Japan Sample Itinerary thread

[rrr2015]

Mount fuji

must specify going up or viewing mt fuji

Not sure abt osaka leh

Or just stick to 1 place

Also take some street photo and some shirt shopping lor

Mine is more toward sight seeing and experience Japan culture lor

osaka vibes different from tokyo & kyoto. shopping & street food/culture best in osaka. u gotta be cultured enuff to appreciate kyoto

 

[Kitaro9202]

must specify going up or viewing mt fuji

osaka vibes different from tokyo & kyoto. shopping & street food/culture best in osaka. u gotta be cultured enuff to appreciate kyoto

Don't think will hike mt fuji ba should be looking at their mountain from far

 

[rrr2015]

must specify going up or viewing mt fuji

osaka vibes different from tokyo & kyoto. shopping & street food/culture best in osaka. u gotta be cultured enuff to appreciate kyoto

area around fuJi 5 lakes (e.g kawaguchiko, mishima etc) better for viewing mt fuji

 

[ippt1978]

3 days each on tokyo ,kyoto and osaka doable?or is rushing?

Recommend to stay in kyoto for the next 6 day as osaka is nearby?or need to book 3 diff hotel in 3 diff place ?

Plan 5 days Tokyo, 5 days Hokkaido. Do-able?

 

[turtlezhu]

Any advice on planning my up coming trip

I got no concrete plan yet flying 30th April - 9th May

So far first day i fly in would touch down at 2150hrs.

So my 1st day basically start the next day. its my partner first time in tokyo.

Staying at Shinjuku area till 30th - 3rd
1st. - Disney Land
2nd. - Shinjuku walk about

Staying at Akasaka area till 3rd - 5th
3rd. - tsukiji market ( do you all recommend toyosu market? )
4th.
5th.

Staying at Yokohama Over Night 6th - 7th
6th -

Staying at Shibuya area 7th - 9th
7th. - Shibuya walk about & Shibuya Sky
8th.

So far nothing much planned out yet don't want to rush to much as well.

Thank in advance for your help and advice!

 

[fr33d0m]

Parents also do Disneyland?

sure or not….

 

[s7460597]

Any advice on planning my up coming trip

I got no concrete plan yet flying 30th April - 9th May

So far first day i fly in would touch down at 2150hrs.

So my 1st day basically start the next day. its my partner first time in tokyo.

Staying at Shinjuku area till 30th - 3rd
1st. - Disney Land
2nd. - Shinjuku walk about

Staying at Akasaka area till 3rd - 5th
3rd. - tsukiji market ( do you all recommend toyosu market? )
4th.
5th.

Staying at Yokohama Over Night 6th - 7th
6th -

Staying at Shibuya area 7th - 9th
7th. - Shibuya walk about & Shibuya Sky
8th.

So far nothing much planned out yet don't want to rush to much as well.

Thank in advance for your help and advice!

tsukiji can do in the morning. avoid weekend will be supercrowd

For different vibe considered day trip to Nikko, Kamakura, kawagoe, kawaguchiko, hakone....

 

[s7460597]

Parents also do Disneyland?

sure or not….

I did. Prefer usj though

 

[turtlezhu]

tsukiji can do in the morning. avoid weekend will be supercrowd

For different vibe considered day trip to Nikko, Kamakura, kawagoe, kawaguchiko, hakone....

Tsukiji i most likely do friday morning. wake up early to change hotel check in and go over to tsukiji as its closer

 

[hkchew03]

Any advice on planning my up coming trip

I got no concrete plan yet flying 30th April - 9th May

So far first day i fly in would touch down at 2150hrs.

So my 1st day basically start the next day. its my partner first time in tokyo.

Staying at Shinjuku area till 30th - 3rd
1st. - Disney Land
2nd. - Shinjuku walk about

Staying at Akasaka area till 3rd - 5th
3rd. - tsukiji market ( do you all recommend toyosu market? )
4th.
5th.

Staying at Yokohama Over Night 6th - 7th
6th -

Staying at Shibuya area 7th - 9th
7th. - Shibuya walk about & Shibuya Sky
8th.

So far nothing much planned out yet don't want to rush to much as well.

Thank in advance for your help and advice!

3 different hotels in Tokyo? A bit unnecessary, All the places easily accessible by train. Heck, even Yokohama is easily reach from Tokyo.
Unfilled day can do day trip to further places like Hakone, Kamakura etc

 

[turtlezhu]

3 different hotels in Tokyo? A bit unnecessary, All the places easily accessible by train. Heck, even Yokohama is easily reach from Tokyo.
Unfilled day can do day trip to further places like Hakone, Kamakura etc

yeah that is true. but the reason to change the first hotel is because they don't have my rates available and to extended on their standard rate for that 3 days is at $700+ SGD a night. i don't think many of us can afford a $700+ a night hotel even if can afford not many are willing to pay that price. ( $2K+ for 3 nights i can buy and eat a lot of nice food there )

So i decided to change to the 2nd hotel which is the cheapest amount the hotel group and i have a friend singaporean friend who works there and with my membership i get upgraded to a suite with free breakfast and lounge access.

Reason to stay in yokohama is because there is a hotel that i been wanting to try.

And moving back to tokyo after yokohama im trying out a fairly new hotel which open october last year.

 

[ippt1978]

yeah that is true. but the reason to change the first hotel is because they don't have my rates available and to extended on their standard rate for that 3 days is at $700+ SGD a night. i don't think many of us can afford a $700+ a night hotel even if can afford not many are willing to pay that price. ( $2K+ for 3 nights i can buy and eat a lot of nice food there )

So i decided to change to the 2nd hotel which is the cheapest amount the hotel group and i have a friend singaporean friend who works there and with my membership i get upgraded to a suite with free breakfast and lounge access.

