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The original was posted on /r/japantravel by /u/InevitableOk4700 on 2025-05-20 22:16:25+00:00.


Thanks for the help on my last post. I’ve fleshed out our itinerary and just wanted to see if anyone has any last minute advice for our trip as first-timers.

Toyko

  • Day 1 (Thursday)
    • Arrive into Tokyo at 4 PM --> head to hotel in Asakusa and dinner locally
  • Day 2 (Friday) - Asakusa
    • Senso-ji + Kaminarimon + Nakamise-dori Street
    • Lunch at Wagyu Ichinoya Asakusa
    • Head to Kappabashi Kitchen Street + Ueno Park
    • Move to our second hotel at toranomon hills
  • Day 3 (Saturday) - Shibuya
    • Meiji Jingu + Yoyogi Park
    • Walk to Harajuku and stroll through Takeshita Street and Cat Street
    • Head to Shibuya Scramble Crossing and go up Shibuya Sky
  • Day 4 (Sunday) - Ginza
    • Browse Toyosu Market in AM
    • Visit Ginza: Uniqlo, Muji, Ginza Six, Jins
    • Head to Tokyo Station and Roppongi Hills
  • Day 5 (Monday) - Kamakura
    • Teamlab Borderless in AM
    • Head to Kamakura after teamlabs
  • Day 6 (Tuesday) Shinjuku
    • Gotokuji Temple in AM
    • Then head to Shinjuku, visiting Gyoen National Garden, Cat Cafe Mocha
    • Tokyo Metropolitan Governemnt Buidling observatory
    • Walk through kabukicho and golden-gai (but probably will have dinner elsewhere)
  • Day 7 (Wednesday) -Hakone
    • Hakone trip
  • Day 8 (Thursday)- Disney
    • DisneySea

Kyoto

  • Day 9 (Friday) - Kyoto
    • Shinkasen from Tokyo to Kyoto
    • Visit Nishiki Market
    • Walk along pontocho alley
    • Chao Chao Gyoza for dinner
  • Day 10 (Saturday) - Arashiyama
    • Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, Tenryuji Temple, Okochi Sanso Garden
    • Lunch
    • Visit Monkey Park
    • Sagano romatic train + Hozugawa river boat
    • Kinkaku Ji if we have time
  • Day 11 (Sunday) - Nara
    • Nara day trip
  • Day 12 (Monday) - Fushimi Inari
    • Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kiyomizu dera
    • Browse stops along sannezaka and ninenzaka
    • Visit Maruyama Park and Yasaka Shrine
    • Take train at night to Osaka

Osaka

  • Day 13 (Tuesday) - Osaka
    • Osaka expo, Dontoburi
  • Day 14 (Thursday)
    • Osaka castle and return to Tokyo for our flight home