JJapan Trips

Is my itinerary okay?

  • October 1, 2025

I will be travelling with my family to Osaka late Feb – early March next year. My family — 60F, 37M, 35M, 33F, 31F, 31M, 30F, 2M, 6moF

28 Feb – Arrive PM, check into Airbnb, buy food from nearby convenience store

1 March – Kuromon Market, Osaka Castle, Umeda Sky

2 March – Leave for Kyoto — Higashi Hongan-Ji Temple, To-Ji Temple, Fushimi Inari Taisha, Sajusagen-do, Kiyomizu-Dera Temple, Kenninji Temple, Nishiki Market — Back to Osaka

3 March – Leave for Kyoto — Arashimaya Bamboo Forest, Kinkaku-Ji Temple, Nijo Castle — Back to Osaka

4 March – Aquarium, Kurakas 300

5 March – USJ

6 March – Leave for Nara — Kofuku-ji, Kasuga Taisha, Isuien Gardem Today-Ji — Back to Osaka

7 March – Leave for Uji — Nintendo Museum (if we get tickets), Taihoan, Byodo-in Temple, Itoh Kyuemon, Kufujuen, Ujikami Shrine

8 March – shop

9 March – Leave in the AM

So my questions

  1. ⁠Am I packing too much in a day? Especially for Kyoto, Uji and Nara? If there are any places I can leave out, which would they be?

  2. ⁠I know there’s a direct train from Nippombashi station to Nara, but what are the best/easiest ways to get to Uji and Kyoto? The Airbnb is only a 3 minute walk away from Nippombashi station.

  3. ⁠Can you give me recommendations for JBBQ in Osaka. It will be for my Mom and Husband’s birthday. Any price is welcome.

  4. ⁠Tickets for everything. Am I correct when I say that we have to buy our express USJ tickets 2 months before (January) and the Nintendo Lottery 3 months before (December)? What about the temples, castles? Is there another way we can buy the tickets online that isn’t klook? Because I feel like they overprice them. Is there a way for me to buy the tickets directly from the temple’s / castle’s website?

  5. ⁠More food recommendations please!

by Laimingl