This is my third trip, my partners 1st. I spent a few weeks going through things she’d want to do, and then threw that list into chatGPT. Let’s see what you guys got to input.
Yes I know November 6th is packed but seem manageable. Would love to do hakone for half day using the Shinkansen if we can. Isn’t make or break tho.
Oct 29 (Wed) – LAX → Tokyo → Osaka
• Flight LAX
Oct 30 (Thurs) – Tokyo → Osaka
• Flight HND → ITM
• Dotonbori – Street Food: Takoyaki, Gyoza, Rikuro Cheesecake
Oct 31 (Fri) – Osaka
• Morning: Universal Studios Japan – Tickets Purchased
• Halloween Express Pass – Purchased
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Nov 1 (Sat) – Osaka
• Morning: Osaka Castle (outside only)
• Afternoon: Shinsekai
• Evening: Osaka Aquarium (reserve tickets), Umeda Sky Building (night reservation), Kushikatsu
Dinner
• Optional: 2-hour session at Total Salon Mod Head Spa
Nov 2 (Sun) – Uji Day Trip
• Nakamura Tokichi Tea
• Byodo-In
• Chazuna Tea Museum (reservation needed)
Nov 3 (Mon) – Osaka → Kinosaki
• Morning: Train from Osaka to Kinosaki (2h30min)
• Afternoon: Ryokan check-in (1500), Ropeway, Takeno Beach (optional)
• Evening: Onsens & Kaiseki Dinner
Nov 4 (Tues) – Kyoto
• Morning: Train from Kinosaki to Kyoto (2h30min)
• Afternoon: Kiyomizu-dera (sunset), Ninenzaka & Sannenzaka
Nov 5 (Wed) – Kyoto
• Morning: Hozugawa River Cruise
• Afternoon: Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Monkey Park
• Evening: Nishiki Market
Nov 6 (Thurs) – Kyoto → Tokyo
• Morning: Fushimi Inari & Kitsune Mask Shop (opens 0900)
• Late Morning: Teamlabs Biovortex (1100–1130 reservation)
• Afternoon: Shinkansen Kyoto → Tokyo (2h15min)
• Evening: DisneySea – 1700 entry (Weekday Passport purchased)
Nov 7 (Fri) – Tokyo
• Morning: Meiji Shrine, Takeshita Street, Harajuku (Levi’s, Vans, New Era Harajuku)
• Afternoon: Shibuya – Nintendo, Pokémon Center Shibuya, Shibuya Sky (reservation needed), New
Era Shibuya
• Evening: Golden Gai, dinner reservation (maybe Zauo)
Nov 8 (Sat) – Tokyo
• Morning: Ueno Park, Tokyo National Museum, Ameyoko Market
• Lunch: Pokémon Café (noon, reservation required)
• If unable to reserve → Gyukatsu Motomura
• Afternoon: Akihabara, Yodobashi, Pokémon Center DX Tokyo + Café
• Evening: Teamlabs Planets, Tokyo Tower, Unicorn Gundam (night), Roppongi (Burger Revolution
– reservation needed)
Nov 9 (Sun) – Tokyo
• Morning: Asakusa – Sensoji Temple, Nakamise Shopping Street
• Afternoon: Tokyo Skytree + Pokémon Center Skytree, Marvel Store Skytree
• Evening: Teamlabs Borderless
Nov 10 (Mon) – Tokyo
• Morning: Kappabashi – Kitchen Knives, Souvenirs
• Afternoon: Starbucks Reserve, Rainfall Tattoo (1300 appointment)
• Evening: Free / Explore bars (e.g. SG Club, Bar Trench, Sagnia)
Nov 11 (Tues) – Tokyo
• All Day: Disneyland (tickets purchased)
Nov 12 (Wed) – Tokyo → LAX
• Morning: Free time for last-minute shopping (Pokémon Center Tokyo Station, New Era Shinjuku,
Marvel Store Ikebukuro)
• Afternoon: Pack & relax
• Evening: Flight HND → LAX
Optional Day Trip: Hakone
• Shinkansen or Romancecar from Tokyo → Hakone (1h30min)
• Hakone Open-Air Museum
• Hakone Ropeway & Owakudani Valley (black eggs)
• Lake Ashi boat cruise with Mt. Fuji views
• Hakone Shrine
• Return evening train to Tokyo
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