Hello! I’m traveling to Japan with 5 friends, it is my second time but the first time for the rest of them. Please let me know what you think of our itinerary from 5/3-5/19.
Day 1:
* Land in Haneda at 2:20pm.
* Settle and gather, then Shinkansen to Kanazawa aiming to arrive by 6-7pm.
* Check-in to Hotel and get dinner/relax for the day.
Day 2:
* Explore Kanazawa in the morning lightly
* Then take the bus to Shirakawa-go to stay for about 4-6 hours.
* Check out Omigachi Village, Shiroyama viewing area, Gasshozukuri Minkaen Outdoor Museum and Hida Folk Village.
* 1h bus back to Kanazawa to explore a little more of Kanazawa including Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa Castle, and Higashi Chaya District.
Day 3:
* Explore a bit of Kanazawa in the morning and finish up anything else we want to do or didn’t have time to, then Shinkansen to Osaka.
* Check-in to Hotel and then explore the local area near our hotel, spend the night at Dotonbori and Kuromon market, maybe visit some bars in the area.
* Potentially do the Dotonbori river ride.
Day 4:
* Day-trip to Kyoto
* Fushimi-inari Shrine
* Kinkaku-ji
* Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
* Gion District
* Philosopher’s Path
* Anything else we have time for essentially.
Day 5:
* Another day-trip to Kyoto to finish up anything we didn’t see on Day 4.
* End off in Osaka if we finish Kyoto early and explore the Osaka nightlife.
Day 6:
* Day-trip to Nara and Nara Park.
* Come back to Osaka and maybe do Osaka Castle, Umeda Sky building and DenDen town.
Day 7:
* USJ (still deciding on USJ or just using this as a flex day to explore and relax in Osaka)
Day 8:
* Travel to Tokyo in the morning by Shinkansen (our stay is in Shinjuku)
* Our area is in Shinjuku so explore the nightlife and just enjoy the area (most of us love cities).
* Omoide Yokocho for the night.
Day 9:
* Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
* Harajuku and Harakado Shopping Complex in Tokyu Plaza
* Meiji Jingu / Yoyogi Park
* Shibuya Sky
* Kabukicho and Golden Gai
Day 10:
* Day-trip to Hakone from around 6-7AM to 5-6PM.
* Stop in Yokohama on the way back to check it out for 2-3 hours.
* Go back to hotel and spend the rest of the night at Omoide Yokocho.
Day 11:
* Tsukiji Fish Market
* TeamLabs Borderless / Tokyo Tower
* TeamLabs Planets (me and 1 friend have done so we will skip)
* Diver City / Unicorn Gundam / Odaiba
* Check out Asakusa if we have time.
* The night time will be a flex-time to do anything we’d like really, I anticipate we’ll spend the night-time in Asakusa though.
Day 12:
* Check-in to new hotel (only 15 minutes away in Akasaka)
* Explore Akihabara, likely spend all day there and check out Gachapon Hall.
* Tokyo Skytree.
* Kirby Cafe
* Pokemon Center that we wanted to visit.
* Dinner and then head home.
Day 13:
* Explore Ginza and the mall, spend the day loosely.
* Art Aquarium Museum Ginza
* Kabuki-za
* A sushi place (Manten Sushi Marunouchi)
Day 14:
* Flex Day to do anything else we’d like to revisit but we will likely spend more time in Shinjuku and Shibuya
* Shimokitazawa for some vintage thrifting.
Day 15:
* Another flex day to do anything else we’d like to revisit.
Day 16:
* We takeoff from Haneda at 6pm.
by wuxingyun