Japan Sample Itinerary thread

[Foress]

half hour to clear customs a bit too optimistic. 1hr or more will be more realistic.
there is no shinkansen from kansai airport. Haruka is a limited express train.

from my understanding, nishiki market only opens till ard 5pm. dun think there is anything there at night. best to double check if there is anything open at night

Thank you!! In that case, I will head to Pontocho!

 

[beckz]

Thanks! We managed to go. I did check with them, we allowed reschedule and transfer the tickets.

I would say disney sea is really very expensive. Their merchandise and food... Easily 10k gone per pax...

no idea. i havent buy online before
any names on the e-ticket? it is for a specific date?

 

[jontan]

Hi,
Been to Tokyo before and want to go places we missed previously. First time to Osaka and Kyoto.
Please help to see if this itinerary is doable


Day 1 (Sat)
Tokyo Tower
Odaiba (Which places must go?)
Rainbow Bridge

Day 2 (Sun)
Toei Hero World
Asakusa
Tokyo Skytree

Day 3 (Mon)
Akihabara
Harajuku
Ueno

Day 4 (Tue)
Shinkansen to Osaka.
Osaka Castle
Shinsaibashi/ Amerikamura/ Den Den Town/ Dotonburi/ Takashimaya
Umeda Sky Building

Day 5 (Wed)
Universal Studios Japan

Day 6 (Thu)
Day trip to Kyoto
Arashiyama bamboo grove
Philosopher's Walk/Ginkakuji and Kinkakuji
Gion

Day 7 (Fri)
Instant Ramen Museum
Museum of History
Shinsekai

Thank you

 

[MajiMax]

Hi,
Been to Tokyo before and want to go places we missed previously. First time to Osaka and Kyoto.
Please help to see if this itinerary is doable

Thank you

You could actually use google map and hyperdia to plot, time needed to place of interests and how fast/slow you want to your pace to be. Also dunno if you are type that can wake up early to beat the crowd to visit some places of interest.

Doable or not, it really depend on the above mentioned.

 

[evilerniex]

Hi,
Been to Tokyo before and want to go places we missed previously. First time to Osaka and Kyoto.
Please help to see if this itinerary is doable


Day 1 (Sat)
Tokyo Tower
Odaiba (Which places must go?)
Rainbow Bridge
[some popular places to visit in odaiba are venus fort for shopping, divercity for the lifesize gundam, toyota megaweb, aquacity for view of rainbow bridge and statue of liberty]

Day 2 (Sun)
Toei Hero World
Asakusa
Tokyo Skytree

Day 3 (Mon)
Akihabara
Harajuku
Ueno
[ueno and akihabara are near to each other, so go harajuku before or after tt. asakusa is near ueno as well, see if u want to reorg them]

Day 4 (Tue)
Shinkansen to Osaka.
Osaka Castle
Shinsaibashi/ Amerikamura/ Den Den Town/ Dotonburi/ Takashimaya
Umeda Sky Building
[seems a bit rush, probably dun have time for umeda]

Day 5 (Wed)
Universal Studios Japan

Day 6 (Thu)
Day trip to Kyoto
Arashiyama bamboo grove
Philosopher's Walk/Ginkakuji and Kinkakuji
Gion
[quite a lot of travelling involved coz the places all not near each other. a bit rush. arashiyama got quite a bit to see, not just bamboo grove. but u wun have time to squeeze them in]

Day 7 (Fri)
Instant Ramen Museum
Museum of History
Shinsekai

Thank you

overall i think the kyoto and osaka part a bit too rush. since u already been to tokyo, maybe cut one day from tokyo and focus more on osaka and kyoto?

 

[jontan]

overall i think the kyoto and osaka part a bit too rush. since u already been to tokyo, maybe cut one day from tokyo and focus more on osaka and kyoto?

Thanks evilerniex.
Will take your advice and re-org.

 

[thekang]

Itinerary 5th to 14th May (Osaka/Kyoto)

Hi guys,

I'm heading off with gf to Osaka/Kyoto next week! I've done quite a bit of research for this itinerary, but it would be great if you guys can look through and see if there's anything wrong with it?

I think Kyoto might be too packed, as I realised that there's more stuff to do in Kyoto than Osaka (sadly our accomodation is already fixed). Maybe could travel back to Kyoto again on our free day!

Day 1 - Thursday (Kyoto)
15:20 Land at KIX
Buy ICOCA+Haruka to Kyoto
Check in at hotel
Dinner near hotel

Day 2 - Friday (Kyoto)
Buy 500 yen bus pass
Kiyomizudera
Kinkakuji
Ryoanji
Ginkakuji/Philosopher's Path (if there is time)
Dinner at Gion

Day 3 - Saturday (Kyoto/Osaka)
Fushimi Inari
Train to Umahori station for Arayashima Scenic Train
Arayashima Bamboo Grove
Nishiki Market (if there is time)
Retrieve luggage from hotel
Train to Osaka AirBNB

Day 4 - Sunday (Osaka/Nara)
Day trip to Nara (Kintetsu-Nara station)

Day 5 - Monday (Osaka)
Cup Noodles Museum
Ippudo for lunch (near cup noodles museum)
Dotonburi/Shinsaibashi for rest of day

