Howdy,
Currently planning for a 15 day solo trip to Japan in late October and I have a basic itinerary started. Looking for suggestions and feedback.
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**Day 1: Arrive in Tokyo**
\-Arrive in Haneda in the late afternoon
\-Check in to hotel (Shinjuku area for now)
\-Grab Dinner and have an early night
**Day 2: Tsujiki Market/Toyosu Tour, Meiji Jingu, and Shibuya Sky**
\-Tsukiji and Toyosu Fish market in the early morning while jetlagged
\-Visit Meiji Jingu
\-Visit Shibuya/Shibuya Sky
**Day 3: Teamlab/Gundam Factory**
\-Teamlab Planet
\-Stay in the area or head to Yokohama for lunch
\-Gundam Factory
\-Possibly visit Akihabara on the way back
**Day 4: Disney Sea**
**Day 5: Travel to Kyoto**
\-Travel from Tokyo in the early morning
\-Potentially Nishiki Market and Nishiki Tenman-gu Shrine
\-Pokemon Center Kyoto
\-Yasaka Shrine and Maruyama Park
\-Explore Gion Shimbashi
**Day 6: Central Kyoto**
\-Sannen-zaka & Ninenzaka in the early morning
\-Kiyomizu-dera Temple
\-Kodai-ji
\-Ishibei-koji Lane
\-Potentially Chion-in Temple
**Day 7: Fushimi Inari Taisha and more**
\-Early morning at Fushimi Inari, go all the way up
\-Tofukuji temple (Tsutenkyo Bridge route)
\-Daigo-ji
\-Nanzen-ji Temple
**Day 8: Kinkakuji Temple/???**
\-Kinkakuji Temple
\-Maybe visit Arashiyama area but not the bamboo grove itself
\-Potentially Philosopher’s Path
\-Flex day for whatever I have left (may potentially shift some previously listed places to this day)
**Day 9: Travel to Miyajima (may potentially cut to add a day to Tokyo)**
\-Early morning Shinkansen
\-Go up the mountain to Mount Misen Observatory
\-Stay at Ryokan on island
**Day 10: Himeji/Osaka**
\-See Floating Torii Gate early in the morning
\-Visit Himeji Castle
\-Head to Osaka
\-Potentially do Umeda Sky
\-Head to Dotonbori (Halloween)
**Day 11: Osaka Aquarium**
\-Head to Osaka Aquarium
\-Try Okonomiyaki
\-Do Teamlab Botanical Garden or Umeda Sky if I didn’t have a chance
**Day 12: Travel to Hakone**
\-Head to Hakone in the early morning
\-Do the Hakone Ropeway
\-Potentially do the Togendai Pirate Ship
\-Stay at Ryokan
**Day 13: Travel to Tokyo**
\-Do the Togendai Pirate Ship if I didn’t have a chance
\-Travel to Tokyo
**Day 14: Tokyo, go exploring and shopping**
\-Visit places I haven’t yet and do shopping
**Day 15: Tokyo, go exploring and shopping**
\-Visit places I haven’t yet and do souvenir shopping
**Day 16: Head to Narita to go to Korea**
For food, I am trying to just go discover good food places while I’m in the various areas. Is the best way to find food to look around me on google maps for 4+ star ratings and maybe Tablelog for 3.5+? Also if I want to try eating fugu (pufferfish), would I have to make a reservation at a restaurant since it seems highly restricted?