Hello r/JapanTravel!
In about a month I will travel with my family to Japan. This is gonna be the first time for all of us and my parents entrusted me with the task to plan out the trip (since it was mainly my idea).
I believe that I cooked up quite a nice itinerary with pretty much everything I was interested in seeing in the cities we’ll visit. However some days are still quite empty, so I’m hoping for some suggestions on how to fill them with things do to in the area! Especially in Kyoto and our last couple of days in Tokyo. Or just general tips.
We’ll be deciding on where we want to eat spontaneously, so no food in the plan!
Day 0 – Haneda Airport
• landing at 10pm
• check in at our airport hotel
Day 1 – Shinjuku
• get a 7-day JR Pass, a Suica Card and Sim cards
• travel with the monorail to Shinjuku
• leave baggage at our hotel in Shinjuku
• Tokyu Kabukicho Tower
• Piss Alley
• Golden Gai
• Antiknock
Day 2 – Shibuya
• Shibuya Sky
• Parco
• shop for clothes in Shibuya and Harajuku
Day 3 – Odaiba
• teamLab Planets
• Art Aquarium Museum
• Joypolis
• Small Worlds
Day 4 – Disney
• Tokyo DisneySea
Day 5 – Asakusa
• Senso-ji
• cooking workshop in Kappabashi
• GIANT CHEF FIGURINE WHOOO
• Ueno Park
• Nezu Shrine
Day 6 – Tokyo Dome
• Tokyo Dome City (Thunder Dolphin)
• Baseball game (Giants vs BayStars)
• Imperial Palace
• Tsukiji fish market
Day 7 & 8 – Free
• no plans yet, looking for your ideas! (maybe roppongi or ginza?)
Day 9 – Fuji-Q Highland
• check out of Shinjuku hotel
• check in at Fuji-Q hotel
• try to ride everything important in the park
Day 10 – Fuji-Q / Kyoto
• check out of Fuji-Q Hotel
• either stay another day in the park or leave early for Kyoto
• (stroll around downtown Kyoto)
• check in at Kyoto Hotel
Day 11 – Kyoto
• Bamboo Forest
• Fushimi Inari
Day 12 – Kyoto
• Samurai Museum
• Kiyomizudera
Day 13 – Hiroshima
• day trip to Hiroshima and Miyajima
• Miyajima
• Peace Museum and Park
Day 14 – Kyoto
• Imperial Palace
• explore Kyoto some more
Day 15 – Kyoto
• clear remaining stuff we didn’t see yet
• take evening Shinkansen back to Tokyo
• check in at Akihabara hotel
Day 16 – Akihabara
• go souvenir shopping and drop all my money in arcades
Day 17 – Final
• clear remaining stuff we didn’t have time for in Tokyo
• fly home from Haneda in the evening 🙁
And that’s about it. I’m very excited for the trip! What would you change or add? Are there any interesting events to attend in August?
Looking forward to your answers!
3 comments
Are you going to antiknock for a show? A few people have mentioned it on here, not realising it’s a gig venue, not a club.
For FujiQ, decide on your ‘must rides’ before you go. I ended up there on a school holiday and only got to go on two coasters before my coach ride home.
* [Search around](https://en.japantravel.com/events) to see if there’s any matsuri (festival) that happens within your itinerary. There are lots of potential fireworks or local summer events you can plan around.
* Hakone, Kamakura and Nikko are always day trips from Tokyo that can be added.
* Stay at Kawaguchiko instead of Fuji-Q? Perhaps a ryokan experience for your parents. Though it’s probably a bit too late to book now.
You might want to go to Tsukiji fish market on the day you plan to go to Ginza since it is close by. Have breakfast at Tsukiji and explore the market, then head to Ginza. After Ginza, you can either check out Hibiya park and the Imperial Palace, or walk along Marunouchi shopping street towards Tokyo station. In Tokyo station, you can check out some souvenir shops and ramen alley in the basement floor. From Tokyo station, you can head back to your hotel by taking the JR Chuo express line.