Hi all! My husband and I are very excited to be going Japan in November! This will be our third trip to Japan. Our last trip was November 2019 right before the start of the pandemic. The timing is perfect because I wanted to go one last time before we had a kid. All hotels have been pre booked since April. I will be 5 months pregnant when we travel, so this trip won’t be as packed.
Some days are super light so please let me know if you think there are some places we can add! Thanks!
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Tokyo (4)
Hotel in Shinjuku
11/12 Sat
Arrive 4 PM
Travel to hotel ~1h
Get dinner, rest
11/13 Sun
Travel ~1h
Yokohama
Cup noodle museum
11/14 Mon
Walk then train, 12 min train ride to Shibuya
Yoyogi/Harajuku/Shibuya
6 PM dinner w friends in Shibuya
11/15 Tues
Travel 18 min
Nakano Broadway
Hakone (2)
11/16 Wed
Travel 2h 35 min
Travel and rest day
11/17 Thurs
Undecided
Open air museum?
Pirate ship?
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Osaka (8)
Hotel in Dotonbori
11/18 Fri
Travel 4h 25 min
Check in
Walk 15 min
Kuromon ichiba market
Hozenji Yokocho
11/19 Sat
Walk 14 min
Nipponbashi/Den den town/Namba
11/20 Sun
Walk 9 min
Shinsaibashi/America Mura
Karahori shopping street
11/21 Mon
Undecided
11/22 Tues
Travel ~ 1h 30min
Nagoya
Osu shotengai
Breakfast, explore, lunch
Travel ~ 50 min
Nabana no sato. Illuminations begin at 5:30.
Travel 2h 45 min back to Osaka
Bus 57 comes every hr last bus at 9PM
11/23 Wed
Travel ~ 30 min
Umeda sky building. Watch the sunset. German Christmas Market
11/24 Thurs
Travel ~ 15 min
Shinsekai/Tsutenkaku/Abeno Harukas
11/25 Fri
Travel ~ 1h 15 min
Nishiki market/ Kyoto
Travel ~ 55 min
Sagano Scenic rail
Travel ~ 1h 30 min back to hotel
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Kobe (3)
Hotel in Sannomiya
11/26 Sat
Travel 53 min
Kobe Chinatown
11/27 Sun
Harborland
11/28 Mon
Undecided
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Tokyo (3)
Hotel in Tokyo
11/29 Tues
Travel ~ 3h 10 min
Check in
Travel ~ 30 min
Asakusa
11/30 Wed
Travel ~ 15 min
Akihabara
12/1 Thurs
Travel ~ 45 min
Odaiba
Takoyaki museum
Joypolis – indoor amusement park
12/2 Fri
Travel ~ 1h
Flight home, early departure