Hi guys. I know I’m probably too ambitious for some days haha. Any suggestions for optimizing my itinerary? This trip will be done in June. Thanks!!
**Day 1 (ASAKUSA/IKEBUKURO)**
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Kanda Myojin & EDOCCO (get my goshuin cho first)
* Asakusa/Sensoji/ Donquijote ASAKUSA
* Kappabahsi street: kitchen ware, imitation food
* Ueno park
* Yanaka Ginza
* Ameyoko shopping district
* Ikebukuro Sunshine City,
**Day 2 (MEIJI/HARAJUKU/SHIBUYA)**
* Gotokuji
* Meiji shrine
* Yoyogi park
* Harajuku (Takeshita street)
* Omotesando
* Shibuya (Happy pancake)
* Shibuya Parco Mall
* Shibuya Sky
**Day 3 (IMPERIAL/TOKYO/SHINJUKU)**
* Imperial Palace
* Tokyo Midtown Yaesu
* Underground character street
* Shinjuku
* Kabuki-cho (red light district)
* Fuunji (Famous Tsukemen)
**Day 4 (TSUKIJI/GINZA/AKIHABARA)**
* Tsukiji market
* Ginza
* Itoya building (century old stationary store)
* Midori no sushi for lunch?
* Akihabara explore area
* BIC-CAMERA
* Akihabara don quixote
**Day 5 (TOKYO/OSAKA)**
* Last min tokyo shopping
* Shinkansen to Osaka
* Shinsaibashi-suji
* Dotonburi
**Day 6 (Nara)**
Just a list of places to consider visiting, keeping it flexible for now
* Kofuku-ji
Nakatanidou Mochi (famous mochi pounding shop)
Yoshiki-en Garden
Nandaimon Gate
Todaiji
Todaiji Shoro
Todai-ji Nigatsudo (February Hall)
Kasuga Taisha
Deer park
Higashimuki Shopping Street
Nara museum
**Day 7 (OSAKA)**
* Osaka castle
* Osaka Tenmangu shrine
* Tsuyunoten Shrine
* Umeda area
* IF got time shinseikai at evening
**Day 8 (EAST KYOTO)**
* Fushimi Inari Taisha
* Kiyomizu-dera (can go temple first then walk down to shop)
* Sannen Zaka
* Ninenzaka
* Yasaka shrine
* Shijo Dori
* Hanami-koji Street
* Gion
* Nishiki Market
**Day 9 (WEST Kyoto)**
* Togetsu Bridge
* Tenryuji Temple
* Bamboo forest
* Nonomiya Jinja
* Torokko Arashiyama Station
Take Sagano scenic railway → Kameokka torroko station
* Walk to JR Umahori station (7 mins)
Go back Torokko arashiyama stn to see shops
* Kinkakuji
* Maybe can go nishiki market (closes 6pm)
**Day 10 (OSAKA NAMBA AREA)**
* Kaiyukan
* Shi tennoji temple
* Kuromon ichiba market
* Namba Yasaka Shrine
* Solaniwa Onsen / SPA WORLD
* Explore Namba area /OR go shinseikai
**Day 11 – 22th June (Tue) OSAKA**
* Half day, need to reach airport by 8pm
* Last min osaka shopping?
* Rinku Premium outlets
* Reach KIX airport
4 comments
You can do it if you’re used to walking about 20,000- 30,000 steps every day without a lunch break but I’d cut down the itinerary in half.
On Day 6, have you looked up when those places close? I don’t think you can go to all of it before closing time.
You have an impossible amount of walking pretty much every day, but things in Japan close really early. Shrines are open maybe 9-5 ish and stores are open like 10-8. If you wanted to do every single thing on that list you’d be looking at each place for 15 minutes before sprinting off to the next. I used wanderlog to plan my trip and it includes opening and closing times and tells you if something is closed (lots of stuff is closed Mondays). You’re going to enjoy your vacation more if you spend more time at a few locations instead of spending almost no time at a ton of locations
Having such a regimented schedule kinda takes out any spontaneous discoveries or diversions. But some do prefer it this way.
You know that Kanda-myojin is in Akihabara, right, not in Asakusa? So kind of returning to Akihabara on two different days, so might not be the most optimal.
Overall, what you have seems to make sense. Just be flexible and take this list as options and not must do. If you try to do everything at all cost, it might be exhausting.