How’s it going? I’m heading to Japan in late October to November and a lot people have been saying that they’d be surprised if I manage to actually do everything. Let me know if you think if I’m being realistic. I know I’ll be exhausted some days, but I’m not one to stay still so I know I’ll be on feet all day long. Mostly is it possible time wise?
DAY 1: Ginza Art Aquarium, Dawn Avatar Robot Cafe
DAY 2: Tokyo Disneyland
DAY 3: Tokyo DisneySea
DAY 4: Universal Studios Osaka
DAY 5: Joypolis, Tokyo Red Garden, Harry Potter Cafe, Cat Temple
DAY 6: Ueno Park, Sensoji Temple, Tokyo National Museum, Nezu Shrine, Try for Kirby Cafe, Michelin-starred ramen at Sobahouse Konjiki Hototogisu
DAY 7: Street Kart, TeamLab Planets, Odaiba, The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Little TGV
DAY 8: Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura, Grand Maze Palladium
DAY 9: Halloween in Tokyo, Shibuya Sky, Shibuya Crossing, Nintendo Tokyo, ChikuChiku Cafe, Pokemon Center
DAY 10: Warner Bros Studio Tour – Making of Harry Potter, Sunshine City Mall, Pokemon Center, Pikachu Sweets, Muscle Girls Muscle Girls
(Ikebukuro)
DAY 11: Nagashima Spa Land
DAY 12: Kyoto, Nintendo Building, Hanamikoji, Fushimi Inari Shrine
DAY 13: Ghibli Museum, Shinjuku Suga Shrine (Your Name Stairs), Golden Gai, Akihabara, Super Potato, Tokyo Leisure Land, Capyneko Cafe
DAY 14: Hiroshima, Mother Pop Up Shop, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
DAY 15: Fuji-Q Highland
DAY 16 (NOVEMBER 7TH): Last Things I May Have Missed
Flight Back in the Middle of the Day
7 comments
You have 3 super random days that make little to no sense. Osaka, Kyoto and Hiroshima. Nagoya is borderline ok.
You checked how far these are from Tokyo and how long it would take in the train? And over the time required, the money spent on train considering you have a sub-obtimal planing.
Hi!
No, your itinerary is not possible.
Day 1. The Robot Restaurant is closed, so you are not going there
Day 4. You are either getting to USJ later in the day than you probably want or leaving Disney Sea earlier in the day than you want. Put something else in between your theme park days
Day 7 Don’t do the street carts, everyone hates them. You’re not going to have people waving at you and smiling, you’re going to be getting disinterest or dirty looks. Also referring to them as Mario Karts is a good way to get the companies sued again.
Day 8 might be a long day.
Day 11, where are you coming from?!?! Nagashima Spa Land, assuming you mean the amusement park part of it, has short hours. Where are you staying in the evening?
Day 14. Just no.
Day 15. I have no idea where you are coming from to say whether it is possible,
Why not just base yourself In Osaka for 3 days and come back to Tokyo after doing stuff in Kyoto, Osaka and Hiroshima?
You’ll spend way less time doubling back on yourself and on trains and get more time doing stuff and seeing things. You could even fit in a visit to himeji castle on the way to/from Hiroshima that way if you plan your day right.
Also on your return to Tokyo base yourself in a different area to check out nearby stuff
So…. You should really consider splitting your trip between Tokyo day trips and Osaka day trips. It’s okay to book two hotels.
I agree with others that your itinerary looks like a headache waiting to happen.
If you’d like, I can send you a dm with my recommendation for changes?
i don’t understand why you wouldn’t just base a couple days in Osaka because the kyoto/osaka/hiroshima days literally make 0 sense if you travel from tokyo
This is crazier than a chat gpt itinerary
You’re not going to be on your feet all day with that itinerary. You’re gonna be sitting on your arse on shinkansen all day to do day trips from Tokyo to Osaka and Tokyo to Hiroshima?
Surely it’s not too much more work to spend 3 nights in osaka purely to break up the travel?