Hi, my wife and I are coming from Australia for the first time. She’s pregnant, so we’re factoring some more rest time than we would usually have on a trip like this. Big things are whether or not we have allowed enough time or have dedicated too much time in places.
We haven’t quite worked out activities yet but have a general idea of what we want to do. Looking for any recommendations though, particularly for things like punk shows as I know Japan has a cool scene.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Day 1 – Tokyo
* Christmas markets
* Explore Ginza area
Day 2 – Bullet train to Kyoto in the morning
Day 3-4 – Kyoto
* **Fushimi Inari Taisha – shrine**
* **Arashiyama – bamboo forest, monkey park**
* **Higashiyama – area**
* **Kinkaku-ji – the Golden Pavilion**
Day 5 – train to Kinosaki
Day 6 – Kinosaki
* Onsen
Day 7 – train to Osaka
Day 8-11 – Osaka
* **Dotonbori – shopping street & street food**
* Kuromon Market – fresh food market
* Aquarium Kaiyukan
* Nara Park – Day trip – feed wild deer
Day 12 – Train to Tokyo (Christmas day)
Day 13-16 – Tokyo
* Shibuya Sky
* Record shopping – Base, Disk Union, Big Love Records, Tower Records, Jazzy Sport
* TeamLab Planets
* Shibuya crossing
* Senso-ji
* Yayoi Kusama Museum
* Meiji Jingu
* Snow monkey day tour
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assuming Day 12 is Dec 25, then Yayoi Museum won’t be open the days after. I believe they close from the 24th until the New Year.