Hey everyone,
Could really use your help…
I’ve done my best to plan my gf and I’s trips and want to make sure it’s a special memory for her.
What’re your **favorite** things to do while visiting in the winter?
Tokyo (harajuku/shibya), Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Nara, and private Onsen on Lake Biwa are our main stops.
We’re most excited for street photography, immersing myself in the culture, and finding the best izakayas / bars / food stands.
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**Day 1**
* Arrive at Haneda (5:30am)
* Loadup Suico Card
*JR Pass Sheduling/exchange
* 7Eleven to withdraw cash and grab snacks 🙂
* Head to Shibuya Hotel and drop off luggage
* Walk around Shibuya and roam until we can check-in…
* Check in a hotel, rest up for 2-3 hours (2pm)
* head to Harajuku!
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**Day 2**
* 7am Tsukiji Fish Market Tour (with local who let’s you walk his Shiba!)
* Walk around, eat, shop
* 10am stop by Toyosu Fish Market
* 11am eat around there
* 12:30 – Team Lab Planets
** Free Time*
* Shinjuku – Golden Gai around 4-5pm?
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**Day 3**
* 8-9am Askausa (shops open at 10am)
* Check out Sensoji
* 11am stroll throgh Hoppy Street for some food
* 12:30pm Akihabara (Super Potato, Yodobashi Camera, stroll around and soak it in)
* Free time
* ship luggage to next hotel?
* 5:30pm Reservations for Sushi in Shibuya (15 min from hotel)
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**Day 4**
* Grab last breakfast before Kyoto
* Checkout at 11am
* Checkin Kyoto 3pm
* *Free afternoon*
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**Day 5**
* 9am Fushimi Inari Hidden Hiking Tour
(covers gates, hidden bamboo forest, shrine tour, etc)
* 2pm Higashiyama Historic District
* Follow this walking tour for Gion/Pontocho area? https://nerdnomads.com/gion-pontocho-kyoto#7_pontocho
* Find Dinner!
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**Day 6**
*Temple Tour Day:
– Kōdai-ji
– Kinkaku-ji (Golden Temple)
– Etc…
* Nishiki Market (food stalls, shops, etc)
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**Day 7**
* Day trip to Hiroshima
* Check out peace dome and surrounding area *^(really ^want ^to ^say ^ive ^seen ^this ^and ^soak ^it ^in. ^Just ^got ^back ^from ^Pearl ^Harbor ^and ^enjoy ^meaningful ^history*
* Lunch at Nagataya
* Stop by Kobe on way back to Kobe for dinner
* back to Kyoto
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**Day 8**
*Head to Yumotokan Ogoto Onsen for the night and chill…..relax and soak it all in!
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**Day 9**
* Head to Osaka
* Check-in at 3pm
* Free time…explore!
* Dottonbori night stroll
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**Day 10**
* Himeji Castle
* If Kobe didn’t happen on Day 7, stop by Kobe for a meal
* back to Osaka
* More food in Dottonbori
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**Day 11**
* Nara 1/2 Day Trip
* Rent E-bikes
* explore, feed deer, eat
* free time in afternoon for whatever
* Head back to Osaka
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**Day 12**
* Checkout Osaka
* Go to Toyohashi on train
* Go to Gemor Bar (rare open whiskey bar….)
* Head to Tokyo
* Check in Hirajuku 2pm
* Head to Omoide Yokocho?
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**Day 13**
* Shopping in Ginza
* 3:40pm Shibya Sky!
* Head to Shinjuku
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**Day 14**
* Free day to do anything we feel like we missed before heading to Thailand for a week..will be in Bangkok the whole time