I am traveling to KIX on 20 Oct arriving at 8.00 AM and leaving Japan 3 PM of 28 Oct, so I have roughly 8 days and 8 nights. Please note that I have been to Japan 2 times, tokyo 2 times, Okinawa, and Fukuoka. I will be visiting with my girlfriend so we are not in a group. My interest is food and video games, I love Yakininku, Shabu, and Japanese food in general. As for her, my girlfriend is interested in sightseeing, so she tends to want to visit as many places as possible.
Please give me an advice on how many days should I spend on each city.I plan to visit Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Yokasan, and maybe Kobe+himeji castle.will the plan will be too tight I can drop one or two places.We are from Thailand and we are visiting Vietnam before going to Japan and Hanoi after we leave Japan, so my girlfriend is okay with temple hopping but not a big fan.Any place do you guys recommend will be welcome too.
My Itinerary right now is like this
day 1 20 oct
\- 8.00 am arriving at kansai airport.
\- activate kansai thru pass day 1
\- take nankai line to namba, please give me adivice if there is better option for kansai thrupass
\- Osaka Castle > Shinsekai Area > Dotonbori Area > Umeda Sky Building
\- travel to kyoto from umeda
\- Should I spend evening in Osaka or in Kyoto lets say leave Osaka at 5 PM and skip Dotonburi and Umeda sky building and experience one more evening in Kyoto instead?
day 2 21 oct
\- 1st day of kyoto, explore east kyoto Kiyomizu temple > Ninenzaka & Sannenzaka > Yasaka shrine > Gion > Fushimi Inari Shrine.
\- Buy kyoto bus pass
\- Stay in kyoto
day 3 22 oct
\- 2nd day in Kyoto
\- Jidai Matsuri day + explore west site tokyo
Bamboo Forest > Tenryu-ji Temple > Togetsu-kyo Bridge > Ryoan-ji Temple > Kinkaku-ji Temple
\- Maybe buy kyoto bus+subway pass since it might be crowded
\- stay another night in Kyoto
day 4 23 oct
\- activate 2nd day of Kansai thru pass
\- might explore kyoto more if we feel that we miss anything else
\- travel to Nara maybe kintetsu Nara like please correct me if I am wrong
\- Explore Nara Isui-en garden >> Todaiji temple > Daibutsu-den Hall > Nara Park >> Kasuga Taisha
\- leave Nara and go to Kobe and spend a night there
Day 5 24 Oct
\- activate Kansai area pass
\- go to himeji castle
\- come back to Kobe and explore Harbor land, China town and try Kobe beef
\- go back to osaka and spend a night there
Shoulld I spend a night of day 4 in Osaka or Kobe?
Day 6 25 oct
\- Fun day maybe rest up have fun in Osaka and spend a night at Osaka
Day 7 26 oct
\- Activate 3rd days of Kansai Thru pass
\- 1 day trip to Koyasan
\- Spend a night in Osaka
Day 8 27 oct
\- Explore Osaka and visit leftover place or try new restaurant, go shopping
\- Spend a night in Osaka
day 9 28 Oct
\- go to KIX airport our plane leave around 3 PM so might be just eating and a little shopping
Is this itinerary too tight or too loose, or maybe you guys can suggest more suitable pass for us since sometimes its kinda frustrating to pick which pass to buy or just buy single ticket?.
Additionally is it hard to find XBOX series X console in Japan since I believe PS5 is probably sold out everywhere.
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I would recommend trying to spend some more time in Wakayama in general.
Koya-san is an absolutely incredible experience and will help you connect with the history of Buddhism in Japan.
Wakayama City, though, is a beautiful seaside city that is very walkable, loads of Wakayama ramen (rich, thicker tonkotsu style), and a beautiful castle in the middle of the city that you can see the seascape and mountains.