Hi all! If you could please take a look at my current itinerary and let me know if you think it'd doable or too much or if I could choose better places. My main goal are to see some touristy spots, so I don't feel FOMO but do some lowkey things. Other goal is to enjoy as much food as possible. I've listed some places that are a must for me to go to, but I'm open to recommendations. If I list curry below, I'm not likely to go to another curry place as I want to try a variety of different foods. Or if I do have two different ramen spots, it has to be super different from each other.
Sunday, Nov 2 - Tokyo Station
Arrive in Japan at 3:05pm
Get a physical Suica card
Haneda Airport to Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station (buy some toiletries and travelor's journal)
Eat: McDonald’s teriyaki burger
Check in at Toyoko Inn
Monday, Nov 3 - Asakusa & Ueno (Culture Day)
Senso-ji Temple & Nakamise Street
Go! Go! Curry Ueno
Tokyo National Museum (free)
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art (free)
Ueno Park
Ichiran Ramen Ueno
Tuesday, Nov 4 - Akihabara & Ginza
Tsukiji Fish Market
Arcades & anime store in Akihabara
Shopping at Ginza Itoya (stationary)
Buy a Japan-only Pandora Charm as a souvenir
Food: Gyukatsu Motomura (lunch)
Wednesday, Nov 5 - Shibuya
Meiji Jingu Shrine
Harajuku & Omotesando
Iyoshi Cola
Shibuya Crossing
Food: Pizza Marumo?
Thursday, Nov 6 - Ikebukuro
Animate Ikebukuro
Pokemon Center
Asakusa Culture & Tourist Information Center
Sumida River & Azumabashi Bridge Walk
Hokkaido Milk Bar
Hatoya (matcha)
Manten Sushi for dinner
Friday, Nov 7 - Hakone
Train to Hakone by 9:30am via Romancecar
Ropeway to Owakudani
Hakone Open Air Museum
Check in Onsen Mizunooto
Food: Kaiseki dinner & late night ramen
Saturday, Nov 8 - Osaka
Morning bath & breakfast at Onsen Mizunooto
Hakone Shrine & Torii of Peace
Travel to Osaka (4-5 hours)
Eat at Dotonbori (takoyaki, tempura, okonomiyaki)
Check-in Toyoko-inn
Sunday, Nov 9 - Kyoto
Nijo Castle
Nishiki Market (matcha beer)
Motoi Gyoza?
Tea ceremony
Tofuku-ji
Food: La Voiture (tarte tartine) & Sumiyaki Sosai Toriya Hitomi (yakitori - open at 6pm)
Monday, Nov 10 - Kyoto
Fushimi Inari
Itsukichaya by Fushimi Inari
Gion/Hanamikoji Street
Kiyomizu-dera around sunset
Pontocho Alley for dinner OR Gion Duck rice
Kamo River
Tuesday, Nov 11 - Kyoto
Hozugawa River Boat Ride
Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
Okochi Sanso Garden
Odai Sushi
Kinkaku-ji Temple
Demachi Futaiba (mochi)
Muginoyoake (scallop & duck ramen)
Wednesday, Nov 12 - Osaka
Osaka Castle
DEARBROs (omurice)
Osaka Museum of Housing & Living
Vintage window shopping?
Make custom pouches at Object Osaka
Kuromon Ichiba Market
Shinsekai & Tsutenkaku
Thursday, Nov 13 - Himeji & Kobe
Himeji Oden Jiryori Izakaya
Himeji Castle & garden
Sumiyaki Anago Yamayoshi (eel donburi)
Suma Beach
Kobe Chinatown & Motomachi Shopping Street
Kobe Beef AMAMI
Friday, Nov 14 - Shinjuku
Travel from Osaka to Shinjuku
Kirimugiya Jinroku (udon tempura)
Check in Toyoko-inn
Stores: Ikedaya Tea Store (matcha soft serve); Akomeya Tokyo (local souvenir shop)
Pachinko Hall
Omoide Yokocho
Saturday, Nov 15 - Shinjuku & Tokyo
es Nail Salon appointment
Last minute shopping
Pick up glasses if needed
Mos Burger
Anything I didn’t get to
Sunday, Nov 16 - Departure
Shinjuku National Park
Early lunch
Go to airport
Flight at 8:25pm
EDIT: I'll be staying in Tokyo and Osaka for the majority of my trip with an overnight stay in Hakone. The Kyoto/Himeji& Kobe days are day trips from Osaka. |