Hello! I want to have a check around my trip since I feel like I may have overdid it on some days. I’m going with my boyfriend. We booked most hotels except for our last night in Tokyo before leaving.
We will get the 21 day JR Pass even tho it might not be useful for the whole 21 days.
So Let’s start !
**Tokyo Day 1**
* arrival at the airport around 3-4 pm. planning on having 1 checked luggage to get a bunch of souvenir so we will have to wait for that. Get the welcome suica card or pasmo, exchange cash at the airport (heard its a good place to do so)
* Then go to our hotel (Hotel gracery shinjuku), and maybe hit Omoide Yokocho for a bite since its really close to the hotel.
**Tokyo day 2**
Its a Akihabara/Asakusa day
* Going to Asakusa first probably, checking out Senso-ji
* Asakusa Jinja
* visit the nakamise-Dori Street
* Finish off with Tokyo Sky tree.
* Then going to Akihabara, its a Sunday and I heard the street close of to be pedestrian so I thought it would be neat. Checking out stores mostly, and the surroundings. Visit a themed cafe
**Tokyo Day 3**
Shibuya/Minato Surroundings ?
* Start off with shibuya, Shibuya 109
* the pokemon center
* checkout the shibuya crossing
* hachiko statue
* checking out Shibuya Sky.
* Then around 6 pm we have a diner reservation at Toisawa Roppongi.
* After supper we will finish off by checking out the tokyo tower.
**Tokyo Day 4**
Day alone ! “Mostly girly things”
bf won’t be here with me that day.
I’ll probably go for Harajuku and checking out Don quijote and the cosme store to stock up on some beauty product/ gift for some of my friends. I’m also planning on going for a facial but I have yet to reserve this activity. And some thrift shops.
**Tokyo day 5**
Odaiba/Ginza day
**Send my luggage to Kyoto with the service**
Going to teamLabs Planet at 9h30-10 am
* checking out the gundam base and the surrounding area, LegoLand and off to Ginza. Would love to be able to visit the Art aquarium musem but I’m not sure if we will have the time. We do want to enjoy the area and shops.
* Tempura Fukamichi at 17h00
* maybe if we have time go to Uniqlo and get a piece customized but if we have the time. Other than that maybe just enjoy the night over there maybe go to a bar if we have the energy.
**Tokyo -> Yokohama -> Kyoto**
So the reason why I wanted to send off my luggage’s is because we wanted to do a stop to Yokohama then go to Kyoto in the same day.
* Yokohama: we want to check out the Cup noodle Museum and the Gundam Factory (we are big fan of Gundam so we really want to check it out).
* Then off to Kyoto, I doubt we will be able to fit in too much stuff in Yokohama.
* Kyoto: we will check in and probably check out the Nishiki market that isn’t far from the hotel.
**Kyoto Day 1**
* Fushimi Inari-Taisha first thing in the morning, check out the surrounding for a bit
* head out to Higashiyama enjoy the surroundings
* Go to the infamous starbuck (friend heavily push me to do that one) and next to it there’s a perfume place to make your own perfume.
* Kiyomizu-dera
* Kiyama which is scheduled for 6pm.
* Check out the Kyoto Gyoen national garden before or after Kiyama depending on our day.
and finish our day
**Kyoto Day 2**
Arashiyama day trip.
* Doing the Sagano romantic train
* then going to walk to the arashiyama Bamboo groove.
* Check out Gioji temple (might want to rent a bike perhaps)
* Tenryu-ji
* Check out a kimono rental place to try one out !
* Togetsukyo bridge
* Finish off with the Kimono Forest.
If theres the Hozogawa river cruise that opens up again I might cut into some activities to fit that activity.
**Kyoto Day 3 -> Osaka**
I’ll see if I can leave my luggage at the hotel for the day and pick them up when we go to Osaka
* Nijo-jo
* Nishiki market again probably but for a short time.
* Hanamikoji Street/Gion check out the surroundings
* Nanzenji Temple
* Pontocho park
Off to Osaka.
**Osaka Day 1**
I mostly followed a guide here for Osaka So hopefully it’s decent
* Dotonbori sign
* Kuromon ichiba market
* Shinsaibashi-Suji Shopping Street
* Umeda Sky Building
* Osaka castle, might skip since we are visiting the Himeji Castle
**Osaka Day 2**
USJ day it’s a Tuesday so I’m debating if we get the express pass or not.
