First Time 13 Days in Japan Itinerary First Draft

This is Our first time going and we finally got our tickets and hotels booked I wanted to run this by this subreddit just in case anyone sees red flags I should be aware of, there's a lot of places we're going to because one of our friend is an architecht and he wants to go see them in person.

Day 1 Arrival Narita:
Arriving at 4:30 -> Straight to Akihabaraa APA hotel probably some light walking around but probably catching up with sleep

Tokyo -> Kanazawa (Hukuriku Shinkansen)

Day 2 Kanazawa
An early trip to Kanazawa Arrival to Hotel Forza and spending the day exploring:

  • Oyama Shrine
  • Higashi Chaya District

Day 3 Kanazawa (Checking Out of Hotel)
More Exploring:

  • 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Kanazawa Castle Park
  • Kenkory-en
  • Omicho Market

Kanazawa -> Kyoto (Thunderbird)

Arrive late in Kyoto at Hotel Resol Kyoto Shijo Muromachi

Day 4 Kyoto

  • Kinkaky-ji
  • Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple
  • Daihikaku Temple
  • Arashiyama
  • Suntory Yamazaki Distillery

Day 5 Kyoto

  • Nijo Castle
  • Nishiki Market
  • Samurai Ninja Museum Kyoto
  • Kiyomize-dera
  • Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

Nara Day Trip

Day 6 Nara

  • Nakatanidou
  • Nara National Museum
  • Kasuga Taiha Shrine
  • Nara Park
  • Todai-Ji

Travel Nara -> Osaka staying at Centara Grand Hotel

Day 7 Osaka

  • Osaka Castle
  • Nakanoshima Children's Book Forest
  • Osaka Imeda Twin Towers South
  • Umeda Sky Building

Day 8 Osaka

  • Dotonbori
  • Round1 Stadium Sennichimae
  • Magic Cafe&Bar Shinsekai

Day 9 Early Tokyo Trip (Tokaido Shinsanken)

Arrive and check in Nihon Seinenkan Hotel then explore Shinjuku and Shibuya

  • Meiji Jingu
  • Harajuku
  • SunnyHills
  • Bossstore
  • Ikebukuro
  • Sunshine City
  • Rikugien Gardens

Day 10 Tokyo

  • Tokyo Disneyland + DisneySea

Day 11 Tokyo

  • The Gundam Base Tokyo
  • Rooflag
  • Tokyo Tower
  • Miyashita Park
  • Kabukicho

Day 12 Tokyo

  • Teamlab borderless
  • Immersive Fort Tokyo

Day 13 Tokyo Derparture at 645pm

  • The National muserum of Western art
  • Akihabara
  • Ameyoko Danke Ueno
  • Airport

as I was typing this up I realized our tokyo destinations are a bit spreadout I may change it to focusing on wards so it would be:

Day 1: Shinjuku + Shibuya

Day 2: Tokyo Disney

Day 3: Kawango (historic area) + Shinjuku night drinking

Day 4: Akihabara + Koto

by Ambuszeny

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