Hi All,
My Dad (63 M) and I (32 M) will be travelling to Japan from November 14th to December 1st. It is both our first time in Japan and we need some help/advice ironing out the itinerary.
Day 0 (Nov. 14):Â **Toronto**Â -> Tokyo
Day 1 (Nov. 15): Arrive in **Tokyo** (Narita) \~5 pm
* I will pick up our Suicia cards and pocket Wi-Fi before we head into the city.
Day 2 (Nov. 16):Â **Tokyo**
* Harajuku & Shinjuku
Day 3 (Nov. 17):Â **Tokyo**
* Asakusa, Akihabara, & Shibuya
Day 4 (Nov. 18):Â **Lake Kawaguchi or Kamakura Day Trip**
Day 5 (Nov. 19):Â **Tokyo (?)**
* *Free day in Tokyo OR day trip OR should we leave the city and head to our next destination a day early?*
Day 6 (Nov. 20): Tokyo ->Â **Kanazawa**
* Morning shinkansen to Kanazawa arriving late morning/noon.
Day 7 (Nov. 21):Â **Kanazawa**
* Full day in Kanazawa.
Day 8 (Nov. 22): Kanazawa ->Â **Takayama via Shirakawa-go**
* Morning bus to Shirakawa-go – store luggage at station and explore the village for a few hours. Take a bus in the afternoon to Takayama.
Day 9 (Nov. 23):Â **Takayama**Â -> Kyoto
* Spend the morning/early afternoon in Takayama and then take the train(s) to Kyoto.
Day 10 (Nov. 24):Â **Kyoto/Nara**Â day trip
* Nara day trip — thought process here is that it would be better to deal with the weekend crowds in Nara than in Kyoto.
Day 11 (Nov. 25):Â **Kyoto**
* Southern/Northern Higashiyama
Day 12 (Nov. 26):Â **Kyoto**
* Arashiyama/Northern Kyoto
Day 13 (Nov. 27):Â **Kyoto**
* Fushimi Inari Shrine
* Other points of interest in Kyoto that we didn’t get to in the previous days
Day 14 (Nov. 28): Kyoto ->Â **Miyajima Island**
* Luggage transfer to Osaka.
* Shinkansen to Miyajima Island in the morning; spend the day/overnight on the island.
Day 15 (Nov. 29): Miyajima Island ->Â **Hiroshima**Â -> Osaka
* Morning/afternoon on Miyajima Island and exploring Hiroshima.
* Shinkansen to Osaka in the evening.
Day 16 (Nov. 30):Â **Osaka / Himeji day trip**
* Short Himeji visit in the morning. Return to Osaka in the afternoon.
Day 17 (Nov. 31): Osaka -> Tokyo ->Â **Toronto**
* Fly to Tokyo and then home.
Any advice/recommendations would be greatly appreciated! My Dad and I don’t travel that often together, and he’s just recently retired, so I’m hoping to get this itinerary right!
Thank you.
by NoAstronomer3514