My husband and I will be in japan for the first time on December 6 and we have put the following together. I'd love to hear any words of advice or thoughts on the itinerary.
Day1-fly to sapparo from narrita, explore downtown, shop and ramen alley
Day2- sapporo beer museum and gardens, hokkaido jingu then tv tower,odori park and christmas market in the park after dinner in the evening lights
Day3- day trip yoichi…home of whiskey, evening explore sapporo.
Day4- train to aomori city
Day5- aomori city. A factory, gyosai center, nebuta museum
Day6- transit to zao mountain ryokan. Enjoy overnight
Day7- transit to aizuwakamatsu.
Day8- aizuwakamatsu. Tsurugajo castle, samurai residence, sazaedo castle, sake brewery and paint a bansho
Day9- train to tokyo. Stay in akasaka. First afternoon and evening see shibuya
Day10- ginza, kappabashi street, sumo demonstration and sensoji temple at night once stalls have closed.
Day11- full packed ultimate nerd day. Gotokuji temple ealy in day. Sailormoon store in harajuku, nakano broadway then ikebukuro. Im shopping anime until i drop this day.
Day 12- akihabara, thousand tori in akasaka/ open day for what we want in tokyo
Day 13- imperial palace area and tokyo station until we leave for evening flight home.
by CanadianMarmot