Japan Sample Itinerary thread

[cpuer]

Hi All,

Need some help on Hakone Day Trip. I am planning for a day trip to Hakone with my 3 year old daughter. I am thinking if i am not staying overnight there. How many hours do i need for the hakone 1 day loop course. I will like to go Hakone Shrine, Pirates Cruise and the Owakudani Black Egg.

Assuming you are setting off from Shinjuku and using Odakyu hakone Free pass:

You can start as early as 7am from Shinjuku
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Reached Sounzan (Hakone Ropeway) by 9.45am and continue on to Owakudani. You should have enough time to complete the loop before sun set(around 4.30pm?)

Beware that Hakone Ropeway end its service quite early:
http://www.hakoneropeway.co.jp/foreign/en/

 

[Sunny85]

I will be taking the romance car which will reach hakone in 85 mins, am looking at train which depart around 930 (as dont want to stress my 3 year old daughter to wake up too early but i will reach there 11plus, have lunch then i think i only can start my loop at 1pm. the time is like to tight..

 

[cpuer]

I will be taking the romance car which will reach hakone in 85 mins, am looking at train which depart around 930 (as dont want to stress my 3 year old daughter to wake up too early but i will reach there 11plus, have lunch then i think i only can start my loop at 1pm. the time is like to tight..

Sun set at 4.30pm but by 3.30 the sky is already dimming very quickly. Probably u have to skip the Hakone Jinja and just take the Pirate Ship to and fro. That ship maybe more interesting for your 3yo than another shrine in the woods.

 

[alex666]

Just came back from Osaka.

My itinerary:

day 1 -
afternoon flight to KIX
Overnight at airport hotel

day 2 -
Rinku Outlet
Haruka to Kyoto
Check in Hotel
Nishiki market
Gion

day 3 -
Kinkakuji
Kyoto Imperial palace
Kiyomizu dera
Nara park

day 4 -
Yamazaki distillery tour
Arashiyama
Gion/Shijo
Yodobashi Kyoto

day 5 -
Fushimi inari
Train to Osaka
Check in hotel
Train to Kobe
Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge
MITSUI OUTLET PARK MARINE PIA KOBE
UMIE
Back to Osaka

day 6 -
USJ

day 7 -
Santa Maria Cruise
Tempozan Ferris Wheel
Shinsaibashi
Dotonbori
Tonbori River Cruise
Osaka Station Twilight Fantasy
Floating Garden Observatory

day 8 -
Osaka Castle
Namba City
Nipponbashi
Kuromon
Dotonbori
Airport Limo to KIX
Midnight flight back to SIN

 

[cpuer]

Just came back from Osaka.

My itinerary:

day 1 -
afternoon flight to KIX
Overnight at airport hotel

day 2 -
Rinku Outlet
Haruka to Kyoto
Check in Hotel
Nishiki market
Gion

day 3 -
Kinkakuji
Kyoto Imperial palace
Kiyomizu dera
Nara park

day 4 -
Yamazaki distillery tour
Arashiyama
Gion/Shijo
Yodobashi Kyoto

day 5 -
Fushimi inari
Train to Osaka
Check in hotel
Train to Kobe
Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge
MITSUI OUTLET PARK MARINE PIA KOBE
UMIE
Back to Osaka

day 6 -
USJ

day 7 -
Santa Maria Cruise
Tempozan Ferris Wheel
Shinsaibashi
Dotonbori
Tonbori River Cruise
Osaka Station Twilight Fantasy
Floating Garden Observatory

day 8 -
Osaka Castle
Namba City
Nipponbashi
Kuromon
Dotonbori
Airport Limo to KIX
Midnight flight back to SIN

Bro, what's your opinion on Rinku Town outlet and Kobe Marine Pia Outlet? Worth the effort to go there?

