Two Week Itinerary for Trip with Mom

Hey everyone. I wanted to share my itinerary and see if anyone has any recommendations/suggested alterations or criticism, warranted or otherwise. I cant change the dates for different cities as the hotels are already booked. I currently live in Tohoku and my mom is coming out to visit. Ill be taking two weeks from work to travel around with her. The second week of the trip is Golden Week. I have excluded the days for flights, picking up shinkansen passes, and the first few days in Tohoku where I will show her my town.

**Hiroshima**

**Monday, April 24th**

– Shinkansen Tohoku>Tokyo>Hiroshima (Allow about 8-9 hours travel time)
– Hotel and check in/drop off luggage
– Wing it for the night since you’ll likely be tired and grumpy
– Omichi Ramen for either lunch or dinner

**Tuesday, April 25th**

**City Day**

– Peace memorial museum and park
– Hiroshima Style Okonomiyaki for lunch
– Hiroshima Castle
– Shukkeien Garden and Tea Shop

**Wednesday, April 26th**

**Island Day**

– High speed ferry or do we take the train?
– Floating Torii Gate
– Explore the area
– Miyajima Ropeway?
– Saltwater eel restaurant lunch
– Sukiyaki dinner?

**Thursday, April 27th**

– Depart Hiroshima early

**Kyoto**

**Thursday, April 27th**

– Arrive Kyoto early/midday
– Nishiki Market in the early evening *open 930-6

**Friday, April 28th**

– Fushimi Inari Early in the morning to beat the crowds
– Lunch and a beer
– Train to Byodoin
– Check out temple and surrounding park, bridge, waterfront
– Tsuji Rihei Honten Kyoto Uji Main Shop for some Tea
– Train back and explore Gion for the night

**Saturday, April 29th**

– Kiyomizu Dera (opens at 6am, so arrive early)
– Short Tea Ceremony Experience 10 AM
– Lunch around 11:30
– Head to Northern Kyoto for different temples and shrines
– Arashayama to see bamboo forest

**Sunday, April 30th**

– Leave midday from Kyoto Station on Shinkansen

**Tokyo**

**Sunday, April 30th**

– Arrive at Tokyo Station
– Imperial Palace 🏯
– Hotel Check In
– Favorite brewery for dinner and drinks
– Cat Maid Cafe 🐈 (jk)
– Kurande Sake Market for unlimited sake 30 minutes
– Arcades, ramble around the neighborhood

**Monday, May 1st Shibuya and Shinjuku**

– Shibuya Scramble
– Pokemon Center
– Head to Shinjuku
– Yakiniku tabehodai and nomihodai
– Go out drinking (Golden Gai, Gojira, Kabukichyou)

**Tuesday, May 2nd**

– Ueno Park
– Museums
– Zoo
– Asakusa
– Sensoo Ji
– Kaminarimon Gate and Nakamise Dori Street
– Skytree

**Wednesday, May 3rd**

* Catch the train to Yokohama
* Check out the waterfront and the gondola ride
* Baystars Game
* Chinatown
* Train back to Akiba

**Thursday May 4th**

Last full day before the flight, so I thought it would be nice to leave it open and allow for us to think about what areas we havent seen, which places we might like to revisti if we were too short on time, etc. We will probably also have a high end sushi dinner this night, though we havent picked a restaurant for it yet.

**Friday May 5th**

– Akiba Owl Cafe (worth experiencing?)
– Train to the airport to drop Mom off for the flight
– Any nerdy stuff I wanted to do but wouldve felt guilty dragging her along to and last night in Tokyo before shinkansen home the next day.