Reason to stay in yokohama is because there is a hotel that i been wanting to try.

And moving back to tokyo after yokohama im trying out a fairly new hotel which open october last year.

I'm booking hotels through BOOKING.COM. Is this platform reliable?
I'm opting out breakfast as part of hotel booking, do you think is it ok to find breakfast in Tokyo like what we can find easily in SGP?

 

[turtlezhu]

I'm booking hotels through BOOKING.COM. Is this platform reliable?
I'm opting out breakfast as part of hotel booking, do you think is it ok to find breakfast in Tokyo like what we can find easily in SGP?

Personally Agoda / Booking.com are very reliable platform they are own by the same company.

I only been to japan twice. hotels i stay usually has 1 or 2 lawson / family mart / 7-11 where i would get breakfast to bring back to the room while my partner prepare.

 

[hkchew03]

yeah that is true. but the reason to change the first hotel is because they don't have my rates available and to extended on their standard rate for that 3 days is at $700+ SGD a night. i don't think many of us can afford a $700+ a night hotel even if can afford not many are willing to pay that price. ( $2K+ for 3 nights i can buy and eat a lot of nice food there )

So i decided to change to the 2nd hotel which is the cheapest amount the hotel group and i have a friend singaporean friend who works there and with my membership i get upgraded to a suite with free breakfast and lounge access.

Reason to stay in yokohama is because there is a hotel that i been wanting to try.

And moving back to tokyo after yokohama im trying out a fairly new hotel which open october last year.

If you are after hotel experience etc then no choice. On itinerary standpoint, it quite a hassle to shift multiple locations within the same city, almost like shifting from Jurong to City Hall to Changi. Also have to deal early check-in etc.

 

[hkchew03]

I'm booking hotels through BOOKING.COM. Is this platform reliable?
I'm opting out breakfast as part of hotel booking, do you think is it ok to find breakfast in Tokyo like what we can find easily in SGP?

Plenty of 7-11, Udon/Ramen/tonkatsu fastfood chain.

 

[turtlezhu]

If you are after hotel experience etc then no choice. On itinerary standpoint, it quite a hassle to shift multiple locations within the same city, almost like shifting from Jurong to City Hall to Changi. Also have to deal early check-in etc.

Well hotels in japan are naturally expensive. why won't i go for hotel experience when i have a benefit of paying at a low rate for 5 star hotels that's going at the rate of $400 - $700+ a night. And i don't have to really rush can always go back again.

 

[CarharttBoy]

Hello, looking to plan a 10 days / 16 days (undecided) trip to Japan in 2025. It will be me and my partner's first time to Japan.

Interests are mainly sight-seeing, eating, as well as some shopping. Would definitely want to include viewing Mt Fuji as well in this trip.

From what I have read in the thread, most have recommended that if 10 days or lesser, best to spend it within 1 area. E.g Osaka + Kyoto + Nara or Tokyo + Day Trips

Is it recommend to visit both Tokyo + Mt Fuji + Osaka + Kyoto if the trip was 16 days long or will it be better to take it easy and go for 10 days instead and return to Japan another time for the Kansai region?

Any advice is appreciated.

 

[s7460597]

Hello, looking to plan a 10 days / 16 days (undecided) trip to Japan in 2025. It will be me and my partner's first time to Japan.

Interests are mainly sight-seeing, eating, as well as some shopping. Would definitely want to include viewing Mt Fuji as well in this trip.

From what I have read in the thread, most have recommended that if 10 days or lesser, best to spend it within 1 area. E.g Osaka + Kyoto + Nara or Tokyo + Day Trips

Is it recommend to visit both Tokyo + Mt Fuji + Osaka + Kyoto if the trip was 16 days long or will it be better to take it easy and go for 10 days instead and return to Japan another time for the Kansai region?

Any advice is appreciated.

For 10 days one region, 16 days can do both. But depends on how chill or rush you plan your itinerary.

Tokyo there's more than just Fuji. There's Nikko hakone Kamakura kawagoe yokohoma. Day trip or overnight.

Will you travel and queue for food? Some places you need to set aside a few hours. Example dote no Iseya. 130 year old birthplace of tendon. Have to reach at 10am to queue. Opens at 11am. By time get in, served food etc will be 12 plus.

Most restaurants there have small seating capacity hence need to queue. Think of the queues at popular ramen restaurants.

There's lots that don't have to wait long and still get decent food.

So time can pass by pretty quickly.

 

[rrr2015]

Hello, looking to plan a 10 days / 16 days (undecided) trip to Japan in 2025. It will be me and my partner's first time to Japan.

Interests are mainly sight-seeing, eating, as well as some shopping. Would definitely want to include viewing Mt Fuji as well in this trip.

From what I have read in the thread, most have recommended that if 10 days or lesser, best to spend it within 1 area. E.g Osaka + Kyoto + Nara or Tokyo + Day Trips

Is it recommend to visit both Tokyo + Mt Fuji + Osaka + Kyoto if the trip was 16 days long or will it be better to take it easy and go for 10 days instead and return to Japan another time for the Kansai region?

Any advice is appreciated.

IMO 10days good start for first timer
can consider tokyo wide pass 3days, try shinkansen, view fuji from kawaguchiko etc. there are day trip package to hakone, nikko. remaining days can just roam around tokyo complex train network with subway pass.

 

[atomz_87]

Anyone currently in Osaka, help me redeem physical ticket using QR code at metro stations.

Meet up in Singapore to collect the physical ticket, back in SG before 9th April.

Will pay a convenience fee