Hello r/JapanTravel! My girlfriend and I will be traveling to Japan for the first time this November. Please feel free share your thoughts and advice on our itinerary. Thanks in advance!
**DAY 1 (Sun) – Tokyo**
* Arrive at Narita around 5pm
* Take the Skyliner+subway to Shinjuku station
* Check into hotel (Shinjuku Washington Hotel), grab dinner at nearby convenience store
**DAY 2 (Mon) – Tokyo**
* Shinjuku – Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Kabukicho Tower / area
* Shibuya – Miyashita park, Center-Gai, Shibuya Sky
**DAY 3 (Tues) – Tokyo**
* 8am Tsukjji Market for breakfast
* teamLab Planets
* Odaiba – Gundam Base, Fuji TV building, Tokyo Joypolis
* Harajuku – Takeshita Street
* Dinner at Kura sushi
**DAY 4 (Wed) – Tokyo/Osaka**
* Check out of hotel – forward luggage to hotel in Osaka
* Take bullet train to Osaka, check into hotel (Miyako City Osaka Hommachi)
* Shinsaibashi shopping street
* Dontonbori
**DAY 5 (Thur) – Osaka**
* Universal Studios Japan
**DAY 6 (Fri) – Osaka**
* Cup noodle museum Osaka
* Lunch at Kuromon Market
* Denden Town
* Explore and dinner in Shinsekai
**DAY 7 (Sat) – Kyoto**
* Early morning train to Kyoto
* Kiyomizu-dera Temple – Walk around Sannenzaka / Ninenzaka afterwards
* Lunch at Nishiki Market
* Fushimi Inari
* Dinner around Kyoto station
* Late evening bullet train back to Osaka
**DAY 8 (Sun) – Osaka/Hakone**
* Check out of hotel – forward big luggage to hotel in Tokyo (we will travel with a carry-on luggage to Hakone)
* Bullet train to Hakone – check in and spend the rest of the day at ryokan.
**DAY 9 (Mon) – Hakone/Tokyo**
* Breakfast at ryokan
* Check out of ryokan, explore and have lunch around Hakone-Yumoto Station
* Take bullet train back to Tokyo, check into hotel (Asakusa View Hotel Annex Rokku)
* Head to Ikebukuro – Sunshine city
**DAY 10 (Tues) – Tokyo**
* Asakusa – Senso-Ji Temple
* Kappabashi Dougu Street -Shopping for kitchen knives
* Akihabara – spend the rest of the day at arcades and anime merch stores
**DAY 11 (Wed) – Tokyo**
* Ueno – Ameyayokocho
* Ginza – Muji store, Tokyo station
* Tokyo Skytree in the evening
**Day 12 (Thurs) – Tokyo**
* Free day – re-visit any places or hit up new ones
**Day 13 (Fri) – Tokyo**
* Last minute shopping
* Head to Narita around 2pm
* 7pm flight departs Narita
**Questions:**
* What’s the best way to get from Shinjuku to Tsukiji on a Tuesday morning? We read that the subway should be avoided during rush hour. Should we head out earlier? Or take a taxi? Uber?
* Regarding luggage forwarding, would we be able to ask our hotels to assist with it? Or should we go to a convivence store? Do we need to notify the receiving hotel?
* For our day trip to Kyoto, should we do Fushimi Inari before Kiyomizu-dera? Would we be able to squeeze in Arashiyama at the end of the day?
* Lastly, any must see or highly recommended places missing from our list?