Hey everyone! I would like to start off by saying thank you so much to everyone here who has posted your itineraries, feedback, and trip reports. Your posts have helped me immensely with planning my first solo international trip to Japan. I will be gone for 17 days from March 25th to April 11th.
I greatly value your feedback on my planned itinerary below. Please note that I am prioritizing the bolded activities on my list and the activities not bolded are extras that I will do depending on how I am feeling and how much time I spend at each place. I know that some of my days may seem packed. I plan to be flexible and am ok to skip some of the extra activities I had picked out. Most of my days I plan to wake up early, go and do activities and then head back to the hotel for a break/lunch and go back out later in the afternoon/evening.
Here is some feedback I would appreciate to hear from you all:
• Does the order of the day make sense?
• Any tips or recommendations you have for some of the areas I will be visiting.
• Recommendations for stores with mid-high end dress clothes? Would like to purchase some dress clothing during my visit.
• Any advice for when I rent my car? I already have my international Driver’s Permit. I have also done a bit of research on the traffic lights and signs.
• What are people’s experiences with pocket wifi? Is it very reliable? Will it work when I am hiking in Chiba and Miyajima?
• Recommendations for stores with artwork or other home decor.
• What are some of your favorite souvenirs you have brought back with you?
Thank you!
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Tokyo Day 1:
• Arrive at Haneda and take shuttle to Hotel in Shinjuku
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Tokyo Day 2:
**• Chidorigafuchi Boat Pier**
**• Tsukiji Outer Market**
**• Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden**
• Break at hotel
• Yasukuni Jinga Shrine
**• Yasukuni-Dori Street**
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Tokyo Day 3:
**•** **Group Day Tour (Meiji Shrine, Tokyo Imperial Palace, Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo Bay Boat Cruise)**
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Tokyo Day 4:
**• Sensō-ji Temple**
• Asakusa Shrine
**• Kappabashi Street**
**• Nakamise-Dori Street**
• Break at hotel/lunch
**• Tokyo National Museum**
• Ueno Park Cherry Blossom Festival
**• Golden Gai at night**
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Tokyo Day 5:
• Rent car
**• Day trip to Chiba**
• Nihon-ji Temple
**• Nihon-ji Daibutsu**
**• Hike Mt. Nokogiri**
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Tokyo Day 6:
**• Teamlabs Borderless**
• Hamarikyu Gardens
• Shopping in Ginza
• Break at hotel/lunch
**• Shibuya Scramble**
• Takeshita Dori
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Osaka Day 7:
• Travel to Osaka
• Nakanoshima Park
**• Kuromon Ichiba Food Market**
• Namba Parks
**• Shinsaibashi-Suji**
**• Dotonobori**
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Osaka Day 8:
**• Universal Studios Japan**
**• Group Bar Hopping Tour in Namba**
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Osaka Day 9:
**• Day trip to Hiroshima**
**• Atomic Bomb Dome**
**• Peace Memorial Museum & Park**
• Shukkei-en Garden
**• Miyajima: Itsukushima Shrine and the Floating Torii Gate**
• Miyajima: Diasho-In Temple
**• Miyajima: Hike Mt. Misen**
• Travel back to Osaka
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Kyoto Day 10:
• Higashi Hongan-ji Temple
**• Walk up Kamo River**
• Higashiyama: Shopping
**• Ninenzaka & Sannenzaka**
**• Nishiki Market**
**• Kiyomizu-dera Temple**
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Kyoto Day 11:
**• Arashiyama Bamboo Grove**
**• Tenryu-ji Temple**
• Arashiyama Park Observation Deck
**• Sagano Romantic Train**
• Break at hotel
**• Maruyama Park**
**• Kimono Forest**
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Kyoto Day 12
**• Fushimi Inari Temple**
• Teramachi-dori
**• Philosopher’s Path** (start at Ginkakujiminami Bridge)
• Nanzenji Temple and Nanzenji Suirokaku
**• Okazaki Canal boat ride at Nanzenji Boat Pier**
**• Heian-Jingu Shrine**
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Fujikawaguchiko Day 13
• Travel to Fujikawaguchiko
• Rent car
**• Mt. Tenjo & Panoramic Ropeway**
**• Fuji-Kawaguchiko Cherry Blossom Festival**
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Fujikawaguchiko Day 14
**• Golf at Fuji Classic**
**• Arakura Fuji Sengen Shrine & Chureito Pagoda**
**• Arakurayama Sengen Park**
• Oshino Hakkai and Kaneyamano Falls
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Fujikawaguchiko/Kawasaki Day 15
**• Fuji Q Highlands**
• Travel to Kawasaki
• Shinshuen Garden
• Kawasaki-Daishi Nakamise Shopping Street
• Lazona Kawasaki Plaza
**• La Cittadella at night**
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Kawasaki Day 16
• Day trip to Kamakura
**• Hasedera Temple**
**• Kotoku-In Buddha Statue**
**• Sasuke Inari Shrine**
**• Zeniarai Bienten Shrine**
• Jufuku-ji Temple
• Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
**• Hokokuji Temple & Bamboo Forest**
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Tokyo Day 17th
• Fly back home
