Hello everyone,
I'll be embarking on an 11 day solo trip in mid-October. This will be my first time in Japan. I've used this sub and a bunch of YouTube trip videos to put together my itinerary and would love your thoughts and suggestions.
I'd ideally like to balance food destinations and time to just walk around and shoot some film photography and stumble upon cool coffee shops. I used an excel sheet to plan and have been collecting a list of recommendations to possibly work off of while exploring. I will be in Seoul for a couple days prior to these 11 days, and I plan to bring an empty suitcase into the trip to account for all the shopping!
Day 1: Arrival in KIX, Osaka from Korea (Osaka)
- Check into Hostel
- Omakase dinner ideas: AKO to Shiro, Sushi Atsuya
- Walk around Dotonburi
Day 2: (Osaka)
- Breakfast at Onigiri Yuchan
- Kuromon Market
- Shinsekai exploration
- Evening Namba bar hopping
Day 3: (Osaka > Kyoto)
- Izakaya Toyo osaka
- Leave for Kyoto
- Check-in (Is 4 nights in a capsule hotel worth it, or should I hop for my alternate hotel booking?)
- Explore Higashiyama
- Dinner: TBD
Day 4: (Kyoto)
- Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
- Katsura River
- Forward luggage to Tokyo Nightime Gion
Day 5: (Kyoto)
- Fushimi Inari early morning
- Nishiki Market
- Kiyomizudera sunset
Day 6: (Kyoto, Magome)
- Early morning (~0400/0500) Yasaka Pagoda
- Public Onsen recs?
- Bike Ride exploration
- Afternoon departure for Magome accomodation
Day 7: (Nakasendo hike, Tokyo)
- Morning Magome-Tsumago hike
- Head for Tokyo: bus to Nagiso > JR Chuo Line Nagoya > Shinkansen to Tokyo
- Check in either: Asakusa, Shinjuku, or Akasaka (all 3 booked)
- Dinner: Ichiran Ramen
- Explore Shinjuku/ Omoide Yokocho @ night
Day 8: (Tokyo)
- Fuji Day trip
- Evening: Golden Gai
Day 9: (Tokyo)
- Shimokitazawa thrift
- Lunch: Ikoma Sushi
- Nakano Broadway
- Shibuya
- Shibuya Crossing @ night
- Senso-Ji @ night
Day 10: (Tokyo)
- Toyosu Fish Market (I would love to view the tuna selling/slicing)
- Team Lab? (been on the fence about if worth for solo)
- Tokyo Tower
- Ginza shopping
- Dinner in Ginza
- Ginza bar
Day 11: (Tokyo: checkout and departure)
- Pack and checkout
- Store luggage
- Rooftop Onsen & Senkakyu Banrai Market
- Leave Tokyo around 4pm > Narita Airport for late evening flight back home
by Greedy-Reception-562