Hello,
Please give your thoughts on our Japan Itinerary.
My wife and I will be traveling early-mid November for 12 nights. It will start in Tokyo (Shinjuku), Kyoto (Shimogyo Ward), and then return to Tokyo (Ueno). We will be within 5 min of a large train station at each hotel. We don't have a 100% planned itinerary, but we tried to get a basic outline for each day. This is our first time traveling to Japan, so we do intend to hit popular tourist spots.
That being said, we'd love some less known suggestions as well to balance the trip out.
Please feel free to add items where available or nearby.
Tokyo (Day 1) – Arrival
- Land 3:00pm NRT
- Check in – Shinjuku
- Dinner – Shinjuku
Tokyo (Day 2) – Sites + Parks
- Tsukiji Outer Market
- Hamarikyu Gardens?
- Senso-Ji
- Nakmisa Shopping Street
- Kappabashi Street (Kitchen town)
- Meiji Jingu Gaien
- Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
- Return to Hotel
- Explore Shinjuku
Tokyo (Day 3) – Day Trip
- Day Trip: Enoshima + Kamakura
- Dinner – Shinjuku
Tokyo (Day 4) – Team Labs
- Team Labs Borderless (morning)
- Tokyo Tower
- Shiba Park
- Ginza Beer Hall
- Imperial Palace Gardens
- Return to Hotel
Tokyo>Kyoto (Day 5)
- Meiji Jingu
- Yoyogi Park
- Takeshita Street Square after 11am
- Check out (11am)
- Train to Kyoto (evening)
- Check in – Kyoto
- Explore Kyoto
Kyoto (Day 6) – Shrines
- Fushimi Inari
- Philosopher's Path
Kyoto (Day 7)
- Nara + Uji
- Dinner – Kyoto
Kyoto (Day 8) – River Tour
- River tour (2 hrs)
- Bamboo Forest
- Monkey Park
- Moss Temple
Kyoto (Day 9)
- Osaka (all day)
Kyoto>Tokyo (Day 10)
- Something in Kyoto
- Check out – (11am)
- Check in – Ueno
- Explore Ueno
Tokyo (Day 11) – Museum + Shibuya
- Tokyo National Museum (1-2 hrs)
- Shibuya Crossing
- Shibuya Sky (sunset)
- Shibuya Parco (gaming)
- Hachiko Statue
- Shibuya Center-Gai
- Miyashita Park
- Nonbei Yokocho (small bars)
Tokyo (Day 12) – Harry Potter
- Harry Potter (3-4 hrs) – booked
- Ueno Park
- Jimbocho Book Town
- Akihabara (Night)
Tokyo (Day 13) – Departure
- Depart 10:25am HND
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