When I was 13 my dad said I could pick anywhere in the world to visit and we did 2 weeks through Tibet and China. It had a huge affect on my life and connection to this planet. I promised myself I would pay it forward my my kids turn 13 and here we are. My son has picked Japan (traveling in late may). We have flights and hotels booked. I feel overall pretty good about my itinerary. However, It looks like I have 2 days at the end of the trip where I'm not sure how to fill it. I think I'm looking for a day trip or a part of Tokyo that I'm not giving enough time to. Here's a spreadsheet of the plan so far. Especially interested in anything that can give meaningful experiences / life long memories to him that will propel him through these formative years. Thanks for looking.
| 1 | LA | Fly to Japan leave 11:20 AM |
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| 2 | Tokyo | 3:05 PM Arrival, check-in Shibuya Hotel, Shibuya Sky, dinner |
| 3 | Tokyo | Early Morning – Meiji-Jingu Garden before shops open. Late morning – Harajuku shopping, cat street, omoto sando. Afternoon – walk to national art museum and explore the architecture of Aoyama take metro back. |
| 4 | Tokyo | Early morning – Yoyogi park, Shimokitazawa early day or continue with art and architecture exploration during day. .shinjuku night. |
| 5 | Tokyo | Kamakura day trip (see separate itinerary) |
| 6 | Tokyo | Early morning – Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden possible something else in Shinjuku, mid day- Akihabara, afternoon – sumo tournament , Shimbashi for dinner. |
| 7 | Kyoto | Morning Bullet train to Kyoto, walk around Gion at night |
| 8 | Kyoto | Early morning – Fushima Inari, maruyama park, Sannenzaka, Poncho Alley, Gion |
| 9 | Kyoto | Kinkaku-ji, Gion, Nishi market, Philosopher's Path, |
| 10 | Kyoto | monkey park morning. Momiji-ya Onsen on the kiyotaki river. |
| 11 | Tokyo | Kosanji temple Explore the kiyotaki river morning Travel back to Tokyo Asakusa Hotel |
| 12 | Tokyo | Asakusa sensoria temple, arts and crafts |
| 13 | Tokyo | Free day |
| 14 | Tokyo | Free day Nikko day trip? |
| 15 | Tokyo | Odaiba, team lab planet, Odaiba Arcades, Gundam Statue & fish market – Leave for Flight 6:10PM |
| 16 | LA | Arrive back 12:30 PM |
by hintofmint