Hello,
This is my second draft of my Trip to Japan for 18 days. My main concerns are am I missing anything that could be fun to do. I also don’t know how far to reserve some of the the things like
1. JR PASS 2. Team Labs 3. Nintendo World.
2. I am also concerned with getting to Hakone from Hiroshima I don’t know how much planning I need to do here considering it’s a train + 2 busses.
3. I have a lot of time in general so I think for things to do I have it pretty spread out but, there are a few days where I wouldn’t mind other ideas. (I like Coffee, Video Games, Antiques, Knives, Anime)
Note: I have some restaurants mixed in but, most are just sprue of the moment and I am not hard set on any. Times are also just for my reference.
**Tokyo (Oct 21)**
Land around 2
Hotel near Akihabara
JoJo Bar possibly?
(not sure what to do depends on Jetlag)
**Oct 22: Sun Tokyo**
Team Labs Planets (9am) – Reserve
Akihabara
Kansai: Hub Kyoto – Staying in Shimogyo Ward Kyoto
**Oct 23: Monday (Shinkansen Hikari Tokyo Station or Shinagawa Station) \~4hrs**
(unsure what to do here)
**Oct 24: Tuesday Kyoto**
Arashiyama (early)
Kinkaku-ji (afternoon)
Fushimi Inari Taisha (night)
**Oct 25: Wednesday Nara**
Iwatayama Monkey Park (is this worth doing?)
Nara Deer Park
**Oct 26: Thursday Kyoto**
Higashiyama
Kiyomizudera
**Oct 27: Friday Osaka**
(staying in Benikea Calton Hotel Osaka Doutonbori)
Dotonbori
DenDen Town
**Oct 28: Sat Osaka**
Nintendo World (may consider express pass)
Video Game Bar (Night)
American Town (Night)
**Oct 29: Sun Osaka or Kyoto**
Unsure?
**Chugoku: Hub Hiroshima**
**Oct 30 Monday Hiroshima**
Morning Hike Mt. Misen
Atomic Bomb Dome
Okonomiyaki making class?
**Nov 1: Tuesday Hiroshima**
Shimanami Kaido Cycling Road (not the whole thing was thinking 1 island)
**Nov 2: Wednesday (maybe can be combined with Day 1 in Hiroshima?)**
Early boat to island (from Hiroshima Peace Park)
Hiroshima Miyajima Island
**Nov 3: Thursday Train Hiroshima-Hakone**
(staying in Mt. View Hakone)
Kansai: Southern Kanto Hakone-Tokyo
**Nov 4: Friday Hakone**
Hokone loop
**(Tokyo Nov 5 – Nov 13)**
**Nov 5th Friday**
The Oedo Antique Market
**6th: Asakusa**
Sensō-ji Temple: 6am
Nakamise-dori Street (8-10am)
Asakua – Deus Ex Machina for Coffee (10am)
Kirby Cafe? (10m reservations check on and off)
Japanese Sword Museum (9:30am)
**7th: Akihabara (maybe the entire day?)**
B-pump if bored.
Yaro Ramen (11am)
Ami-Ami
Super Potato
Melon Books (10am)
**8th: Ikebukuro**
Evangelion Store
Animate Store
Sunshine City – Pokemon Cafe , Gachapon
Muscle Girls (5pm)
Okinawa Restaurant (5pm)
**9th: Shinjuku – Chiyoda City**
Imperial Palace Gardens (early morning)
Glitch Coffee (8am)
Museum of Modern ART (10am)
Royal Host (8am)
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building – View
Takadanobaba Game (10am)
Tower Records (11am)
Tonkatsu Maisen (10:30)
Night – Life (Golden Gai)
**10th: Koto City (maybe the entire day?)**
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (10am)
DiverCity Tokyo Plaza (Gundam)
Tokyo Joypolis? Seems like it could be crowded
Harajuku later in the day
**11th: Roppongi – Shibuya (maybe the entire day?)**
Mori Art Museum (10am)
Book-Off
Shibuya Parco (11am)
Mandarake Shibuya (12pm)
Nintendo Store
Capcom Store
Pokemon Centre
Hands Shibuya
OL by Oslo Brewing (12pm)
CAFE REISSUE (10am)
Bear Pond Espresso (11am)
Don Quijote Roppongi
Harujuku (night?)
**12th: Nakano City | Musashino**
Ghibli Museum – Reserve
Nakano Broadway
Jo-Jo Bar (6pm)
Shibuya sky?
4 comments
Also:
For Wifi I was going to get an Airlo App, I planned to get a Sunica Card and JR Pass.
You’ll want to do the monkey park the same time you do the bamboo grove. They are (more or less) right next to each other.
Also recommend that you ascend to the top of Fushimi Inari as it’s a fairly long path up a small mountain with some points of interest along the way / at the top.
I have been to Hakone, but we are going again and plan to check out the open air museum. If you are heading there and haven’t been, you might want to check it out. Also, if you are going to Gora the town there is very steep – make sure you book near to the cable car stations if you aren’t near Gora Station, especially if you are bringing much luggage.
Recommending the Osaka Amazing Pass for your visit / filling out your day based on the pass.
The USJ express passes are very, very expensive and the Nintendo World rides are the most expensive / sell out very fast. We actually decided to skip USJ due to the outrageous express pass costs & likely the long long lines to justify the price.
Adding:
Hakone will be 2 trains and no busses if I recall (depending where your hotel is). The Hakone Tozen (sp?) line takes you from the Shinkansen station to Gora (Hakone). There may be 3 total trains … Shinkansen -> express -> local train.
Some of the Hakone onsen have shuttles that will pick you up from Odawara station. That can relieve some of that hassle
Just a tip, as someone who got Kirby Cafe reservations for five people earlier this year, they release them on the 10th of the month before your date (for example, tickets for October are released on September 10th) at 6PM JST. I was lucky enough to check on the exact day but I had to refresh repeatedly to get a good time slot that could fit five people and I live here so the time worked for me. They sell out fast and you may not get the time you want but just be ready to go at that time for whatever time zone you’re in.