Hello! My wife (27/F) and I (29/F) will be traveling together to Japan for our honeymoon. She is not much of a planner, but I absolutely am. It is her first time so I want to make sure she experiences as much as she can, but hopefully without tiring her out too much. I’m also a foodie, but I haven’t planned many reservations for this trip mainly because I wanted us to explore our options.
Wife loves nintendo, cute stuff, and fish (as in aquariums, etc.) She does not eat red meat.
Day 0: Tokyo
* Fly into HND at 3:00pm.
* JR Pass/SUICA
* eSIM (we were going to use airalo, any opinions?)
* Limousine tickets to Mitsui (1 large suitcase, 2 backpacks – easier to use limousine bus or train?)
* Check into Hyatt Regency Tokyo Bay (ask hotel concierge to make reservations for Udatsu during week in Tokyo, or should I call beforehand using my AmEx concierge?)
Day 1: Tokyo
* DisneyLand
Day 2: Tokyo
* Check out of Hyatt Tokyo Bay – send luggage to Hyatt Regency Tokyo (do all large hotels tend to have this option?)
* DisneySea
Day 3: Tokyo
* Tsukiji
* Nintendo Store (she loves kirby, is it worth attending? or other recs? should i do the nintendo store in Osaka instead?)
* Center Sports (I wanted to snag some Winning boxing gear for myself)
* MameShiba/Mipig cafe
* Hachiko/Shibuya Crossing
* Starbucks Reserve (we collect the reserve cups from each city we go to)
* Shibuya sky (at night)
* Shinjuku bars
Day 4: Tokyo
* Senso-ji
* Fruits Parlor
* Nakamise-dori
* Ueno Zoo
* Shopping (Grand seiko, another luggage, clothing etc.)
* Udatsu for dinner (hopefully)
* send luggage to onsen?
Day 5: Tokyo/Hakone
* teamlabs (get the reservation for the morning before we go to Hakone, if possible? if not, rearrange other dates in Tokyo)
* RomanceCar to Hakone
* Open-Air Museum
* Ropeway
* Check into Onsen (can i get some opinions for onsens? no set budget, but my wife would prefer something slightly more traditional and a private open-air bath)
* Some of our onsen options:
* Hakone Airu
* Tokinoyu Setsugetsuka
* Ajisai Onsen Ryokan
* Suiun
* Gora Kansuiro
* Hakone Takuminoyado Yoshimatsu
* Hakone Kowakien Mikawaya Ryokan
Day 6: Kyoto
* Send luggage to next hotel?
* JR to Kyoto
* National Garden
* Kinkaku-ji (best at night or in the morning?)
Day 7: Hiroshima day trip
* World Peace Museum
* Atomic Bomb Dome
Day 8: Kyoto
* Arashiyama EARLY
* Nishiki markets
* Kiyomizu-dera
Day 9: Kyoto
* Fushimi Inari
* Gion Corner
* Old Starbucks
Day 10: Nara day trip
* Send luggage?
* Park
* Nakatanidou
* Mt. Wakakusa
Day 11: Osaka
* Osaka Castle
* Pokemon Center
* Kuromon Ichiba Market
* Dotonburi
* Yakiniku Ichimatsu for dinner (rez needed, concierge or amex?)
Day 12: Osaka
* Universal Studios
Day 13: Osaka
* Aquarium
* Amerikamura
* Dotonburi (again? or something else)
* Tempoan Ferris Wheel at night
Day 14: ???????????????
We’re supposed to go to Hong Kong after our time in Japan, but I’m unsure of what else to do in Osaka that might interest her. I wanted to go to Kobe, but since she doesn’t eat red meat, I was afraid she wouldn’t enjoy it as much.
Any recs? Please let me know what I should add or take away.
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I don’t remember seeing Kirby stuff at the shibuya Nintendo store, but I think the Kirby Cafe at Skytree has a store.
The Nintendo store has Mario, Zelda, splatoon, animal crossing, pikmin, and I think a few Metroid things? I’m probably forgetting a game or two and maybe they had a Kirby section and I missed it, but that was most of the stuff
Edit: I thought it was weird that they wouldn’t have a Kirby section at a Nintendo store so I just googled and based on this video I apparently did just walk right past it lol
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=05W3anVsQ5E