In advance, thanks for the help!!
**Tokyo**
**Day 1: 7/2/2023 – Nui**
* 1:45 – Arrive
* 4:30 – Arrive at Kuramae, settle down in hostel
* 5:30 – Explore Asakusa
* River walk
* Unana (unagi onigiri)
* Visit Sensō-ji
* Asakusa Yokocho
**Day 2: 7/3/2023**
* *Chuo/Ginza*
* Tsukiji Outer Market (morning)
* teamLab – 930-10am time slot
* Mister Donut Ginza Nine 1
* Walk under train tracks to shinbashi station tokyo station
* Ginza Uniqlo
**Day 3: 7/4/2023**
* *Shibuya*
* Curry Station Niagara
* Shibuya Scramble Crossing
* Usagi (Ramen)
* Shibuya Nonbei Yokocho
* Shibuya City walk
* Tempura mikaku (graze)
* 表参道 Omotesando (walk to/from Harajuku) (fashion)
**Day 4: 7/5/2023**
* *Shinjuku*
* Shimokitazawa
* Meiji Jingu
* Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
* Uogashi Nihon-ichi
* Kyoto saryo-suisen shinjuku branch
* Working Holiday Connections
* GOLDEN GAI/KABUKICHO
* Nakano thrifting
* Manmaru
* Aoyama Flower Market
**Day 5: 7/6/2023 – 1980 hostel**
* *Akihabara*
* Imperial Palace first thing in morning
* Go Kart Rental (Mario kart one with the costumes!!)
* Mammaru
* Mandarake Complex
* Ghibli
* Shirohige’s Cream Puff Factory
* End day at Kichijoji/Harmonica Yokocho
**Day 6: 7/7/2023**
* *Adventure day* \- whatever we want to do or see – fuji if weather looks good, daibutsu, etc. open to ideas
*We are flying out to Singapore for a bit and then flying into Osaka and will spend the rest of our trip in Kyoto*
**Kyoto**
**Day 1: 7/13/2023 – Ina House**
* *Higashiyama ward*
* Fly into KIX – 1:15 PM
* Escape Airport 2:15 PM
* Take train to Kyoto Station (70 mins)
* Kyoto Station to Ina House (30 mins)
* 4:15PM check in
* Nishiki market
* Downtown Kyoto
**Day 2: 7/14/2023 – Ryotei Rangetsu**
* Check out first thing in morning and head to Kyoto station to drop off luggage and grab bikes
* Panel Cafe for breakfast
* Kiyomizu-dera Temple
* Sannen-zaka and Ninnen-zaka, then Maruyama-koen Park
* Chion-in Temple
* Shoren-in Temple
* Check in to Rangetsu (ryokan) 3-7PM
* After check-in Tenryu-ji
* Rest of Arashiyama neighborhood
* Enjoy the ryokan!
**Day 3: 7/15/2023 – Len Kyoto Kawaramanchi**
* Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
* Okochi sanso garden
* Okochi-Sanso Villa
* Breakfast in Ryokan!!!
* Head to Kyoto station drop luggage
* Kinkatsu-ji temple
* Daitoku-ji Temple
* Later lunch and lighter (possibly convenient) dinner
* Possibly fire ramen and okonomiyaki and gyoza if convenient with location
* Daimaru Basement Food Floor
**Day 4: 7/16/2023**
* Fushimi-inari-shrine – definite
* Kurama/Kibune – probably/if time
* Ginkaku-ji Temple probably/if time
* Path of Philosophy – definite
* Nanzen-ji Temple probably/if time
* Thriftin in the cittyyy (walk)
* Thrifting Walk – definite
* Kyoto Shiyaku Shomae
* Sanjo Maiten-gai
* Shinkyo Goku
* Kayu-Koji
* Teramachi
**Day 5: 7/17/2023**
* Check Out by 10 AM
* Coffee/Breakfast
* Grab Bento Box for Train
* Be in Haneda by 1:25PM
* Fly Out from Tokyo – 3:25PM
**Questions:**
1. Is this too jam packed? Is there plenty of room? We don’t want to overplan so we can just see some things as we go, but we definitely don’t want to miss anything or waste too too much time if we will have a ton of free time. Hope that makes sense
2. Any advice for what to do with our “Free day” in Tokyo? We thought about a few things but wanted to do something more experiential inside the city or travel outside for a day.
3. Anything “can’t miss” in the areas we are at? Whether places to visit, food to eat, etc.?
1 comment
Most days have too much going on. You need to consider the opening times of each location, the transportation time involved, how much time you expect to spend actually visiting the place, and thus determine what is and is not achievable. For example, on Kyoto Day 3 the Okochi-Sanso Villa opens at 9am. I am not aware of any ryokan that will let you have breakfast *after* you finish at the villa. In fact you’d probably miss the check-out time and have to pay extra.
I am also confused by the constant hotel changes in Kyoto. You are there for four nights but sleeping in three places? This is wasting a huge amount of time checking in and out and transferring luggage. At minimum a I would sleep at the same place before and after the ryokan, in the vast majority of cases the hotel will let you store your bags there so you can go to the ryokan with a backpack.
Kyoto Day 4 makes no geographic sense as Fushimi Inari, Kurama, and Philosophers Path are in completely different parts of the city.