Itinerary Check/Questions

Day 0 **Dec 19th**: *Getting There* 8:00 Wake up at – Last minute packing – 8:30 Meet up with everyone – 8:30 Drive to LAX – 9:30 Arrive at LAX – Get through Airport Check-In – 3:35 Take Off

Day 1 **Dec 20th**: *Arriving there* at 4:30 Land at Haneda Airport – Get through customs – Go to Hotel – rest

Day 2 **Dec 21st**: Shinkansen to Hakodate in the morning 9:36 – 1:33

Tropical Botanical Garden- Afternoon

Day 3 **Dec 22nd**:Hakodate

Hakodate Morning Market – Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse – Goryokaku – Mt. Hakodate Observatory – end

Day 4 **Dec 23rd**: Check out Hakodate – Shinkansen to Osaka connecting through Tokyo Station 12:48-17:04 ————– 18:03 – 21:09 OR 10:21-18:27 – Get to Hotel – End

\*Day 5 **Dec 24th**: Osaka

Universal Studios Japan

Day 6 **Dec 25th** Osaka

Dotonbori – Ebisu tower – America-mura – Jump Shop – Pokemon Center – Umeda Sky Building

\*Day 7 **Dec 26th**: Osaka

Namba Parks – Namba Yasaka Shrine – Nipponbashi – Shitennoji – Shinsekai – Abeno Harukas

Day 8 **Dec 27th**: Check out of Osaka and head to Kyoto – Hotel – Gion District – Yasaka Shrine – Higashiyama Ward –

Day 9 **Dec 28th**: Nishiki Market – Head to Nara – Deer Park – Head back to Kyoto hotel

~~Day 10~~ **~~Dec 29th~~**~~: Check out of Kyoto – Shinkansen to Nagoya – Ghibli Park – Shinkansen to Tokyo~~

Day 11 **Dec 30th**: Tokyo, Ikebukuro Evangelion Store – Sunshine Outlet – Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo – Planetarium – Sunshine Aquarium – Observation Deck

Day 12 **Dec 31st**

\*Day 13 **Jan 1st**:Tokyo, Asakusa Nakamise Street – Senso-ji Temple –

Day 14 **Jan 2nd**:Tokyo, Shibuya Hachikō Memorial Statue – Shibuya Scramble Crossing – Katsumidori Seibu Shibuya – MEGA Don Quijote Shibuya – Shibuya Parco – Takeshita Street –

\*Day 15 **Jan 3rd**:Tokyo, Mitaka/Shinjuku Ghibli Museum – Nakano Broadway – Kabukichō – Omoide-Yokochō

Day 16 **Jan 4th**: Tokyo, Akihabara GiGO Akihabara 4 – Akihabara Radio Kaikan – Akihabara Gamers – Kotobukiya – Super Potato – Akiba Cultures Zone – Bic Camera – Mandarake

Day 17 **Jan 5th**: Tokyo – Whatever we want to go back to in Tokyo 8:55 pm Leave at Haneda Airport –

**Hotels:** Hakodate: Yumoto Takubokutei

Osaka: Kamon Hotel

Kyoto:

Tokyo:

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Still, in the midst of planning and just had a couple of questions, but for some reason, I had to post my research.

As a tourist what else is there to do during new years eve besides the temples and whatnot? It is just going to be a dead day is there any place that is open what I’ve heard is that most places close on new years day and eve.

Also if anyone has had any experience with this, how do you get tickets for the Ghibli Park located in Nagoya as a foreign tourist? I’ve researched that tickets are available to purchase through a lottery system but I need an address in Japan to make an account to sign up for the lottery. I really wanted to go but it seems like it’s going to be a bust.

Looking through my itinerary is there anything wrong with it? Personally, I don’t see anything but it’s always a good idea to get a different view from it especially if they know the place a lot better than me and my friends.

Underrated places to visit in Hakodate, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, and Tokyo?

Overrated places that aren’t the hype to skip?

Local foods of the area that is a must try/Restaurants in the area to try?

Sorry for the bombardment of questions it’s just that I haven’t been since I was a kid and I never planned anything like this so I’m very new to this kind of thing.

Any advice is appreciated and welcomed. Thank you