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12 days itinerary (Tokyo-Osaka-Kyoto) 2018/3/20 14:41
Hello all

I am traveling to Japan 3rd week of Nov this year, with my family and friends. Group of 9 include children.

Sharing here my itinerary, and hope to get advice from you if my itinerary make sense, and if it is smooth to travel in such order and visit places in each place instead of travel back and forth. Please also let me know if my daily itinerary is too pack or if I can combine any into it. Thanks in advance!

PS: I have include quite a lot of shrine/temple but I may not enter to every single of it, kindly advice which one is a must visit. thanks!

Day 1 - Arrive in Tokyo in the evening, just walk around shinjuku area
Day 2 - Harajuku-Takeshi street+Meiji Shrine+Omotesando+Nezu Museum | Roppongi-Roppongi hills complex | back to shibuya | tokyo tower
Day 3 - Imperial palace | Sanrio Puroland | Ginza
Day 4 - Travel to Osaka via shinkansen | Namba
Day 5 - Osaka bay area-Legoland discovery centre+santa maria cruise+Osaka aquarium+Tempozan ferris wheel | Tombori river cruise | Dotonbori
Day 6 - Osaka castle | Kita district-Osaka musuem of housing & living+ umeda sky building | Tenjimbashisuji shopping street | Hep five area
Day 7 - NARA day-Kohukuji temple+nara park+pavillion+isuien garden+todaiji temple+nigatsudo & sangatsudo+kasuga taisha shrine | naramachi walk | back to osaka | kids plaza
Day 8 - USJ
Day 9 - Travel to Kyoto | Northwest kyoto-Kinkaku-ji temple+Daitoku-ji temple
Day 10 - Kiyomizu-dera temple+Sannen-zaka and ninen-zaka+Chion-in temple+Shoren-in temple | downtown | Fushimi-imari-taisha shrine
Day 11 - Arashiyama-Tenryu-ji temple+bamboo forest+okochi-sanso villa | Sagano romantic train | Hozugawa pier (to buy ticket for kawakudari cruise) | take the 15:30 kawakudari cruise to arashiyama | Togetsukyo bridge
Day 12 - Rinku premium outlet | home
by happyfruit  

Re: your itinerary (1) 2018/3/24 02:25
What is the date of Day 1?
On weekends in November,
some popular spots for the autumn foliage may be crowded, so may USJ.
Also, some facilities are not every day open to the public,
which may affect your timeline.

Have you decided the areas where you will stay overnight?
How old will the children be?

In your itinerary planned at present, some days sound packed.
You still have several months before coming; I recommend you select your must-visit places.
(For you 9 persons, it may be good to travel in two groups.)
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Re: your itinerary (2) 2018/3/24 02:40
[Tokyo trips]

You now plan to be in Tokyo for two and a half days;
however, considering the listed places,
I suppose you may need one or two more days.

For Day 2:
This planned route is partly zigzag.
Takeshita Street, Meiji Jingu and itfs front approach Omotesando
are relatively close to each other,
but Nezu is a little away from Omotesando and Roppongi.
From Roppongi Hills you can go via Tokyo Tower to Shibuya.

Day 1 - Arrive in Tokyo in the evening

At which airport will you arrive?
Haneda Airport [HND] is in Tokyofs urban area.
Narita Airport [NRT] is actually outside Tokyo.

Day 3 - Imperial palace

Would you see the Palace itself?
Or maybe stroll in the East Gardens?
These two facilities can be closed on different days.

[Subway in Tokyo]

The subway network in and around Tokyo
is maintained by two operators.
There are 9 Tokyo Metro Lines and 4 Toei Subway lines.
Some lines lead to stations outside Tokyo.
http://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/station/rosen_en_1803.pdf

[Shinjuku and Shibuya]

A wide area may be called as Shinjuku | Shibuya.
Shinjuku Station of JR
bestrides the boundary between Shinjuku City and Shibuya City,
so does Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.

Shinjuku Stations (and subway Shinjuku-nishiguchi Station)
are in a huge complex,
which, to first-time visitors, may be complicated enough to be a labyrinth.

Shibuya City has been changing with renovation and construction works.
https://www.japan-guide.com/news/0040.html

The railway and shopping complex of Shibuya Stations
has two parts, on and under the ground.
The ground part leaves areas still under the works;
the underground part seems to be already fully renewed.

Subway Shibuya Station of Tokyo Metro
is divided into the two parts.
Ginza Line gates and platforms are above the ground.
Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
and Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line /
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line
and Tokyu Toyoko Line
are linked on the 3rd / 5th basement of Shibuya Station.
http://www.tokyometro.jp/station/yardmap_img/_station_%E6%B8%8B%E8%B0%...
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