Wife and I are finally going on our delayed trip to Japan and I'm hoping for some feedback and recommendations to see if our itinerary makes sense. This will be my second time but my wife's first so I'm trying to do some new and old stuff for both of us. Tried to schedule things around our lodging to make things easy to get to. I have most of the tickets already booked, except for Ghibli Museum which we're trying to get next month when they open up.
Open to any suggestions and feedback with what we have planned so far. Thanks!
Day 1 – 5AM Arrival at HND from JFK (Staying near Shinagawa Station)
- Starbucks Reserve
- Gyoen National Garden
- Shinjuku
- Yebisu Brewery Tokyo
Day 2
- Shimokitazawa
- Shibuya Scramble Crossing
- Harajuku/Omotesando
- Yoyogi Park
- Meiji Jingu
Day 3
- Studio Ghibli [TBD]
- Asagaya (follow train route to Nakano)
- Nakano Broadway
- Ikebukuro
Day 4 – Travel to Osaka (Staying in Umeda)
- Osaka Castle
- Osaka Museum of History
- Tenjinbashi Shopping Street
- Umeda Sky Building
Day 5
- Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
- Tenryu-ji
- Kinkaku-ji
- Gioji Temple
- Adashino Nenbutsuji Temple
- Saga Toriimoto Preserved Street
Day 6
- Senbon Torii
- Philosopher’s Path
- Kiyomizu-dera
- Gion
- Nishiki Market
Day 7
- Nara Deer Park
- Todai-ji Temple
- Naramachi District
Day 8
- Cup Noodles Museum
- Minoh Park
- Dotonbori/Shinsaibashisuji
- Kuromon Market
Day 9
- Himeji
- Himeji Castle
- Koko-en
- Mt. Shosha
- Kobe
- Nunobiki Herb Gardens & Ropeway
- Meriken Park
- Nada Sake District
- Sannomiya
Day 10
- Nintendo Museum
- Byodo-in Temple
- Check Uji for matcha
- Asahi Beer Museum
- *Jidai Matsuri Festival (Imperial Palace to Heian Shrine)
Day 11 – Travel to Tokyo (Staying near Tokyo Station)
- Toyosu + Tsukiji Outer Market
- Diver City/Odaiba
- Small worlds miniature museum
Day 12
- teamLab Borderless
- Tokyo Tower
- Imperial Palace
- Ginza
Day 13
- Senso-ji Temple/Asakusa
- Tokyo Skytree
- Tokyo National Musem
- Ueno Park
- Akihabara
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