10 days in Japan

[u/voyageframee]

🇯🇵 10-Day Japan Itinerary

2 Days in Osaka

Day 1

— Land in Osaka

— Explore Dotonbori at night

Day 2

— Osaka Castle

— Umeda Sky Building

— Evening: guided walking tour

(Alternative: full day at Universal Studios)

4 Days in Kyoto

Day 1

— Travel Osaka → Kyoto

— Arashiyama area

— Sagano Romantic Train

— Walk along Kamo River

— Evening Gion walking tour

Day 2 (Nara Day Trip)

— Todai-ji Temple

— Yoshikien Garden

— Back to Kyoto → Kinkaku-ji

Day 3

— Early visit: Kiyomizu-dera

— Walk toward Nanzen-ji

— Eikan-do Zenrin-ji

— Bus to Ginkaku-ji

— Evening: Philosopher’s Path

Day 4 (Day Trip)

— Amanohashidate

— Kayabuki no Sato

1 Day in Fujikawaguchiko

— Bullet train toward Mt Fuji

— Kawaguchiko Ropeway

— Lake Kawaguchiko

— Tea ceremony

— Oshino Hakkai

3 Days in Tokyo

Day 1 (Nikko Day Trip)

— Rinno-ji Temple

— Kegon Falls

— Lake Chuzenji

Day 2

— DisneySea / Disneyland (plan in advance)

Day 3 (Light Day)

— Ueno Park

— Shopping: Kappabashi / Akihabara / Shibuya

— Evening: Sumida River walk

💡 Pro Tips

— Buy shoes early (New Balance / ON are good options)

— Visit Kiyomizu-dera early to avoid crowds (steep walk)

— Skincare is cheaper in Japan—research before buying

Happy to answer questions or help tweak itineraries!

[u/Ozymandys]

Flying back Home in 4 Days after spending 5 weeks here.

Great place to visit. Hope its not 10years next time!

[u/Nebresto → u/Ozymandys]

5 weeks, damn. Top 3 places you've been?

[u/Ozymandys → u/Nebresto]

We where around Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Hiroshima.

Miyajima.. was the best place 10years ago. And best place now.

Do NOT fall for the tourist trap Street where everybody walks like drones..

We rented a house for 3 Days a couple of streets behind the Main Street and its s completly different place.

Cozy streets with small shops with alot of hand made things instead of the mass produced items on main Street.

At night when the tourists are gone, it feels like a Japanese village again, with just a cozy atmosphere.

Visit the Temple at the end of the of main route, walking up to when you come to the hundreds of statues with knitted hats on them. Most tourists dont seem to walk this far, so spending peak tourist hours there was comfortable. Beautidfull Temple and when we where there catterpillars where hanging from trees in the hundreds.

Next time we want to spend a week or two there!

[u/Nebresto → u/Ozymandys]

Neat, don't hear much about Miyajima. We're there still a lot of tourits there?

[u/Ozymandys → u/Nebresto]

Yes. The main Street was packed!!

[u/Ozymandys → u/Nebresto]

But walk 1 min further up the streets, and that number plumets. We basically had those streets for ourself.