To preface this request..I’m a horrible planner, usually on vacation I go with the flow , have a few things I want to do and the rest have down time or find and discover things along the way.
After reading through a few of this community’s itineraries I’m at a loss for what to do and need help please.
I am new to making any sort of itinerary-because again -i’m very go with the flow, find and discover on your journey. But this is a big trip for my family and I feel like there’s so much we want to see and do (although I know myself and will be freaking tired from jet lag which I DID NOT account for anywhere in this trip). I tried to use google maps to visualize where everything is, then kind of just put it together.
Some of the stuff is half done, so if there are any tips please let me know. We want to see a few shrines, go to a lot of different vintage game/anime shops , try great food (we are foodies, so any suggestions please let me know!)
To get another idea how bad my trip planning is..I have neglected finding food places and placed more focus on shops and stuff that my family and I want to go to..
SOS any advice is much appreciated. We already have tickets to Disneysea, Ghibli warehouse, Legoland and USJ. And will try for Ghibli museum and Pokémon cafe/Kirby of course.
Thanks in advance!
Itinerary
Day 1 Tokyo to Kyoto
Arrive NRT 5P
Gather Luggage
Drop Luggage off at Takubyin Appears to be Drop Off at 1F
Activate JR Pass in NRT JR EAST TRAVEL SERVICE CENTER Open 8:15-8pm
Obtain Hikari Ticket to Kyoto Station Ticket Office in Terminal 2+3 (International Arrivals)
-Take Narita Express to Tokyo or Shinagawa Station
Take Shinkansen to Kyoto Station 2.5hrs
FOOD
Visit Mikane-Jinju Shrine
Day 2 kyoto to Nagoya
Eat Breakfast
Leave early on train from Kyoto 815am
Take Train to Nagoya to Legoland opens at 10am
Toyota Museum in Nagoya near Aichi Open: 9:30-17:00 (Last admission is at 16:30.)
Ride back to Kyoto
Day 4 KYOTO > NAGOYA
From Kyoto take train to ghibli’s grand warehouse
Ghibli’s Grand Warehouse
Gion during evening/night (is this safe for families with kids at night?)
Pontocho
Hanamikoji Street
Kiyamachi-dori
Day 5 kyoto
Fushimi Inari Pathway-2-3 hours finish by 9am latest
Bicycle rental Raku-chari Sanjo arrive around 930am
534-2 Ebisunochō 20min subway
Kyoto Railway Museum
Pokemon Center Kyoto
Yasui Kompira-gū Shrine
Kifune Shrine
Mikane-jinja Shrine
Ojamakan Fukakusa Store
メゾンドゥスール
(We thought renting bikes could take some of the footwork out, and get us where we want to be faster..if I’m wrong tell me!)
Day 6 kyoto
Spend morning in kyoto then leave for osaka
Rental Kimono Okamoto Main Shop
Jishu-Jinja Shrine
Otowanotaki
Rental Kimono Okamoto Main Shop
OSAKA still on day 6
Animate Kawanishi
\Umeda Sky Building
Cup noodles museum Osaka ikeda
Kiddy land osaka umeda
ガシャポン バンダイオフィシャルショップ梅田店 (Gashapon)
Pokemon center osaka
FLET’S 100 Yen Shop
Tempozan Giant Ferris Wheel -Weekdays: 10 am to 9 pm, Sat, Sun and holidays: 10 am to 10 pm. Final boarding time is 15 min. before departure
Day 7 Osaka
Korea Town
\Don Quijote
San-X
Lashinbang Osaka Nipponbashi 2nd Store
\Den den town
Animate Osaka Nipponbashi
Gee Store Osaka
Mandarake Grand Chaos Shop
]Nipponbashi Denden Town
Surugaya Nipponbashi
Osaka Ikuno Korea Town
Osaka Castle
Sanrio Gift Gate
Day 8 osaka
\カービィカフェ PETIT 天王寺店
\Pokémon Cafe
\Dotonbori
\Sanrio Gift Gate
\Nintendo OSAKA
\Harukas 300
America-mura
10/9 osaka
No idea
Day 10 osaka
Grab Breakfast
7:30am Universal Studios Japan
Day 11 osaka? Was thinking day trip to Hiroshima, but unsure
Day /12 SHIBUYA/Harajuku
Train to Tokyo station
Shibuya Sky
Shibuya Parco
Nintendo Tokyo
Pepper Parlor
CAPCOM STORE TOKYO
ポケモンセンターシブヤ
=MEGA Don Quijote
Sailor Moon store
Hachikō Memorial Statue
Mandarake Shibuya
Torikatsu Chicken Shibuya
STARBUCKS RESERVE® ROASTERY TOKYO
SNS Tokyo
Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo
Laforet Harajuku
Takeshita Street
Omotesando-food
Cat Street
Meiji Jingu
Day 13 DISNEY
8AM Tokyo Disney Sea (be there at 8am-park opens at 9, but sometimes opens earlier)
day /14 AKIHABARA
Super Potato Akihabara Branch(Hayes)
SEGA Akihabara Building 3
BIC CAMERA akiba
Mandarake Complex
Melonbooks Akihabara 1st Store
おたちゅう。秋葉原3号店/仮面ライダー専門館
Max Game Azabu
Akihabara Gamers
TAMASHII NATIONS TOKYO
Retro Game Camp
\Animate Akihabara
Don Quijote Akihabara
Mitsui Garden Hotel Shiodome Italia-gai
Pokémon Café
Suruga-ya Akihabara Shop Anime Hobby Pavilion
Day /15 Tokyo
Tokyo skytree
Ginza 6
Unko museum
Day/16
No idea??
Day 17
Last day no idea but have to be at NRT around 5pm
1 comment
Day one, why do you want to sleep in Kyoto if you are to spend two days in Nagoya. Ok, I know it’s not that far using the shinkansen, but you can save some time in the train staying in Nagoya for the first 2 nights and only go to Kyoto at the end of day 4 (or 3, no idea, day 3 is missing).
Nowhere is dangerous for kids in Japan, the “dangerous” places are when you follow touts to their shady bars in nightlife area, I just hope you did not even planned to bring your kid to bars to start with.
Kifune shrine is find of far north of Kyoto, not sure it make sense to go there.
Day 6 in Osaka you are a bit all over the place… for half a day going to cup noodle museum that is out of the way, then a bunch of other places in different area…
JR Pass might not be a good value for you. If you are not going to Hiroshima, do not use the pass and stay in Nagoya to save money of doing 2 round trip Kyoto-Nagoya.
Akihabara you can add Radio Kaikan, include lot of stores including K Books and add Akiba Culture Zone for Lashinbang (among other stores). Melonbooks, DO NOT GOT TO [THIS STORE](https://goo.gl/maps/8ucqTxBTh2rbeYd46), it is extremely not appropriate for kids. It’s unfotunately the Melonbooks that is the easiest to spot from the street. It is fully dedicated do 18+ stuff and it can be explicit enough. You want to go to [this store](https://goo.gl/maps/MRrkYgqafGzxJdW9A), that is in the basement and not easy to find. Note that is still have a 18+ section with explicit images on the cover. Actually just in general, there can be adult sections (of floor) in anime/manga stores, so just keep an eye open with the kids.