Itinerary Check – someone please help me find a way to fit Tokyo DisneySea into it!

In Japan for about two weeks in September. Before I made my plans I was super interested in going to Disney (I’ve never been to a Disney park before but have always wanted to). But after plans got made I didn’t fit in in. Then last night I had a dream that I went, and now the fire is back to fit it into my itinerary (somehow).

*A few notes:*

I will be visiting a friend who lives there, and she’ll be travelling with me for about a week.

My style of travelling is usually based on vibes & finding food. I like sightseeing, but I prefer to just wander around in cool areas and eating everything, and reading a book in nice places. That’s why a lot of my itinerary is pretty sparse, so I can take recommendations as they come. My Kyoto leg of the journey will have more, my friend has just yet to give me her recommendations.

Day 1:

* Arrive at Narita Airport 4pm, take 6pm flight to Matsuyama and picked up, drive to friend’s town.

Day 2:

* hang around the town, catch up & gossip
* rest day, get acclimated to time zone

#**Kyushu**

##Day 3:

* Drive to Beppu
* hot sands onsens
* drive to Fukuoka
* Eat tonkotsu Ramen
* hotel in Fukuoka

##Day 4:

* drive to Mt Aso
* Hike Mt. Aso (hike depends on if crater is closed or not)
* stay in Ryokan in Kurokawa

##Day 5:

* drive to Takachiho Gorge
* rent a boat at the gorge
* drive back scenic route
* stay in friend’s town

##Day 6:

* tour around friend’s town & meet her friends
* chill day
* maybe beach

#**Tokyo**

##Day 7:

* Fly to Tokyo
* Robot Cafe
* misc. exploring & eating
* drunk Karaoke
* hotel in Shinjuku

##Day 8: (possible day to go to Disney if I can convince my friend to go)

* Team Labs
* more Misc. exploring
* Owl cafe
* drunk Karaoke again

#**Kyoto**

##Day 9:

* part ways with friend
* find a place to store luggage
* bullet train to Kyoto
* check into hostel
* light exploring around the city & shrines
* depending on energy levels, go out for drinks and make friends

##Day 10:

* more exploring in Kyoto
* more shrines
* takes a class of some sort (samurai lesson, sushi lesson, etc)

##Day 11:

* 1/2 day trip to Nara
* (I could spend more time here I am aware, but I really just want to feed the deer and walk around, get some lunch, and head back)
* free evening (basically some time allocated to visiting somewhere I didn’t hear about / plan)

#**Tokyo & Journey home**

* possibly move Nara to day 10, go back to Tokyo evening of day 11, visit DisneySea on day 12

##Day 12:

*bullet train to Tokyo
* visit team Labs if didn’t make it there with my friend
* go shopping for gifts & souvenirs
* find chef knife
* pick up luggage & check into hotel

##Day 13:

* check out of hotel
* find spot to store luggage for the morning
* easy sight seeing & shopping
* head to Narita airport around 1-2pm
* fly home at 6pm

(apologies for any formatting I had to Google how to format on mobile)

3 comments
  1. i think where you have it makes the most sense. i’m here now. did it on the first full day in tokyo.

  2. Visited Nara yesterday and felt extremely bad for the deers. Almost all (with the exception of younger deers overeating) did not eat any of the biscuits being offered 🙁

    also went to team lab and felt it was mediocre. i highly recommend skipping this experience for Disney sea.

  3. skip the owl cafe – it is sad

    do teamlabs first day with robot cafe

    then do disney on 8th

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