Hi there!
Looking to plan my first trip to Japan and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions/insight on which direction I should travel. I would be flying in/out of Haneda and I’m debating if I should just go to Kyoto first and come back to Tokyo for my returning flight or stay in Tokyo first and come back later. My itinerary would look like one of these:
Kyoto First:
Day/Night 1: land at Haneda (4:30PM). Go to hotel near the bullet train and spend the night.
Day 2: travel to Kyoto
Day 3: Kyoto
Day 4: Kyoto
Day 5: leave Kyoto and go to Tokyo
Day 6: Tokyo
Day 7: Tokyo
Day 8: Tokyo
Day 9: fly out of Haneda
Tokyo first:
Day/Night 1: just chill in hotel in Tokyo
Day 2: Tokyo
Day 3: Tokyo
Day 4: Tokyo
Day 5: travel to Kyoto
Day 6: Kyoto
Day 7: Kyoto
Day 8: leave Kyoto and go to Tokyo and stay near Haneda airport
Day 9: fly out of Haneda
Basically curious if anyone has experience with coming back to Tokyo to fly out at the end, or go straight to Kyoto, and any pros/cons of each and suggestions!
Edit: my flight travel time will be about 18hours round trip so I assume I will be pretty jet lagged.
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