Hi Everyone, I am going to Japan for the first time with my boyfriend in April and a couple of our friends. I already booked some places and am trying to figure out how many restaurants or cafes I should book, like the pokemon cafe that is required a month in advance. I would love to hear some tips from people that have gone to Japan recently. This is my itinerary for the 10 days I will be there
10th – Head to Osaka
11th – Head to the island to go to Naruto Theme Park/ Godzilla zip line, Hello kitty smiles if possible
12th -Cup of Noodles Museum, Ferris Wheel, and Osaka Castle head to Kyoto ( Shinkansen takes 14 mins to get to Kyoto
Kyoto/Nagoya 12th-14th
12th-settle in the hotel and explore Kyoto at night
13th- Head to Nagoya at 9 a.m. to Studio Ghibli/ head back to Kyoto
14th- Ask the hotel if they can transfer my bags to Tokyo or go to Station to do so-Kichi Kichi Omurice, explore the famous Nishiki market, visit some shrines, and go to the castle/ /Head to Tokyo arrive before 9
Shinkansen from Kyoto to Tokyo is 2 hrs and 30 mins
Tokyo 14th-18th
14th Settle in Shibuya and explore the city at night. Clubbing? night market
15th Puroland/ Crane games Harajuku
* Kawaii Zoo Cafe Harajuku
16th- Akhibara
* Maid or butler cafe?
* Crane games
* Anime stores
17th-Disney Land Sea
18th-Tokyo tower, Harajuku
* Pokemon cafe
Osaka 19th-Universal/night train to Tokyo
* Pokemon cafe or Jojo ramen if we didn’t on the first trip
20th- bear museum – leave to go to the airport
4 comments
Why are you doing Osaka, then Tokyo, then Osaka again, then Tokyo again?
Nagoya is on the way from Kyoto to Tokyo so it makes much more sense to (try) to get tickets to the Ghibli theme park on the 14th. Check out of the hotel in Kyoto, travel to Nagoya for Ghibli Theme park, when done at park, continue onwards to Tokyo for hotel checkin. This way you don’t lose a day of sightseeing in Kyoto itself.
OP, this itinerary is all over the place. Why are you starting in Osaka, going to Kyoto, to Nagoya, back to Kyoto, then to Tokyo only to go back to Osaka and then back again to Tokyo?
Go to Osaka, stay in Osaka the entire time and get the train from there to Kobe/Awaji. Do the USJ while you’re here and then do a day trip to Kyoto. Then take the train from Osaka to Nagoya and then from Nagoya to Tokyo and stay there until you have to leave.
Your itinerary as it is is way too convoluted and wastes so much time just sitting on trains for no reason. If you bought the JR pass and are trying to make it worth it, just do a day trip to Hiroshima from Osaka and it’ll pay off.
Me and my boyfriend are leaving the 20th but our other friends are leaving the 17th so we wanted to be back in Tokyo so they can leave. We got separate flights and I had to get a new one in the 20th instead of the 18th. It was very strange that they cancelled our flight so early on but I thought it would be nice to explore more.