Itinerary Check for First Time Couple in Japan for 11 Days (Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto & Tokyo)

Hello everyone! We are tourists from Southeast Asia who are willing to travel to Japan from the end of October until the first week of November, for around 11 days in total. We are happy to have feedback on our itinerary, ensuring a total experience when visiting Japan. We are a couple(both are 30 y.o) with an interest in nature experiences, shopping (cheap shopping in flea markets), and, of course, good food. We currently do not have a list of restaurants for us to visit.

Any feedback is appreciated or probably criticts if my itinerry is too packed. Please do not hestiate to give s an input.

~Osaka, Kobe & Kyoto – Base in Osaka (27 Oct to 1 Nov)
27 Oct : Osaka
-Arrive at 7.30 at KIX Airport
-Stay on Sotetsu Grand Fresa Osaka Namba, store my luggage on hotel
-Explore some food at kuromon market as well as having lunch there
-Comeback to hotel, check-in, rest untill dinner
-Walk to Famous Dotonbori, take a picture on glico sign
-Diner around dotonbori
-Take Dotonbri River Crise

28 Oct : Kobe
-Start at 6.30 to Kobe
-Kobe Suma Seaworld, see orca/killer whale *my wife said it is mandatory
-Lunch at Blue Ocean Resto Kobe Suma Seaworld *my wife said it is mandatory
-14.00 off to Rokko Cable Shita Station
-Enjoy Cable car to Rokko Sanjo
-Take Mt Rokko to Mt Maya Bus
-Drop at Hoshinoeki Station then take cable car to Maya Cable Station
-Move to Osaka at 18.30
-Having dinner around Osaka Station (**buy if you guys have any recommendation, i'm willing to manage my schedule)

29 Oct : Kyoto
-Start at 7.30 to Kyoto
-Rental kimono at Rental Kimono Okamoto Yasaka Shrine
-Explore Yasaka Shrine, Chawanzaka, Sannezaka
-Off to Fushima Inari then explore fuhima inari
-Back to Rental Kimono Okamoto Yasaka Shrine, put back my rented kimono
-Having lunch around Yasaka Shrine
-Go to Arashimaya Bamboo forest & Kimono Forest
-**On This day I'm planning to booked Sagano Romantic Train, but my wife disagree because she think it is not that good and not worthed. Do you guys having opinion about this ?

30 Oct : Nara Park
-Start at 9.00 to Nara Park *my wife said it is mandatory
-Having Lunch around Nara
-Going back to Osaka
-Visit Osaka Castle
-Shopping on Shinsaibashisuji and Don Quijote Dotonbori
-**Do you have any recommendation for shopping around Osaka ? Especially cheap flea market

31 Oct : Nara Park
-USJ untill 16.00
-Explore and dinner around Umeda (Including Umeda Sky Building)
-**Need recommendation around umeda

1 Nov : Osaka to Tokyo
-Shinkansen at 10.30
-Lunch at Tokyo Station-Yaekita Shukodo
-Stay at Sotetsu Fresa Inn Tokyo Tamachi (**Do you have any recommendation hotel in tokyo ? my budget is around 80k-90k for 5 night stay and willing to move to better hotel which offer nearest walking distance to yamanote line)
-Check-in, rest untill dinner
-Dinner to time to Takeshita Street, dinner there and do some shopping

2 Nov : Tokyo
-Breakfast at Tsukiji Market, including buy some mochi at soratsuki
-Explore tokyo : Hachiko Statue, Suga Shrine, Yotsuya Station, The National Art Center, Tokyo)
-Route for sightseeing kimi no nawa movie places in real life
-Lunch around National Art Center
-Move back to hotel, having some rest
-Dinner and shopping at Sugamo Jizodori Shopping Street as well as seeing shibuya scramble crossing

3 Nov : Tokyo
-Fujiko F Museum
-Lunch around Fujiko
-The Making of Harry Potter *my wife said it is mandatory
-Dinner at Gyumon Ramen Ikkebukuro and probably explore some area in shibuya and harajuku

4 Nov : Tokyo
-Kamogawa Seaworld to see orca/killer whale *my wife said it is mandatory
-15.00 off to tokyo, explore area around tokyo station
-Having sunset on Tokyo Tower Obesvatory

5 Nov : Tokyo
-Tokyo Disney Sea and Dinner at Tokyo Dineyland
-**On this day I'm looking for fireworks at disneyland at night, is it scheduled everyday ??

6 Nov : Tokyo
-Explore tokyo castle
-Explore Asakusa
-Shopping and lunch around Nakamise-dori Street
-Going back to hotel, check out
-Explore more on tokyo untul dinner
-Moving to hotel in Narita : Hotel Nikko Narita around 21.00-22.00

7 Nov : Tokyo – Incheon
-Flight back to my country, transit in South Korea
-**Do you have any recommendation for 4-5 hours transit in incheon ?

 

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