Hi JapanTravel please have a look at my draft itinerary any suggestions are welcome as a month is a long time and we are happy to change our plans or route.
Its my first time in Japan my partners second, we love food culture and a bit of shopping we are open to unique experiences and summer activities. I hope we are prepared for the hot weather it will take time to adjust but we are fit and healthy so keeping hydrated and cool we understand is vital.
There are some empty parts to the itinerary as it is a lot to plan every single day so will have these as free days or suggestions for day trips etc.
Will only do first 15 days in this post as still planning lots.
The Other Part will be Osaka Hiroshima and 12 Days in tokyo
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# Itinerary:
Tokyo (4/7 – 6/7)
* Day 1 Arrive in Narita Airport @ 5:00 pm from New Zealand.
* Collect Suica Card
* Get about 40,000 yen out in cash from ATM
* Take Skyliner to Asakusa
* Walk to Hotel Tavinos and Check in
* Get some dinner close to Hotel
* Walk to Sensoji to see it at Night
* Day 2
* Walk to Sensoji again and see everything that in that area
* Asakusa-jinja Shrine
* Walk or Train to Skytree
* Train back to Tokyo Mational Museum \\
* Hoppy street or Cruise Boat for dinner.
* Day 3
* Possibly send baggage to Kyoto??(Keep 45L Pack for 3 Days in Hakone)
* Take Train Hakone (Do I Activate JR pass now??)
* Hire car and drive to accommodation either in Hakone or Closer to Fuji
* Explore Local Area
Hakone\\Fuji (6/7-9/7)
* Day 4
* Drive To 5th Station and stop at sites in the area
* Hire Jackets and warm clothing for climb.
* Start Climb in the afternoon.
* Sleep at station and climb for Sunsrise
* Day 5
* Climb down and return gear and drive car back to hotel
* Relax in Onsen
* Eat and Recover
* Day 6
* Drive Towards Aokigahara
* stop by lakes and shrines in the area
* Bat Cave Ice Cave etc
* Head Back towards Hakone Station to return car
* Take Train to Kyoto
* Arrive at accommodation
* Eat and Relax
Kyoto(9/7-14??-7)
* Day 7
* Hire Bikes and Explore area
* Kiyomizu-dera Temple
* Cylce around area and visit other shrines etc
* Day 8
* Train to Arashiyama and Monkey park
* Explore Area get lunch
* Day 9
* Free Day would like to do a day trip somewhere Nara or Nagoya?
* Day 10
* Free Day Relax
* Day 11
* Kyoto Imperial Palace
* Nijo castle
* Open to suggestions for this day or can swap with a free day
* Day 12
* Take Train to Osaka
* Set in accommodation and relax
* Explore Local Area
Osaka(15/7-19???/7)
* Day 13
* 2 Day Osaka Pass
* Do what we can on the osaka Pass
* Osaka Castle
* Dinner and Dotombori
* Day 14
* More Osaka Pass
* Osaka Aquarium
* Kuchu Teien
* Day 15
* Universal Studios
This is the rough first part of our itinerary and there are lots more we want to do but keeping it fairly flexible to see and do things the stuff that is here are the “must see” activates and locations.
Any suggestions and advice are welcome.
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