This is his second time visiting, my first. My main question: is it worth rescheduling some of our reservations to move Kyoto off a weekend? Or will it be super packed either way and not worth the effort?
Yes – we like cocktail bars! And food! We're very open to recommendations!
Fri Nov 8 / Day 1 – TRAVEL
- Home Airport –> Narita
Sat Nov 9 / Day 2 – TRAVEL
- Arrive Tokyo 8PM
- NEX –> Shibuya Excel Hotel Tokyu
- Dinner in Shibuya
Sun Nov 10 / Day 3 – TOKYO
- Shibuya things
- A Happy Pancake breakfast
- Sakurai tea experience 1:30
- Shibuya Sky sunset
- Bars: SG Club / The Bellwood
Mon Nov 11 / Day 4 – TOKYO
- Tsukiji outer market EARLY
- Ginza afternoon / evening
- Bars: Memento mori / Orchard Ginza / Folklore / mixology heritage
Tue Nov 12 / Day 5 – TOKYO
- Tokyo national museum
- Haute couture café
- Virtu for sunset
- Dinner in Golden Gai
Wed Nov 13 / Day 6 -TOKYO / FUJI
- Team labs Borderless
- Bus to Mount Fuji Lake Yamanaka
- Vision Glamping / dinner
Thurs Nov 14 / Day 7 – FUJI / KYOTO
- Bus –> Shinkansen –> Kyoto
- Hotel Alza Kyoto
- Gion dinner
- Bars: Bee's Knees / Bar Rocking Chair
Fri Nov 15 / Day 8 – KYOTO
- Fushimi Inari (6AM head out)
- Nishiki Market
- Sannenzaka / Yasaka Kōshin-dō Temple
- Dinner: Kogamo
- Bars: Jam+Sake / L'Escamoteur
Sat Nov 16 / Day 9 – KYOTO
- Arishayama Romantic train (9AM) + river boat back
- Lunch near Arishayama
- Enkō-ji / Tofuku-Ji Temples
- Izakaya dinner
- Bars: Bar Ixey
Sun Nov 17 / Day 10 – KYOTO
- Kiyomizu-dera
- Chawanzaka
- Lunch at Gyukatsu Kyoto Katsugyu
- Gion dinner
Mon Nov 18 / Day 11 – ARIMA
- Bus to Arima
- Negiya Ryofukaku ryokan
- Public hot springs
- Izakayas
Tues Nov 19 / Day 12 – OSAKA
- Train to Osaka
- Hotel Hankyu Respire Osaka
- Shinsaibashi
- Dotonburi
- Spa World
- Izakayas
Wed Nov 20 / Day 13 – OSAKA
- Endo Sushi breakfast
- Moeyo Mensuke lunch
- Osaka castle park
- Okonomiyaki Dinner
- Bars: Tom & Jerry Bar / Bar Juniper / Bar Magic Time
Thurs Nov 21 / Day 14 – OSAKA
- Shitennoji temple flea market
- Osaka Aquarium
- Whitey Nomoka
- Bars: Bar Nayuta / Bar Shiki
Fri Nov 22 / Day 15 – OSAKA / TRAVEL
- Sunshine cafe breakfast
- SHOPPING
- Shinkansen –> Tokyo –> Narita –> Home Airport
by sweetawakening