Hello! Would appreciate if anyone can give feedback about my itinerary and answer my queries.
1) Am I spending the right amount of time for each places? I don’t like rushed or slow trips.
2) I’m thinking of getting the Fuji Hakone Pass (27 Feb – 1 Mar) & JR Rail Pass (1 Mar – 7 Mar) & IC Card. Is this worth it?
3) Japan’s Temperature in late Feb / early March will be 5 – 10°C. What type of winter clothing should I bring?
24 Feb: –> Tokyo
9AM – 5PM: Flight
5.05PM – 7.30PM: Admin Work + Hotel
7.30PM – 9PM: Explore Surrounding Area
25 Feb: Tokyo
8AM – 9AM: Your Name Areas (Yotsuya Station, Suga Shrine)
9.30AM – 11AM: Meiji Shrine, Yoyogi Park
11AM – 1PM: Harajuku (Takeshita Street)
1PM – 2PM: Harajuku (Cat Street: Takeshita Street –> Shibuya)
2PM – 9PM: Shibuya (Hachiko, Shibuya Crossing, PARCO, 109, Adores Game Center)
26 Feb: Tokyo
8AM – 11AM: Asakusa (Sensoji Temple, Nakamise Shopping Street, Shin-Nakamise Shopping Street)
11.30AM – 2PM: Ueno (Ameyokocho)
2PM Р9PM: Akihabara (Square Enix Caf̩, Radio Kaikan, Mandarake, Animate, GAMERS, Akiba Culture Zone, TAITO Station)
27 Feb Tokyo –> Hakone
7AM – 8AM: Hotel –> Shinjuku Station
8AM – 9.30AM: Shinjuku Station –> Hakone-Yumoto Station
10AM – 10.30AM: Luggage Storage at Hotel
10.30AM – 11AM: Hakone Ropeway: Gora –> Sounzan –> Owakudani
11AM – 1PM: Owakudani
1PM – 1.30PM: Hakone Ropeway: Owakudani –> Togendai
1.30PM – 2.30PM: Hakone Sightseeing Cruise: Togendai –> Moto-Hakone
2.30PM – 4PM: Hakone Shrine
4PM – 5PM: Old Tokaido Road: Moto-Hakone –> Amazake Chaya
5PM – 5.30PM: Amazake Chaya
28 Feb: Hakone –> Kawaguchiko
8AM – 11AM: Hakone –> Kawaguchiko
11AM – 11.30AM: Luggage Storage at Hotel
12PM – 2PM: Mount Fuji Panoramic Ropeway (Tenjozan Park)
3PM – 4PM: Saiko Iyashi no Sato Nenba
5.30PM – 7.30PM: Arakurayama Sengan Park (Arakurayama Sengan Shrine, Chureito Pagoda)
8PM – 8.30PM: Admin Work + Hotel
1 Mar: Kawaguchiko –> Hiroshima
8AM – 11AM: Oshino Hakkai
12PM – 3PM: Gotemba
3.30PM – 9PM: Gotemba –> Hiroshima
9PM – 9.30PM: Admin Work + Hotel
2 Mar: Hiroshima (Miyajima)
8AM – 9.30AM: Hiroshima –> Miyajima
9.30AM – 10.30AM: Omotesando Shopping Street
10.30AM – 11AM: Five-Story Pagoda
11AM – 12PM: Itsukushima Shrine
12PM – 4PM: Daisho-in Temple, Mount Misen
4PM – 4.30PM: Momijidani Park
4.30PM – 5PM: Itsukushima Shrine
5PM – 6.30PM: Miyajima –> Hiroshima
6.30PM – 8PM: Hondori Street (Okonomimura)
3 Mar: Hiroshima –> Kyoto
8AM – 11AM: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Atomic Bomb Dome, Children’s Peace Monument)
11.30AM – 2.30PM: Hiroshima –> Kyoto
2.30PM – 3PM: Admin Work + Hotel
3.30PM – 5.30PM: Maruyama Park (Chion-in Temple, Yasaka Shrine)
5.30PM – 7PM: Hanamikoji Street
7PM – 8PM: Gion (Pontocho Alley)
8PM – 9PM: Kamogawa River
4 Mar: Kyoto
(Kiyomizudera is not open at night)
8AM – 11AM: Fushimi Inari Taisha
11.30AM – 1PM: Nishiki Market
1.30PM – 3PM: Kiyomizudera Temple
