Itinerary check – 23 days Tokyo/Kyoto/Osaka in October and November

Hi all, I (28F) and husband(34M) and going to Japan for our 3rd time but first time together. We're planning doing the basic Tokyo/Kyoto/Osaka since he only went to Kyushu.

We planned the trip day-to-day for a guideline but we're both chill and don't want to run to see everything, if we skip some stuff it's fine. I've lurked the reddit for quite a while, thought it'd be nice to get some feedback too!

17th October

  • 12:30 Arrival at Haneda
  • Checkin Hotel in Asakusabashi
  • Walk around Asakusabashi while being very tired

18th October

  • Ueno Park
    • Museums
    • Walk around the park
    • Eat in the area
  • Akihabara
    • Shopping & arcades

19th October

  • Tsukiji fish market
  • Teamlab
  • Walk around odaiba
  • Ginza
  • Pokemon cafe booked 18:30

20th October : 

  • Day trip to Kawagoe for the Kawagoe Matsuri

21st October :

  • Yoyogi Park
  • Kintsugi Experience (booked)
  • Harajuku
  • Shibuya crossing
  • Shibuya Sky (must book)

22nd October : 

  • Day trip to Nikko

23rd October: 

  • Walk from Asakusa to Skytree
  • Shopping in the skytree + Pokemon center
  • Enjoy the sunset in Skytree
  • Walk by sumida river

24th October :

  • Day trip to Okutama

25 October :

  • Day trip to Hitachi seaside park
    • Walk around the Kochias

26th October 

  • Ikebukuro
    • Batting center
  • Shinjuku
    • Gotokuji
    • Karaoke
    • Have a drink in Golden Gai

27th October :

  • Train for Kyoto
  • Checkin Hotel (close to kyoto station)
  • Walk around Kyoto station

28th October : 

  • Day trip to Nara

29th October :

  • Day trip to Universal Studio

30th October : 

  • Trip to Kinosaki Onsen

31th October :

  • Morning in Kinosaki
  • Back from Kinosaki
  • ?????
  • It's Halloween ! Might want to find something special to celebrate

1st November : 

  • Fushimi Inari
  • Nintendo Museum booked 16:00
  • Seems that there's nothing interesting around it, wondering about going to Uji which isn't really far or go back to the center of Kyoto

2nd November : 

  • Kiyomizu-dera
  • Nishiki market
  • Gion
  • Gion Odori booked 16:00
  • Spend the evening in Gion

3rd November : 

  • Day trip to Kibune/Kunara

4th November : 

  • Bamboo forest ? But based on the comments maybe it’s not worth it ?
  • Kinkakuji
  • Ryoanji 

5th November : 

  • Train for Osaka : Aonoyoshi sightseeing train
  • Checkin hotel
  • Dotonbori

6th November : 

  • Day trip to Himeji
    • Himeji Castle

7th November : 

  • Osaka Castle
  • Osaka Aquarium
  • Umeda Sky building

8th November

  • Bye Japan, we cry in the plane (Kansai Airport)

Thanks for your feedback and advices!

by Laureley-

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