Soo I originally planned out 6 days in Tokyo, 5 in Osaka, 4 in Kyoto, 3 in Hiroshima and then 2 days back to Tokyo… But my mum is approaching her 60s and I really didn't take into account how exhausting this trip will be for her. She loved our hotel in Tokyo and asked me to cancel Kyoto and Hiroshima, and go back to Tokyo until our flight. The reason is because she doesn't want to move from place to place, even though we can send our luggage from one hotel to the other.
I got my refund and I feel guilty for dragging her through so much when she's supposed to be relaxing…
We have 3 more days in Osaka, today we spent most of the day in Kyoto and I loved it but she was incredibly overwhelmed by the crowds and doesn't want to go back there. Many say you don't need separate hotels for Osaka and Kyoto because they're a quick train ride from each other but from our hotel, it was over an hour ride, and with the heat, now we're both exhausted and all we did after we came back was stay in our hotel room. I really should have just booked Kyoto for 5 days but hindsight is everything, as they say.
I wrote a post about how I didn't enjoy Osaka 2 days ago but after we went out yesterday, I'm starting to like the city quite a bit. The locals are incredibly friendly, the food is outstanding, and we spent a whole day just shopping around. That said, I can see she is at her limits and I want to slow things down. She hasn't had a proper vacation in 3 years, and I want to make sure she's not going to be exhausted from travelling too much. She is normally not really into tourism but I thought 3 weeks in Japan during the peak tourist season with heatstroke warnings around the country would be a good idea…
Aanyways, we have 2 full days left in Osaka, and then we're going back to Tokyo for in total 9 extra days. What can we do to just not travel too much and relax? We visited Kamakura and adored it, so far we've been to Meiji Jingu, Senso Ji, Tokyo Skytree, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ebisu (really underrated), Asakusa but we couldn't visit the Imperial Palace.
Sorry for the long post. I will travel alone next year to Japan so I'll try to cover more places but for now, I just want to make sure my mum is also having a good time. She missed our previous hotel so much, I ended up booking it again lol
by ZoloftPlsBoss