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Hello! I am headed to Japan next week and would appreciate your guidance on my updated itinerary.  I posted before and received fantastic feedback, so I would like to further refine.

Please keep in mind items in bold are booked and I am VERY comfortable walking 25,000+ steps a day.  I know that I have too much listed.  I am also worried about getting temple/shrined out, so I would appreciate your help with what to cut and how to adjust the flow.  Thanks for your help in advance. 😄

Saturday, 5/23

• Land at HND at 4:45am
• Bus to Shinjuku station
• Check into hotel (booked night before)
• Meiji Shrine & Yoyogi Park
• Explore Harajuku: Takeshita Dori Street
• Maybe: Omotesando
• Lunch at Hikinku to Come at 1pm
• Explore Shibuya: Spain Slope, Shibuya Center Gai
• Shibuya Crossing

 Sunday, 5/24

• Kaminarimon Gate
• Senso-ji Temple
• Asakusa-jinja Shrine
• Explore Nakamise Dori, Dempoin, Shin-Nakamise, and Kappabashi (kitchen) streets
• Matcha Class 1 - 2pm
• Finish above
• Tokyo National Museum for Arms and Armor of the Samurai
• Asakusa Sumo Club Sumo Show 6 - 8pm
• Maybe: Ameya-Yokocho

 

Monday, 5/25

• Tsukiji Fish Market
• Imperial Palace
• Explore Shinjuku
• Shinjuku Food Tour  12:30 - 3:30pm
• Maybe (but fit whenever): Observation deck at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices
• Omoide Yokocho, Golden Gai at night

Tuesday, 5/26

• Check out of hotel
• Shinkansen to Kyoto 8:12 - 10:23am
• Drop off bags at hotel (3pm check in)
• Sanjūsangendō Temple
• Explore Sannenzaka, Ninenzaka streets, and Yasaka Pagoda
• Late lunch at Hikinku to Come at 2:15pm (if I don't make the Saturday reservation)
• If not: Nishiki Market
• Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine (not going all the way up)

 

Wednesday, 5/27

• Hozugawa River Boat Ride 9 - 11am
• Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
• Iwatayama Monkey Park
• Explore Arashiyama village
• Togetsukyo Bridge
• Kiyomizu-dera Temple (sunset ~7pm)
• Explore

 

Thursday, 5/28

• Train to Nara
• Kofuku-ji Temple
• Nara Park
• Todai-ji Temple
• Kasuga Taisha for Wakamiya 15 Shrine Pilgrimage
• Maybe: explore Naramachi
• Train back to Kyoto
• Nishiki Market (closes around 5)
• Explore
• Gion Hidden Gems & Geisha Culture Tour 7 - 9pm (I can move this to 6pm)

 

Friday, 5/28

• Check out of hotel
• Train to Osaka
• Drop off bags at hotel (12pm check in)
• Namba Yasaka Shrine
• Shinsaibashi-suji Shopping Street
• Americamura
• Shinsekai
• Osaka Food Tour 6 - 9pm
• Dotonbori Tsuribori (if not covered during tour)
• Hozen-ji Temple
• Hozenji Yokocho

Saturday, 5/30

• Early breakfast at hotel (use Amex benefit)
• Katsuoji Temple
• Kuromon Market
• Check out of hotel
• Take Kansai-Airport Limousine Bus to KIX
• Flight from KIX at 5:45pm