Hey everyone, we are travelling to Japan on the 17th are are hoping to nab some last minute tips / suggestions / alterations to our itinerary! All the hotels are booked and some of the activities are locked in but part the Tokyo part especially is very free form. We are an early 20s couple looking for a bit of culture shock, beautiful temples/gardens, theme parks, food, and drinks. Thanks in advance!
Friday March 17:
Hotel: Namba Osaka
* Arrive Tokyo Haneda at 5am. Get pocket wifi, suica, train to Osaka.
* Explore around hotel / dotonburi / go to konbini / donquiote for some essentials
Saturday March 18:
* Morning:
* Osaka Castle, Americamura
* Evening:
* More food walking around dotonburi /shinsekai, Teamlabs Botanical Garden
Sunday March 19:
* Morning
* Umeda Sky
* Afternoon / Evening
* USJ from 3pm (1.5 day pass)
Monday March 20:
* Day
* USJ
Tueday March 21:
* Himeji day trip
* Castle, Garden
* Evening
* Birthday dinner
Wednesday March 22:
* Nara (Shrine, Deer)
* Leaving Nara to kyoto, check into hotel and walk around central kyoto
Thursday March 23:
Hotel: Kyoto Station
* Morning
* Eikan-Do
* Nanzen-Ji
* Keage Incline
* Afternoon:
* Sanneizaka
* Kiyomizu-dera
* Evening Gion
Friday March 24:
* Day
* Early to Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
* Tenryu-Ji
* Iwatayama Monkey Park
* Evening
* Fushimi Inari shrine
Saturday March 25:
* Morning
* Transit to Ryokan in Hakone
Sunday March 26:
* Day
* Transit to Fujikawaguchiko
* Bike around lake
* Ropeway view
Monday March 27:
* Day
* Fuji Q
Tueday March 28:
* Transit to Tokyo
The Tokyo portion is not well attributed to days yet.
28th – 4th
Hotel: Shimbashi
* Team labs planets, Shibuya crossing, Shinjuku bars / food, Tokyo view (sky tree + government buiilding?), Joypolis, Tokyo dome city, Sensoji and surronding markets, Ichiran ramen, Yakitori, Ueno Park Shrine, Owl cafe Harajuku, Omoide Yokocho alley, Memory lane, Golden gai, Akihabara, Ginza shopping
Leave 4th of April from Haneda at 10pm.
Thanks for reading, a few questions:
* Any glaring issues with the attributing of activities to days? Our Osaka days are pretty chill but perhaps the Kyoto ones might be a bit much?
* Will it be easy/possible to transit through nara to kyoto? Leaving our suitcases at Nara station for the day?
* Using the calculators online for the rail pass it doesnt appear to work out to be worth it for us given how spread out our longer transit journeys are, am I missing anything?
* We missed on on fast passes for USJ (wanted to go on the 20th specifically for my birthday), any suggestions for maximising our chances of getting a entry time for Super Mario World?
* Please share any suggestions for Tokyo to fill out our week!