10 Day Itinerary Japan – Request advice and feedback

Hello Everyone, it's my first time visiting Japan. I will be there from 13 Nov – 22 Nov. These are my current itinerary. Do share any feedback regarding transportation, itinerary optimization, sightseeing and food suggestions.

Day 1 – Reach Haneda airport at 10.30 PM, check-in to hotel before 11:59 PM. Get rest for tomorrow as we will take an early Shinkansen to Kanazawa

Day 2 – Take the Shinkansen to Kanazawa at 8.30 AM – reach Kanazawa 11:00 AM. Lunch and check-in hotel.
Sightseeing – Noon

  • Kazuemachi Chaya District – can walk around at night too
  • Higashi Chaya District
  • Morihachi Main Store – Japanese Sweets
  • Sakuda Machiya-Shop – Souvenir Shop
  • Kinpakuya Sakuda Head Shop & Workshop – Gift Shop
  • Try gold leaf ice cream
  • Omicho Market
  • Music Bar Minshia

Day 3 – Full day at kanazawa

Sightseeing – Noon

  • Nagamachi District – check out the shops
  • Nomura-ke Samurai Residence
  • Kanazawa Castle
  • Oyama Shrine
  • Gyokuseninmaru Park

Sightseeing – Evening / Night

  • Kenrouken Garden
  • Yuwaku Onsen – bus ride 30 mins from Kenrouken

Day 4 – From Kanazawa > Heading to Shirakawago and Takayama

Will be taking 8.30 AM bus, reaching Shirakawago at 10AM – How Long Should I Spend at Shirakawago before going to Takayama.

Taking 2.45 PM bus to Takayama from Shirakawago. Reaching Takayama at 4PM. We will check-in hotel and have late lunch/early dinner.

Sightseeing – Evening / Night

  • Sanmachi Suji (Stores are opened from 9 – 5 PM)
    • Ranka Coffee
  • Hida Takayama Retro Museum
  • Walk around the Miyagawa River
  • Nakabashi Bridge
  • Nakabashi Park

Day 5 – Full day at Takayama

  • Yoshijima Traditional House
  • Takayama Showa-kan Museum
  • Takayama Matsuri Yatai Kaikan
  • Sakurayama Hachiman Shrine
  • Higashiyama Walking Course

Day 6 – From Takayama take bus & train to Nagoya

9 AM bus/train from Takayama, we will reach Nagoya at 12pm – Lunch & Check-in hotel.

Sightseeing – Noon

  • Nagoya Castle
  • The Tokugawa Art Museum
    • Tokugawa Garden
  • Toyota Automobile Museum
  • Atsuta-Jingu Shrine
  • SCMaglev and Railway Park
  • Noritake Garden
  • Hisaya-odori Garden Flarie

Sightseeing – Night

  • Spaceship-Aqua Observation Deck
  • Chubu Electric Power MIRAI TOWER

Day 7 – From Nagoya to Tokyo

Take Shinkansen from Nagoya 8.30AM, reach Tokyo 10.05AM.

Asakusa

  • Nakamise-dori Street
  • Senso-ji Temple
  • Asakusa Yokocho
  • Kiyosumi Gardens
  • Sumida River Park

Ueno

  • Ueno Park > Shinobazuno Pond > Shinobazunoike Bentendo > Kaneiji Kiyomizu Kannondo > Lunch – Inshotei
  • Ueno Toshogu
  • Ueno Daibutsu
  • National Museum of Nature and Science
  • Hanazono Inari Shrine
  • Gojoten Shrine
  • Kaneiji
  • Ameyoko Yokocho

Day 8 – Tokyo & Kamakura (Day Trip)

  • North of Kamakura Station
    • Meigetsu-in Temple
    • Komachi Dori (Kamakura Street Food) – Kamakura Beer
    • Kenchoji Temple
    • Zenarai-benten
    • Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
    • Wasai Yakura – Japanese Restaurant
    • Hokokuji Temple > Hokokuji Bamboo Forest > Ichijo Ekan Sanso
  • South of Kamakura Station
    • Yakitori Tensho – Yakitori Restaurant
    • Kamakura Seaside Park
    • 月と松 – Soba Restaurant
    • Yuigahama Beach
    • Hasedera Temple
    • Kotoku-in – Great Buddha
    • Cafe Yoridokoro
    • Inamuragasaki Park
    • Shichirigahama Beach
    • Kamakurakokomae Station – Slam Dunk Manga Beach
  • Things to do Enoshima 
    • Cross Benten Bridge
    • Food trip at Enoshima Benzaiten Nakamise Dori
    • Enoshima Shrine – walk the stairs or take the paid escalator
    • Enoshima Sea Candle
    • Dragon Love Bell
    • Iwaya Cave
  • Tokyo Night Time – Shinjuku

Day 9 – Tokyo & Hakone (Day Trip) should I do kawaguchiko instead of hakone?

8.30AM Romancecar to Hakone, reach at 10AM. How long should I stay at HAKONE.

Sightseeing

  • Hakone Open Air Musuem
  • Hakone Gyoza Center >  Hakonetozan Cable Car > Hakone Ropeway > Owakudani
  • Lunch and things to do at Owakudani
    • Owakudani Station Restaurant
    • Oowakudani Kurotamagokan – black eggs
    • Hakone Geo Museum
  • Lake Ashi 
    • Board the ship > Hakone Sightseeing Cruise Motohakone-ko Pier > Walk 19 mins > Hakone Shrine > Heiwa no Torii
  • Back to Hakone Yumoto Station & Tokyo

Tokyo Night

Shibuya

  • Hachiko – just outside Shibuya Station
  • Shibuya Crossing – hype
  • Starbucks @ Shibuya
  • Shibuya Sky @ Shibuya Scramble Square
  • Shibuya Center-Gai
  • Miyashita Park

Day 10 – Tokyo – Full day till 8PM as our flight is 11.45PM so we need to head to Haneda Airport 3 hours in advance

  • Tsukiji Fish Market
  • Akihabara
  • Harajuku
    • Things to do 
      • Yoyogi Park
      • Omotesando Hill
      • GYRE Shopping Mall
      • Arisugawa-no-miya Memorial Park
      • Takeshita Street – hype
      • Ura-Harajuku – thrifting and clothing
      • Design Festa Gallery
      • Meiji Jingu Shrine

by Mammoth-Surround6357

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