Hi, my friend and I are going to japan in November for 2 weeks (18th Nov-2nd Dec)
It’s pretty safe to say that this planning process was quite overwhelming, especially with Tokyo.
We are open to any suggestions or recommendations. Food will be a little tricky for us as my friend is a vegetarian and although I can only eat halal meat, I am able to eat the seafood.
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**Tokyo**
*Sunday 19th:*
Meet up with, get esim and suica and get the hell outta there. Hotel in Shinjuku
(closes at 7/8)
Batting cages (closes at 4am)
*Monday 20th:*
Wake up early to people watch at Shibuya crossing? 6am
Yoyogi park- 8:00/9:00
Harajuku- takeshita street
Shibuya sky for view
*Tuesday 21st:*
Akihabara and sensoji temple
Ueno park/Tokyo national museum
Ameyoko plaza near ueno
Karaoke?
*Wednesday 22nd:*
Teamlabs Tokyo-10am
Tsukiji fish market
Odaiba
**Nikko 23rd and 24th**
**Kyoto**
*Saturday 25th:*
Travel to Kyoto and check in
Explore area
Nishiki fish market
Gion
Kiyomizu dera
Junsei
*Sunday 26th:*
Fushimi inari shrine (at or before sunrise)
Shopping
Philosophers path
GEAR
*Monday 27th: Arashiyama area*
Bamboo forest
Tenryu-ji temple
Daihaku senkoji (small hike) good views
Iwatayama monkey park
Sagano railway/train
**Osaka**
*Tuesday 28th:*
Get to and check in
Don’t mind just shopping
Shinseki + tsutenkaku tower area at night (or in day)
Kuromon Market
Eat food?
*Wednesday 29th:*
Umeda sky building + pokemon centre
Osaka castle
Team lab Osaka botanical garden?
Dotonbori at night
*Return to tokyo on 30th-1st-2nd*
We don’t have anything planned as of yet for the last part in Tokyo and are down for just a relaxed end to the trip
4 comments
Is Shibuya crossing active at 6am? I don’t actually really know, curious!
At what time are you doing Shibuya Sky? Crossing is a 3 minute walk, might as well combine them in 1 sitting.
And try to to Shinjuku Gyoen instead of Yoyogi. I found Gyoen a lot prettier
Sounds like your hitting all the key tourist traps. Great plan for a first timer.
with the suica/pasmo you can just add it to your iphone wallet>+>Transit card. I suggest Pasmo coz you can get a refund without a Japanese bank account – not sure how, you’ll need to take a look into it 🙂 but it’ll be easier to top off and not needing to line up at the machines.