Hello JapanTravel! Here's a Version 2.5 of my itenerary, I've been working on this itinerary, and I feel pretty good about how it's come out so far, but I'd still appreciate another pair of eyes to validate I'm not missing something obvious ("Oh, enoshima sunk into the sea last week") etc
I'm aware the 'Autumn Foliage Report' came out earlier saying peak autumn colors is going to basically be December 31st – Kind of a bummer, but all the super cool autumn spots (Nikko, Tokyo parks, etc) are still quite scenic without being orange, so I'm not too worried about it
Please let me know what you think!
Nov. 10 Mon
- 3:00p Arrival to Narita, add 2 hour buffer for customs headache, take a train to hotel near Kasukabe (1.5hr)
- Check in, dinner nearby, jetlag cope and sleep
Nov. 11 Tues
- Check out, breakfast in Soka, and then train to Nikko
- Arrive early afternoon, Spend day Temple sightseeing, sleep in Nikko
Nov. 12 Wed
- Breakfast, Bus to head of Senjo trail, hike, bus back to Lake for lunch
- Bus back to hotel, checkout, train out of Nikko back to Tokyo hub of Shiki
Nov. 13 Thur
- Kawagoe day trip (old streets, candy row, temples, etc)
Nov. 14 Fri
- Mount Takao day trip (ropeway up, trails)
Nov. 15 Sat
- Design Festa Day 1
Nov. 16 Sun
- Design Festa Day 2
Nov. 16 Alternate
- Depending on if I'm Festa'd Out or not, instead spend day walking Tokyo autumn spots (sotobori-koen park, yasukuni shrine, imperial palace east gardens, [Lunch], hamarikyu gardens, meguro river)
Nov. 17 Mon
- Enoshima Island day trip
Nov. 18 Tues
- Breakfast and chill, Train to narita airport early, lunch in airport, depart
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