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.
Every day, I listed what I wanted to do in order, putting the best thing of the day early, so if I don’t have time to do everything, it doesn’t matter.
Feel free to share your thoughts and advice, thank you very much 🙂
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# Day 1-5 : Tokyo (5 nights in Tokyo)
**Thursday 09/05 – 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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**Friday 10/05 – Asakusa + Akihabara**
* Asakusa
* Senso-ji
* Five-story pagoda
* Hōzōmon
* Nakamise Shopping Street
* See the Tokyo Skytree
* Akihabara
* Kanda-myōjin
* Mandarake Complex
* Kotobukiya
* Akihabara Radio Kaikan
* Pop Life Department M’s
* Yodobashi Camera Multimedia Akiba
* Game Center
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**Saturday 11/05 – Central Tokyo**
* Tsukiji Outer Market
* Ichiba-dori
* 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
* Pokémon Store Tokyo Station Shop
* Pokémon Center Tokyo DX
* Tokyo Character Street
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**Sunday 12/05 – Harajuku + Shibuya**
* Harajuku
* Meiji-jingū
* Takeshita-dōri
* Marion Crêpes
* Shibuya
* Omotesando
* Shibuya Sky
* Shibuya Crossing
* Hachikō Memorial Statue
* Pokémon Center Shibuya
* Nintendo Tokyo
* Mega Don Quijote
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**Monday 13/05 – Fuji Five Lakes**
* Lake Kagaguchi
* Arakura Fuji Sengen-jinja
* Churei-to pagoda
* Arakurayama Sengen Park
* Ide Sake Brewery
* Lake Kawaguchi Mt. Tenjō Ropeway
* **If we have time :** Lake Sai
* Sai-ko Iyashi-no-Sato Nenba (Traditional Japanese Village)
* Aokigahara forest
* Lake Saiko Bat Cave
* Fugaku Wind Cave
* Narusawa-hyōketsu
* Koyo-dai
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# Day 6-11 : Kyoto, Osaka & Nara (6 nights in Kyoto)
**Tuesday 14/05 – Train Station District + Fushimi-Inari-Taisha**
*Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto (approximately 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM), so a somewhat lighter day*
* Fushimi-Inari Taisha
* Tōfuku-ji
* Tō-ji
* Kyoto Tower
* **If we have time:**
* Higashi Hongan-ji
* Nishi hongan-ji
* Sanjūsangen-dō (somewhere during the day)
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**Wednesday 15/05 (Aoi Matsuri) – Imperial Palace and surroundings + Central Kyoto**
* Imperial Palace and surroundings
* Shimogamo-jinja
* Tadasu-no-mori
* Kyoto Imperial Palace
* Nijō-jō
* Central Kyoto
* **If we have time :** Pokémon Center Kyoto
* Nishiki Market
* **If we have time :** Pontocho district
* Gion district
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**Thursday 16/05 – Osaka**
* Universal Studios Japan
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**Friday 17/05 – Nara**
* Nara Park
* Yoshiki-en
* Isuien Garden
* Tōdai-ji + Daibutsu
* Nigatsu-dō
* Kasuga-taisha
* Kōfuku-ji
* Nakatanidou
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**Saturday 18/05 – Osaka**
* Osaka-jo
* Abeno Harukas
* **If we have time :** Shi Tennō-ji
* **If we have time :** Isshinji Temple
* Tennoji Park
* Tsūtenkaku
* Nipponbashi Denden Town
* Kuromon Ichiba Market
* Dōtonbori
* **If we have time :** Minami district
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**Sunday 19/05 – Southern Higashiyama + Northern Higashiyama**
* Southern Higashiyama
* Kiyomizu-dera
* Sannenzaka
* Ninenzaka
* Yasaka-jinja
* Chion-in
* Northern Higashiyama
* Nanzen-ji
* Philosopher’s Path (Tetsugaku No Michi)
* Ginkaku-ji
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# Day 12-13 : Hiroshima & Miyajima (2 nights in Hiroshima)
**Monday 20/05 – 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
* Hondori
* Okonomimura
* (if there is a baseball match) MAZDA Zoom-Zoom Hiroshima Stadium
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**Tuesday 21/05 – 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)
**Wednesday 22/05 – Shinjuku**
*Shinkansen from Kyoto to Hiroshima (approximately 9:30 AM to 13:30 AM)*
* Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Observation Decks
* Omoide-yokocho
* Godzilla
* Hanazono-jinja
* Shinjuku Golden Gai
* **If we have time :** Kabukichō district
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**Thursday 23/05 – Odaiba**
* teamLab Planets
* Unicorn Gundam Statue
* Tokyo Joypolis
* Odaiba Marine Park
* Rainbow Bridge
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**Friday 24/05 – Haneda Airport**
* Return flight at 1 AM
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In advance, thank you for your answer 🙂
