Hello Everyone! Its my first time Planning on going to Japan and over several months I’ve been crafting a Itinerary on places to go and where to stay. I’m In my early 20’s and Have been known to be a little over ambitious in my plans for travel. I could use some advice or be open to recommendations. All the Help would be apricated this is my first time ever traveling to Japan and I’m quite Nervous but really excited.
Day: 1
Flight at 9(am)
Fly all day
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Day: 2 (July 28th)
Arrive at Haneda airport (3pm).
Find Airbnb and unpack.
Find dinner and take a stroll
Fight through jet lag and walk around Asakusa
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Day: 3 (July 29th)
Wake up early
Be at Tokyo Teamlabs at 9:30
Head to Shinjuku
\-Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
\-Don Quixote
\-Cat Café Mocha Lounge
\-Godzilla Statue
Visit A couple film camera stores I have saved
Cup Noodle Museum Tour
Head to the Tokyo Skytree
Watch Sumidagawa Firework festival (7pm-8:30pm)
Get dinner and wind down for the day
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Day: 4 (July 30th)
Shibuya Day
Hachiko Memorial
Happy pancake for breakfast
Tower Records
Nintendo, Capcom, Pokemon center stores.
Meiji Jingu & Yoyogi Park
Galaxy Harajuku
Art Aquarium Museum
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Day: 5 (July 31st)
Take train To Kawaguchiko
Drop off luggage and rent bike for the day
Arakurayama Segen Park
Mt. Fuji Panoramic Ropeway
Music Forest Museum
Momiji Corridor Lake
Kubota Itchiku art Museum
Oishi Park
Make it back to hotel and Book Private Onsen and unwind.
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Day: 6 (August 1st)
Get up early as possible and Take train To kyoto
Drop Luggage off at hotel
Tenryu-ji
Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
Kiyomizu-dera
Nishiki Market
Yasaka Shrine
Kyoto station at Night
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Day: 7 (August 2nd)
Wake up early and try to Get ahead of the crowds at (Fushimi Inari Tashia)
Starbucks at Yasaka Chaya
Kyoto Gyoen National Garden
Kinkaku-ji
Kyoto Botanical Gardens
(Optional items if enough time)
Heian-jingu Shrine
Nanzen-ji Temple
Higashiyama Jisho-ji
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Day: 8 (August 3rd)
Check out and do any last minute things in kyoto
Head to Nara
Nara Park
Todai-ji
Wakakusayama Hill
Kofuku-ji Temple
Higashimuki Shopping Street
Head to Hotel In Osaka
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Day: 9 (August 4th)
Sleep in
America-mura
Osaka Castle
Osaka Tenmangu
Osaka Aquarium
Explore Dontobori
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Day: 10 (August 5th)
Namba Yasaka Jinja
National Art Museum of Osaka
Kuchu Teien Observatory
Head to Kobe For dinner reservation
Head to Teamlab Botanical Garden
Shinsekai
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Day: 11 (August 6th)
Head to Hiroshima
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Peace Memorial park
Atomic Bomb dome
Miyajima
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Day: 12 (August 7th)
Head to Okunoshima (rabbit island)
Head back and explore more of Hiroshima
Hiroshima Prefectural Museum
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Day: 13 (August 8th)
Head to Kanazawa
Kenroku-en
Higashi Chaya District
Naga-mach District
Nomura-ke Samurai residence
Kanazawa Castle
21st Century Museum of Contemporary art
D.T. Suzuki Museum
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Day: 14 (August 9th)
back to tokyo
Drop of bags
Gotokuji Temple
National art center tokyo
Pay respects at Hachiko’s Grave
Tokyo National Museum
Yokohama china town
Gundamn Factory
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Day: 15 (August 10th)
Capybaraland in Kawasaki
Walk around Akihabara
Super Potato arcade
Turn in Pocket wifi
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Day: 16 (August 11th)
Check out and find luggage storage
Find activates to do Near Haneda Airport
Flight take off at (5:25pm)
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So that’s the main points I wanna hit on my travels. I know some of the days are very ambitious and I want critique so I can curb some of my expectations or just general advice. I know I’m going during a very busy month and probably need to cut some of this stuff down or shift it over to to other days.
Any advice would be helpful 🙂
I plan on taking lots of photos and brining a decent amount of photography gear if that helps with advice.
1 comment
>Watch Sumidagawa Firework festival (7pm-8:30pm)
You need to be there no later than 4PM to to see *anything* at all. If you want a relatively unobstructed view, probably need to be there by early afternoon. People are known to camp overnight the previous day for the best spots. (Or at least, that was the case before COVID)
>Day: 13 (August 8th)
You have two August 8ths in there, which probably threw everything afterwards off.
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I think you’re around 20%~50% overzealous on most days. Most are technically still doable with longer summer daytime, but you won’t be staying at each location for long, and will be pressured to keep moving in order to hit all the places. You might also want to take heat into account, and walking long distances in humid weather won’t be enjoyable.