I’ve been planning since 2019 (trip March 2020 was cancelled) and feel like I am at the end of what I can think through on my own. Seeking ease/efficiency, things like trying not to move hotels too much. I enjoy walking around, hiking, seeing nature/animals, eating, and arts/craft/sewing stuff. Not planning to do anime/technology shopping, but am taking a private craft store tour in Kyoto and would love to do something other traditional craft type tour or class.
Tried to calculate if the JR pass made sense, but couldn’t figure out the Bunny Island leg.
Arriving to Hiroshima after a 15 hour flight, and then taking the train back up to Tokyo with stops along the way.
## March 28: flight to Hiroshima
## March 29: Arrive Hiroshima 7:30 pm
## Hiroshima 2 nights
* Buy the Kansai-Hiroshima Area Pass
* Hiroshima sightseeing
* Peace Park
* Shukkeien Garden
* Day trip to Miyajima
* Ferry from Hiroshima peace park – approx 45 minutes one way, 3,600 yen round trip
## Bunny Island
* March 31: Hiroshima to Bunny Island
* check out of Hiroshima hotel by 11 am
* Takes about 3 hours to travel from Hiroshima to Bunny Island
* Walk around island, see bunnies and ruins, eat dinner at hotel, sento.
* Overnight at hotel on Ōkunoshima (Bunny Island)
* April 1: Bunny Island to Kyoto
* Eat breakfast at hotel, see bunnies in the morning, casual walk around
* approx 3-4 hours travel time to Kyoto
* **Should I attempt a Himeji Castle stop or is this too ambitious?**
# Kyoto – Apr 1 – Apr 5
* April 1, Saturday
* walk around, see cherry blossoms, try to avoid crowds LOL,
* maybe Fushimi Inari Shrine in the evening
* April 2, Sunday:
* Flea Markets
* APRIL 2 – To-ji Temple on the first Sunday of the month, when a smaller scaled market specializing in only antiques is held. The temple can be reached by walking 2 minutes from To-ji Station, or 12 minutes from[ Kyoto Station](https://en.compathy.net/magazine/2016/10/30/kyoto-station-travel-guide/).
* In an area which houses several cultural institutions, such as the Kyoto Concert Hall and the Botanical garden, another handicraft market is held regularly. It’s set up once a month on the modern-looking premises of the Garden of Fine Arts. Join the locals who bustle at Kitayama Craft Garden – a flea market that puts a focus on art and crafts. 1st Sunday each month (except January and October)**,** [Kyoto Garden of Fine Arts](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Garden+of+Fine+Arts/@35.0506555,135.7632541,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6001081c3eee1555:0x227999c66c2b289f!8m2!3d35.0506555!4d135.7654428)**, Hours:** 10:00 – 16:00
* April 3 Monday:
* Private craft store tour
* Extra time shopping
* Walk Philosopher’s Path
* Miyako Odori at the Kyoto MINAMIZA Theatre
* April 4 Tuesday or 5 Wednesday morning:
* Things I want to do in order of importance, can do other days if there is time, or it makes better sense:
* Fushimi Inari Shrine
* Nara ½ day trip (or shorter?)
* Tea Ceremony
* Kyoto Imperial Palace: book a free, guided tour
* Nijo Castle
* Kinkakuji Temple (Gold Temple) – good for photos but crowded. Go early in the morning. Might be one to skip.
* April 5: later in the day – Travel from Kyoto to Disney Area
* check out by 11 am – send bags ahead to Hotel and stay in Kyoto for the day.
* Travel from Kyoto to Tokyo: just under 3 hours.
## Tokyo Disneyland, 2 nights?
* April 5 – Disney After 6 Pass
* Check into hotel
* Buy after 6 pass at conbini if I am not too tired
* April 6 – Disney TokyoSea
* All day
* Show up 60-30 minutes before the park opens
* April 7 Disney to Tokyo
* Leave fairly early, send bags ahead to hotel or take on train with me?
## Tokyo April 7-12 – staying near Shimbashi Station
* April 7: Shinjuku area
* Bunka school store and museum (Shinjuku)
* Shinjuku Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building – free view of the Tokyo skyline
* Shinjuku Gyoen
* Walk this route in reverse: Shinjuku -> Meiji Jingu -> Yoyogi Park -> Harajuku / Ometesando / Cat Street / Aoyama -> Shibuya
* Shibuya Crossing
* April 8-10: Tokyo Sightseeing
* I really have not been able to strictly plan out my time in Tokyo, and if I don’t have reservations, I wonder if it matters very much. But I don’t want to plan so poorly that I end up criss-crossing all over the city and wasting time.
* Tsukiji fish market -> (train to) Asakusa for Senso Ji -> Tokyo Skytree (or, my recommended alternative, the Asahi building) – > Akihabara (could possibly fit the Imperial Palace in)
* Vague ideas for tourism:
* Tsukiji fish market
* Senso-ji Temple
* Tokyo Skytree
* Imperial Palace / Garden
* Roppongi
* Future Museum
* Walk across Rainbow bridge
* April 11 – Nippori area
* Saitō Yu – public bath near fabric shopping area
* Fabric shopping! Nippori Fabric Town, Tomato Fabric
* Pack up all my bags for the trip home!
* April 12 – all the shopping and eating I didn’t get a chance to do yet, or want to do again
* April 12 – flight departs 4 pm Haneda airport