 

[MurderofCrows]

Hello, I would like to seek some advice on the transport passes I need to buy for my upcoming trip to Kansai/Chugoku from 27 Nov - 4 Dec. I will be based in Kyoto all 7 days of my trip. My rough itinerary is as follows:

Day 1 - 27 Nov
Arrive in Japan at 0845 hrs KIX
[walk around Eastern Kyoto e.g. Kiyomizudera]

Day 2 - 28 Nov [Western Kyoto e.g. Arashiyama]

Day 3 - 29 Nov [Miyajima]

Day 4 - 30 Nov [Hiroshima]

Day 5 - 1 Dec [Kurashiki/Okayama]

Day 6 - 2 Dec [Osaka/Kobe]

Day 7 - 3 Dec [Central Kyoto e.g. Nishiki Market]

Day 8 - 4 Dec
Depart for SG at 1100 hrs KIX

I am not sure what would be more worth it:
(a) Buy the 4-day JR West Rail Pass - Sanyo Area for Days 3-6 (20570 yen), and use Icoca/Haruka for the other days or
(b) Buy the 7-day nationwide JR pass (29110 yen) and use it all the way - more convenient but more exp?

Would appreciate any kind advice on the above! Thanks very much in advance.

 

[kifo]

Hello, I would like to seek some advice on the transport passes I need to buy for my upcoming trip to Kansai/Chugoku from 27 Nov - 4 Dec. I will be based in Kyoto all 7 days of my trip. My rough itinerary is as follows:

Day 1 - 27 Nov
Arrive in Japan at 0845 hrs KIX
[walk around Eastern Kyoto e.g. Kiyomizudera]

Day 2 - 28 Nov [Western Kyoto e.g. Arashiyama]

Day 3 - 29 Nov [Miyajima]

Day 4 - 30 Nov [Hiroshima]

Day 5 - 1 Dec [Kurashiki/Okayama]

Day 6 - 2 Dec [Osaka/Kobe]

Day 7 - 3 Dec [Central Kyoto e.g. Nishiki Market]

Day 8 - 4 Dec
Depart for SG at 1100 hrs KIX

I am not sure what would be more worth it:
(a) Buy the 4-day JR West Rail Pass - Sanyo Area for Days 3-6 (20570 yen), and use Icoca/Haruka for the other days or
(b) Buy the 7-day nationwide JR pass (29110 yen) and use it all the way - more convenient but more exp?

Would appreciate any kind advice on the above! Thanks very much in advance.

If you are based in Kyoto, does it mean that you have to return back to Kyoto every evening? The Nozomi shinkansen (valid on Sanyo pass but not on JR Railpass) with a transfer to local Sanyo line from Hiroshima takes a bit over 2 hrs to get to Miyajimaguchi and there you have to take a 10 mins ferry to get across. That means you have to factor in 5 hrs travelling time for Miyajima. And for Hiroshima, it will take a about 1hr 40mins one way on the Nozomi. Isn't this accommodation arrangement too troublesome?

But in anycase, yes you want the Sanyo pass and not the JR Railpass.

 

[alex666]

Bro, what's your opinion on Rinku Town outlet and Kobe Marine Pia Outlet? Worth the effort to go there?

Rinku first thing on our list, go buy burberry blue label, seiko watch, under armour, franc franc, asics. Got more international brand.

Mitsui on the other hand is along the way so look look see see, but still end up buying Coach and more under armour stuff. More Japan local brand.

So depend what u want to buy.....

 

[evilerniex]

Hello, I would like to seek some advice on the transport passes I need to buy for my upcoming trip to Kansai/Chugoku from 27 Nov - 4 Dec. I will be based in Kyoto all 7 days of my trip. My rough itinerary is as follows:

Day 1 - 27 Nov
Arrive in Japan at 0845 hrs KIX
[walk around Eastern Kyoto e.g. Kiyomizudera]

Day 2 - 28 Nov [Western Kyoto e.g. Arashiyama]

Day 3 - 29 Nov [Miyajima]

Day 4 - 30 Nov [Hiroshima]

Day 5 - 1 Dec [Kurashiki/Okayama]

Day 6 - 2 Dec [Osaka/Kobe]

Day 7 - 3 Dec [Central Kyoto e.g. Nishiki Market]

Day 8 - 4 Dec
Depart for SG at 1100 hrs KIX

I am not sure what would be more worth it:
(a) Buy the 4-day JR West Rail Pass - Sanyo Area for Days 3-6 (20570 yen), and use Icoca/Haruka for the other days or
(b) Buy the 7-day nationwide JR pass (29110 yen) and use it all the way - more convenient but more exp?

