Hello everyone, me (24m) and my wife (24f) are going to Japan for our honeymoon from 16/11/2023 to 09/12/2023.
We have prepared a bit of our program by spending a lot of time here (and other places and we would like to have your opinion to know if everything is feasible, before we book hotels.
Will we be able to see some foliage during our trip ?
Any good love hotel recommandation ?
I haven’t done a lot of research for restaurants, we will take what we see or take a look a few days before. I’d like to try 1 or more Michelin restaurants there.
Is it normal that I found hotel in Kyoto with much higher price than Tokyo ? (For example almost twice for an APA Hotel)
I’m open for you suggestions about our planning, it a day is too busy or not.
Tursday 16/11 Paris
-Flight from Paris to Tokyo
Friday 17/11
– Arrival at Haneda at 21h30.
– Going to the hotel (in Shinjuku?) and sleep till the morning
Saturday 18/11 Tokyo / Tsukiji’s outer market
+ Ginza + Imperial Palace
– Tsukiji’s
– Uniqlo
– Kabuki-Za
– Token shibata
– A few other shops and wandering in Ginza
– Imperial Palace
– Eat around imperial palace ?
Sunday 19/11 Tokyo / Asakusa + Ueno
– Senso-Ji + Kaminamori (?)
– Kappabashi Dori
– Nakamise Dori
– Asakusa Jinja
– Tokyo Skytree
– Ueno Zoo
– Wandering in Ueno Park
– Yanaka Ginza
– If possible Shibanata
Monday 20/11 Tokyo, Akihabara + Kagurazaka + Ikekuburo
– Queen’s court
– Don Quijiote
– M’s
– Kanda Myojin
– Bosaikan earthquake museum (need to book, at 12h sismic room)
– Nintendo store
– Pokemon store
– etc
– Nakano broadway
– Wandering in Kagurazaka
Tuesday 21/11 Tokyo, Roppongi + Odaiba
– Tokyo tower viewpoint
– Roppongi hills
– Tokyo Midtown
– Aoyama cemetery
– Miraikan
– Toyota mega web
– Teamlabs
– Rainbow bridge
–
Wednesday 22/11 Tokyo, Shibuya + Shinjuku
РHachiko Square (+ itin̩raire p207)
– Tower records
– Mandarake shop
– Tokyo metropolitan building viewpoint
– Parasite museum
– Meji Jingu
– Shinjuku Gyoen
– Takeshita don street
– Isetan
– Spend the night in kabuki-cho and golden gai
Thursday 23/11 Kanazawa
– JR to Kanazawa, leaving Tokyo around 9am
– Kanazawa bus loop (Omicho market, Ninja temple, Ishiura shrine, Kenruoken, Castle park, Higashi and lady baba)
– Sleeping in Kanazawa
Friday 24/11 Kyoto, Downtown
– JR to Kyoto, leaving Kanazawa around 9am
– Nishiki market
– Kyoto tower
– Niji-jo
– Manga museum
Saturday 25/11 Kyoto
– Tenryu-ji
– Bamboo grove
– Iwatayama monkey park
– Kinkaku-ji
– wandering around in Kinkaku-ji district
Sunday 26/11 Nara
– Day trip to Nara
– Kofuku-ji
– Nara Koen
– Isuen Garden
– Todai-ji
– Kasuga-Taisha
– Ikaruga
Monday 27/11 Kyoto, Philosopher’s path + Gion
– Philosopher’s path
– Ginkaku-ji
– other’s shrine around
– Gion district (shinbadhi, chion-in, kyomizu-dera, sannenzaka)
Tuesday 28/11 Kobe
– Day trip to Kobe
– Eating Kobe beef (any good recommandation ?)
Wednesday 29/11 Kyoto
– Fushimi Inari
– Samurai and Ninja museum
Thursday 30/11 Himeji
– Day trip to Himeji
– Himeji Castle
Friday 01/12 Osaka
– Leaving Kyoto to Osaka
– Minami (Namba Dotonbori)
– Ame Mura (shops)
– Hozenjo yokocho alley
– Namba parks
– Nipponbashin DenDen town
– Kuromon ichiba market
– Osaka Aquarium
Saturday 02/12 Osaka
– Tennoji
– Tower knives
– Abeno harukas
– Shinsekai
– Osaka castle
Sunday 03/12 Hiroshima/ Myajima island
– leaving early to Hiroshima
– visit peace memorial and walk a bit
– take the JR sanyo line to Myajimaguchi (30min)
– take the ferry to Myajima (10min)
– Itsukushima sanctuary
– Mount misen with a funicular
– Going back to Osaka
Monday 04/12 Hakone
– Take the shinkansen early from Osaka to Kyoto to Hakone
– Ryokan
– Hakone loop
Tuesday 05/12 Tokyo
– Leaving Hakone when we want
– free day
Wednesday 06/12 Tokyo
– empty, maybe nikko
Thursday 07/12 Tokyo
– Free day, we’ll do again what we liked
Friday 08/12 Tokyo
– Free day, we’ll do again what we liked
Saturday 09/12
– Flight back
Thank you for your time if you took the time to read so far.
2 comments
I would move Don Quixote to the end of the trip.. you will end up buying stuff and why carry it around the country, when you are coming back to Tokyo before flying back home.
November 18 – do not underestimate the jet lag. And, you have a lot planned for this day.
November 19 – this is a really packed day. It is a Sunday and it will be busy everywhere. Not sure if you will be able to do all of it.
November 22 – very packed.
November 23 – only one day in Kanazawa? What about the Samurai district. My suggestion, you need two days here.
November 26- you can do Fushimi inari early AM and then take the JR Nara line to Nara. This will give you a day back.
November 28 – not sure you need to go to Kobe for Kobe beef. You can get it anywhere. Unless you have other plans in Kobe.
November 30 – this will take you a few hours at the most. Again, unless you have other plans in Himeji.
December 1 – a really packed day.
Other things in Tokyo you may want to look into – go to Kamakura, the Yokohama China Town, ‘piss alley’, and the Edo Museum (if it will be operational).
Your Kanazawa trip looks rushed but is doable. Your arriving at ~11.30am and sunset is 4.40pm. The loop bus is good but has waiting times built in.
You should see autumn leaves in the Kanazawa garden and castle grounds. There will also be illumination shows at these two locations at night. I would consider leaving Tokyo the afternoon before for an extra night and time in Kanazawa, you have free time in Tokyo on your return.
You are in prime time to see autumn leaves in Kyoto but check the forecast closer to date. Drop by the Tourist Info Centre at Kyoto Station. They have English speakers and offer really good advice, used them for sakura viewing advice. Toji Temple is 10 ninutes from Kyoto Station and should have autumn illuminations of the pagoda, temples and autumn leaves.
Check out opening times. Some places may close one day a week, for the ones I am going to it seems a Monday or a Wednesday. Some places open late like mandarake which opens at noon so don’t put that first on your list.