Hi everyone, Im going to Japan for my second time. I was just there this April/ May. (Made the mistake of going during golden week lol) But this time I will be going with my wife and it is her first time. I want to plan something that will be exciting for us but at the same time trying to avoid seeing the same over saturated attractions I saw th first time.
This past trip I was there for 3 weeks and although I enjoyed it I felt burn out due to trying to do to many things. I went to Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Osaka.
So far I just have the skeleton of the itinerary, trying to figure out what city's to go to before diving into attractions. We will be there March 29th to April 13th. I am leaving out Osaka, I was there for 3 days last time and to be honest I didn't really vibe with it. The food was great but it was so crowded probably due to golden week but I kept wishing I was in Kyoto everyday I was there. Thanks in advance
Japan Itinerary
3/28 – Leave Chicago ohare @ 5:30pm
3/29- Land in Haneda ! @9pm
– [ ] Check in to hotel
– [ ] Eat dinner
3/30-Tokyo
– [ ] Toyosu Fish Market
– [ ] Imperial palace/Ginza
– [ ] Uneo Park
– [ ] Tokyo Skytree
– [ ] Asakusa/ Senso-ji
3/31-Tokyo
– [ ] Harajuku
– [ ] Meji Jingu
– [ ] Shibuya crossing / Shibuya sky
– [ ] Ebisu
– [ ] Shinjuku @ night
4/1-Tokyo
– [ ] Train to Kamakura @ 8am
– [ ] Kamakura Hasedera
– [ ] Kotoku-in
– [ ] Bamboo forest
– [ ] Komachi-dori street
– [ ] Head to Yokohama in the afternoon
– [ ] China town
– [ ] Head back to Tokyo
4/2- Hiroshima
– [ ] Check out of Hotel in Tokyo
– [ ] Fly to Hiroshima airport
– [ ] Take bus to the city
– [ ] Check in to hotel
– [ ] Peace museum
– [ ] Hiroshima castle
4/3-Hiroshima/Miyajima Island
– [ ] Take speed boat to island
– [ ] Hike trails
– [ ] Have lunch on the island
– [ ] Head back to Hiroshima around 5pm
– [ ] Have dinner
4/4–Kyoto
– [ ] Check out of Hotel in Hiroshima
– [ ] Take Shinkansen to Kyoto
– [ ] Check in to Hotel
– [ ] Go to Gion district
– [ ] Nansen-ji
4/5-Kyoto
– [ ] Arashiyama
– [ ] Bamboo forest/ monkey park
– [ ] Kinkaku-ji
– [ ] Nishiki market
4/6-Kyoto
– [ ] Fushimi Inari
– [ ] Nara
– [ ] Go back to Kyoto
4/7- Osaka
– [ ] Dontiburi
4/8-Kanazawa
– [ ] Take Shinkansen to Kanazawa
– [ ] Check in to Hotel
– [ ] Omicho Market
– [ ] Samurai District
4/9- Tokyo
– [ ] Check out of hotel
– [ ] Take Shinkansen to Tokyo
4/10-Tokyo (mt fuji /hakone)
– [ ] Go to Hakone in the morning
– [ ] Spend the night in Hakone ?
4/11-Tokyo
– [ ] Go to Disney Land @ opening
– [ ] Leave in the afternoon
– [ ] Go to Tokyo tower
– [ ] Shibuya
4/12-Tokyo
– [ ] Omatosando
– [ ] Harajuku
4/13
– [ ] Check out of hotel
– [ ] Go to Haneda airport 🙁
by luvianoe