My family (Wife, 2 year old child, me) trip to Japan is coming up shortly and i wanted some feedback on my itinerary. This isnt necessarily a list of things were 100% going to do…rather things we wouldnt mind seeing if we’re feeling it, plus we have to fit some things in for our daughter to enjoy. If there is something i have to see in any of these areas i would love to hear about it.
We love walking around and exploring so I’ve arranged things to hopefully enable that. Im prepared to take public transit where walking would prove to be too far (we already bought our JR pass for our second half of the trip).
**Day 1: Sept 18th**
Land at Haneda 3:40PM, get to our hotel in the Koto City area. Get something to eat and maybe going to the Tokyo Skytree.
**Day 2:**
Exploring the Asakusa->Ueno->Akihabara areas
Start in the Senoso-ji area and explore there
Move on to Ueno Park and possibly check out the zoo, after which we will swing by the Ameyoko shopping district
Lastly, make our way to Kanda Shrine and explore Akihabara
**Day 3:**
Explore Shinjuku->Shibuya
Start in the Shinjuku Golden Gai area so we can see the godzilla head, then maybe make our way to Omoide Yokoocho. Considering visiting the metropolitan government building and then going to Takashimaya with our final stop being Gyoen National Garden.
We’ll then make our way to Takeshita Street before going to Yoyogi Park to see the Meiji Jingu. We’ll make our way to see the Turkish Cultural Center and Mosque and then head over to the Shibuya crossing scramble area. Maybe swing by Yebisu Garden and Tokyo Tower since they are in the direction we would be going back to our hotel anyway.
**Day 4:**
Disney Sea in the first half of the day and Disney World in the second half
**Day 5:**
Day trip to explore Enoshima->Kamakura->Yokohama
Take a trip to Enoshima to see the Island (maybe stopping by the aquarium, probably not).
Work our way through Kamakura seeing the various temples and visitting Komachi Dori street and the surrounding areas
Head to Yokohama, starting around the gundam factory area, exploring the area around the Red Brick Warehouse and making our way towards the Sky garden…then make our eay to the hotel.
**Day 6:**
Explore Odaiba->Ginza
Start the day at teamlab planets before working our way down to the central square area and exploring around there.
Make our way to Hamarikyu Gardens, swing by Tsukiji outer market, then visit Ginza Six and make our way to the Imperial Palace area.
**Day 7:**
Check out of our hotel and make our way to Osaka for the back half of our trip. Check into our hotel in Osaka and explore Tenma->Umeda.
Start at Osaka castle and make our way to the shopping center area in Umeda so we can hit the Hep Five Ferris Wheel, Osaka pokemon center, and end the day at Umeda Sky.
**Day 8:**
Explore Tennoji->Namba->Dottonbori
Start around the Shinsekai area so we can Harukas 300 and explore the area..possibly visit Shitenno-ji
Make our way to the Yasaka Jinja then going to Kuromon Ichiba market to get some Rikuros cheesecake.
Explore the dottonbori area to end the day.
**Day 9:**
Day trip to Kyoto
Start at the arashiyama monkey park then make our way to Kinkaku-ji.
Make our way to the Nijo Castle and Imperial Palace areas after which we will go east and work our way down from Heian Shrine through Sannenzaka while making a stop at Nishiki Market.
We’ll conclude our day with visiting Fushimi Inari Taishi and To-ji temple
**Day 10:**
Day trip to Himeji->Akashi->Kobe
Visit Himeji to visit the castle
Swing by Akashi so we can visit Nijigen no Mori theme park
Make our way to Kobe, starting in the harborland area. Head over to the chinatown and Ikuta Jinja areas. Go the Nunobiki Herb Gardens area and take the cable car up. Maybe swing by the Oji Zoo for our daughter befiee heading back.
**Day 11:**
Visit Universal in Osaka and prepare for our trip back
*Day 12:**
Check out, grab some food and make our way back to Tokyo for our return flight at 5:40PM
