First time trip Itinerary check October 4th to 24th
Hi all, long time lurker of this subreddit and looking for any advice/tips/recommendations for the wife and my first trip to this beautiful country.
Ive planned and replanned this trip so many times I feel im just going in circles and have to just make a final decision and stick with it.
A couple of things to note :
Itinerary is still quite flexible and can change according to recommendations.
I am unsure if the days I have allocated are adequate (is 3 days each enough for Osaka / Kyoto, 1 day for Hiroshima)?
Would like to fit in a day trip to Yokohama (the Port terminal is one of my favorite buildings of all time) if we are not too tired in the second Tokyo leg.
7 day JR pass activated from Tokyo to Kyoto finishing in Hakone.
Tokyo (1st Leg) October 5th to 10th
Day 1 – Arrive Haneda airport. Pick up Suica cards. Train to hotel (Ueno)/ walkaround and food/rest.
Day 2 – Tokyo metropolitan museum/Ueno Park/ National Museum / Caligraphy museum (Can be split into other days )
Day 3 – Toyosu market/Teamlabs planets
Day 4 – Shibuya / Miyashita Park / games arcades
Day 5 – Ginza / Seiko museum / Uniqlo / Muji
Day 6 – Free day / games arcades / Gundam museum
Day 7 – Shinkansen to Kyoto
Kyoto October 10th to 12th
Day 7 – Arashiyama forest / Nishinki Market
Day 8– Fushimi Inari shrine / Kinkakuji
Day 9 – Walkabout / train to Osaka
Osaka October 12th to 13th
Day 9 – Umeda sky building / Kuromon market / Osaka castle
Day 10 – Universal studios / Shinsekai
Day 11 – Osaka Aquarium / National Art museum
Hiroshima October 14th
Day 12 – Morning train from Osaka / War memorial / Peace park / Miyajima
Hakone October 15th to 17 th
Day 13 – Morning train from Hiroshima / Ryokan
Day 14 – Ryokan
Tokyo (2nd Leg) October 18th to 24th
Day 15 – Morning train from Hakone / Fuji Q Highland/Mt Fuji surrounds
Day 16 – Shinjuku / games arcades / Rest
Day 17 – Harajuku / Takeshita Dori / Ameya Yokocho / Jimbocho
Day 18 – Tokyo Skytree / Akihabara / games arcades
Day 19 – Tsukiji market / Nakano broadway
Day 20 – Free day / Nezu Museum / Sakurai tea Cafe
Day 21 – Free day
Any advice / tips/ recommendations would be sincerely appreciated and I look forward to providing a trip report once we get back from what I hope will be the first of many trips to Japan.
2 comments
Looks pretty good. If you’re going to Toyosu market, you will pass Tsukiji so do that on the same day then Teamlabs. Also because Tsukiji and Nakano broadway are on opposite sides of the city. You have a lot of days in Tokyo so Yokohama is very doable. I would consider more days in Kyoto but it’s your first time so anything is new.
You could also go to the Ghibli Museum since you have so many days in Tokyo, if you are interested.