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Ok.. decided to give hokkaido a miss as I don't want my 2 kiddos to get too cranky and become difficult to handle.. below is the itinerary I have drafted.. appreciate all bro/sis feedback on what else should we be visiting/doing and if the itinerary is alright.. thanks all in advance.. :)

16 Dec 15
9am: Reach Narita Airport
10am: Catch Nagano Shinkansen to Nagano Station (1.30hr Journey)  To check for cheaper alternative)
11.45am: Reach Nagano Station and take Nagano Dentetsu Train to Yudanaka Station (50mins journey)
Reach Yudamaka at 1pm: Bus/Cab to Hotel St. Moritz or Hotel Khuls (to be decided nearer to date)
2pm: Leave luggage at Hotel and visit Snow Monkey at Jigokudani Monkey Park (will take est. 45mins – 1 hr trekking to reach Snow Monkey)
4.30pm: Leave and head back to Ryokan (to leave early and avoid it getting too dark if possible)
Night time: Dinner at Ryokan & explore the area. Have an early night

17 Dec 15
8am: Breakfast at Ryokan
10am: Ski full day
6pm: Return to Hotel for dinner & rest

18 Dec 15
10am: Check out and depart to Tokyo
12.00pm: Reach Tokyo  Lunch first
2pm: Catch JR Chou/Ome Line Rapid Service to Mitaka & transfer to Ltd. Express Kaiji 111 to Otsuki & finally transfer to Fujikyu Railway to Kawaguchiko
Reach Kawaguchiko at 5pm
By 6pm: To check-in to hotel/Ryokan and rest for the night

19 Dec 15:
8am: Breakfast
9am: Proceed to Lake Kawaguchiko
2pm: Head over to Gotemba Premium Outlet store
6pm: Head back to Hotel/Ryokan for the night

20 Dec 15:
10am: Visit Fuji Q Land (main purpose: Thomas & Friends land)
10pm: Check-out & take an overnight bus to Osaka

21 Dec 15:
7am: Reach Osaka & breakfast
9am: To hotel/apartment (airbnb) to leave luggage (likely Osaka/Namba area)
10am to 6pm: Head over to Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum
7pm: Visit Rinku Outlet store

22 Dec 15:
8am: Breakfast
10am to 6pm: Universal Studio Japan (JR Sakurajima Line)
7pm: Visit Shinsaibashi again or Dotombori

23 Dec 15:
10am: Make our way to Nara (JR Nara Station)
11am: Reach Nara: go to Nara Koen & Naramachi
5pm: Head back to Osaka
7pm: Head over to Nipponbashi (Den Den Town in Namba) for anime & robots

24 Dec 15:
10am: Make our way to Arashiyama
To visit Monkey Park; Kameoka & River Hozu
5pm: Head back to Osaka
7pm: To visit Umeba Sky Building for Christmas Market

25 Dec 15:
11am: Visit Osaka Aquarium
Remaining time Free & Easy to roam around..
26 Dec 15:
10am: Check-out and head over to Tokyo via JR
2pm: Lunch & proceed to check-in (likely AirBnB apartment)
4pm: Akihabara (Anime building & Final Fantasy Café)
8pm: Back to apartment for the night (or shibuya depending on “awake level”)

27Dec 15:
9am: Breakfast around Shibuya
10am: Departs to Bandai Museum (Ishibashi Station)
4pm: Heads back to Tokyo Tower or Skytree
8pm: Back to apartment

28 Dec 15 & 29 Dec 15:
10am: Tokyo DisneySea & Tokyo DisneyLand

30 Dec 15:
10am: Legoland
5pm: Odaiba (Aqua City, Diver City, Rainbow Bridge, Palette town)

31 Dec 15:
10am: Ueno Park – Kaneiji Temple, Toshogu Shrine, Kiyomiza Kannon Temple,Bentendo, National Science Museum
5pm: Shibuya
11pm: Meiji Shrine for Countdown

1 Jan 16:
10am – Check-out
Roam around apartment area
6pm: Head over to Haneda airport (target to reach by 7.30pm – Flight departure at 11.35pm)

First day no time for lunch?
Your hotels are 30 mins away from the monkey park by car.
Might be better to stay a night at Shibu Onsen to save time.
The walk to the monkey park will be in snow in Dec. Need more time definitely.

Osaka Rinku Outlet closes at 8pm.

For USJ, the magical parade starts at 7pm. I don't think your kids want to miss it.

To start shopping at Den Den town at 7pm means most shops will be closing soon, around 8pm... same thing with going to Umeda at 7pm (but more shops will open here later... till 9pm)...

Odaiba from 5pm means not enough time to cover those spots listed on your itinerary...

