Hello!
Me and my girlfriend (plus maybe two others) are planning to go to Japan in June. We’re travelling from Vancouver, so we’re not super affected by the rain. We are all young 20s, who are all collegiate athletes. We just want to experience some cool things, we don’t really care about museums unless they are world-class. We are also most likely just going to walk around a lot and experience the culture/food.
Our itinerary is relatively free on some days, and relatively packed on others. We just want to make sure we aren’t missing anything (like major tourist attractions or festivals), as well as if there are any days we can slam into one to get more free days. Particularly, June 15/19/20 is relatively free and might be squished into another day to visit another city or fill it with other attractions.
Generally, the days within the hotel can be swapped around (except for Yokohama, which I know cannot be done on Thursday.)
**Wednesday June 7 – Fly Out**
* Fly out from Vancouver
#1 – Airport Hotel
**Thursday June 8 – Land, Airport Hotel**
* Arrive at NRT at 8:00 p.m.
* Attempt to get JR Pass
* Go to airport hotel for night
#2 – Tokyo Hotel/Airbnb
**Friday June 9 – Tokyo**
* Get JR Pass in the morning if could not get yesterday.
* Leave for Tokyo
* Explore surrounding area around Airbnb/Hotel
**Saturday June 10 – Akihabara**
* Yodobashi Camera
* M’s Pop Life Adult Department Store
* Animate Akihabara
* Mandarake
* 2k540 Aki-Oka Artisan
* Kanda Myojin Shrine
**Sunday June 11 Koto/Minato/Chuo**
* Team Labs Japan
* Tsukiji Outer Market / Lunch
* Hamarikyu Gardens
* Kyu-Shiba-rikyu Gardens
* Zojo-ji / Tokyo Tower
**Monday June 12 – Shibuya/Shinjuku**
* Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
* Meiji Shrine/Yoyogi Park
* Takeshita Street
* Shibuya Pedestrian Crossing
* Hachiko Statue
* Shibuya 109
* Shibuya Sky
**Tuesday June 13 – North Tokyo**
* Bike Rental?
* Sensoji Temple
* Nakamise-dori Street
* Kaminarimon Gate
* Kappabashi Dougu Street
* National Museum of Nature and Science
* Ueno Park/Zoo
* Potentially University of Tokyo
**Wednesday June 14 – Yokohama**
* Motomachi Street
* Chinatown
* Cup Noodle Museum
* Yokohama World Porters
* Cosmo Clock 21
**Thursday June 15 – Central Tokyo**
* Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo/Tokyo Character Street
* Imperial Palace
#3 – Osaka Airbnb/Hotel
**Friday June 16 – Osaka**
* Travel
* Arrive
* Dotombori District
* Minami (Namba)
**Saturday June 17 – Kyoto**
* Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine
* Kiyomizu-dera Temple
* Nishiki Market
**Sunday June 18 – Kyoto**
* Arashiyama
* Tenryū-ji Temple
* Monkey Park Iwatayama
**Monday June 19 – Kanazawa**
* Kenrokuen
* other than that garden, not much
* Onsen
**Tuesday June 20 – Nara**
* Pet deer
**Wednesday June 21 – Hiroshima**
* Hiroshima Castle
* Atomic Bomb Dome
* Peace Memorial Museum
* Miyajima (potentially not enough time here)
**Thursday June 22 – Osaka**
* Osaka Castle
* Himeji Castle
* Walk Around
#3 – Hakone Airbnb/Hotel
**Friday June 23 – Hakone**
* Travel / Hotspring
#4 – Tokyo Airbnb/Hotel
**Saturday June 24 – Koenji**
* Shop/Travel
**Sunday June 25 – Nikko**
* Nikko Walk
**Monday June 26 – Tokyo**
* Tsukiji Honganji Cafe Tsumugi
* Do anything we missed/shop
* Leave at 10 p.m.
