15 Day Trip Tokyo/Kyoto/Osaka with an eye for Halloween spooks! Feedback appreciated.

Planning a trip to Japan mid Oct for our anniversary. This will be our very first time visiting Japan and we are super excited and a bit overwhelmed. Our focus will be on Japanese horror/Halloween, cultural sites, food, Disney/Ghibli and to a lesser extent, anime/manga/shopping.

Any advice on spooky/Halloween things we can add (subculture bars, restaurants, events) or recommended/must see items we missed, food we should try, would be greatly appreciated. Also wanted a second opinion on whether or not our itinerary is too much, too little or what can be improved!

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**Day 1** – Land in Tokyo at 4:30am Hilton Tokyo Bay

– Disney Land (🎃Halloween party!)

**Tokyo Day 2** – Hilton Tokyo Bay

– Disney Land (🎃Halloween party!)

**Tokyo Day 3** – Hilton Tokyo Bay

– DisneySea (🎃Halloween party!)

**Tokyo Day 4** – Hilton Tokyo Bay

– DisneySea (🎃Halloween party!)
– Check In – Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier

**Note:** 4 days Disney may be excessive; however, we expect to be jet lagged out of our mind the first day. Day 4 is a semi flex day, we plan to head out if we are done with Disney early.

**Tokyo Day 5** – Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier – Wake up 6 AM

– Tsukiji Market
– Tokyo Skytree (possible skip if we woke up late or needed more time in market)
– Sensō-ji Temple
– Tokyo National Museum
– Akihabara
– Dinner at Kinkab (🎃Spooky!)
– Vampire Café (🎃Spooky!)

**Tokyo Day 6** – Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier

– Meiji Jingu Shrine
– Shibuya (lunch, shopping, Pokémon/Nintendo/Disney store
– Ghibli Museum
– Shinjuku station area (Disney Store/Ichiran Ramen/ Omoide Yokochō/ Tajimaya Coffee)
– Trader Vics Tokyo (Wife is a big tiki head, this is must do 😊)

**Tokyo / Kyoto Day 7** – Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier

– teamLab Planets TOKYO
– Daiba Haunted School (🎃Spooky!)
– Gundam base – Gundam statue
– Lunch in Ginza (*open to suggestions*)
– Evening Train to Kyoto (get in between 6-7)
– Check In – The Gate Hotel Kyoto
– Dinner in Gion (*open to suggestions*)
– Gion Bridge/Yasaka-jinja Shrine

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**Kyoto Day 8** – The Gate Hotel Kyoto

– Kiyomizu-dera Temple
– Sannen-zaka &Traditional tea ceremony
– Minatoya Yurei Kosodateame Honpo (🎃Spooky!)
– Takashimaya Basement Food Floor (Lunch)
– Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum
– Fushimi-Inari-Taisha Shrine (5-7 PM to see sunset)
– Dinner in Pontocho (*open to suggestions*)

**Kyoto Day 9** – The Gate Hotel Kyoto

– Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple
– Okochi-Sanso Villa
– Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
– Tenryu-ji Temple
– Honke Owariya Main branch (Lunch)
– Manga Museum & Library
– Nishiki Market/Daimaru Basement Food Floor
– (*Dinner open to suggestions*)

**Kyoto / Osaka Day 10** – The Gate Hotel Kyoto

– ***Completely Free Morning, open to suggestions***
– Train to Osaka
– Check In – The Park Front Hotel at Universal Studios Japa
– Universal Japan Halloween Horror Nights (🎃Halloween party!)

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**Osaka Day 11** – The Park Front Hotel at Universal Studios Japan

– Universal Japan (🎃Halloween party!)

**Osaka Day 12** – The Park Front Hotel at Universal Studios Japan

– Osaka Aquarium
– Tempozan Marketplace (lunch)
– Check In – Osaka Excel Hotel Tokyu
– Osaka castle
– Travel to Kobe for Kobe Beef Dinner (*open to suggestions*)
– The Kazan Room (Wife is a big tiki head, this is must do 😊)

**Osaka Day 13** – Osaka Excel Hotel Tokyu

**Note:** This day is unstructured, but it involves seeing the areas around the hotel (*suggestions appreciated*)

– America-mura
– Don Quijote Dotonbori
– Hozenji Yokocho
– Sennichimae Doguyasuji Shopping
– Nipponbashi Denden Town
– Abeno Harukas Observation Deck

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**Osaka/ Kyoto / Tokyo Day 14** – Osaka Excel Hotel Tokyu

**Note:** We found out about the Yokai Costume Parade after booking hotels, so this day is a bit wacky but hopefully doable.

– Ship bags using service at Osaka Station to Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier
– Train to Kyoto
– Nijō Castle
– Menbaka fire ramen (lunch)
– Kinkaku-ji Temple
– (free time for probably one more temple/shrine, *open to suggestions*)
– Yokai Costume Flea (🎃Spooky!)
– Yokai Costume Parade (🎃Spooky!)
– Catch last Hikari back to Tokyo (9 PM)
– Late check in – Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier

**Tokyo Day 15** – Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier

– ***Completely Free Morning, Open to Suggestions, also might keep free to re-visit anything we had to skip earlier***
– 5 PM Flight Home, arrive 10 PM local which is insane.