Meiji Shrine at 11pm for countdown??? I haven't done it before at Meiji Jingu but I am quite sure unless you go there much much earlier, you probably won't be able to reach anywhere near the shrine by midnight because of the crowd... but I am worried for your 2 young kids though staying out so late?
 

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Ok.. decided to give hokkaido a miss as I don't want my 2 kiddos to get too cranky and become difficult to handle.. below is the itinerary I have drafted.. appreciate all bro/sis feedback on what else should we be visiting/doing and if the itinerary is alright.. thanks all in advance.. :)

16 Dec 15
9am: Reach Narita Airport
10am: Catch Nagano Shinkansen to Nagano Station (1.30hr Journey)  To check for cheaper alternative)
11.45am: Reach Nagano Station and take Nagano Dentetsu Train to Yudanaka Station (50mins journey)
Reach Yudamaka at 1pm: Bus/Cab to Hotel St. Moritz or Hotel Khuls (to be decided nearer to date)
2pm: Leave luggage at Hotel and visit Snow Monkey at Jigokudani Monkey Park (will take est. 45mins – 1 hr trekking to reach Snow Monkey)
4.30pm: Leave and head back to Ryokan (to leave early and avoid it getting too dark if possible)
Night time: Dinner at Ryokan & explore the area. Have an early night

17 Dec 15
8am: Breakfast at Ryokan
10am: Ski full day
6pm: Return to Hotel for dinner & rest

18 Dec 15
10am: Check out and depart to Tokyo
12.00pm: Reach Tokyo  Lunch first
2pm: Catch JR Chou/Ome Line Rapid Service to Mitaka & transfer to Ltd. Express Kaiji 111 to Otsuki & finally transfer to Fujikyu Railway to Kawaguchiko
Reach Kawaguchiko at 5pm
By 6pm: To check-in to hotel/Ryokan and rest for the night

19 Dec 15:
8am: Breakfast
9am: Proceed to Lake Kawaguchiko
2pm: Head over to Gotemba Premium Outlet store
6pm: Head back to Hotel/Ryokan for the night

20 Dec 15:
10am: Visit Fuji Q Land (main purpose: Thomas & Friends land)
10pm: Check-out & take an overnight bus to Osaka

21 Dec 15:
7am: Reach Osaka & breakfast
9am: To hotel/apartment (airbnb) to leave luggage (likely Osaka/Namba area)
10am to 6pm: Head over to Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum
7pm: Visit Rinku Outlet store

22 Dec 15:
8am: Breakfast
10am to 6pm: Universal Studio Japan (JR Sakurajima Line)
7pm: Visit Shinsaibashi again or Dotombori

23 Dec 15:
10am: Make our way to Nara (JR Nara Station)
11am: Reach Nara: go to Nara Koen & Naramachi
5pm: Head back to Osaka
7pm: Head over to Nipponbashi (Den Den Town in Namba) for anime & robots

24 Dec 15:
10am: Make our way to Arashiyama
To visit Monkey Park; Kameoka & River Hozu
5pm: Head back to Osaka
7pm: To visit Umeba Sky Building for Christmas Market

25 Dec 15:
11am: Visit Osaka Aquarium
Remaining time Free & Easy to roam around..
26 Dec 15:
10am: Check-out and head over to Tokyo via JR
2pm: Lunch & proceed to check-in (likely AirBnB apartment)
4pm: Akihabara (Anime building & Final Fantasy Café)
8pm: Back to apartment for the night (or shibuya depending on “awake level”)

27Dec 15:
9am: Breakfast around Shibuya
10am: Departs to Bandai Museum (Ishibashi Station)
4pm: Heads back to Tokyo Tower or Skytree
8pm: Back to apartment

28 Dec 15 & 29 Dec 15:
10am: Tokyo DisneySea & Tokyo DisneyLand

30 Dec 15:
10am: Legoland
5pm: Odaiba (Aqua City, Diver City, Rainbow Bridge, Palette town)

31 Dec 15:
10am: Ueno Park – Kaneiji Temple, Toshogu Shrine, Kiyomiza Kannon Temple,Bentendo, National Science Museum
5pm: Shibuya
11pm: Meiji Shrine for Countdown

1 Jan 16:
10am – Check-out
Roam around apartment area
6pm: Head over to Haneda airport (target to reach by 7.30pm – Flight departure at 11.35pm)

how old are your kids? it may be quite tiring for them if u take the overnight bus. or at least shld take it easy on the day after the overnight bus.

an alternative will be to put nagano and osaka together, and cover them using the 7-day JR pass so u dun need to take overnight bus.

i have not been to the countdown at meiji shrine, but i think it is going to be super crowded. not too good to bring kids there coz it is going to be too tiring for them, and they may get lost in the crowd
 

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I think 4.30 is still okay... In the December that just passed, I hiked all the way in Kyoto till 6.10!!!! I saw the last trace of daylight around 5:05pm. The rest was hiked in darkness.... :(
 
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Thanks Cpuer for earlier reply! Was really helpful.