**Osaka Day 3**
Nara day trip, i’m basing myself off of a guide again for this one.
* Kofuku-ji
* Isuin Garden
* Todai-ji
* Nara parc, deer time
* Manyo botanical garden
* Mochiidonocho for shopping,
* Nakatanidou for the mochi
* Higashimuki Shopping Street
**Osaka Day 4**
Kobe day trip based on a guide
I’m not sure if I do visit the **Himeji castle** on this day. and kinda do a half day trip to kobe in the afternoon. I would probably just do the Ropeway and the gardens/ Ikuta shrine and the supper if I decide to go this route.
* Kobe Ropeway
* Nunobiki Herb Gardens
* Ikuta Shrine
* Chinatown Nankinmachi
* Kobe port
* Kobe Harborland
* Royal Mouriya at 6pm
**Osaka Day 5**
Send luggage to Hiroshima
* Namba Yasaka Jinja
* Shinsekai Market
* Tsūtenkaku
* Harukas 300
* teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka (not sure 100% for that activity)
**Osaka -> Himeji -> Hiroshima**
My plan is to go to Himeji checkout the castle then go to Hiroshima, but since I only have one day in Hiroshima and another in Miyajiyama before heading off I’m not sure if it’s a good idea and if it would be better to visit Himeji on my Kobe day trip day.
* Himeji Castle
* Check in at the hotel which is near the station
* Go to downtown Hiroshima to do the classic route for the WWII events
* visit Hiroshima castle if we have the time
* Get some Special Hiroshima Okonomiyaki !
**Hiroshima Day 2**
Miyajiyama Day trip
I’m following the japan guide for this one, plus a goal to eat some oysters!
* Itsukushima Jinja
* Omotesandō Shopping Street
* Daishoin
* Mount Misen
* Momijidani Park
* Itsukushima Jinja Senjokaku Pavilion
**Hiroshima -> Takayama**
Autumn festival day! we will be there for both days, but we got to account for probably 5h of route to get there. Important thing is to get there before 6pm.
* Hida Folk Village would be amazing if we have time for it either on this day or day 2 of takayama.
* Takayama Old Town between 6-8pm for the evening Festival
**Takayama Day 2**
I want to get to see some stuff around the city while being able to check out the festival events too.
* Miyagawa Morning Markets
* Kusakabe Mingeikan Guchi
* Yoshijima Traditional House
* Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine for Festival events
* Karakurui performance 11:00 and 13:00
* Mikoshi Procession returns at 16:30
* Takayama Shōwa-kan Museum
* Sanmachi Suji
**Takayama -> Kanazawa**
I’m still trying to reserve a good sushi restaurant in Kanazawa for this day or day 2. Didn’t have much success so far i’m afraid that we are too late to reserve but I’m still trying
* Naga-machi District
* Nomura-ke Samurai Residence
*
Kenroku-en
* Kanazawa Castle visit or just the park to check out the exterior
* Gyokusen-inmaru Park
* Oyama Shrine
**Kanazawa Day 2**
On this day we might rent a bike to get around the city.
* Omicho market
* Ishiura Shrine
* D.T. Suzuki Museum
* Nishi Chaya District
* Teramachi
* Ninja Temple
* Higashiyama
* Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum
(Optional)
* Kazuemachi Chaya District
* Might try to get a tea ceremony activity there if I don’t do one in Kyoto.
**Kanazawa -> Hakone**
Another 5 hours in the train for this one, we will probably arrive in Hakone at 12-1pm, we do have a ryokan around the Gora area with a kaiseki dinner around 6-7pm we also would have to check in before 6pm. I also want to enjoy the facilities a little bit (the bath) so we won’t have time to visit much.
* go to hotel to check in, get information on when’s dinner.
* Then taxi to the amakase tea house
* the road to shrine and the Torii gate
* Cruise
* Owakudani
* then hotel to unwind eat the kaiseki dinner enjoy the onsen.
**Hakone -> Tokyo**
* Open Air museum then going back to Tokyo
For Tokyo I didn’t plan anything to leave us room in case we missed anything that we didn’t think about
**Tokyo departure date**
Our plane is at 5pm so we might have time in the morning for some last minute stuff, but then again nothing really planned
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