This will be our first time in Japan. Would love any advice or recommending edits to our itinerary. We will plan to ship are bags from every hotel (and straight from Hiroshima to Tokyo). I tried to make things flow logistically. Are any days over loaded or under loaded? Should I move anything around? Thanks in advance!
**Day 1 – Tokyo**
* Land in NRT 4:30
* Tokyo Ramen Street, Check into Hotel, ship bags to Kyoto
**Day 2 – Kyoto**
* 8:00 Shikansen Tokyo to Kyoto
* Arashiyama: Bamboo Grove, Tenryu-ji, Togetsukyo Bridge, Monkey Park
* Nijo Castle, Nishiki Market Dinner, Check into hotel
**Day 3 – Kyoto**
* Early Kiyomizu-dera
* Sannenzaka, Ninnen-zaka, Kodai-ji, Nanzen-ji, Philosophers path, Ginkaku-ji
* Yasaka jina, Dinner reservation 6:00pm
**Day 4 – Kyoto**
* Early Fushimi Inari Shrine
* Lunch reservation 12:00, Ninna-ji, Ryōan-ji, Kinkaku-ji
* Pontocho alley dinner?
**Day 5 – Kyoto**
* Nara Day trip
* Pontocho alley dinner?
**Day 6 – Osaka**
* Travel to Osaka, check into hotel
* Shin Sekai, nipponbashi denden town, Kuromon Market
* Dotonbori
**Day 7 – Osaka**
* Kaiyukan Aquarium
* Hanshin Tigers Game 2pm
**Day 8 – Hiroshima**
* Pit stop at Himeji Castle
* Memorial Museum, Peace Park, Hiroshima Castle
**Day 9 – Hiroshima**
* Miyajima
**Day 11 – Hakone**
* Travel from Hiroshima to Hakone
* Check into Gora Kadan
**Day 12 – Hakone**
* Hakone Loop
* Check into Hakone Ginyu
**Day 13 – Tokyo**
* Hakone to Tokyo 9:32-11:05
* Harajuku and Takeshita Street
* Meiji Jinju Shrine and Yoyogi Park
* Check into hotel in Shibuya, Shibuya crossing, Shibuya Sky, Dinner reservation 6pm
**Day 14 – Tokyo**
* Shibua crossing/hachiko
* Parco building pokemon/nintendo (Is this destination worth it?)
* Kabukichu, Omoide Yokocho, Golden Gai
**Day 15 – Tokyo**
* Asakusa, Senso-ji, Tokyo National Museum
* Ueno Park, Neju Shrine
* Akihabara
* Skytree
**Day 16 – Tokyo**
* Day trip to Kamakura/Enoshima
* Kita-Kamakura, Enoshima Island, Nakamise Dori, Engakuji Temple, Meigetsu-in, Komachi Dori
**Day 17 – Tokyo**
* Switch hotels to Toranomon Hills
* Team labs borderless 10:30-11:00
* Tokyo Tower and Zojo ji
* Check into Hotel 3pm
* Dinner somewhere
**Day 18 – Tokyo**
* Yokohama Day Trip
**Day 19 – Tokyo**
* Tsukiji Fish Market
* The Imperial Palace
* Filler day. Anything skipped or Sumida Park/river, Nakamise Shopping Street, Ameya Yokocho, Kappabashi Street
* Explore Ginza and dinner at Ginza katsukami 6pm
**Day 20 – Fly Home**
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