*Edit* Thank you all for all the feedback and notes! I'm sure I'll get more - really appreciate it. I ended up making one big change - on day 7...
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Edit Thank you all for all the feedback and notes! I’m sure I’ll get more - really appreciate it.

I ended up making one big change - on day 7 (11/23) I’ll be doing the day trip to Nara from Kyoto, then going back to Kyoto and staying at a modest Ryokan near the station. I would have stayed at my original hotel but they didn’t have availability for that extra day. This way I do get a ryokan day with dinner+breakfast.

Osaka is now down to two days but I plan on scraping the day trip to Kobe to give myself two full days.

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I have been lurking this sub for the last few days so I know I will definitely get some flak for my itinery - but I think I really need the feedback to reign things back.

I get pretty bad motion sickness so I want to limit the amount of travel on trains/buses/subway as possible - but I know it’s impossible to absolutely not relay on those modes of transportation so I will be popping Dramamine daily.

November 17 - November 27

Day 1 (11/17) - Tokyo

  • Arrive at HND in afternoon
  • Pick up IC card, SIM, ATM
  • Subway or bus to Shinjuku
  • Check into hotel
  • Grab dinner and explore Shinjuku (Golden-Gai?)
  • Rest up to recover from jetlag

Day 2 (11/18) - Tokyo

  • Wake up early
  • teamLab Borderless at 9 AM
  • Shibuya (crossing, Shibuya station, Shibuya Sky)
  • Harakuju (Yoyogi Park, Meiji Jingu)
  • Back to Shinjuku

Day 3 (11/19) - Tokyo

  • Breakfast at Tsukiji Market
  • teamLab Planet at 9 AM
  • Asakusa (Senso-ji Temple)
  • Ueno (Ueno Park)
  • Akihabara
  • Back to Shinjuku

Day 4 (11/20) - Kyoto

  • Shinkansen to Kyoto
  • Drop off luggage at hotel
  • Nijo Castle
  • Nishiki Market
  • Potentially Imperial Palace, Kyoto Gyoen
  • Check into hotel
  • Gion if time allows

Day 5 (11/21) - Kyoto

  • Early trip to Fushimi Inari
  • Kiyomizu-dera
  • Gion
  • Pontocho Park
  • Back to hotel

Day 6 (11/22) - Kyoto

  • Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
  • Tenryu-ji Temple
  • Iwatayama Monkey Park
  • Togetsukyo Bridge
  • Back to hotel

Day 7 (11/23) - Osaka

  • Check out of hotel
  • Take train to Osaka
  • Drop off luggage
  • Umeda Sky Building
  • One or more of: Shinsaibashi-suji, Dotonbori, Shinsekai

Day 8 (11/24) - Nara

  • Bus to Nara
  • Todai-ji Temple
  • Nara National Park
  • Kasauga Taisha Shrine
  • Kofuku-ji Temple
  • Naramachi District
  • Head back to Osaka

Day 9 (11/25) - Osaka or Kobe

  • Day trip to Kobe for Arima Onsen, or stay in Osaka
  • If in Osaka, Osaka Castle, and anything missed on day 1

Day 10 (11/26) - Tokyo

  • Check out of hotel
  • Shinkansen back to Tokyo
  • Probably forwarded luggage day before to hotel in Haneda
  • Spend half day in Tokyo with anything I missed
  • Transit to Haneda and explore -Relax and early night to get ready for flight in AM