Itinerary Check – 14 Days – Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Hiroshima (Updated)

Here is an updated itinerary for our trip coming up in August. I’m not a huge fan of the fact that we’re going back to Tokyo at the end of our trip for 2 days but the rest of my group wanted to put Tokyo on either end of the trip so I did my best to work around that. I’m mostly concerned with making sure that each day has a reasonable number of things planned out so we can see a variety of things without feeling rushed:

**Aug 18**
\- Land at 1:30 in NRT, take train to Shinjuku station
\- Check-in to **Shinjuku Prince Hotel**
\- Walk to **Golden Gai** for dinner

**Aug 19: Tokyo**
\- Train to Shibuya station, **Shibuya scramble crossing**
\- Walk to **Starbucks reserve roastery**
\- Take taxi to **Harajuku**
\- Take train from Harajuku to **Akihabara**

**Aug 20: Tokyo**
\- Train to **Ghibli museum** (already have reservations on this day for 10 AM)
\- Train to **Senso-ji/Asakusa**
\- Taxi to **Hashimoto Unagi** for dinner
\- Taxi to **Omoide Yokocho** for drinks

**Aug 21: Tokyo**
\- Bus to **DisneySEA** with afternoon pass to **Disneyland**

**Aug 22: Tokyo -> Kyoto**
\- Shinkansen to Kyoto (leave bags here since check-in to AirBNB isn’t until 6)
\- Take taxi to **Kiyomizu-dera**
\- **Sannenzaka**
\- **Gion**
\- **Pontocho park** for dinner
\- Pick up bags from station
\- Check in to **AirBNB** (15 minute walk from station)

**Aug 23: Kyoto**
\- Train to **Nishiki Market**
\- Taxi to **Nanzen-ji**
\- Walk **Philosopher’s path**
\- **Ginkaku-ji**
\- Taxi back to **AirBNB**

**Aug 24: Kyoto**
\- Train to **Tenryu-ji**
\- **Arashiyama bamboo grove**
\- **Romantic Torokko train**
\- Taxi to **Kinkaku-ji**

**Aug 25: Nara day trip**
\- Train to Nara station
\- **Nara park**

**Aug 26: Kyoto -> Hiroshima -> Osaka**
\- **Fushimi-Inari** in the early morning
\- Shinkansen to **Hiroshima**
\- **Shukkeien garden**
\- **Hiroshima castle**
\- **Atomic bomb dome**
\- Shinkansen to Osaka
\- Check in to **Toyoko inn Osaka**

**Aug 27: Osaka**
\- Taxi to **cup noodle museum**
\- Taxi to **minoh park**
\- **Osaka castle**
\- Taxi to **Dotonbori**

**Aug 28: Osaka to Koya**
\- **Pokemon cafe** (reservations at 10)
\- Travel to **Koya**
\- **Konbogu-ji**
**- Daimon gate**
\- Check-in to **fukuchi-in** temple
\- Night time walk at **okunoin cemetery**

**Aug 29: Koya to Tokyo**
\- Travel from Koya to **Shin-Yokohama ramen museum** (seems like this will be one of the longest travel days, need to take bus -> cable car -> train?)
\- Visit **Unicorn Gundam statue**
\- Taxi to **Belken Hotel**

**Aug 30**
\- **Tsukiji market** in the early morning
\- Train to **Mishima sky walk**
\- Train back to **Gundam factory Yokohama** (doing this today because its closed on Tuesdays)
\- Take train to dinner reservations at 5 PM at **Miyojaku**

**Aug 31**
\- Flight leaves at 1 PM