9-day itinerary

Hi! I need some help regarding my itinerary. I am gonna lay out what I have planned in mind, and let me know what you guys think! I am actually looking for alternatives to my itinerary, as my partner and I would like to see more of what Japan has to offer, beyond the usual touristy stuff. We will be mostly doing Kyoto & Osaka

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Day 1: KIX > Kyoto
\- will land in KIX @ around 4pm, so we will be heading to Kyoto and that will probably take up the rest of the day

Day 2: stay in Kyoto
\- visit Sannenzaka & Ninenzaka
\- shop around Gion shopping area
\- Push the Limit Bouldering Gym (both my partner & I are climbers)
\- Kyoto station

Day 3: day trip to Osaka
\- Tenjinbashi-suji
\- America-mura (thrift shopping!)
\- Dotonbori (e.g. taiyaki)
\- Shinsekai (if we have time)

Day 4: stay in Kyoto
\- we don’t really know what to do on this day so recommendations would be great! (we have been to Kinkaku-ji, Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, Fushimi Inari so we don’t really want to go back to those places)

Day 5: Kyoto > Tokyo
\- this will probably take up half a day
\- Suga Jinga (famous stairs from Kimi no Nawa since our accoms are at Yotsuya)
\- Shinjuku for dinner if we are not tired

Day 6: Asakusa & Akihabara
\- Asakusa (souvenir shopping, food)
\- Akihabara (shopping, experience anime culture, etc.)

Day 7: Harajuku, Shibuya
\- Harajuku (shopping + check out iconic entrance of Omotesando Tokyu Plaza)
\- B-Pump Ogikubo
\- Shibuya

Day 8: Tokyo
\- we don’t really know what to do on this day either so recommendations are welcome!

Day 9: NRT > home

Are there any places you would recommend that we go to instead? Mostly to replace Shibuya & Shinjuku.