Hi there, my fiancè and I will be in Japan at the end of March and start of April for 10 days. I've put a rough itinerary in place and the plan is to land in KIX, stay in Osaka from 30th to 4th and then get the Shinkansen to Tokyo on the 4th and depart from there on the 10th.
Could you guys check this itinerary for 1 day and a half and see if it's feasable and give me any tips or stuff I might have missed? bear in mind that after those two days we'll do day trips to Kyoto and possibly Nara/Himeji so we'll have at least the evenings or afternoons to add anything missing to Osaka.
(I'm breaking down the itinirary by city as of now to not get too overwhelmed)
(When on holiday we tend to walk an average of 25-30k steps)
thanks so much!
Day 0, 30th – Landin Osaka at 12:40pm. Get suica. Arrive at hotel Red Roof Inn Shinsaibashi around 3pm.
Explore hotel surroundings (Shinsaibashi & Dotonbori):
Namba Parks shopping centre (terrace too)
Dotonbori canals at evening, ebisu bridge
Hozenji Yokocho alleyway with lanterns
Doguyasuji Shotengai (cookware shopping)
Day 1, 31st
Namba yasaka shrine (lion)
Shitennoji temple (one of oldest buddhist temple in japan)
Shinsekai retro neighbourhood
Nipponbashi denden town (electronics and hardware area, osaka's akihabara)
Kuromon market
Shinsaibashisuji shopping street
Amerikamura (american village)
Donguri shop (studio ghibli)
After lunch
Osaka Castle Park (1hr walk from hotel or metro
Umeda pokemon centre
Umeda Sky Building sunset ? (£9 – sunset is around 6:15)
following days yet TBC but most likely 2 days for kyoto and one for either Nara/Himeji or remaining osaka sights
by SeaworthinessNo9809