3PM – 6PM : Sannenzaka, Ninnenzaka (Starbucks), Hokanji Temple
6PM – 7PM: Kodaiji Temple
OR
(Kiyomizudera is open at night)
8AM – 11AM: Fushimi Inari Taisha
11.30AM – 2.30PM: Nishiki Market, Teramachi Shopping Street
3PM – 6PM: Higashiyama (Sannenzaka, Ninnenzaka), Hokanji Temple
6PM – 7PM: Kodaiji Temple
7.30PM – 9PM: Kiyomizudera Temple
5 Mar: Kyoto (Osaka)
8AM – 8.30AM: Kyoto –> Osaka
9AM – 11.30AM: Osaka Castle
12PM – 3PM: Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
3.30PM – 9PM: Shinsaibashi-suji Shopping District, Amerikamura, Dotonbori
9PM – 10PM: Osaka –> Kyoto
6 Mar: Kyoto
8AM – 9AM: Arashiyama (Bamboo Groves)
9AM – 9.30AM: Arashiyama (Okochi Sanso Villa)
9.30AM – 11AM: Arashiyama (Tenryuji Temple)
11.30AM – 12PM: Arashiyama (Tongetsukyo Bridge)
12PM – 1.30PM: Arashiyama (Itawayama Monkey Park)
2PM – 3.30PM: Kitano Tenmangu Shrine
4PM – 5PM: Kinkakuji Temple
7 Mar: Kyoto (Nara) –> Tokyo
8AM – 9AM: Kyoto –> Nara
9AM – 11AM: Kofukuji Temple, Isuien Garden, Todaiji Temple
12PM – 3PM: Nara Deer Park, Mount Wakakusa, Kasuga Taisha
3PM – 5PM: Higashimuki Shopping Street & Mochiidono Shopping Arcade (Nakatanidou)
5.30PM – 9.30PM: Nara –> Tokyo
9.30PM – 10PM: Admin Work + Hotel
8 Mar: Tokyo (Yokohama)
8AM – 9AM: Tokyo –> Yokohama
10AM – 12PM: Cup Noodle Museum
12PM – 1.30PM: Red Brick Warehouse
1.30PM – 2PM: Yamashita Park
2PM – 4PM: Gundam Factory
4.30PM – 6PM: Chinatown
6.30PM – 9PM: Minato Mirai 21
9 Mar: Tokyo
8AM – 9.30AM: Tsukiji Outer Market
9.30AM – 2PM: Ginza (GINZA SIX, Uniqlo)
2.30PM – 9PM: Ikebukuro (Sunshine City, Otome Road)
10 Mar: Tokyo –>
8AM – 2PM: Tokyo Skytree (Kirby Cafe)
4PM – 6PM: Narita Airport
6PM – 2AM: Flight
2 comments
I would change the order of Kawaguchiko and Hakone (but yes it would not work with the Fuji Hakone Pass). It will be easier to get to the shinkansen from Hakone. And not totally sur why Gotemba on the way to Hiroshima, if for shopping, you can do it between Hakone and Kawaguchiko. And if you decide to stick with the order you have, then just take the bus from Kawaguchiko to Mishima station to get on the shinkansen. Or do you plan to take the bus to Gotamba station then the Gotemba line toe Shizuoka, that way you would only use your two pass ? Yes, can work but will be a long ride. If you are fine with it, then I can see hot it can make sense.
AS there is no direct train from Nara to Tokyo, it could make more sense to switch that day and the Arashiyama day for example, that could split the train a bit on who days, well, if it matter to you.
Miyajima is one of my absolute most special places / memories in my life. Completly magical place. We were there during summer, so lots of tourists during the day. But the key was staying overnight. Woke up early the next morning, before the first ferry got in. The village is totally silent, the only sound the little creek, with those tiny deer quietly moving about the shrines. I’ll never forget it.