Would appreciate any kind advice on the above! Thanks very much in advance.

like wat kifo mentioned, u are going to spend a lot of time travelling to and fro. even okayama is more than an hour from Kyoto.
might be better to spend a night at Hiroshima to visit Hiroshima and miyajima, then a night at okayama to visit okayama and Kurashiki before heading back to kyoto

 

[cpuer]

Rinku first thing on our list, go buy burberry blue label, seiko watch, under armour, franc franc, asics. Got more international brand.

Mitsui on the other hand is along the way so look look see see, but still end up buying Coach and more under armour stuff. More Japan local brand.

So depend what u want to buy.....

Thanks. have included Rinku town, Kobe Marine Pia and Sanda. Dropped Trurumi.

Just discovered Sanda is a bus ride away from Arima Onsen, so I have added Sanda.

 

[iNoStandard]

Anybody mind suggesting to me for my intinerary . Im actually going alone just for relaxing and some sight seeing around tokyo area .
1st day touch down narita , will go tokyo tower than cat cafe near shinjuku for lunch than check in hotel and tour around there for 1st day . 2nd day will be mount fuji whole day , 3rd -5th day what can i do ?

 

[evilerniex]

Anybody mind suggesting to me for my intinerary . Im actually going alone just for relaxing and some sight seeing around tokyo area .
1st day touch down narita , will go tokyo tower than cat cafe near shinjuku for lunch than check in hotel and tour around there for 1st day . 2nd day will be mount fuji whole day , 3rd -5th day what can i do ?

first time to tokyo?
if so u can visit the usual attractions and places such as harajuku, shibuya, ueno, asakusa, akihabara, odaiba etc etc. take a look at japan-guide for more details, or u can check out the trip reports in this forum for ideas
Tokyo - City Guide

 

[iNoStandard]

first time to tokyo?
if so u can visit the usual attractions and places such as harajuku, shibuya, ueno, asakusa, akihabara, odaiba etc etc. take a look at japan-guide for more details, or u can check out the trip reports in this forum for ideas
Tokyo - City Guide

My 1st time with group was at hokkaido . Never been to tokyo before .. so this time round i would like go travel alone to tour around shinjuku , 2nd day mount fuji area . 3rd and 4th im have no idea where to go

 

[evilerniex]

My 1st time with group was at hokkaido . Never been to tokyo before .. so this time round i would like go travel alone to tour around shinjuku , 2nd day mount fuji area . 3rd and 4th im have no idea where to go

maybe u can shortlist some of the places from japan-guide


a rough itinerary will be something like this:
day 3 - Harajuku (Meiji Shrine, Yoyogi park, Takesh!ta-dori) + Shibuya
day 4 - Ueno (Ueno park, Ameyoko street) + Asakusa (Sensoji temple, Skytree) + Akihabara
day 5 - Tsukiji market + Odaiba

 

[eddief4]

Hello, heading to Japan for 2 weeks from 29 December to 12 January.

My plan is basically

1 week in Tokyo (planning to catch some pro wrestling shows during the new year period)
29th December to 5th January.

That will leave 5th January to 11th January for other cities with me going back to Tokyo to catch my flight back to Singapore from Haneda Airport.

My plan is around
5th to 7th - Kyoto
7th to 9th - Osaka
9th to 11th - Hiroshima
11th - Back to Tokyo

Is this ok? Wanted to try and visit mount Fuji too but a bit rushed.

 

[jackieatbtu]

Hello, I would like to seek some advice on the transport passes I need to buy for my upcoming trip to Kansai/Chugoku from 27 Nov - 4 Dec. I will be based in Kyoto all 7 days of my trip. My rough itinerary is as follows:

Day 1 - 27 Nov
Arrive in Japan at 0845 hrs KIX
[walk around Eastern Kyoto e.g. Kiyomizudera]

Day 2 - 28 Nov [Western Kyoto e.g. Arashiyama]

Day 3 - 29 Nov [Miyajima]

Day 4 - 30 Nov [Hiroshima]

Day 5 - 1 Dec [Kurashiki/Okayama]

Day 6 - 2 Dec [Osaka/Kobe]

Day 7 - 3 Dec [Central Kyoto e.g. Nishiki Market]

Day 8 - 4 Dec
Depart for SG at 1100 hrs KIX

I am not sure what would be more worth it:
(a) Buy the 4-day JR West Rail Pass - Sanyo Area for Days 3-6 (20570 yen), and use Icoca/Haruka for the other days or
(b) Buy the 7-day nationwide JR pass (29110 yen) and use it all the way - more convenient but more exp?

