto\_osaka\_tokyo\_from\_dec/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/JapanTravel/comments/xtgidi/december_trip_to_tokyo_kyoto_osaka_tokyo_from_dec/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
this was the first version of my itinerary.
3 comments
My wife and I are going the exact same time/days but we are flying Delta into Haneda. We have been many times before and are just staying in Tokyo and Kyoto. Yamagata is a long way to for the onsen, imo. December 7 seems much too packed in. But you can do a long walk from Shinjuku to Omotesando. What you are missing in Tokyo, imo, are the parks and museums of Ueno and a drink at the Imperial Hotel (a classic). Lastly, you cannot do much at Fuji in December. Hopefully you will be able to see it on the train to Kyoto. Good luck. What a great trip!
My wife also suggests saving time by going to a Tokyo Onsen. Check out Niwa no Yu.
Yamagata is a *really* long way just to go for onsen. I’d suggest considering Kinosaki Onsen or stopping off in Hakone on your way back to Tokyo. Snow crab will be in season in Kinosaki so it’d be a great time to visit there.
– [Trip Report: Side Trip to Himeiji Castle and Kinosaki Onsen](https://www.reddit.com/r/JapanTravel/comments/sna5au/kansai_side_trip_tattoo_friendly_kinosaki_onsen/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)