First Japan Trip from Sep 28 to Oct 14 (Osaka – Kyoto – Fuji – Tokyo)

Hi All
Need your feedback!

This is our first Japan trip (38M, 35F, 9M). Please review the itinerary and suggest any edits or good events/museums that are missing here. What are your thoughts on the best unique experiences and art and science museums for my son, I am not sure which ones he can truly enjoy and appreciate

Collect Router At Airport

• Softbank (pre-order on Klook)
• Docomo : 2 free e-sims from klook

Osaka (4 nights)

Rain in Osaka: Sun 29 Sep, 1 Oct tue

Commute : Rent a bike OR walk & metro ?

Day 1: Sep 29 Mon

• Osaka Castle
• Shinsaibashi-suji Shopping Street
• Dottonbori
• Namba yasaka shrine

Day 2: Sep 30 Mon

• Nara Day trip
• OR
• shitennoji temple
• Osaka Aquarium KAIYUKAN
• Teamlab –> After Sunset

Day 3: Oct 1 Tue : rain

• Universal Studios (tickets booked)

How much can rain impact?

Kyoto (3 nights)

Commute : Rent a bike OR walk & metro

Day 4: Oct 2 Wed

• Kiyomizu-dera temple
• Ninenzaka
• tatami starbucks – edo style
• yasaka shrine
• maruyama park
• Gion
• kyoto station – night visit

Day 5: Oct 3 Thurs

• Arashiyama bamboo forest
• restautrant arashiyama
• sagano romantic train
• kinkakuji temple

Day 6: Oct 4 Fri

• fushimi inari taisha
• nishiki market
• higashi honganji

Fuji (1 Night)

Day 7: Oct 5 Sat

Kyoto -> Tokaido Shinkansen -> mishima station

• Mt Fuji Sight Seeing / 2-day bus pass / sunny in the afternoon, it is cloudy other times
• Chureito pagoda
• houtou foudou noodles
• Oishi Park flowers
• fuji motosuko resort. flowers.
• Disney Music & Fireworks Yamanashi – Yamanakako Communication Plaza Kirara

Day 8: Oct 6 sun

• Mt Fuji Sight Seeing

Tokyo (8 nights)

Commute : Walk & Metro

Rain in Tokyo: 8th oct, Tue & 13th oct, sun

Day 9, 10: Oct 7-8 Mon Tuesday

• Start with Meiji-jingū; via Harajuku, end in Shibuya
• Harajuku / Harajuku Gyoza
• Takeshita-dōri
• Ura-Hara backstreet
• Cat Street
• Kawaii Monster Cafe
• Shibuya Crossing
• shibuya sky -> sunset
• Shibuya – Nintendo, Jump, capcom, pokemon
• miyashita park
• Hachiko
• Shibuya Center Gai – Hachiko Exit
• Shinjuku
• Shinjuku Golden Guy, Godzilla head
• Tokyo Metropolitan Gov building -> sunset

Day 11: Oct 8 Tues rain

• Imperial Palace (Booking?)
• Tokyo tower
• red tokyo tower – video games
• Teamlab borderless
• happy pancake
• museums

OR

• Daytrip – Nikko

OR

• Fun interactive Museums for kids?

Day 12, 13: Oct 9, 10 Wed, thurs

• DisneyLand , DisneySea

(booked)

Day 14: Oct 11 Fri

Obaida

• Museum of Emerging Sciences / Water Science Museum / gas science
• TeamLab Planets Booked at 430pm
• JoyPolis
• Tsukishima Monja Street
• Gundam
• Statue of Liberty

Day 15: Oct 12 Sat

• Day trip

OR

• Museums for Kids

OR

• pending shopping

Day 16: Oct 13 Sun rain

-Asakusa

• Sensō-ji
• Nakamise-dōri
• Ueno
• Akihabara – Sunday Cosplay?
• Mandarake Complex
• Owl cafe
• Maid Cafes / Live Performances

Day 17: Oct 14 Monday

Return

experiences to cover

1. movie theatre
2. green tea ceremony
3. clothing -Anime / halloween / Traditional clothes for kids
4. duty free products. dont open the seal to get tax relief. double check return country customs behavior

• camera / lens
• Night vision Binoculars

1. Private Onsen
2. sushi, Kaiseki Cuisine and other food

FOOD: Takoyaki, Yakitori, karaage , Kushikatsu, Kitsune Udon , Nikudofu, , Tebasaki, Tonpeiyaki, Oden, Ehire, Somen, Nagaimo, Gyoza,

Local drinks: Sake, shochu, chuhai, haiball, umeshu

1. Eat ramen equivalent of my body weight 🙂

2. Geisha & Maiko Performances

3. bullet train

4. karaoke

5. video games

12 TBD