Would appreciate any kind advice on the above! Thanks very much in advance.

One thing that I checked when planning my trip to Miyajima is the timing for the tides. Some days the high tide only in early morning and at night. So, I ended up staying overnight to catch the 9am high tide. Definitely hard to do that if traveling all the way from Kyoto.

UPDATE: High tide on 29th November is at 2.50pm. Should be a nice time to see the floating effect. If you want to walk to the gate, low tide is around 8am.

 

[evilerniex]

Hello, heading to Japan for 2 weeks from 29 December to 12 January.

My plan is basically

1 week in Tokyo (planning to catch some pro wrestling shows during the new year period)
29th December to 5th January.

That will leave 5th January to 11th January for other cities with me going back to Tokyo to catch my flight back to Singapore from Haneda Airport.

My plan is around
5th to 7th - Kyoto
7th to 9th - Osaka
9th to 11th - Hiroshima
11th - Back to Tokyo

Is this ok? Wanted to try and visit mount Fuji too but a bit rushed.

rough itinerary looks good... need more details for further comments


will be hard to try to squeeze in mount Fuji (lake kawaguchi or hakone?) into the 7-days of ur JR pass. maybe put it as a day trip from Tokyo?

 

[kaze-no-koe]

Hi, will be traveling 17days from 22 dec - 6 jan to Tokyo.
In the middle of planning where to go and no accomodation have been plan yet.
this will be my first time to japan

Rough plan as of now:

22 Arrival 7.15AM / Roppongi / tokyo tower / Zojoji Temple
23 Tsukiji fish market / Odaiba
24 Ueno / Asakusa (Sensoji temple, Skytree)
25 Nikko (Edo Mura / Onsen? )
26 Nikko (Tobu World Square) / Tochigi (Bandai museum (tochigi)
27 ???
28 Comiket 87
29 Disneyland
30 Disneysea
31 Ikebukuro ( j-world tokyo)
01 Hatsumode@??? shrine
02 Chiba (Toei Hero World / Pokemon centre)
03 Shinjiku/Shibuya/Harajuku
04 Akihabara
05 Akihabara / travel to airport
06 Departure 1030AM

 

[evilerniex]

Hi, will be traveling 17days from 22 dec - 6 jan to Tokyo.
In the middle of planning where to go and no accomodation have been plan yet.
this will be my first time to japan

Rough plan as of now:

22 Arrival 7.15AM / Roppongi / tokyo tower / Zojoji Temple
23 Tsukiji fish market / Odaiba
24 Ueno / Asakusa (Sensoji temple, Skytree)
25 Nikko (Edo Mura / Onsen? )
26 Nikko (Tobu World Square) / Tochigi (Bandai museum (tochigi)
27 ???
[since u are into anime, maybe can visit Nakano Broadway. lots of shops selling anime merchandise there]

28 Comiket 87
29 Disneyland
30 Disneysea
31 Ikebukuro ( j-world tokyo)
01 Hatsumode@??? shrine
02 Chiba (Toei Hero World / Pokemon centre)
03 Shinjiku/Shibuya/Harajuku
[too packed to put these 3 places in a day. can put one of them together with Ikebukuro]

04 Akihabara
05 Akihabara / travel to airport
[how come go airport so early when ur flight is on the following morning? u can make it for 1030 flight even if u depart from the city in the morning]

06 Departure 1030AM

some comments above.
suggest u book ur accommodations soon... getting quite close to ur travel dates, it is holiday peak period.

 

[kaze-no-koe]

some comments above.
suggest u book ur accommodations soon... getting quite close to ur travel dates, it is holiday peak period.

thanks for the suggestion.
wont be shopping much at Shinjiku/Shibuya/Harajuku,just see see look look.

Will be taking last train to airport as i will most likely oversleep and wont make it on time to airport.

Is 220k yen be enough including accommodation or should i change more to be safe?