**TOKYO – 3 Days**
Wed, 13th
\- 3:30 PM: Go to Airport
\- 5:55 PM: ✈️ Fly to Tokyo
Thu, 14th
\- 9:10 PM: ✈️ Land in Tokyo
\- Pick Up Japan Rail Pass High Speed Train
\- 10:30 PM – 11:30 PM:🚅 Train to Shinjuku
\- 🏠 Stay in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Fri, 15th
\- Explore Shinjuku:
\- Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
\- Omoide Yokocho
\- Hanazono Shrine\]
\- Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
\- 🚅 Train to Roppongi (10 min)
\- Roppongi
\- Zozo-ji & Tokyo Tower
\- Hie Shrine
\- 8:30PM: Daikoku Futo Car Meet-up
\- ALT: Tatsumi PA or Shibaura PA
\- 🏠 Stay in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Sat, 16th
\- Explore Shibuya:
\- Yoyogi Park Park / Meiji Jingu
\- Harajuku / Takeshita Street
\- Shibuya Scramble Crossing
\- Hachikō Memorial Statue
\- Shibuyu Sky
\- Night:
\- Golden Gai
\- Kabukicho
\- 🏠 Stay in Shinjuku, Tokyo
**KYOTO – 4 Days**
Sun, 17th
\- Morning:
\- 🚅 Train to Kyoto (3 Hours)
\- Afternoon:
\- Nishiki Market
\- Nijō Castle
\- Kyoto Imperial Palace
\- 🏠 Stay in Kyoto
Mon, 18th
\- 🚌 Take Bus to Arashiyama (45 min)
\- Giou-ji Temple
\- Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
\- Okochi Sanso Garden
\- Tenryu-ji Temple
\- Arashiyama Monkey Park
\- 🚌 Take Bus to Kinkaku-ji (1 hr)
\- Kinkaku-ji Temple
\- 🚅 Train to Kyoto (45 min)
\- 🏠 Stay in Kyoto
Tues, 19th
\- 🚅 Train to Nara (1 hr)
\- All Day – Nara
\- Nara Park
\- Kofuku-ji temple
\- Isuien Garden
\- Todai-ji Temple
\- Kasuga-Taisha shrine
\- Higashimuki Street\]
\- 🚅 Train to Kyoto (1 hr)
\- 🏠 Stay in Kyoto
Wed, 20th
\- Morning:
\- Fushimi Inari Taisha
\- Afternoon – Explore Higashiyama:
\- Kiyomizu-dera Temple
\- Maruyama Park
\- Nineizaka (Ninenzaka)
\- Shoren-in Temple
\- Higashiyama Jisho-ji\]
\- 🏠 Stay in Kyoto
**TAKAYAMA – 3 Days**
Thu, 21st
\- Morning
\- 🚅 Train to Takayama (3.5 hr)
\- Afternoon – Takayama:
\- Sanmachi Historical Ar
\- Takayama Sky Park
\- Sake Brewery
\- 🏠 Stay in Takayama
Fri, 22nd
\- Bus to Shirakawa (1 hr)
\- Shirakawa
\- Ogimachi Castle Observation Deck
\- Wada House
\- Shirakawago Three Houses
\- Gassho-zukuri Minkaen
\- Lunch
\- Bus to Takayama n(1 hr)
\- Afternoon – Takayama
\- Takayama Jinya
\- 🏠 Stay in Takayama
Sat, 23rd
\- All Day – Takayama
\- Miyagawa Morning Markets
\- Matsukura Castle
\- Hida folk village
\- 🏠 Stay in Takayama
**Hakone – 2 Days**
Sun, 24th
\- Morning
\- 🚅 Train to Odawara Station (4.5 hours)
\- 🚅 Hakone Tozan Train to Hakone, Gora (35 Min)
\- Afternoon
\- Gōra Park
\- Open Air Museu
\- 🏠 Stay in Hakone Ryokan
Mon, 25th
\- All Day – Hakone
\- 🚠 Hakone Ropeway
\- 🛳️ Ferry across Lake
\- Hakone Shrine
\- Onshi-Hakone Park
\- 🏠 Stay in Hakone Ryokan
**TOKYO – 3 Days**
Tue, 26th
\- 🚅 Hakone Tozan Train to Odawara (35 Min)
\- 🚅 Train to Tokyo (35 Min)
\- All Day – Akihabara/Uneo:
\- Akihabara
\- Ueno Park
\- Sensō-ji Temple
\- 🏠 Stay in Tokyo
Wed, 27th
\- Explore Ginza / Tokyo
\- Hamarikyu Garden
\- Tsukiji Fish Market
\- Toyosu Fish Marke
\- Imperial Palace
\- Dinner: Sky Tree Restaurant
\- 🏠 Stay in Tokyo
Thu, 28th
\- All Day – Last Minute Sites
\- 8:30PM: 🚅 Train To Airport (45 Min)
\- 10:55 PM: ✈️ Flight to New York
\- 10:35 PM: ✈️ Land to New York
2 comments
Landing at 9:10pm and hoping to exchange your pass in Narita on the same day is very ambitious. The ticketing booth closes at 9:45. Also, the last direct train to Shinjuku leaves at 944pm. That’s very, very tight.
Relax and take your time, you can take a Skyliner train to Ueno and then the Yamanote. It’ll be 90mins, and you can do that up until 11pm. You’ll get your pass on day 2.
Also on day 2, you’re aware that Daikoku Futo, Tatsumi and Shibaura are resting areas on highways that are not accessible on foot or via public transportation ? You’ll need a car to get there. You can probably find a taxi that will get you there (it will not be cheap), but getting one on the way back won’t be easy. Also, car meetings are not everyday.
You did it wrong.