Hey hey, everybody!
My girlfriend, a mutual friend of ours, and me (3 of us in total) are going on our first trip in Japan – we love modern culture, as well as historical sites.
We do have some days that are not planned too much – perhaps an Onsen visit that must be tattoo friendly (thanks, Gundam)
Also, worth mentioning – hotels are already booked in the cities mentioned (except Nagoya, Yokohama and Nara, those are temporary locations)
All advice is very much appreciated!
Here’s the preliminary plan (If an item has a (?) – we’re not sure where should we go):
1 day
• Arrival at Haneda Airport late afternoon
2 day
• Yokohama Gundam factory
• (?) A walk through Yokohama for a little bit to see how it looks at night
• Heading to Osaka
3 day
• Osaka castle
• Some shopping centers, since we plan to exchange gifts.
• City tour, exploring food places.
• General tourist hotspots
4 day
• Universal studios park (very likely a full day)
5 day
• Miyajima
6 day
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial
• Go to Kyoto – we’re definitely looking for an onsen there.
• Walk around Kyoto at night
7 day
• Emperor’s palace
• Kinkaku-ji
8 day
• Bamboo forest
• Nara park
• (?) Little walk around the Nara itself.
9 day
• Not planned at all – Kyoto
10 day
• Nagoya, we wish to ride the Steel Dragon 2000 (?)
• Heading to Tokyo
11 day
• Preparing for New Year celebration.
• Hitting local temples.
• Maid / animal cafes?
• New Years celebration in one of the temples (not yet decided)
12 day
• Tokyo Skytree.
• Akihabara, Shinjuku, Shibuya
13 day
• Gundam base Tokyo
• Not much planned after or before that other than just walking around.
14 day
• First half of the day is not planned.
• Flight back home (evening)
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Looking forward to your thoughts and suggestions!
1 comment
Your plan is pretty similar to mine. I’m leaving on dec 10. Was planning to hit up almost all the places you mentioned. Have you thought about Mt. Fuji. I was thinking of going to it but not sure if weather good in December to see it.