Travel Itinerary for Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Okinawa, need a piece of advice

Hello everyone! Me and my friends (4 people at all, ages 23-26) have a rough plan for an 11-day trip to Japan. We have a few questions and also, I feel like our plan is a bit incomplete. Do you have any general advice? Are there any places in Tokyo that we might have missed? (We don’t want to visit Tokyo Skytree or Tokyo Tower due to the crowds.)

**Thank you in advance!** There is our travel itinerary, I hope it would be helpful for someone:

**Travel Itinerary: Tokyo – Kyoto+(Nara + Osaka) – Tokyo – Okinawa – Tokyo**

**24.07: Tokyo**

* Places to visit: Shibuya Scramble (the famous intersection from anime, take photos from Starbucks), Kabukiza (Ginza) or buying yukatas

**25.07: Tokyo – Kyoto**

* Train: Departure to Kanazawa, then to Kyoto.
* Highlights: Visit Kenrokuen Garden, Ninjadera (Ninja Temple), and other nearby attractions in Kanazawa

**26.07: Kyoto**

* Highlights: Wake up early and explore temples and the monkey park.
* Places to visit: Sankan Kunaicho (Imperial Palace), Monkey park, Kinkaku-ji and Ginkaku-ji maybe, Fushimi Inari (Red Gates Shrine); Yasaka-jinja Shrine+Maruyama Park at night.

**27.07: Kyoto – Nara – Osaka**

* Train: Departure at 9:37-10:21 / 10:07 – 10:51 to Nara, then \~14:30 – 15:22 to Osaka, and 23:00 – 23:29 / 00:00-00:30 from Osaka to Kyoto.
* Highlights: Finding the deer in Nara and visiting shrines. In Osaka, visiting Cup Noodle Museum,Dotonbori, TeamLab Botanical Garden (already have bought tickets).

**28.07: Kyoto – Tokyo**

* Train: Kyoto-Maibara-Tokyo.
* Highlights: Kiyomizudera in Kyoto. Rice fields in Maibara (南世継外れ温泉) *(Do you know any more precious rice fields on Kyoto-Tokyo route?)*. In Tokyo visiting onsen at 20:00.

**29.07: Tokyo**

* Highlights: Visit Hie Shrine (with the corridor of red poles), Tempura Shimomura., Yanaka District with cats (read more at \[Cat Lovers Need to Visit Yanaka Right Now\]([https://japanjourneys.jp/tokyo/lifestyle/things-to-do/cat-lovers-need-to-visit-yanaka-right-now/](https://japanjourneys.jp/tokyo/lifestyle/things-to-do/cat-lovers-need-to-visit-yanaka-right-now/))) -> Ueno Zoo may be (and the lotus pond nearby) -> Akihabara with maid cafe.
* Sumida fireworks (19:00 – 20:30).

**30.07: Tokyo**

* Highlights: Nezu Museum, Meiji Shrine, Yoyogi Park, *(may be some advice on this day?)*

**31.07: Tokyo – Okinawa**

* Train: Departure at the beginning of the day for Okinawa.
* Highlights: Visiting Southeast Botanical Gardens in Okinawa.

**01.08: Okinawa – Tokyo**

* Highlights: Beach episode.
* Return in Tokyo at night.

**02.08: Tokyo**

* Highlights: Fireworks (19:20 – 21:10) at the Nagaoka Festival. We haven’t bought any tickets, going to watch it at streets nearby.

**03.08: Tokyo:** Departure from Tokyo

And here are some specific questions, you might be know something about them.

1. Do you know of any shops in Tokyo or Kyoto where we can find beautiful yukatas within the range of up to 10,000 yen?
2. We are unable to reserve seats for the journey from Nagoya to Tokyo on August 2nd, the day of the festival. The website displays a message stating that routes requiring a transfer from a final train to a first train are not available. Can we still travel on that day without reservations? Is it possible to book seats later?
3. Do you have any recommendations for beaches in Okinawa? It would be preferable if they are on the main island.
4. Also on the Shinkansen, there are seats for two people on one side and seats for three people on the other side. Which side is which, when looking in the direction of travel? We want to try to see Mount Fuji on the journey from Kyoto to Tokyo, but we are unsure which type of seats to reserve, the paired or triple seats.