Hoping to get some advice on our itinerary. We are first time travellers to Japan in our mid 20s. Some days are a bit ambitious but we don’t mind early mornings and really want to get the most out of our holiday. I’ve excluded meals and just included activities in this itinerary because we are mainly wanting advice on what to skip from what we’ve got and must-sees that we haven’t added. We’ve also purchased a JR Pass for travelling between cities
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|Day 1|Tokyo|Meiji Shrine, Harajuku, explore Shibuya |
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|Day 2|Tokyo|Disneyland|
|Day 3|Tokyo|Disneysea|
|Day 4|Tokyo|Senso-ji Temple, Tokyo Skytree, Akhibara at night|
|Day 5|Tokyo|TeamLab Planets, Joypolis, Tokyo Art Aquarium |
|Day 6|Tokyo – Nikko Day Trip|Toshogu Shrine, Kegon Falls and Akechidaira Plateau Ropeway|
|Day 7|Tokyo –> Hakone|Arrive in Hakone around 10am, spend day at Yunessun Spa Resort|
|Day 8|Day in Hakone. Evening travel to Kyoto|Hakone shrine, Lake Ashi, Mt Fuji viewpoints. Travel to Kyoto, visit Yasaka shrine at night|
|Day 9|Kyoto|Fushimi Inari Shrine, Nishiki Markets, Yasaka Pagoda|
|Day 10|Kyoto. Evening travel to Osaka|Traditional Starbucks, Kiyomizu-dera temple, Ginkakuji temple, Gion. Travel to Osaka that evening |
|Day 11|Osaka – Nara Day Trip|Todai-ji temple, Nara park. Return to Osaka city, Umeda Sky Building, Dotonbori, Shinsekai |
|Day 12|Osaka|Universal Studios|
|Day 13|Osaka –> Tokyo|Flight home from Haneda|
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Day 6 : not impossible, but I would suggest going either the temple/shrine area or the lake Chuzenji (kehon Falls) area. Would be much better to do one day for each.
Day 7 : you sure you are going to spend all day in Yunessun ? at most you can stay 15-20 minutes in the hot water before you have to take a break and there is just so much time you want to spend it hot water.
Day 10 : If you do Yasaka Pagoda, you are just a couple of minutes walk from the starbucks and Kiyomizu-dera, so those could be done on day 9.