21 Nov – 25 Nov – 4 nights in **Tokyo** (hotel sunroute plaza shinjuku) – 594.79 eur
* Shinjuku
* Omoide Yokochō
* Golden Gai
* Gyoen National Garden
* Meiji Jingu
* Yoyogi Park
* Shibuya
* crossing
* view point to crossing
* Uobei Shibuya Dougenzaka restaurant
* others:
* Shiba Park
* teamLab Planets TOKYO
* rainbow bridge
* Imperial Palace
* Sensō-ji
25 Nov – 26 Nov – 1 night **Himeji** (Daiwa Roynet Hotel Himeji) – 89 eur
* 4 h train – do all the travel on this ‘off’ day
* Himeji Castle
26 Nov – 28 Nov – 2 nights **Osaka** (Centurion Hotel CEN Osaka Namba) – 211.70 eur
* Dotonbori
* Shinsaibashi-Suji Shopping Street
* Ebisu Bridge at night
* Shitennoji
* Shinsekai
* probably skip Universal Studios?
28 Nov – Dec 2 – 4 nights in **Kyoto** (Kyoto Ryokan The KINOE) – 1131.96 eur
* Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
* Tenryu-ji
* Nishiki Market
* Kiyomizu-dera
* Hokan-ji
* Higashiyama Ward
* Higashiyama Jisho-ji
* Maruyama Park
* Fushimi Inari Taisha
Dec 2 – Dec 3 – 1 night in **Nara** (Tenpyo Ryokan) – 110 eur
* Nara park
Dec 3 – Dec 4 – 1 day somewhere with a view to Mt Fuji – 50 – 200 ?? eur
* Train back
* Fuji-Q Highland (if no universal studios)
* Lake Kawaguchi
Dec 4 – Dec 6 – 2 nights in **Tokyo** (Hotel JR-EAST HOTEL METS AKIHABARA) – 282.25 eur
* Akihabara
* ‘Joker’ day – undecided
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Food budget, \~100 eur per day
Hotel budget 597.79+89+211.7+1131.96+110+125+282.25 = 2547.7 / 15 = 169 eur per night \*(includes 4 dinners 4 breakfasts)
Transportation: 700 eur (JR Pass?)
Shopping: 500 eur
Total: 589 + 100\*16 + 2547.7 + 700 + 500 = 5936.7 eur
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I’m open to suggestions and reccomendations on:
* more places to visit or places to skip
* changing hotels
* budget check
* travel and JR pass advice
* where to stay on Dec 3 ? more days in Kansai? Mt Fuji?
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3 comments
If you wanted to reduce the number of times you change accommodation, Himeji can be easily visited as day trip from Osaka. Nara also makes a good day trip from Osaka or Kyoto, but I’d suggest staying overnight there as there’s a lot to see.
Maximum 7days pass if you can return toward Tokyo by day 7, and right now you are not. Pretty sure 14 days pass would be more expensive than individual tickets.
I would consider Fuji Q as a day trip from Tokyo, doing Nara-Kawaguchiko if far from ideal as it will be quite long.
Your food budget is about 4x my food budget, that is more than enough.
I’m now thinking, is it bad to stay 4 nights at a ryokan and the same one, with breakfast and dinner 4 times? Will I rather be free in the evenings after trying it twice? And eat different things
Maybe I should change my reservation in the Kyoto ryokan to just 2 nights and then get another place – although I won’t appreciate checking in and out and carrying bags