Day 6 - Tuesday (Osaka/Kobe/Himeji)
Use 1-Day JR Kansai Area Pass (2200 yen online)
Kobe for early lunch at Steakland
Himeji for rest of day

Day 7 - Wednesday (Osaka)
7:30 Universal Studios (rush for Harry Potter)
Dinner at Takoyaki Museum right outside USJ

Day 8 - Thursday (Osaka)
Osaka Aquarium
Shopping

Day 9 - Friday (Osaka)
Free day

Day 10 - Saturday (Osaka)
Stop by Rinku Premium Outlets near airport
16:20 flight back to SG

 

[evilerniex]

Hi guys,

I'm heading off with gf to Osaka/Kyoto next week! I've done quite a bit of research for this itinerary, but it would be great if you guys can look through and see if there's anything wrong with it?

I think Kyoto might be too packed, as I realised that there's more stuff to do in Kyoto than Osaka (sadly our accomodation is already fixed). Maybe could travel back to Kyoto again on our free day!

Day 1 - Thursday (Kyoto)
15:20 Land at KIX
Buy ICOCA+Haruka to Kyoto
Check in at hotel
Dinner near hotel

Day 2 - Friday (Kyoto)
Buy 500 yen bus pass
Kiyomizudera
Kinkakuji
Ryoanji
Ginkakuji/Philosopher's Path (if there is time)
Dinner at Gion

Day 3 - Saturday (Kyoto/Osaka)
Fushimi Inari
Train to Umahori station for Arayashima Scenic Train
Arayashima Bamboo Grove
Nishiki Market (if there is time)
Retrieve luggage from hotel
Train to Osaka AirBNB

Day 4 - Sunday (Osaka/Nara)
Day trip to Nara (Kintetsu-Nara station)

Day 5 - Monday (Osaka)
Cup Noodles Museum
Ippudo for lunch (near cup noodles museum)
Dotonburi/Shinsaibashi for rest of day

Day 6 - Tuesday (Osaka/Kobe/Himeji)
Use 1-Day JR Kansai Area Pass (2200 yen online)
Kobe for early lunch at Steakland
Himeji for rest of day

Day 7 - Wednesday (Osaka)
7:30 Universal Studios (rush for Harry Potter)
Dinner at Takoyaki Museum right outside USJ

Day 8 - Thursday (Osaka)
Osaka Aquarium
Shopping

Day 9 - Friday (Osaka)
Free day

Day 10 - Saturday (Osaka)
Stop by Rinku Premium Outlets near airport
16:20 flight back to SG

ur 2 kyoto days looks quite packed.
it is only 30min from osaka to kyoto, so u can easily make day trip on ur free day when in osaka.
for day 6, maybe u can visit himeji first then kobe. tt way u can stay till night in kobe and see the night view from mt rokko

 

[Foress]

Day 7 - Wednesday (Osaka)
7:30 Universal Studios (rush for Harry Potter)
Dinner at Takoyaki Museum right outside USJ

Need to go so early ah? I was thinking of queuing at 830..

 

[marbleslab]

Hi all have revised my itinerary. First time free and easy in japan. Do u think this is ok? Appreciate your feedback! thanks!


Day 1 - Arrive Narita early afternoon - Check in hotel in Tokyo
Day 2 - Tokyo
Day 3 - Head to Kyoto
Day 4 - Kyoto
Day 5 - Explore Osaka (Day Trip)
Day 6 - Day Trip to Nara
Day 7 - Leave Kyoto for Hakone
Day 8 - Hakone
Day 9 - Check out Hakone - head to Tokyo
Day 10 - Tokyo (Day trip to Fuji?)
Day 11 - Disneysea
Day 12 - Tokyo
Day 13 - Tokyo
Day 14 - Tokyo - Leave for Narita airport late aftn flight

thinking of getting 7day JR pass and activate on Day 3 then shinkansen to Kyoto - Hakone - back to tokyo?

 

[cpuer]

Hi all have revised my itinerary. First time free and easy in japan. Do u think this is ok? Appreciate your feedback! thanks!


Day 1 - Arrive Narita early afternoon - Check in hotel in Tokyo
Day 2 - Tokyo
Day 3 - Head to Kyoto
Day 4 - Kyoto
Day 5 - Explore Osaka (Day Trip)
Day 6 - Day Trip to Nara
Day 7 - Leave Kyoto for Hakone
Day 8 - Hakone
Day 9 - Check out Hakone - head to Tokyo
Day 10 - Tokyo (Day trip to Fuji?)
Day 11 - Disneysea
Day 12 - Tokyo
Day 13 - Tokyo
Day 14 - Tokyo - Leave for Narita airport late aftn flight

thinking of getting 7day JR pass and activate on Day 3 then shinkansen to Kyoto - Hakone - back to tokyo?

Why not hakone and MtFuji consecutively?

 

[evilerniex]

Hi all have revised my itinerary. First time free and easy in japan. Do u think this is ok? Appreciate your feedback! thanks!


