If you need help planning you trip, I highly recommend you join the Japan Travel Discord server as there is a wealth of information on there. You can meet people from around the world while you’re there, get help with trip planning, find recommendations on where to stay or where to eat, everything. They helped me a lot last year and I met quite a few people that I didn’t expect to meet if it wasn’t for the server.
There is a possibility that Air Canada flight attendants will go on strike. I’ve also attached my itinerary from last November. Osaka and Kyoto was planned very well. Tokyo, not so much. Good luck to all and happy travels. Cost of hotels has gone up about 30% to 50% due to record amount of tourists.
Japan Must Haves•Visit Japan Web. Complete before leaving for Japan
•Flexiroam Data Plan. Free with certain MasterCards.
•Airalo eSIM. Compare with Klook.Japan – Kansai Region
Day 1 – Kyoto West•Arashiyama Bamboo Grove. Must visit. Arrive before 8AM
•Kinkakuji Temple. Must visit
•Tenryu-ji Temple. Must visit.
•Togetsukyo Bridge
•Gio-ji Temple
•Okochi-Sanso VillaDay 2 – Kyoto East
•Fushimi Inari Shrine. Must visit.
•Ginkakuji. Must visit.
•Kiyomizudera Temple. Must visit.
•Yasaka Shrine
•Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka
•Heian Shrine
•Nanzen-ji Temple
•Gion DistrictDay 3 – Kyoto Central and Uji
•Nijo Castle. Must visit
•Kyoto Imperial Palace. Must visit
•Kifune Shrine. Must visit
•Nishiki Market. Must visitDay 4 and 5 – Osaka
•1 day Osaka Amazing Pass for Umeda Sky, Shitennoji Temple, and Osaka Castle
•Osaka Castle. Buy tickets online in advance
•Umeda Sky Building
•Shitennoji Temple
•Dotonbori. Afternoon and evening
•Namba. Afternoon and evening
•Shinsekai
•Kuromon Market
•Sumo Hall Hirakuza
•Universal Studios Japan
•Tsuruhashi (Korea Town)Nara
•Todaiji Temple. Must visit
•Nara Park. Must visit
•Kofukuji Temple
•Kasuga TaishaFood
•Speakeasy bars: Bar Shiki; Bar Nayuta; Bible Club Osaka
•Kushikatsu
•Okonomiyaki
•Machiya Starbucks in Kyoto
•Atsuasakagyu Yakiniku M Namba in Osaka
•OmakaseJapan – Tokyo
•Klook Greater Tokyo Pass. 2 attractions for Team Labs Borderless and Sanrio Puroland. Buy in advance
•Don Quixotes (Donki). Shopping
•Uniqlo
•Muji
•OIOI MEN. Men’s clothing store
•Isetan MEN. Men’s high-end clothing store
•Daiso. 100 yen store
•Sumida River Walk
•Shibuya and Harajuku
•Daikoku Parking Area
•Shinjuku
•Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai and Toyosu Manyo (Onsen)
•Ghibli Museum
•Zero Tokyo. Club.
•Warp Shinjuku. Club
•Space Tokyo. Club
•Womb Shibuya. Club
•Roppongi
•Metropolitan Government Building. Travel information and observation deck
•Mori tower late afternoon or evening
•Kappabashi for kitchenware
•Ginza
•Tokyu Kabukicho Tower
•Animate Akihabara
•Yodobashi Akiba
•BicCamera AKIBA StoreDay 1
•Teamlab Borderless
•Azabudai Hills
•Tokyo TowerDay 2
•Meiji Shrine. Morning attraction
•Shibuya Sky. Must visit for sunset. Arrive 15 min early.
•Nintendo Store Tokyo
•Shibuya Scramble Crossing. Night
•Omoide Yokocho
•One Piece Mugiwara Store.Day 3
•Akihabara. Afternoon
•Maid cafe
•Pokémon Center Tokyo DX
•Imperial Palace East Gardens
•Tokyo Imperial Palace. English tours at 10AM and 1:30PM. Reservations recommended in advance.
•A PIT AutobacsDay 4
•Senso-ji Temple. Arrive early
•Nakamise Shopping Street. Tourist trap. Don’t buy here.
•Tokyo National Museum
•Ueno
•Asakusa ShrineDay 5
•Sanrio Puroland. Buy tickets in advance
•Spoon TYPE ONE
•Muscle Girls. Buy tickets online in advance
•IkebukuroFood
•Godaime Hanayama Udon Ginza. Arrive half hour before opening
•Iseya. Arrive half hour before opening.
•Edo Fuj. Arrive half hour before opening.
•Omakase
•NAKIRYU Ramen. Michelin Star ramen.Shopping List
•Karmen: Cup noodle shirt in large
•Ken: One Piece figurine. Luffy
•Andrew. Goyard Saint-Sulpice Card Wallet
•Albert: Koei Tecmo Games Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3 Scarlet and Persona 4 Golden (Limited Run). Both for Nintendo Switch. Used is fine. Under 8100 yen.
•Kai or Greenbell nailclipper. Under 1500 yen.
•Knives
•Luggage
•Clothes
•Eye massager
•Lip balm
•Facial products. Toner. Serum. Face wash.
•Perfect whip face wash
•Hado labo
•Hair Oil
•Tenga
•Biore UV Perfect Sunscreen
•Snacks
Japan MiscellaneousSushi saito
Coco ichibaniya = curry
Gyukatsu motomura = gyukatsu on hot stone
Onigiri bango = best onigiris made by grandmas
Onigiri Asakusa Yadoroku = oldest onigiri shop in tokyo
Chacha Futatsume = matcha noodle ice cream thing
Flippers / happy pancakes = Fluffy pancakes
kura sushi / sushiro = chain conveyor belt sushi
Oubei sushi = step above kura / sushiro in shibuya
Tsujihan = zeitaku don
torikizoku = chain yakitori
Yoshinoya / sukiya = beef bowl chain
Ippudo = chain ramen better than ichiran
Ramenya shima = michilin ramen
Ramen Nagi = king of niboshi ramen
Tsuta = first ramen to get michilin star
Usagi = nujabes brother’s ramen shop
Fukki ramen = good ramen
Sakura-tei = okonomiyaki in tokyo
yakiniku king = AYCE yakikniku
yakiniku like = solo yakiniku
Yoroniku ebisu = for that kobe beef yakiniku
Tokyo curry pan = cheesy curry pan bread in asasuka
Savoy = good pizza
Seirinkan = best pizza in japan, stamp of approval from italy
tonkatsu narikura = #1 rated tonkatsu
Kichi kimchi omurice = omurice demi glaaaze
Age.3 Ginza = unique sandwich shopAlcohols
Shinjuku factory ale = asuka cosplayer hanging outside window
Bar centrifolia = fire bending sword ice cutting cocktail maker
Voyager Stand Shibuya = stand bar
Grand pirates bar
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