Hi guys,
Me and a couple of friends (five in total) are going to Japan around May for 14 days and was planning on seeing as much as we can. We are all inexperienced travellers and it was our first time planning a trip. This sub was great to find out tips, general advices and other personal experiences. Itd be great to get sum advice on our itinerary, as we do have doubts, it be nice to hear some personal advices from experiecned Japan travellers!
TOKYO
DAY 1 – Sunday May 21
11:20 AM – gang arrival
SANRIO PUROLAND (while waiting for butter)
3:25 PM – butter brudders arrival
WALKING AROUND
DAY 2 – Monday May 22
10:00 AM – Imperial Palace – 1.5 hours
11:30 AM – Buy Food + Subway to DisneySea
12:30 PM – DisneySea *YOU CAN BRING IN FOOD* / getting wet
9:00 PM – Eat Dinner?
DAY 3 – Tuesday May 23
10:00 AM – Teamlab (3hours)
12:00 pm Shibuya shopping
Sunset – Shibuya Sky
LAUNDRYYY SAVE MONEY USE THE MOST OF IT (THE AIRBNB)
Day 4 – Wednesday May 24
10:00 AM – Studio Ghibli – 4 hours
2:00 PM – Pokemon Center DX – 1-2 hours
Akihabara (Weebs) (maid / macho cafe) – Rest of the frickin day
OSAKA
Day 5 – Thursday May 25
Shinkansen (Bullet Train) from Tokyo to Nara (2.5 Hrs)
Nara stuff
Tōdai-ji
Kasuga-taisha
Nara Park
Nara → Osaka (bullet train)
check-in
Dotonbori (evening)
Day 6 – Friday May 26
Nintendo World (Universal Studios JP)
KYOTO
Day 7 – Saturday May 27
Zen Garden Train (osaka to kyoto) (Osaka-umeda station)
Kiyomizu-dera (castle)
Ninenzaka and sannenka
Yasaka shrine
Maruyama Park
Rent a bike?
Day 8 – Sunday May 28
Arashiyama Bamboo Forest (early)
Sagona romantic train
Kinkakuji Temple (Gold)
Arashiyama Bamboo Forest (night)
Day 9 – Monday May 29
Fushimi Inari shrine
Nishiki Market
Day 10 – Tuesday May 30
Kyoto to ryokan (location: tbd)
Aiming to arrive in afternoon
TOKYO
Day 11 – Wednesday May 31
Go back to tokyo
Day 12 – Thursday June 1
5:00 AM – Toyosu market (chris 5am byebye)
Cup noodle museum
Day 13 – Friday June 2
Relax, walk around, visit local stores
Day 14
airport
Hotels have been booked. We were also going to book a ryoken for a night in Kyoto and recommendations would be great. Any recommendation of favourite restaurants in different cities would be amazing!