Day 1 - Arrive Narita early afternoon - Check in hotel in Tokyo
Day 2 - Tokyo
Day 3 - Head to Kyoto
Day 4 - Kyoto
Day 5 - Explore Osaka (Day Trip)
Day 6 - Day Trip to Nara
Day 7 - Leave Kyoto for Hakone
Day 8 - Hakone
Day 9 - Check out Hakone - head to Tokyo
Day 10 - Tokyo (Day trip to Fuji?)
Day 11 - Disneysea
Day 12 - Tokyo
Day 13 - Tokyo
Day 14 - Tokyo - Leave for Narita airport late aftn flight

thinking of getting 7day JR pass and activate on Day 3 then shinkansen to Kyoto - Hakone - back to tokyo?

heading to mt fuji on day 9 from hakone then back to tokyo in the evening/night?
that way, u can use ur JR pass for the JR portion of the trip back. and mt fuji is near hakone too.

 

[marbleslab]

Why not hakone and MtFuji consecutively?

heading to mt fuji on day 9 from hakone then back to tokyo in the evening/night?
that way, u can use ur JR pass for the JR portion of the trip back. and mt fuji is near hakone too.

hmm cos i going during early - mid dec..still not sure abt fuji.. heard if dec weather not good might not be great to go there also..? any thoughts on this?

 

[thekang]

ur 2 kyoto days looks quite packed.
it is only 30min from osaka to kyoto, so u can easily make day trip on ur free day when in osaka.
for day 6, maybe u can visit himeji first then kobe. tt way u can stay till night in kobe and see the night view from mt rokko

Thanks evilerniex! For day 6, I'm planning to stop at kobe first to enjoy the lunch sets for kobe beef, which are much cheaper than dinner. Since you suggested mount rokko, do you think such a trip is okay:
osaka -> kobe for early lunch near station -> himeji -> kobe for mount rokko -> osaka

Need to go so early ah? I was thinking of queuing at 830..

Based on reviews on tripadvisor, the gate can open as early as 8am. If you have no express pass, going an hour early will save u many hours of queuing.

 

[evilerniex]

hmm cos i going during early - mid dec..still not sure abt fuji.. heard if dec weather not good might not be great to go there also..? any thoughts on this?

since u are not staying there, u have the flexibility to decide when u are there. if weather is bad, u can head straight to tokyo from hakone, else can go fuji first before going to tokyo

 

[evilerniex]

Thanks evilerniex! For day 6, I'm planning to stop at kobe first to enjoy the lunch sets for kobe beef, which are much cheaper than dinner. Since you suggested mount rokko, do you think such a trip is okay:
osaka -> kobe for early lunch near station -> himeji -> kobe for mount rokko -> osaka




Based on reviews on tripadvisor, the gate can open as early as 8am. If you have no express pass, going an hour early will save u many hours of queuing.

how about morning at himeji, then lunch at kobe? then explore kobe port area, chinatown or kitano and evening go mt rokko

 

[marbleslab]

since u are not staying there, u have the flexibility to decide when u are there. if weather is bad, u can head straight to tokyo from hakone, else can go fuji first before going to tokyo

hmm from hakone whats the best way to reach kawaguchiko? Also is it worth to stay at kawaguchiko for the night? i dont mind doing that honestly, but if i stay for the night my JR pass will be over the 7days already?

Unless i change to hakone 1 night and kawaguchiko 1 night.

 

[evilerniex]

hmm from hakone whats the best way to reach kawaguchiko? Also is it worth to stay at kawaguchiko for the night? i dont mind doing that honestly, but if i stay for the night my JR pass will be over the 7days already?

Unless i change to hakone 1 night and kawaguchiko 1 night.

take bus from hakone to kawaguchiko. fuji hakone pass may be worth it to cover the transport:
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2358_014.html

i have not stayed in kawaguchiko, so cant really help. maybe u see which area have more attractions u are interested in, then decide where to stay base on tt?

 

[Hetheone]

hmm from hakone whats the best way to reach kawaguchiko? Also is it worth to stay at kawaguchiko for the night? i dont mind doing that honestly, but if i stay for the night my JR pass will be over the 7days already?

Unless i change to hakone 1 night and kawaguchiko 1 night.

if u have a YOLO mindset, u can consider FujiQ ( Rides of a lifetime ) since u r around the vicinity of hakone.


While kawaguchiko is more of a place to take photo of mt Fuji n it reflection onto the lake.

 

[marbleslab]

take bus from hakone to kawaguchiko. fuji hakone pass may be worth it to cover the transport:
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2358_014.html

i have not stayed in kawaguchiko, so cant really help. maybe u see which area have more attractions u are interested in, then decide where to stay base on tt?

if u have a YOLO mindset, u can consider FujiQ ( Rides of a lifetime ) since u r around the vicinity of hakone.


While kawaguchiko is more of a place to take photo of mt Fuji n it reflection onto the lake.

Thanks guys. Thanks evilerniex i think that sounds like a good option. Fuji Hakone pass to cover all transport in the 2 areas sounds great. but I think it will make sense to just head back to tokyo from Kawaguchiko then? so my JR pass will be utilised only on day 3 from tokyo to kyoto and day 7 (kyoto to odawara station)