Hey everyone,
Long time lurker, first time poster. My girlfriend and I will be going to Japan (2nd time for me, 1st for her) from 18/03 to 02/04, hoping to catch some cherry blossoms! We already have booked all the accommodations, including the ryokan, plus the teamlabs borderless tickets.
We have a rough itinerary and I would like your comments and advice on it, be it places to eat, places to remove/add, advice on routes to get to places, etc!
**Day 0 (18/3) – Flight from Portugal to Tokyo**
**Day 1 (19/3) – Tokyo**
– Arrive HND 9h
– Check in to the hotel around lunch near Tsukiji Fish Market.
– Lunch at Tokyo Ramen Street
– Tokyo Character Street
– Kitte Building behind tokyo station
– Imperial Palace/Chidorikafuchi Park for Cherry blossom, trying to get as much sunlight as possible for the jetlag
– Yasakuni Shrine or Hie Shrine
– Chu Dori and Ginza High Street (if time and energy allows)
**Day 2 (20/3) – Tokyo**
– Meiji Shrine
– Takeshita Street
– Omotesando Hills
– Tower Records Shibuya
– Shibuya Crossing and Hachiko
– Sakura Street in Shibuya
– Shops (Mega Don Quijote, Loft, Parco)
– Shibuya Sky (Sunset RESERVE)
**DAY 3 (21/3) – Tokyo**
– Ueno Park (Cherry blossom)
– Ameya Yokocho Arcade
– Akihabara (Yodobashi Camera/Book-off/Radio Kaikan/etc)
– Asakusa
– Kanimarion Gate
– Nakamise-Dori Street
– Sensoji Temple
– Asakusa Shrine
– Kappabashi (optional)
– Nishi Sando Shopping Street
– Tokyo Skytree (optional, at night)
**DAY (22/3) – Tokyo (Forward luggage to Kyoto and keep just essentials for ryokan in a bag)**
– Tsukiji Fish Market (early)
– TeamLab Borderless at 10h
– Roppongi hills
– Shinjuku station (Cat 3D billboard)
– Shinjuku Gyoen Garden
– Taito Station Shinjuku
– Omoide Yokocho
– Tokyu Kabukicho Tower and Godzilla at night
– Golden Gai Food
**Day 5 (23/3) – Kawaguichiko**
– TRavel to Kawaguchiko (2h40) and exit Shimoyoshida station
– Arakurayama Sengen Park to see the Chureito Pagoda
– Maybe Rent an ebike and bike around the lake?
– Oshino Hakkai or Oishi Park (we need to choose one)
– Check in at Konansou and enjoy ryokan
**Day 6 (24/3) – Kyoto**
– Travel to Kyoto 10 am (will arrive at 14h at Kyoto)
– Check in hotel near Karasuma Oike
– Philosopher’s Path: Ginkaku-ji (start) – Nanzenji Temple (end)
– Chion-in Temple
– Yasuka Shrine (night) and maruyama park
– Hanamikoji Street
– Izumo-no-Okani Statue
– Shirakawa Lane, Gioi Tatsumo Bridge
– Pontocho St (night life)
**Day 7 (25/3) – Kyoto**
– Fushimi Inari Taisha (early)
– Kiyomizu Dera
– Sannenzaka & Ninenzaka
– Traditional Starbucks
– Yasaka Pagoda
– Yasaka Koshindo (Monkey Shrine)
– Kodaiji Temple (Bamboo Groves)
– Kenninji Temple
**Day 8 (26/3) – Kyoto**
– Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
– Okochi Sanso Garden
– Tenryu-ji
– Kimono Forest
– Iwatayama Monkey Park
– Sagano Romantic Train (optional, most likely will not be doable)
– Gio-ji Temple and moss gardens
– Kinkaku-Ji Temple (golden pavilion)
**Day 9 (27/3) – Kyoto (Forward luggage to Osaka and keep just essentials for overnight in Hiroshima)**
– Train to Nara
– Nara Deer Park
– Todai-ji
– Yoshikien Garden
– Nandaimon Gate
– Kasuga Taisha Shrine
– Kōfuku-ji Temple
– Fresh mochi from Nakatanidou
– Train to Kyoto (1hr)
**Day 10 (28/3) – Kyoto -» Himeji -» Hiroshima**
– Train to Himeji early
– Himeji Castle in the morning
– Train to hotel in Hiroshima
– Check in Hotel
– Hiroshima Peace Museum in the afternoon
– Peace Memorial Park
**Day 11 (29/3) – Hiroshima -» Myajima -» Osaka**
– Travel to Itsukushima (~1hr)
– Itsukushima Shrine and climb (Hight tide and low tide)
– Train to Osaka
– Check in hotel in Namba
– Dinner and Dotonbori at night
**Day 12 (30/3) – Osaka**
– Umeda Area (skybuilding and ferris wheel)
– Ninomaru Garden
– Kuromon market
– Namba Yasaka Shrine
– Shinsekai
– Explore Namba
**Day 13 (31/3) – Tokyo (need advice on this day)**
– Train to Tokyo
– Harry Potter studio tour?
– Explore Odaiba
– Last minute shopping
**Day 14 (1/4)– Tokyo**
– Day Trip to either Kamakura or Niko
**Day 15 (2/4) – Departure flight in the morning**