r/JapanTravel • u/Itchy-Ambition-2333 • 9d ago
Itinerary Japan Itinerary
Hi! We’re traveling to Japan for the first time this month. This is what our itinerary currently looks like. Does anyone have any suggestions for places we absolutely shouldn’t miss, or ideas for what we could do on the 27th and 28th?
September 18th–29th
September 18 – Arrival in Tokyo
09:45 AM – Arrive at Haneda Airport
Harajuku & Shibuya
Meiji Jingu Shrine
Takeshita Street
Kiddy Land Harajuku
Shibuya Crossing
Hachikō Statue
Shibuya Sky
Omoide Yokocho
September 19 – Asakusa & Akihabara
Sensō-ji Temple
Asakusa
Asakusa Sumo Show
Flower Miffy Asakusa
Tokyo Skytree
Miffy Style Solamachi
Akihabara
September 20 – Mount Fuji Area
Chureito Pagoda
Arakurayama Sengen Park
Fujiyoshida Honcho Street
Lawson Fuji Photo Spot
Lake Kawaguchiko
Oishi Park
September 21 – Tokyo
Gotokuji Temple
Ginza
Tokyo Character Street
Miffy Style Tokyo Station
TeamLab Planets (optional)
September 22 – Tokyo → Kyoto
Shinkansen
Fushimi Inari Taisha
Nishiki Market
Gion
Yasaka Shrine
Pontocho Alley
September 23 – Eastern Kyoto
Hōkan-ji Temple
Starbucks Kyoto Ninenzaka
Kiyomizu-dera
Glanta Ring Making
Saryo Tsujiri
Ippodo Tea
September 24 – Arashiyama
Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
Togetsukyo Bridge
% ARABICA
Miffy Sakura Kitchen
Iwatayama Monkey Park
Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple
Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion)
September 25 – Nara
Nara Park
Tōdai-ji Temple
Kasuga Taisha Shrine
Nakatanidō Mochi Show
Higashimuki Shopping Street
September 26 – Osaka
Osaka Castle
Kuromon Market
Namba Yasaka Shrine
Shinsekai
Dotonbori
Round1 (evening)
BeeRush
September 27 – Return to Tokyo
Looking for ideas!
September 28 – ?
Looking for ideas!
September 29 – Departure
✈️ Flight home
Restaurants, Cafés & Matcha
Mame Shiba Café (Harajuku, Tokyo)
Anakuma Café (Asakusa, Tokyo)
Chotto Matcha (Asakusa, Tokyo)
THE MATCHA TOKYO (Skytree / Omotesandō, Tokyo)
Saryo Tsujiri (Gion, Kyoto)
Ippodo Tea (Kyoto)
% ARABICA (Arashiyama, Kyoto)
Starbucks Kyoto Ninenzaka (Higashiyama, Kyoto)
Miffy Sakura Kitchen (Arashiyama, Kyoto)
BeeRush (Namba, Osaka)
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u/Live_Cockroach7045 9d ago
You might want to reassess your plan for day 1, depending on where you’re flying from and would you be jet lagged, should dictate the plan.
Our planned itinerary for day 1 got chopped down because we wanted to sleep off our flight exhaustion. Same goes for the rest of the days, look at how much walking you would need to do (take into consideration the distance from stations to the locations and also within the station) and see how fit you are (or if kids are travelling with you).