Hello everyone! 🙂 I’ve planned an itinerary for our first trip to Japan for 14 full days in May 2024 for a group of 5 people.
Feel free to share your thoughts and advice, thank you very much 🙂
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# Day 1-4 : Tokyo
🛏️ 4 nights in Tokyo
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**Day 1 (Thu) Lodging**
* Arrival in Japan at Narita Airport around 6:35 PM, so nothing special planned
* Heading to the lodging to sleep
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**Day 2 (Fri) Asakusa + Akihabara**
* Asakusa
* Senso-ji
* Five-story pagoda
* Hōzōmon
* Nakamise-dori Street
* Akihabara
* Kanda-myōjin
* Mandarake Complex
* Kotobukiya
* Super Potato Akihabara Branch(Hayes)
* Akihabara Radio Kaikan
* Pop Life Department M’s
* Yodobashi Camera Multimedia Akiba
* Game Center
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**Day 3 (Sat) Central Tokyo**
* Tsukiji Outer Market
* Ichiba-dori
* Kabuki-za
* Ginza district
* Kokyo Gaien National Garden (Kikyō-mon Gate, Ōte-mon Gate, Kōkyo, The East Gardens of the Imperial Palace, Edo Castle, etc.)
* (if we have time) Yasukuni-jinja
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**Day 4 (Sun) Harajuku + Shibuya**
* Harajuku
* Meiji-jingū
* Meiji Jingu Ichino Torii
* Takeshita-dōri
* Shibuya
* Omotesando
* Shibuya Sky
* Shibuya Crossing
* Hachikō Memorial Statue
* Pokémon Center Shibuya
* Nintendo Tokyo
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# Day 5-11 : Kyoto, Osaka & Nara
🛏️ 7 nights in Kyoto
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**Day 5 (Mon) Train Station District + Fushimi-Inari-Taisha**
*Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto (approximately 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM), so a somewhat lighter day*
* Kyoto Tower
* Tō-ji
* Tōfuku-ji
* Fushimi-Inari Taisha
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**Day 6 (Tue) Southern Higashiyama + Northern Higashiyama**
* Southern Higashiyama
* Kiyomizu-dera
* Ninenzaka
* Kōdai-ji
* Yasaka-jinja
* Maruyama Park
* Chion-in
* Northern Higashiyama
* Nanzen-ji
* Philosopher’s Path (Tetsugaku No Michi)
* Ginkaku-ji
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**Day 7 (Wed May 15 / Aoi Matsuri) Imperial Palace and surroundings + Central Kyoto**
* Imperial Palace and surroundings
* Shimogamo-jinja
* Tadasu-no-mori
* Kyōto-gosho
* Nijō-jō
* Central Kyoto
* Pokémon Center Kyoto
* Nishiki Market
* Pontocho district
* Gion district
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**Day 8 (Thu) Osaka**
* Universal Studios Japan
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**Day 9 (Fri) Nara**
* Nara Park
* Yoshiki-en
* Isuien Garden
* Tōdai-ji + Daibutsu
* Nigatsu-dō
* Kasuga-taisha
* Kōfuku-ji
* Nakatanidou
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**Day 10 (Sat) Osaka**
* Osaka-jo
* Abeno Harukas
* Shi Tennō-ji
* Tennoji Park
* Tsūtenkaku
* Nipponbashi Denden Town
* Sennichimae Doguyasuji Shopping Street
* Kuromon Ichiba Market
* Dōtonbori + Minami district
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**Day 11 (Sun) Northwest Kyoto + Arashiyama**
* Northwest Kyoto
* Kitano Tenman-gū
* Kinkaku-ji
* Ryōan-ji
* Karesansui garden
* Ninna-ji
* Arashiyama
* Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama
* Togetsu-kyo Bridge
* Tenryu-ji
* Ōkōchi Sansō
* Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
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# Day 12-13 : Hiroshima & Miyajima
🛏️ 2 nights in Hiroshima
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**Day 12 (Mon) Hiroshima**
*Shinkansen from Kyoto to Hiroshima (approximately 9:30 AM to 11:10 AM)*
* Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
* Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
* Children’s Peace Monument
* Genbaku Dome
* Pokémon Center Hiroshima
* Hiroshima-jō
* Shukkei-en garden
* Okonomimura
* (if there is a baseball match) MAZDA Zoom-Zoom Hiroshima Stadium
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**Day 13 (Tue) Miyajima**
* Itsukushima-jinja
* Senjōkaku
* Miyajima Omotesandō Shopping Street
* Daishō-in
* Mount Misen
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# Day 14-16 : Tokyo
🛏️ 1 night in Tokyo (Shinjuku)
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**Day 14 (Wed) Shinjuku**
*Shinkansen from Kyoto to Hiroshima (approximately 9:30 AM to 13:30 AM)*
* Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Observation Decks
* Shinjuku Gyoen Park
* Omoide-yokocho
* Godzilla
* Shinjuku Golden Gai
* Kabukichō district
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**Day 15 (Thu) Odaiba**
* teamLab Planets
* Unicorn Gundam Statue
* Miraikan
* Tokyo Joypolis
* Rainbow Bridge (from Daiba Park)
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**Day 16 (Fri) Haneda Airport**
* Return flight at 1 AM
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In advance, thank you for your answer 🙂
