Very basic 8 day Japan itinerary in October

I am going back to Japan in October. My fourth time overall and 2nd time this year. The difference here is that a companion is bringing a boomer (her mom) and a gen alpha (her kid). We cant say no as she bought the tickets already and we dont want to ruin the frienship. Anyway here is the itinerary:

Day 0 – Arrival in Osaka, spend night in Dotonbori

Day 1 – Nada no Kenka Festival in Himeji, Himeji castle, Kobe Harbor at night, sleep back in Osaka

Day 2 – Osaka city tour – Minoo Park in the AM, Tennoji District in the PM, check out and transfer to Kyoto late in the night (friend’s insistence to sleep in Kyoto)

Day 3 – Arashiyama area (Bamboo grove, river and monkeys), Fushimi inari, Yasaka Shrine area to Gion

Day 4 – Ghibli studio (morning to late afternoon), late evening flight to Tokyo

Day 5 – Team lab, and then Ropongi area

Day 6 – Disney Sea

Day 7 – Hakone and then Robot restaurant in Shinjuku at night

Day 8 – Yoyogi Park, Harajuku and Takeshita Dori

Day 9 – last minute shopping then departure at night

Except for Kyoto and Hyogo area in Day 1, most of the days there is only 1 or 2 itineraries. I want to make it realistically full. I have been to 95% of the places included here so my aim is for my companions who would visit Japan for the first time enjoy. they do not know what to visit. I personally enjoy planning itineraries so it is okay.

2 comments
  1. Arashiyama and Fushimi inari in the same day is a lot. Personally I feel like Kyoto takes more than one day to enjoy

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