Hey all – hoping for a gut-check on a relatively detailed itinerary we've put together. Lots of shopping, eating (obviously).

This is *not* an AI Itinerary (seriously – we've been on Tabelog/Google/Wanderlog/etc. for weeks), but I did ask it to organize these bullets based on the Google Sheet we've put together.

Welcome any thoughts from anybody! We don't want to burn out but we do like to run a relatively tight ship.

Separately (keep this between us) I'm planning to propose in Arashiyama at like 630-7am; think that's early enough for me to get some privacy along the river path?

Thank you!

Sun 3/29 — Tokyo (Ginza)

Hotel: K5

• Arrive Haneda 3:25 PM
• Transfer + check-in
• Dinner: Jambo Hanare (yakiniku)

Mon 3/30 — Tokyo (Ginza / nearby)

Hotel: K5
AM

• Tsukiji Outer Market
• Kindal Ginza (secondhand)
• Matsumoto Kiyoshi Ginza Miyuki Ave (beauty/drugstore)
• Uniqlo Ginza flagship

Midday

• RT Ginza (shopping)
• Brand Collect Ginza
• Lunch: Age.3 Ginza (cream puff sandwich + savory)

PM

• Hotel break
• Hie-jinja Shrine
• Drinks: Sky Lounge Stellar Garden (Tokyo Tower view)
• Dinner: Sushi Ginza Kyubey
• After: Tender Bar (?)

Tues 3/31 — Tokyo (Asakusa / Ueno)

Hotel: K5
AM

• Egg Baby Cafe
• Ueno Park (cherry blossoms / crowded)
• Senso-ji Temple (aim ~9–11 AM)
• Nakamise shopping street

Midday

• Lunch ideas: Sometarō (okonomiyaki?) / Kappabashi Dougai (Kitchen Town)
• Hoppy Street
• Snack: Imo Pipi (creme brulee sweet potato)

PM

• Hotel break
• teamLab Borderless (MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM)
• Brand Collect Azabu-Juban (quick stop)
• Dinner: Savoy Tomato & Cheese
• Drinks: Bar Centifolia
• Late: Ginza (open-ended)

Wed 4/1 — Tokyo → Kyoto (Arashiyama)

Hotel: Suiran (Arashiyama)

• Shinkansen Tokyo → Kyoto (planning Nozomi)
• Check-in
• Monkey Park
• Relax / explore area
• Dinner: Volta

Thurs 4/2 — Kyoto (Arashiyama)

Hotel: Suiran

• Sunrise Bamboo Grove (before 8 AM)
• Sakura riverside walk
• Brunch at hotel
• Rest/onsen time
• Lunch: Tempura Matsu
• Dinner: hotel / book ahead

Fri 4/3 — Kyoto (central / Higashiyama)

Hotel: Ace Hotel Kyoto

• Nishiki Market
• Coffee: % Arabica Kyoto
• Lunch: Hikiniku to Come
• Walk: Ninenzaka → Sannenzaka
• Sunset: K36
• Dinner around Yasaka Pagoda area
• Bars: L’Escamoteur / Rocking Chair

Sat 4/4 — Nara day trip (from Kyoto)

Hotel: Ace Hotel Kyoto

• Early train to Fushimi Inari Taisha
• Train to Kintetsu-Nara Station
• Lunch/snack: Rokumei Coffee / quick cafe
• Kasugataisha Shrine
• Manyo Botanical Gardens
• Nara Deer Park
• Todai-ji Temple
• Isuien Garden / Yoshikien Garden
• Old town shopping
• Back to Kyoto
• Dinner/drinks: Tori Saki (yakitori)

Mon 4/6 — Kyoto → Hakone (ryokan)

Hotel: Asaba Ryokan

• Travel Kyoto → Hakone/Shuzenji area (bullet + local)
• Arrive around 12:30 PM
• Light lunch
• Onsen / relax
• Dinner at ryokan

Tues 4/7 — Hakone/Shuzenji

Hotel: Asaba Ryokan

• Slow morning / breakfast
• Free day (onsen + rest)
• Lunch flexible
• Final ryokan dinner

Wed 4/8 — Hakone/Shuzenji → Tokyo (Shibuya)

Hotel: TRUNK (Hotel)

• Travel back to Tokyo (arrive ~11:30 AM)
• Breakfast: Etcō Bread
• Vintage shopping: All the Flamigos / Ragtag / etc
• Quick lunch: 7-Eleven
• Break
• Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo
• Liberte Perfume (Nakameguro)
• The Kindall (shopping)
• Dinner: Nakameguro wagyu omakase OR Sushi Yuuji Ebisu
• Night: JANAI Coffee and/or A10

Thurs 4/9 — Tokyo (Shinjuku)

Hotel: TRUNK (Hotel)

• Shinjuku shopping/food
• Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
• Light lunch
• Siesta
• Dinner: Katsu Pulpo
• Night: Kabukicho / Golden Gai

Fri 4/10 — Tokyo (Harajuku / Shibuya)

Hotel: TRUNK (Hotel)

• Harajuku breakfast (maybe pancakes)
• Shopping
• Lunch
• Break
• Dinner: Shogun Burger (Shibuya?)
• Swallows vs Giants baseball game
• Drinks after

Sat 4/11 — Tokyo (flex)

Hotel: TRUNK (Hotel)

• Breakfast
• Shibuya Sky?
• Shopping + chill day
• Dinner: TBD – trying to get into one of the best Sushi spots (Amamoto!)
• Cocktails: TBD
• Pack

Sun 4/12 — Depart Tokyo

• Breakfast + pack
• Private car to Haneda (leave ~8 AM)
• Flight departs 11 AM