Going to be in Japan from December 8th to the 21st.
Day 0 Tokyo 12/7
– Flight at 11am
Day 1 Tokyo 12/8
– Arrive in Tokyo
– Get pocket wifi
– ATM exchange money
– Suica Card
– Check in to hotel
– Stroll around city
Day 2 Tokyo 12/9
– Team Lab at 11:30
– Tokyo Skytree
– Yakiniku Park
– Ichiran Ramen
Day 3 Tokyo 12/10
– A Happy Pancake
– Yo yogi Park
– Shibuya Sky
– Shibuya Crossing
Day 4 Tokyo 12/11
– Brooklyn first diner
– Meiji Jingu
– Ueno Park
– Golden Gai
Day 5 Tokyo
– Takeshita St
– Nintendo Store
– Kurande Sake Market
Day 6 Hakone 12/13
– Check out hotel and send luggage to Kyoto
– Take train to Hakone
– Open air museum
– Check into Ryokan
Day 7 Kyoto 12/14
– Check out of Ryokan
– Train to Kyoto
– Fushimi Inari Shrine
– Check into hotel
Day 8 Kyoto 12/15
– Bamboo Groves 5am
– Monkey Park 8-9am
– Electric Bike tour?
Day 9 Nara 12/16
– Day trip Nara Deer Park
Day 10 Kyoto 12/17
– Imperial Palace
– Himeji Castle
– Kobe beef lunch
Day 11 Osaka 12/18
– Check out of hotel
– Send luggage to Osaka
– Train to Osaka
РPok̩mon Center
– Osaka Castle
Day 12 Osaka 12/19
-Universal Studios Japan
Day 13 12/20
– Check out of hotel
– Send luggage to Tokyo
– Train to Tokyo
– Golden Gai
– Check in to hotel
Day 14 Tokyo 12/21
– Explore Tokyo
– 12-2pm – Head to Narita International Airport
– 5:40pm – Flight home
Is a digital Suica Card enough to maneuver thru Japan?
Any tickets I need to reserve in advance?
How does luggage forwarding work?
Open to any feedback/suggestions
Would love food recommendations especially steakhouses
6 comments
I did this over the summer and finidhed in Okinawa. Youre going to have a great time!!
I have a very similar itinerary in Feb and am also wondering if the digital suica would be suitable for the entirety. The JR pass no longer seems worth it
Teamlabs -> Not really worth it imho. just a bunch of foreigners wandering around interactive art. not particularly japanese. but if you insist on going, get an afternoon ticket, and go to toyasu fist market in the morning, have the best sushi of your life at Ryu (get there early, sit on the left side of the bar – like this is open for breakfast sushi, cuz it services the workers there).
Universal Studios – hard pass. expensive and corporate. otherwise good itinerary.
For day 8 in Kyoto, I would skip the bamboo forest. It is unimpressive even though the town is cute. Consider Kiyomizu-dera temple and the nearby area, Very walkable with many shrines, other temples, charming streets with food. The streets around Higashiyama at Kiyomizu-dera temple are the photo spots for Kyoto. You might consider skipping Nara unless you must see the deers and spend more time in Kyoto. See Insider Kyoto on the web for idea. Enjoy your trip.
For Day 3 you might want to consider going to Meiji Shine because it is next to Yoyogi Park by the Harujuku station.
pocket wifi is generally not as good as e-sim