# DAY 1 FRIDAY sept22
ARRIVE TOKYO VIA NARITA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Arrive- Narita airport 2:10pm
Hotel: remm AKIHABARA
**Akihabara**
* Yodobashi camera – electronics
* Japara- used electronic store
* 2k 540 Aki-Oka artisan- cool handcrafted items stores
* Maruju seinikuten- beef skewers
* Square enix cafe
# DAY 2 Nagoya SATURDAY sept 23
Tokyo -> Nagoya
Hotel: Nishitetsu Hotel Croom Nagoya
**Nagoya**
* Osu kannon
* Osu shotengai shopping
* Tenmusu- onigiri
* MARUYOSHI- karaage
* Nagoya castle
* Hitsumabushi Eel Rice Bowl at Ibasho
# DAY 3 Kyoto SUNDAY sept 24
f1 race day
Nagoya -> Kyoto at night
Cross Hotel Kyoto sept 24-26
* Gion- geisha district- also has bars
* Yasaka Pagoda
* [https://mai-ko.com/tour/tea-ceremony-led-by-a-geisha-2/](https://mai-ko.com/tour/tea-ceremony-led-by-a-geisha-2/)
# DAY 4 Kyoto Monday sept 25
* Fushimi Inari Shrine- iconic red torii gates
* Kiyomizudera Temple- oldest/historic monument. Wander through the Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka and eating/shopping streets.
* Pontocho Alley- cool nighttime bar/restaurant area
* Bee’s Knees- rated best bar in all of Kyoto
# DAY 5 Kyoto Tuesday sept 26
* Arashiyama bamboo forest(Tenryuji temple, Togetsukyo Bridge- shops near here, Monkey park)
* Sagano romantic train
* Kinkakuji Temple- golden temple
# DAY 6 Kyoto- Wednesday sept 27
* Nishiki Market- street foods
* Kyoto station
Kyoto -> Travel to tokyo/MiraCosta hotel sept 27-28
# DAY 7 Tokyo Thursday sept 28
Tokyo Disneysea
# DAY 8 south Tokyo Friday Sept 29
Hotel: Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyobashi- central Tokyo, sept 29,30
* TeamLab Planets
* Tsukiji fish market- good place to buy from food stalls or Japanese knives
* Harajuku
* Gyukatsu motomura- beef cutlet restaurant dinner
* Red Tokyo Tower – tech/video games
* Tokyo Tower- views at night
# DAY 9 north Tokyo saturday Sept 30
* Sensoji Temple
* DAWN | Avatar Robot Cafe ver.β – coffee
* Kabukicho tower
* Shinjuku nightlife
* Omoide Yokochō for food
* Golden Gai for bars
# DAY 10 Tokyo sunday oct 1 travel home
\*\* We are doing Nagoya instead of the typical Osaka because our friends are going to the F1 race in Suzuka and staying in Nagoya for the Saturday before (race is on Sun sep 24)
4 comments
This is a very well planned trip! A few suggestions in case you hadn’t thought about it.
Tokyo:
– Try a shiba cafe or some other pet cafe. They also have Capybaras now
– Try a Wagyu buffet. They’re very reasonably priced and delicious. We ate so much, we got tired of Wagyu
– Try a tonkatsu restaurant. Pork cutlets in Japan are so good! Way juicer and tastier than what we get in the West. They also have special pigs that they use
Kyoto:
– Suggest walking through the Geisha district (Gion) at night. Very cool experience and you can wander the small alleys. It’s also very safe at night
Sounds like a good trip. If you’re also thinking of additional meals or things in Nagoya, Atsuta Jingu (which apparently has one of Japan’s sacred items – susano-o’s sword) is a good visit. It has a lot if mature trees and roosters walking about. You can also get a bowl of kishimen. I also enjoyed Nagoya’s miso katsu at Yabaton. Uiro is also a fun wagashi to bring back home to share.
Following because I am also in the process of putting together my Japanese GP itinerary. We decided that leaving the race and heading to Osaka was the way to pick up an extra day on the trip. Figure I’ll just have my luggage sent from Nagoya to Osaka while were at the track on Sunday.
Fire Ramen in Kyoto is great fun!