I’ll be traveling with my girlfriend in mid-March 2023. I wanted some help and suggestions with my trip and to see if I planned too much or too little. I was wondering whether to spend a day in Koyasan or an extra day in Kyoto. I was also wondering whether to stay in Osaka or Kyoto, or to spend nights in both. Thank you for any help or recommendations.
Day 1: Arrival
Train to Osaka
Likely eat dinner on train
Check into hotel
Day 2: Nara Park
Checkout Nara Park and surroundings
\- Feed the deer
\- Nara national museum
\- Todai-ji
Day 3: Koyasan
Checkout temples at Koyasan
Day 4: Western Honshu
\- Himeji-jo Castle
\- Okayama Korkuen garden
\- Kobe Botanical Garden
Day 5: Osaka
\- Osaka Castle
\- Umeda Sky Building
\- Osaka aquarium
Day 6 and 7: Kyoto
Need to fully plan Kyoto
Want to see:
\- Arashiyama
\-Gion district
\-Fushimi Inari Shrine
\-Toji Tower
\-Kinkaku Shrine
Day 8: Travel back to Tokyo
\- Check in to hotel
\- Go to day spa in Hakone
\- Go see Tokyo Sky Tree at night
\- Dinner/drinks around Tokyo Sky Tree
Day 9: Ueno Park Area
\- Tokyo National Museum
\- Other museums
\- Ueno Park
\- Yanaka shrine
Day 10: Northern Tokyo
\- Senso-ji Temple
\- Akihabara
\- Korakuen garden
Day 11: Imperial Palace
\- Imperial palace grounds
\- Ginza district
\- Team lab planets
Day 12: Roppongi
\- Asakusa
\- Roppongi District
\- Shibuya
\- Tokyo Tower
Day 13: Shinjuku
\- Meiji Temple
\- Shinjuku Garden
\- Shinjuku
\- Soccer game
Day 14:
\- Leave at night 🙁
\- probably go do some shopping during the day before the flight