Itinerary Review (17 days: Tokyo, Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Kanazawa, Takayama)

Hi all! My husband and I are honeymooning in Japan (Nov 5-21) and celebrating our 28th & 30th birthday there. Would love some input on our schedule. I’m a little hesitant on the amount places on our itinerary, but willing to part with what may not be worth it on our first time visiting. TIA!

**Day 0: Sat, Nov 4 -** Travel Day
**Day 1: Sun, Nov 5 -** Tokyo
\- Land in Haneda airport @ 4:55 pm (Customs, Suica card, Mifi)
\- Check into Hotel (near Minato city)
\- Tokyo Tower/ Red Tokyo Tower *-or-* Mori Building (**hotel is near Tokyo tower, but read Mori building was a nice view**) Bar after?

**Day 2: Mon, Nov 6 -** Tokyo
\- Starbucks Roastery (opens at 7:00 am)
\- Meiji-jingu, Yoyogi Park
*Harujuku*
\- Takeshita street, Mipig cafe
*Shibuya*
\- Shibuya crossing/Mags park rooftop
\- Shibuya sky
Misc: strawberry fetish, Bonobo, Gonpachi Nishi-Azabu
**Day 3: Tue, Nov 7 -** Tokyo
*Shinjuku City*
\- Zojo-ji temple (opens 9:00 am)
\- Shinjuku Gyoen Garden
Places to eat: Udon Shin, Fuunji, Sushi Tokyo Ten
*Omoide Yokocho -* Shinjuku Unatetsu
*Kabukicho*
\- Shinjuku golden gai
Place to eat: Cattle loves Shinjuku
**Day 4: Wed, Nov 8 -** Tokyo
Pick up JR Pass
Check out of hotel → Head to Hotel (near Edogawa city)
\- DisneySea
**Day 5: Thu, Nov 9 -** Tokyo → Osaka
Leave as early as possible, store luggage at Hotel (Shinsaibashi)
\- Cannabis Culture
\- Kuromon Ichiba market
\- Osaka Castle
\- Amerika-mura
\- Shinsaibashi
\- Umeda Sky Building, place to eat: Fukutaro okonomiyaki
**Day 6: Fri, Nov 10 -** Osaka
\-USJ

**Day 7: Sat, Nov 11 -** Osaka
\- Namba Yasaka Jinja (opens at 9:00 am)
\- Pokemon Cafe (hopefully 10:30 am)
\- Don Quijote (**I have don quijote here and Asakusa, worth going twice?**) Ebisu ferris wheel
Places to eat: Okaru okonomiyaki, takoyaki kukuru
*Shinsekai* \- Tsutenkaku
\- teamLab botanical garden (7:00 pm)
*Dotonburi*
\- Hozenji Yokocho
**Day 8: Sun, Nov 12 -** Osaka → Nara → Kyoto
Arrive to Nara @ 8:00 am, store luggage
\- Nakatanidou & area
\- *Potential: Kofukiji temple*
\- Isuien garden
\- Todaiji temple
\- Nara park
\- *Potential: Manyo botanical garden, Karuga taisha shrine*
Leave to Kyoto, check into Hotel (near Higashiyama Sanjo)
**Day 9: Mon, Nov 13 -** Kyoto
\- Fushimi Inari taisha (early)
\- Nishiki market
\- Hokan-ji temple, Kodai-ji temple, Kiyamizu-dera
\- Hachiedaime Gihey dinner @ 7:30 pm
\- Hanamikoji street
**Day 10: Tue, Nov 14 -** Kyoto
*Arashiyama*
\- Bamboo grove, Tenrya-ji, Togetsukyo bridge, Monkey park
*Pontocho*
*Gion*
\-Places to eat: Steak + wine bar, Ramen sen no kaze

**Day 11: Wed, Nov 15 -** Kyoto → Kanazawa
Check out of hotel @ 11:00 am, head to Kanazawa
Drop off luggage at Hotel, get bus loop pass
*Higashi Chaya District*
\- Kaikaro, Shima, Yasue gold leaf museum
*Kazuemachi*
\- Tzuzumi-mon gate
\- Places to eat: Daisho, Menya taiga
**Day 12: Thu, Nov 16 -** Kanazawa
\- Kenroku-en (opens at 8:00 am)
\- *Potential: Shigure-tei, Ishiura shrine*
\- Omicho Market
\- *Potential: Ozaki shrine, Oyama shrine*
\- Ninja temple
\- D.T. Museum (**can do without if it’s too much)**
\- Kanazawa castle park
\- Sushi Ippei for dinner
**Day 13: Fri, Nov 17 -** Kanazawa → Takayama
Leave to Takayama early, store luggage
\- Sakurayama Hachimangu shrine
\- Yoshijima house
\- Old town + Sanmachi Suji
*- Potential: Harade sake brewery*
Head to Yukimurasaki Ryoken at 2:30 pm
**Day 14: Sat, Nov 18 -** Takayama → Tokyo
Check out @ 10:00 am, bus to Takayama
\- Takayama jinja, Hida folk village
JR/train @ 3:17 pm, arrive in Tokyo 7:30 pm
Check into Hotel, explore Akasaka
**Day 15: Sun, Nov 19 -** Tokyo → Tachikawa
\- Ginza, Uniqlo
\- Train to Tachikawa, Asian Kung-Fu Generation Concert @ 5:00 pm
\- Explore Akasaka around hotel
**Day 16: Mon, Nov 20 -** Tokyo
*Asakusa*
\- Senso-ji
\- Asakusa shrine
*- Potential: Don Quijote*
\- Nakamise-dori
\- Asahi building
\- Tokyo Skytree
*Akihabara*
\- Radio Kaikan, Koto bukiya, AmiAmi, Roast Beef Ono
*Ueno Park*
*- Potential: Gyukatsu motomura*
**Day 17: Tue, Nov 21 -** Tokyo → Home
\- Aoyama flower market tea house
Head to airport, flight @ 6:55 pm