6 adults, July 25th to August 4th.
2nd time traveling to Japan.
Must see include Gion, monkeys, Nara deer, anime store, disc golf, and Hiroshima memorial park. everything else is optional to one degree or another.
little worried that I might be planning too much from the 28th to 30th.
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25th: LAX to Narita
26th: Arrive Narita, Take shinkansen to Kyoto.
27th: Arashiyama Monkey Park, ~~Kinkaku-ji~~, Bamboo garden.
28th: Gion, Kiyomizu-dera, Fushimi Inari Taisha,
29th: train to Nara, Nara Park, Todai-ji, *Train to Osaka*
30th: ~~Train to Osaka~~, ~~Osaka Castle~~, Denden Town, *shinsekai*
31st: Osaka? (I feel bad for only spending 1 day in Osaka.)
1st: Daimaru Umeda, Hamanomiya Park for disk golf, Hijeme Castle, train to Hiroshima
2dn: Peace memorial park Hiroshima, Plane from Hiroshima airport to Haneda airport.
3rd: Ghibli museum, Showa Mermorial Park
4th: narita to LAX
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would it be easier to take transit or rent a car for Kyoto?
would it be better to take train in the morning on 29/30, or late on the 28/29?
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With little time in Osaka it’s a shame not to hit up shinsekai and dotonbori… the castle is just another castle and you could have a similar experience at himeji. Also I always wondered what’s the deal with the popularity of Hiroshima – newly built, kinda far away from the other core cities people tend to visit, and half the attractions are themed around getting nuked and the resulting horrors.
Make sure you buy your Ghibli Museum ticket like 3 (?) months in advance, sales open on like a specific day of the month and gets sold out within minutes. It does NOT accommodate walk-ins at all.