Hi everyone! My bf and I are traveling to Japan for the first time in a few months. We have been using this subreddit and a few others to put create our itinerary. This is our potential itinerary that we put together using chatgpt. Does this sound doable or are we doing too much? Are we missing any must-dos? Any recommendations or tips are appreciated.
Day 0 — Arrival in Osaka
Evening arrival at Kansai International Airport (KIX)
Train to Osaka hotel & rest
Day 1 — Osaka & Don Quijote
Morning: Settle in Osaka
Afternoon: Shinsaibashi & Dotonbori
Night: Late-night shopping at Don Quijote
Day 2 — Osaka Castle & Round One
Morning: Osaka Castle
Afternoon: Round One arcade, bowling, karaoke
Evening: Street food in Dotonbori
Day 3 — Universal Studios Japan
Full day at USJ (Super Nintendo World, Harry Potter, seasonal events)
Day 4 — Nara Day Trip
Morning: Nara Deer Park & Todai-ji Temple
Afternoon: Kasuga Taisha Shrine
Evening: Return to Osaka
Day 5 — Naruto Park (Awaji Island)
Full day at Naruto & Boruto Shinobi-Zato + nearby attractions
Evening: Return to Osaka
Day 6 — Kyoto Arrival & Fushimi Inari
Morning: Train to Kyoto
Afternoon: Fushimi Inari Shrine (red torii gates)
Evening: Gion district stroll
Day 7 — Amanohashidate Day Trip
Morning: Train to Amanohashidate
Chair lift, sandbar views, temples
Evening: Return to Kyoto
Day 8 — & Kimonos
Morning: ???
Afternoon: Kimono rental + Kiyomizu-dera, Ninenzaka/Sannenzaka
Day 9 — Kyoto Samurai Experience & Temple
Morning: Myōkakuji Temple samurai experience
Afternoon: Temple visit (Kinkaku-ji or Ryoan-ji)
Day 10 — Tokyo Arrival & Shibuya
Morning: Shinkansen to Tokyo
Afternoon: Shibuya Crossing & Hachikō statue
Evening: Shibuya shopping / themed café
Day 11 — Tokyo Disneyland
Full day at Tokyo Disneyland
Day 12 — Tokyo DisneySea
Full day at DisneySea
Day 13 — Sumo, Asakusa &
Skytree
Morning: Sumo show/practice at Ryōgoku
Afternoon: Senso-ji Temple & Nakamise Street
Evening: Tokyo Skytree night view
Day 14 — Odaiba & Toyosu Manyo Club
Morning: Odaiba (Gundam statue, Seaside Park, Aqua City)
Afternoon: More Odaiba attractions (Ferris Wheel, shopping)
Late Afternoon/Evening: Tokyo Toyosu Manyo Club 🛁 → Sunset rooftop foot bath, dinner, relaxation
Reminder: 🎟 Buy Toyosu Manyo Club tickets on Klook in advance
Day 15 — Chureito Pagoda & Mt. Fuji
Morning: Train to Fujiyoshida (~2–2.5 hrs)
Visit Chureito Pagoda (Arakurayama Sengen Park)
Afternoon: Lake Kawaguchi area (ropeway, cafés, Fuji views)
Evening: Return to Tokyo
Day 16 — teamLab Borderless & Farewell Tokyo
Morning: teamLab Borderless (Azabudai Hills)
Afternoon: Ginza, Harajuku, or Roppongi for last-minute shopping
Evening: Golden Gai or Omoide Yokocho for farewell night
Day 17 — Departure
Morning flight home from Tokyo
by appleoverorangejuice
6 comments
With regard to Fuji, it looks like you can swap around most of your Tokyo days. Keep it flexible so you can go see Fuji on the best weather day.
If you want to know how claustrophobia on steroids feels like…late night Donki shopping. Early morning before 9/10 is a much more calmer experience.
If it were me I’d swap day 2 with day 3, 4, or 5 because a theme park followed by two day trips could get tiring all at once. Day 2 is lighter so it gives you a chance to break it up a bit.
Imo I’d do either Disney sea or Disney land.. the queues are insane and doing both back to back is going to burn you out imo… plus there’s so much to see in Japan that when I went to Disneysea i regretted going there wasting so much time standing in lines when I could’ve been exploring more and actually seeing more of Japan… not just a theme park. Just my 2 cents.
You don’t know what it’s like. Too much! We planned so much and didn’t do anything. We walked all day and our legs are sore and only did 1 or two things each day. Unless you are Superman where you can fly to the places otherwise just plan on the main thing you want to do.
Make sure the hotel have a onsen! Great way to end very full days if you are bothered about being bathing naked
Grab the s’mores cookies from Ginza for a gift. I brought some back three weeks ago and they were a big hit. Only available in Ginza, HND and NRT airports I was told.