Itinerary Check – 14 Days _ Tokyo, Takayama, Kyoto, Kamakura

Hello!

About us: 28&30 yr old couple, enjoy walking, seeing sights, eating food, thrift shopping, and having experiences in Japan we couldn’t/aren’t as common/accessible in America. We like a mix of scheduled/unscheduled time.

Main struggle: Making sure the itinerarary is actually doable and enjoyable. Some days seem jam packed. Also, that we’re going to the right area on the right days of the week. Finding that some thing are closed on (to me) random weekdays.

If a meal location is listed it’s because it’s something specific we want to eat – we are planning to eat other times as well haha, but that’s more freeform

**Tokyo** (Likely staying in Shinjuku)

Friday – 2/09

* Fly out

Saturday – 2/10

* Land in Narita 5pm
* Send luggage to hotel
* Takano Fruits Store
* Pachinko
* Oden Yatai Stand that allegedly shows up around 8/9

Sunday – 2/11

* Shiro-Hige’s Cream Puff Factory
* Specialty/3rd Wave Coffee somewhere
* Gotokuji Temple
* Hanegi Park
* Lunch
* Specialty/3rd Wave Coffee somewhere
* Shimokitazawa (walk around+ thrift shop)
* Dinner
* Catch a music show

Monday – 2/12

* Specialty/3rd Wave Coffee somewhere
* Okatte store
* Sakurai Tea Experience
* Lunch
* Ura-Harajuku
* Takeshita Street
* Lion Meikoyoku Kissa
* Takumi Sushi Owana?

Tuesday – 2/13

* Free morning
* Head Spa
* Specialty/3rd Wave Coffee somewhere
* Arcade
* Itosho for dinner

Wednesday – 2/14

* Koshikawa Korakuen
* Glitch Coffee/Jimbocho
* Ochanomizu Music Instrument Avenue
* Chidorigafuchi Park
* Cafe de’Lambre
* Fancy Department Store (Wako, Mitsukoshi?)
* Ginza Akebono
* Tsukiji Honganji
* Free rest of the evening

**Takayama** (Staying at Ryokan)

Thursday – 2/15

* Travel to Takayama
* Karakuri Museum (If we have time)
* Hachiman Shrine

Friday – 2/16

* Takayama Morning Markets
* Takayama Pudding Tei
* Splitting off from each other
* Sake Breweries for one person
* Kissaten for the other
* Hida Folk Village

**Kyoto** (No idea what area to stay in here)

Saturday – 2/17

* Travel to Kyoto
* Clamp Coffee
* Nijo Castle
* Kitano Tenmangu Shrine
* Free rest of the evening

Sunday – 2/18

* Specialty/3rd Wave Coffee somewhere
* Travel to Uji
* Byodo-in
* Ujigami
* Mimuroto-ji
* Tea farm tour (if we can find one/if the tourist office offers them)
* Back to Kyoto
* Kyoto Handicraft museum (if we have time)
* Chanko Restaurant

Monday – 2/19

* Free morning
* Tofu restaurant (Shoraian, Okutan, Tosuiro?)
* Walk philosopher’s path
* Free evening
* Obanzai Restaurant?

Tuesday – 2/20

* Specialty/3rd Wave Coffee somewhere
* Kimono Rental
* Jonangu Shrine for photographer photos (Still working out if this is a good location)
* Walk Shirakawa area
* Tatsumi Bridge
* Kanzashi Store
* Kagizen Yoshifusa Shijo Main Branch
* Chugen-ji
* Kenninji
* Yasuikonpiragu
* Ninenzaka
* Sannenzaka
* Ghible Store
* Pottery road on the way to-
* Kiyomizudera
* Poontocho

Wednesday – 2/21

* Fushi-Inari morning hike
* Free Afternoon
* Free evening

**Kamakura**

Thursday – 2/22

* Travel to Kamakura (Fujisawa station, then the Enoden to Kamakura)
* Hokokuji
* Engaku-ji
* Eisho-Ji
* Mushinan
* Chapter Vintage
* BunBun Tea
* Hasadera Temple
* Kosokuji Temple

**Tokyo**

Friday – 2/23

* Travel to Tokyo (or travel to Tokyo the prior evening?
* Renaissance Meikyoku Kissa
* Walk around Koenji
* Free Evening

Saturday – 2/24

* Asakusa (February Coffee?
* Travel to Narita Airport for 5pm flight