Hello all,
My girlfriend and I will be traveling to Japan for the first time in October and we drafted the following itinerary. I’d love it if you could check it and give some suggestions:
Day 1, Tokyo
– 10AM Landing at Haneda, allowing some time for passport control / luggage, getting our JR Pass (active from day 4 to day 11), SUICA, train tickets to Tokyo
– train to Asakusa. Since Airbnb check in time is at 4PM, we’d leave our luggage with Sagawa Express at Asakusa Station
– lunch, Senso-Ji temple, some sightseeing around the area
– retrieve luggage and check in at the Airbnb, walk around Taito, Ueno, Asakusa, whatever’s close
Day 2, Tokyo
– see Ginza, Chiyoda, Akihabara (too much stuff?)
Day 3, Nikko
– day trip to Nikko
Day 4, Kanazawa
-JR Pass is active
– train to Kanazawa, taxi to a secluded Ryokan, spend the day and night at the Ryokan
Day 5, Kanazawa
– taxi to Kanazawa, check in at hotel in Kanazawa, sightseeing around Kanazawa
Day 6, Kyoto
– train to Kyoto, arrive before noon
– check in at hotel
– quick trip to either Kinkaku-Ji or Arashiyama
Day 7, Kyoto
– walking trip around Ginkaku-Ji, Nansen-Ji, Chion-In, Ninenzaka
Day 8, Kyoto
– Fushimi Imari, either Kinkaku-Ji or Arashiyama (depending on what we saw on day 6)
Day 9, Nara
– Day trip to Nara
Day 10, Tokyo
– train to Tokyo, arrive before noon
– check in at hotel in Ryogoku
– sightseeing around Ryogoku and Sumida
– JR Pass ends
Day 11, Tokyo
– teamLAB planets
– Shibuya – Meji – Shinjuku
– Roppongi in the evening?
Day 12, Tokyo
– shopping spree for friends / family
– see some of what we missed
Day 13, Tokyo
– flight back home around noon
We tried to cluster together some areas that seem close to each other, rather than ping-ponging around the cities too much. Sometimes that’s not possible (like day 8 in Kyoto), but that’s fine.
Anything we’re missing that we should absolutely add? Any places in the areas that we should definitely check out?
Are we doing too much / too little?
Thanks!