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Japan 11 days : Need suggestion in each day

Started on 05-Jan-2009 07:28 by namenut | Posts 1 - 2 of 2

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namenut
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05-Jan-2009 07:28

I have planned 11 days program. Need suggestions whether it is too tight, and any places or city that I should add (should not miss). And when should I start for JR- 7 days.

I planned 1 day for Hakone. Should I also go to Mt. Fuji - 5th floor or other side? What is the program around there? Only 5th floor of Mt. Fuji.

Any suggestion for place - Lunch and Dinner ? not too expensive.

Go : Apr.2’09 / TG672, 23.00 hrs. Arrive : Apr.3’09, 05.00 hrs. at Kansai / Kyoto
Back : Apr.13’09 / TG641, 13.00 hrs. Arrive : Apr.13’09, 16.00 hrs.

Apr. 2 : Day 0 : Depart BKK
Apr. 3 : Fri Day 1-Jr1: Arrive Kansia (morning) - Travel Kyoto - stay Kyoto
Apr. 4 : Sat Day 2-Jr2: Travel Kyoto - stay Kyoto
Apr. 5 : Sun Day 3-Jr3 : Travel Himeji / Osaka - stay Kyoto
Apr. 6 : Mon Day 4-Jr4 : Travel Hiroshima / Okayama - stay Kyoto
Apr. 7 : Tue Day 5-Jr5 : move to Tokyo- Yokohama - stay Tokyo
Apr. 8 : Wed Day 6-Jr 6 : Travel Hakone - stay Tokyo
Apr. 9 : Thu Day 7-Jr7 : Travel Nikko - stay Tokyo
Apr. 10 : Fri Day 8 : stay Tokyo - Tsujiki / Disneysea
Apr. 11 : Sat Day 9 : Tokyo
Apr. 12 : Sun Day 10 : Tokyo
Apr. 13 : Day11 : Depart Narita 13.00

Apr. 3 : Day1 : Kyoto : start 11.00 hrs. : city bus pass 500 Yen
- Ryoan-ji (Rock garden)
- Kinkaku-ji (Golden pavilion)
- Daitoku-ji
- Ginkakuji (Silver)
- Path of Philosophy
- Evening : Gion (Street : Hanami-koji & Shijodori) + Gion Corner
- Dinner ?

Apr.4 : Day 2 : Kyoto
- Nijo-jo
- Kiyomizu
- Fushimi-Inari, (train to Inari)
- Dinner ?

Pending ( that I have cut out)
- Imperial Kyoto

  • At Imperial Palace, you should join the tour: It is start at 2:00pm and you have to make reservation at Imperial Household Agency (inside the palace) by 1:40pm with your passport.

- Toji (5 stories)
- Nara


Apr. 5 :Day 3 : Himeji / Osaka
- Himeji Castle, walk 20 mins or bus 5 mins (100 Y), fee 600 Y
- Osaka ? should I buy 1 day pass? or should see Ocean Museum?
- Dinner : Numba?

Apr. 6: Day 4 : Hiroshima / Okayama
- Hiroshima : Kintai / Peace Memorial Park / Atomic Bomb Dome
- Okayama : see Koraku-en, fee 350 (Hikari to Osaka =3hrs + Hikari Rail Star to Okayama = 52 mins + bus 15 mins to Koraku-en-Mae)
- Dinner ?

Apr. 7 : Day 5 : Yogohama / Kamakura
- Ramen Museum
- China Town

Apr. 8 : DAY-6 : HAKONE
Tokyo/07:33 - 08:09/Odawara - (Hakone Freepass 3,900yen) - Hakone Free Area
Hakone Free Area - Odawara/18:35 - 19:10/Tokyo
Without JR Pass : 7,900yen (JR) + 3,900yen (Hakone Freepass)
- Gora Park
- Hakone Open Air Museum, additional 700 Y
- Hokone Tozan Cable Car, Hakone Ropeway
- Ashi
- Dinner ?

Apr. 9 : DAY-7 : NIKKO
Ueno/08:14 - 08:59/Utsunomiya/09:12 - 09:54/Nikko (100 mins)
Nikko/19:03 - 19:48/Utsunomiya/20:06 - 20:50/Ueno
Without JR Pass : 10,860yen (JR)
- Take bus : Tobu Line
- Kegon Waterfall
- Tosho-gu Shrine & Shinkyo (สะพานแดง) & Rinno-Ji : Combine ticket 900 Y
- Dinner ?

Apr.Apr 10 : DAY-8 : Tsejiki / Disseysea
Train : JR Keiyo Line to Maihama, 200 Y
Open : 8.00 -22.00 hrs.
Fee : Adult (18 up) 5800 Yen / Child (12-17) 3900 Yen
Dinner ?

Apr. 11 : Day 9 : Tokyo (Northern)
- Asakusa
- Sensoji
- Ueno park
- Ameyoko (shopping)
- Odaiba
- Dinner ?

Apr.12 : Day 10 : Tokyo (Western)
- Shibuya / Harajuku (see Cos Play)
- Meiji / Takeshita (shopping)
- Shinjuku - Metropolitan Goverment Offices (see view-free)
- Dinner ?

Apr.13 : Day 11 : Shopping (where?) & Depart 13.00 hrs.

Thanks a lot in advance...

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Degolasse
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05-Jan-2009 12:45

Wow, that's a very detailed trip. It's hard for me to critique it because it's so completely opposite of how I plan a trip and I don't know how well this much detail works out once you put it into practice. But I can offer a couple suggestions.
First off is to skip Okayama. I like Okayama, it's a good city, and I've probably visited it 20 times in the last year. But on an 11 day trip, it will not be a highlight by any means. The park is OK, but only OK in my books and you'll find far more interesting things in other places.
Ditto with Osaka. It can be a fun city and there's a couple interesting things to see, but there's little you won't see in Tokyo, and again, on an 11 days trip there's too much to see elsewhere.
But if you do keep these places, it seems silly to me to head to as far as Himeji one day, then back to Kyoto, then to Okayama/Hiroshima the next day, and back to Kyoto. I think it would make more sense to head to Himeji - Okayama - Hiroshima in one day, stay in Hiroshima, and then head back to Kyoto the next day. It'll be less traveling and you'll get to see the Abomb dome at night, which I think is pretty cool. Also, do not leave Hiroshima without eating Okonomiyaki.
Nara is also definitely worth making time for, more so than Okayama or Osaka.

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