Hi friends,
I was hoping you could help out in adding/removing/suggesting activities and places for our below itinerary. We wanted to book hotels in a maximum of 3 places, hence the long stay in Tokyo. Any suggestion helps!
April 5th – Tokyo
Arrive at airport. Send luggage to hotel. Pick ip SIM card/Portable Wifi. Get coins. Activate JR Pass. Check into hotel. Purchase Suica card. Stay up as late as possible to avoid jet lag.
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April 6th – Tokyo
Meguro – Meguro river walk, cherry blossom viewing
Shibuya – Shibuya crossing, Hachiko statue, Meiji Jingu, shibuya sky
Takeshita Street
Ebisu Yokocho
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April 7th – Tokyo
Ginza (no cars on sat) – Pokemon Center; Uniqlo, Ginza six
Tokyo Skytree
Dinner with a view q
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April 8th – Tokyo
Roppongi Hills – Mori Tower (view and shopping), Mori Art Museum, teamLab Borderless
Marunouchi – ramen street, character street, kitchen street
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April 9th – Kyoto
Arrive in Kyoto
Rent bikes
Explore Gion (see geishas at 5 or 6 pm)
Pontocho area for restaurants
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April 10th – Kyoto
Kiyomizu-dera
Kyoto Tatami Starbucks
Yasaka Shrine
Maruyama Park
aFushimi Inari Shrine- (early morning or late evening)
Nishiki Market
Higashi Honganji Temple
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April 11th – Kyoto (Day Trip to Osaka)
Arrive in Osaka
Get Osaka Amazing Pass (?)
Shinsaibashi street & Ontonbori
Tennoji Observatory
Amerikanamuri
Back to Kyoto
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April 12th – Kyoto
Arashiyama Bamboo Forest & Tenyru-ji Temple
Sagano Romantic Train
Famous Kinkakuji Temple
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April 13th – Kyoto (Day trip to Nara)
Kofuku-ji temple
Isuien Garden
Todai-ji Temple
Nara Deer Park and Mt. Wakakusa
Fushimi Inari-taisha shrine
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April 15th – Kyoto
Whatever is left to see in Kyoto
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April 16th – Kyoto
Maybe Kobe?
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April 17th – Kanazawa
Tsuzumi-mon Gate
Omicho Market
Higashi Chaya District
Kenrokuen Gardens
Kanazawa Castle Park
Museum of Contemporary Art
Oyama Shrine
Nagamachi Samurai District
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April 18th – Kanazawa & Shirakawa-Go
Explore Shirakawa-go.
Night in Kanazawa
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April 19th – Back to Tokyo
Arrive in Tokyo
Ameyoko Shopping Street
Dinner in Akihabara (Otaku center of Tokyo)
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April 20th – Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Ueno Park
Tokyo National Museum
Asakusa – Senso-ji temple, Nakamise street
Shinjuku – Shinjuku Gyoen, Omoide Yokocho, Kabukicho (night)
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April 21st – Tokyo
Ghibili museum
Omoide Yokocho
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April 22nd – Tokyo
Akihabara – Nakano broadway
Yanaka Ginza
Tsukiji – outer market (Kitsuneya)
Tsukishima – Monja street
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April 22nd
Mt. Fuji Lakes Tour + Chureito Pagoda
April 23rd to 25th – Tokyo
Whatever is left