Hi I am from india and I have planned my first International trip to japan from April 4 – April 20. A friend of mine will be traveling from canada and join me in Japan and we planned to start the trip after our reunion in narita. I will post my detailed itinerary. Please let me know if it’s doable
April 5, 2023 (stay 5th )
Arrival in Narita international airport
Check in to hotel. take rest.
April 6, 2023 (stay 6th to 10th )
Head to Osaka (stay near namba station )
Visit Osaka castle, Kaiyukan aquarium and teams lab
April 7, 2023
Day-tour in Nara
travel by train
Sightseeing to deer park and Todaiji temple
Return to Osaka by train
Shopping at Shinsaibashi.
April 8, 2023
day-tour in Arashiyama, Kyoto
return to osaka by train.
Take a view in Tempozan ferry wheel.
April 9, 2023
Day-tour in Kyoto
Visit Fushimi inari temple/daikakuji temple/ kinkaku-ji
Transit to and fro Osaka by train.
April 10, 2023
Whole day visit at Universal studio
April 11, 2023
Day-tour to Hiroshima
Visit itsukushima shrine/peace memorial park/koko-En.
Arrival at Gion, Kyoto. (Stay 11th and 12th)
April 12, 2023 ( stay at Gion )
Sight-seeing in Gion.
Participate in a tea party, rest & relax.
April 13, 2023 (stay 13th and 14th)
Arrival at hakone by train (staying at ryokan)
hot springs and chill
April 14, 2023
Visit lake kawakachi/ ride in rope car.
April 15, 2023 (stay 15th to 20th )
Arrival at tokyo (staying in Shinjuku )
Visit asakusa/ teams lab.
Trainsit by train
April 16, 2023
Visit to ashikaga flower park. And sightseeing in Shinjuku.
Transit by train
April 17, 2023
Whole day at Disney land
April 18, 2023
Sight-seeing at sunshine city/nanako broadway, Akihabara and harajuku
April 19, 2023
Visit gibili studio museum
Return to hotel to pack
April 20, 2023
Departure from Narita international Airport.
I am sorry if the itinerary is messy this is my first time making it and I did my best please let me know in the comment section for changes
2 comments
Plane tickets are crazy rn
In general it looks doable though you’d want to temper expectations on how many activities you’ll be able to do in a single day.
> April 6, 2023 (stay 6th to 10th )
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> Head to Osaka (stay near namba station ) Visit Osaka castle, Kaiyukan aquarium and teams lab
Tokyo to Osaka will take around 3 hours, so you will have only the afternoon and evening to visit all three sites. Plus you’ll be dealing with travel fatigue from the flight and train ride. Be prepared to drop one or two / move to another day.
> April 8, 2023 day-tour in Arashiyama, Kyoto return to osaka by train. Take a view in Tempozan ferry wheel.
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> April 9, 2023 Day-tour in Kyoto Visit Fushimi inari temple/daikakuji temple/ kinkaku-ji Transit to and fro Osaka by train.
Why not move USJ and Hiroshima to these days, then transfer to Kyoto on the 10th, stay there 3 days and visit all Kyoto sites then?
You might also consider staying the whole time either in Osaka or Kyoto since the trip is less than an hour each way.
At any rate, your Hiroshima day will be very long and I would caution against checking into a new hotel at the end of it.
> April 14, 2023 Visit lake kawakachi/ ride in rope
Did you mean Lake Kawaguchi? You could consider proceeding to Tokyo from here instead of going back to Hakone.
> April 15, 2023 (stay 15th to 20th ) Arrival at tokyo (staying in Shinjuku ) Visit asakusa/ teams lab. Trainsit by train
> April 18, 2023 Sight-seeing at sunshine city/nanako broadway, Akihabara and harajuku
Best tip I got from this sub is to mark the locations you want to go into a Google Map so that you visit adjacent areas in one day, and not backtrack on different days. For example, try to visit Asakusa, Akihabara (and maybe Ueno) on one day, Shibuya with Harajuku, Nakano Broadway coming back from Ghibli Museum, etc. otherwise you will waste time traveling across the city and navigating the train stations.
Also, hopefully by April, Ghibli tickets can be available to foreign buyers; otherwise, someone recently had gotten them through their hotel concierge so you may want to look into that.