Looking for some feedback on itinerary for 5 people - 14 day family trip with SO’s family (2 older adults and 3 younger adults), first time in...
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Looking for some feedback on itinerary for 5 people - 14 day family trip with SO’s family (2 older adults and 3 younger adults), first time in Japan. My in laws tasked me with planning the itinerary, so please help me make this a good one. I want to be sure there is a good mix of site seeing, shopping, and exploring. This is a loose itinerary since his parents are a little older and may need time to rest between long walks. Here is a list of our cumulative interests: cooking, matcha, fashion, anime, Pokemon, Sanrio/Miffy/Studio Ghibli, and food.

The end of our trip is empty as a I ran out of ideas. I’ve also omitted breakfast, lunch, and dinner as we will likely decide these day off (Recommendations would be appreciated). Feel free to give recommendations for food/cafes or other places to visit and any advice on how to optimize this to make the trip go smoothly.

Day 1: Arrive in Tokyo (Arrival is early morning)

  • Check into hotel
  • Toyosu Wholesale Fish Market
  • Tsukiji Outer Market
  • Uniqlo Ginza Flagship Store

Day 2: Koto, Minato & Ginza

  • teamLab Borderless (Tickets are already booked)
  • Shopping in Ginza
    • Grand Seiko Flagship Store
    • Muji Flagship Store
    • Dover Street Market
  • Imperial Palace

Day 3: Shibuya

  • Meiji Jingu
  • Yoyogi Park (tentative as season may impact how greenery looks)
  • Shibuya Parco
  • Shibuya Scramble Crossing/Hachiko Memorial Statue
  • Mega Don Quijote
  • Shibuya Sky (Tickets are booked)
  • Omoide Yokocho/Golden Gai (Any insight on which would be better?)

Day 4: Asakusa

  • Senso-ji/Nakamise-dori Street
  • Shop around asakusa/try different desserts/cafes
    • Suzukien Asakusa (diff levels of matcha gelato)
    • Asakusa Kagetsudo (melon pan)
    • Chacha Futatsume (matcha mont blanc)
    • Sanrio Gift Gate Asakusa

Day 5: Tokyo → Kyoto

  • Travel from Tokyo → Kyoto
  • Check into hotel
  • Nanzen-ji Temple
  • Kyoto Imperial Palace
  • Kyoto Gyoen National Garden (tentative as season may impact how greenery looks)
  • Nishiki Market

Day 6: Kyoto

  • Uji and Tea Town Historical Park (booked a Museum and Matcha experience)

  • Fushimi Inari Taisha

  • Kiyomizu-dera

  • Nanzen-ji Temple

  • Ninenzaka (Any insight on which would be better?)

    • Hokan-ji Temple (View of it can be seen from Ninenzaka)

Day 7: Kyoto

  • Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
  • Tenryu-ji Temple
  • Kinkaku-ji Temple (His dad is very excited for this)
  • Pontocho

Day 8: Kyoto → Osaka

  • Travel from Kyoto → Osaka
  • Check-in to hotel
  • Namba Yasaka Jinjya Shrine
  • Osaka Kizu Market
  • Dontonbori

Day 9: Day trip to Nara

  • Travel from Osaka → Nara
  • Nara park
  • Todai-ji Kagami-Ike Pond
  • Kasuge Taisha
  • Nakatanidou (Mochi Show)

Day 10: Osaka

  • America-mura
  • Stussy
  • Pokemon Center Osaka DX
  • Bape Store Osaka

Day 11: Osaka → Tokyo

  • Travel from Osaka → Tokyo
  • Check into last hotel
  • Any recommendations for this day would be appreciated!

Day 12: Tokyo

  • Kappabashi Street
  • More recommendations for this last day in Tokyo would be appreciated!

Day 13: (This is a partial free day as we have a later departing flight)

Edit: Updated itinerary to include recommendations from comments; rearranged a lot of chaotic days. Our accommodations are unable to be changed as our trip is in a few days. This is my first time planning an international trip, so I’m still learning. Please keep the suggestions coming, especially if days still seem too full or if I can rearrange to make travel more efficient. Thank you all!