9-Day Japan Itinerary Check

My wife and I will be traveling to Japan on the first leg of a Japan and Korea trip. Our first trip to Japan and we will be going dead on during the cherry blossom week. We would love to get some feedback on too much or are we missing any key things? Eats is a different topic but same spreadhsheet 😉

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**Day 1**

* Land at 8:00 PM @ NRT
* Head over to Shinjuku to check in and hopefully sleep
* Local izakayas if we can’t sleep

**Day 2**

**Morning**

* Senso-ji Temple and Nakamise Market
* Sumida Park

**Afternoon**

* Ueno Park & Ameyoko
* Tokyo Skytree

**Night**

Explore Shinjuku

**Day 3**

**Morning**

* Tsujiki Fish Market
* TeamLabs

**Afternoon**

* Gundam Base
* Ginza

**Night**

* Akihabara

**Day 4**

**Morning**

* Megura Cherry Blossom Riverwalk
* Sakura Street – Shibuya
* Meiji Shrine
* Yoyogi Park

**Afternoon**

* Shinjuku Gyoen Cherry Tree Area
* Harajuku
* Shibuya

**Night**

* Shibuya/Shinjuku Pub/Izakaya Crawl

**Day 5**

**Morning**

* Imperial Palace
* Chidori-ga-fuchi
* Tokyo Station

**Afternoon**

* Whatever we missed from Shinjuku/Harajuku/Shibya

**Night**

* Omoide Yokocho/Golden Gai

**Day 6**

**Morning**

* Shinkansen to Kyotoo

**Afternoon**

* Philiopher’s Path
* Pontoncho
* Keage Incline

**Night**

* Izakaya in Pontoncho

**Day 7**

**Morning**

* Arishiyama Bamboo Forest
* Explore area/district

**Afternoon**

* Yasaka Shrine
* Kinkaku-ji
* Nijo Castle
* Kyoto Imperial Palace

**Night**

* Nishiki Market

**Day 8**

**Morning**

* Fushimi Inari Shrine
* Train/Bus to Nara

**Afternoon**

* Explore Nara – Deer Park, Mochi

**Night**

* Osaka (Dotonbori) or Kyoto (Ryokan)

**Day 9**

**Morning**

* Osaka Castle
* Umeda Sky Building

**Afternoon**

* Kuroman
* Dotonbori
* Den-Den Town

**Night**

* Dontonburi

**Day 10**

**Morning**

* KIX to Busan

Thanks in advance!

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by newt-one

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