Leaving tomorrow for our first trip to Japan and just wondering if I’m missing anything or doing anything inefficient. Would appreciate a final check! Anyone have any advice?
**Day 1, Thursday Tokyo**
Arrive at 3PM
Check into Airbnb near Hibiya Station in Ginza and drop bags off
Get dinner at Zurriola near our airbnb
Chill to try to beat jetlag
**Day 2, Friday Tokyo**
Check out the Imperial palace gardens in the morning. Does anyone know when you can start renting the boats at Chidorigafuchi moat?
Head to Akihabara for the rest of the day
FFXIV cafe in the evening
Check out some themed bars at night
**Day 3, Saturday Tokyo**
Get to Sensoji early morning before the crowds
Explor asakusa
Lunch at Unagi Uomasa
Head to Ueno park depending on the weather to see cherry blossoms and hit up a museum
Spending the evening with a friend in Asakusa
**Day 4, Sunday Tokyo**
Shinjuku Gyoen park and Aoyama cemetary in the morning
Harajuku in the late morning/afternoon
Shinjuku in the late afternoon
Tonkatsu Narikura for dinner
Back to Shinjuku for bars, maybe Golden Gai or Omoide yokocho?
**Day 5, MondayTokyo**
Spending the day with a friend in Shibuya
Shibuya Sky
**Day 6, Tuesday Tokyo**
Leaving this day free for either returning to Shibuya, visiting cherry blossom spots, or visiting some museums depending on the weather
**Day 7, Wednesday Tokyo**
Tsukiji Fish Market in the morning
Joypolis in Odaiba
Teamlab Planets
Photoshoot and bars in Shibuya
**Day 8, Thursday Tokyo**
Disneysea
**Day 9, Friday Tokyo**
Daytrip to Kamakura and Enoshima
Any recommendations on things to do there?
**Day 10, Saturday Tokyo**
Leaving this day mostly open to hit up anything we missed.
Visiting Gotokuji temple and Shirohige’s cream puff factory
**Day 11, Sunday Hakone**
Leave early morning on the romance car to Hakone
Do the loop (amazakechaya-> walk to hakone shrine -> cable car to owakudani -> open air museum)
Check into Yama no Chaya ryokan
**Day 12, Monday Hakone**
Breakfast at the ryokan
Fun2Drive in Hakone
Head to our Kyoto airbnb
**Day 13, Tuesday Kyoto**
Kiyomizu-dera first thing in the morning
Walk the philosopher’s path
Walk around the Gion district
Dinner at Kichi Kichi omurice
Visit fushimi inari and hike the mountain at night
**Day 14, Wednesday Kyoto**
Visit Fushimi Inari early if we couldn’t the night before
Otherwise, kinkakuji
Lunch at Sojiki Nakahigashi
Not sure what else this day
**Day 15, Thursday Osaka**
Yamazaki Distillery tour around noon
Head to Osaka and visit Osaka Castle (just the outside)
Walk around Dotonbori and downtown
**Day 16, Friday Kyoto**
Arashiyama bamboo grove early morning
Arashiyama monkey park
Sagano Romantic train
Check in to Marufukuro
Dinner at Takayama
**Day 17, Saturday Nara**
Breakfast at Marufukuro
Catch a train to Nara
Visit Todaji
Walk around the park
Lamp Bar
**Day 18, Sunday Yokohama**
Head to Yokohama early
Visit Sankeien gardens
Cup noodle musem
Gundam factory
Explore Chinatown in the evening
Ride the ferris wheel at night
**Day 19, Monday**
Head home at 4pm
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Days 13 – 16 seem strange? Kyoto, Kyoto, Osaka, Kyoto? Why not Osaka, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto or place Osaka at the end of 3 days in Kyoto?
I can’t wait to get to Yokohama personally. Going to do two nights to try and hit some of the old school jazz bars.