Few questions:
Can someone work out for me if a free pass is worth it for Thomas Land? I will be going Thomas Land with my son. I calculated at least 2200Yen is needed for the rides once. Free Pass should be 4000 for Highland resort guest. My husband can take the free pass as he will be trying the thrill rides and quickly join us at Thomas land.
 

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Is there potato-farm at haneda airport?
Or should I buy from shin-chitose airport? (where in shin-chitose airport can buy? that day i walk walk never see)
 

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Is there potato-farm at haneda airport?
Or should I buy from shin-chitose airport? (where in shin-chitose airport can buy? that day i walk walk never see)

Confirm have. at the store beside gate 110 of haneda international airport
 

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Go Tokyo stay which area better?
Trying to look for apartment at Airbnb as going with family.

Current plan only disney in mind, would appreciate if can recommend places to go, site seeing and food.
 

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Go Tokyo stay which area better?
Trying to look for apartment at Airbnb as going with family.

Current plan only disney in mind, would appreciate if can recommend places to go, site seeing and food.

Along the Yamanote line is good.
Yamanote Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Most have connections to either to metro or to other railways companies or lines(except Shinokubo, a small station in Korea Town)

Choose one that best serve your itinerary and your day trips.
 

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Along the Yamanote line is good.
Yamanote Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Most have connections to either to metro or to other railways companies or lines(except Shinokubo, a small station in Korea Town)

Choose one that best serve your itinerary and your day trips.

Okay thanks!

Will try to look for an apartment along that line.
Anyone has any recommendation?
Staying for 6 night, hope to find 1 below 1.5k with 2bedroom.

Or any Hotel recommendation near the line an per room hopefully around 120 after tax? Budget on this trip cause will be treating my parents go then flight already spend 2.9k
 
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Okay thanks!

Will try to look for an apartment along that line.
Anyone has any recommendation?
Staying for 6 night, hope to find 1 below 1.5k with 2bedroom.

Or any Hotel recommendation near the line an per room hopefully around 120 after tax? Budget on this trip cause will be treating my parents go then flight already spend 2.9k

Got some one from this forum running airbnb in Tokyo can consider
 

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Hi there,

Working on the train/subway routes upon reaching Tokyo next week via hyperdia.

Can I know what is the difference between Rapid, Express, Special Express rail etc?
 

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Hi there,

Working on the train/subway routes upon reaching Tokyo next week via hyperdia.

Can I know what is the difference between Rapid, Express, Special Express rail etc?

These are different kind of trains that make lesser stops than the "local" trains. You can click on one of those Interval Timetable, you will see various kind of trains that makes different kind of stops.
 

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These are different kind of trains that make lesser stops than the "local" trains. You can click on one of those Interval Timetable, you will see various kind of trains that makes different kind of stops.

Thanks cpuer.

Another question. Am looking at transportation method to and from Narita airport. Saw this special discount tickets on Keisei Skyliner + Metro Pass or Keisei Skyliner + Tokyo Subway Ticket..

Would that mean that those Keisei Skyliner tickets in those combo are inclusive of reservations already? So I do not have to pay an additional fee to get a seat?
 

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Thanks cpuer.

Another question. Am looking at transportation method to and from Narita airport. Saw this special discount tickets on Keisei Skyliner + Metro Pass or Keisei Skyliner + Tokyo Subway Ticket..

Would that mean that those Keisei Skyliner tickets in those combo are inclusive of reservations already? So I do not have to pay an additional fee to get a seat?

All skyliner is reserved seats, as according to their website. So the price paid is inclusive of the reserved seats.
Keisei Skyliner & Tokyo Subway Ticket | Special Discount Tickets | KEISEI Electric Railway

If you buy round trip tix, you have to reserve the seats in advance. Skyliner tix valid for 6months,
 

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any website that can estimate cost of taxi in tokyo? Will be taking taxi from the end point of the airport transport (thinking skyline thru ueno or access narita thru tokyo stn) to our hotel in nihombashi..the distance i can get thru google map...need the taxi cost only so i have a rough idea and I can have enough cash with me on the first day...

also, any idea which of the two end points have a nearer taxi stand? will consider the most convenient between the two.


ill be with a 2yo kid so walking with a lot of luggage is too much hassle.
 
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