[Itenerary Check] 13 day itenerary – Tokyo, Fujikawaguchiko, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka

So in May 2026 I'm going with my girlfriend and some friends to japan, I have a pretty rough itenerary built right now, but I wanted to post here to figure out if it is too rushed?

Day 1 – land at Narita at 19h, just check in at a ueno hotel and maybe get something to eat

Day 2 – sensoji temple, sumida river park, tokyo skytree, shibuya crossing and night out in shibuya

Day 3 – tokyo imperial gardens (kimatamaro park, yasakuni jinja), akihabara, spend the night in shinjuku (omoide yokocho, golden gai)

Day 4 – teamlab planets, rest of the day free to just rest or "freestyle" (forward luggage to osaka)

Day 5 – day dedicated to tokyo disneyland

Day 6 – go early in the morning to fujikawaguchiko (try to leave backpacks in the ryokan if possible), visit fujiiyoshida chureito pagoda and at least kawaguchiko lake.

Day 7 – trip to tokyo and then to osaka (base in osaka), rest during the afternoon, dine out and go to dotonbori

Day 8 – go to kyoto and visit kiyomizudera temple, have lunch in ninenzaka and sannenzaka markets, visit yasaka jinja and maruyama park, if there's time left visit Gion, dine out for dinner.

Day 9 – go to kyoto and visit arashiyama bamboo forest and kinkaju temple

Day 10 – go to kyoto and visit fushimi inari shrine, higashi honganji temple and go to nishiki market at the end of the afternoon, at night check Kyoto Station.

Day 11 – day reserved to visit Nara (ideas what to do here and what fits in the morning and afternoon?)

Day 12 – Osaka Universal Studios reserved day, at night dotonbori

Day 13 – checkout in the morning, store luggage somehow (need ideas here I'm used to using the luggage storage app for this we'll have a backpack and a checked in luggge each) and visit himeji castle, osaka castle (from outside), umeda sky building? shop for final souvenirs at kintetsu and travel back to tokyo for haneda airport flight at (23h)

Wanted to check with you guys if this seems doable and if in a daily basis the distances between things makes it impossible to visit all of it in one day and in general if the itenerary seems rushed, I'm willing to skip Nara for a one more day at Resting/Osaka/Kyoto.

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1 comment
  1. That sounds like a feasible plan and a memorable trip.
    I think the destinations for Day 2 & 3 might be a bit busy.

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