Japan

10 days · packed

Tokyo → Mt. Fuji → Osaka → Kyoto → Tokyo

Day by day

DAY 1

Arrival and settling in

Plan
  • Allow time for arrival formalities and transfer to your chosen Tokyo base.
  • Keep the rest of the day flexible for a neighborhood walk and rest.
DAY 2

Tokyo

Plan
  • Breakfast at a local café in Jingumae.
  • Pokémon Center Tokyo DX in Nihonbashi.
  • Electric Town (Akihabara) in the afternoon.
  • Evening at Omoide Yokocho (“Piss Alley”) for yakitori in a narrow alley of tiny bars.
Noteeasy day.
DAY 3

Tokyo, Samurai experience

Plan
  • Local breakfast near the hotel.
  • Hands-on samurai workshop hosted at a shrine (English + Japanese).
NoteBook ahead, it fills up.
DAY 4

Mt. Fuji day trip

Plan
  • Full-day guided tour from Tokyo: Oishi Park, Mt. Fuji views, and fruit picking.
  • Lunch included.
DAY 5

Travel to Osaka

TransitTokyo to Osaka.
NoteForward your luggage ahead if you want to travel light for the transfer.
DAY 6

Kyoto day trip

Plan
  • Fushimi Inari Taisha (go early, before the crowds)
  • Kinkaku-ji (the Golden Pavilion)
  • Arashiyama's Togetsukyō Bridge and Tenryū-ji Temple
NoteBase stays in Osaka. easy day.
DAY 7

Osaka

Plan
  • Flexible day, good slot for Universal Studios Osaka (Super Nintendo World) if that's your thing.
NoteOptional / varies.
DAY 8

Osaka to Tokyo

TransitOsaka to Tokyo.
Plan
  • Morning kimono rental/experience.
NoteOptional add-on.
DAY 9

Tokyo

Plan
  • Evening walking tour of Shinjuku.
NoteFree. Easy to book locally the day before.
DAY 10

Tokyo, shopping day

Plan
  • A flexible day for shopping or revisiting a favorite neighborhood.
NoteVaries.
Before You Go

Reservations: Book the samurai workshop ahead. Reserve the Mt. Fuji tour if you include it.

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