Japan Trip Planning Update
Its time for another Japan trip planning update!
Timetable update
Here is our updated timetable, its still pretty rough, with notes everywhere. Basically, the changes were the Ghibli Museum being removed, Kamakura being added, some rail planning, the Tokyo Bay Fireworks as the date has finally been announced, and a lot of things have changed day after I realised just how far apart things are! So I checked via HyperDia how long it would take to get from A to B and reworked the timetable, as 40min between sights when it could be 13min is crazy!
Day 1 – August 4th
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Day 2 – August 5th
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Day 3 – August 6th
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Day 4 – August 7th
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Day 5 – August 8th
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Arrive
Narita Express
Mega Pokemon Centre in Sunshine 60
Sunshine 60 observation deck
Ikebukuro area
Otome Road?
Animate Ikebukuro open until 9pm
NekoBukuro open until 8pm
Namja Town open until 10pm
Shop for food
Set up JR Pass and make reservations
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Disneyland
Train before 7am, check in at
MyStays Maihama in afternoon
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DisneySea
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Disney Hopper Day / Disney Sea
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Check out of MyStays and take luggage to
Ikebukuro
Character Street [Tokyo Station]
[Ikebukuro – Odaiba takes 1 hour]
Giant Gundam
Diver City
TOKYO BAY FIREWORKS
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Day 6 – August 9th
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Day 7 –
August 10th
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Day 8 –
August 11th
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Day 9 – August 12th
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Day 10 – August 13th
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Ueno Zoo
Ueno Park
Tokyo Skytree
Shinjuku and Senso-ji Temple
Nakano Broadway
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Akihabara
Gundam Cafe
Kamakura – giant Buddha – Hase Station (at least half day needed – also has a beach)
Takes hour – ½ to get to Kamakura
Sanrio Puroland?
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Mt Fuji
[Around 2 hours to get to Fuji –
KAWAGUCHIKO]
Ikebukuro
JWorld Tokyo
NekoBukuro
Namja Town
Milky Way Café – open til 10pm
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Akihabara & temples
Character Street
Harajuku & Tamagotchi Shop
Harajuku
Shibuya
Hachiko Statue
Tokyo Tower
Meiji Shrine
Zojo-ji Temple
Akihabara
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Train to Kyoto
2nights at Hiroshima Granvia
Store luggage at Kyoto Station
Train to Hiroshima / hotel
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Day 11 – August 14th
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Day 12 – August 15th
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Day 13 – August 16th
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Day 14 – August 17th
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Hiroshima & Okunoshima
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Train to Osaka
Store luggage in Osaka Station
Train back to Tokyo
Start packing
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Comiket?
Chidorigaifuchi
Pack
Change hotel
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Depart.
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HOME
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The out of Tokyo timetable remains the same
HIROSHIMA
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OSAKA
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KYOTO
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Okunoshima / Rabbit Island
A-Bomb Dome
Miyajima
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Osaka Castle [Osakajokoen
Station]
Umeda / Sky Building [15min walk from Osaka / Umeda Station]
Shitennoji
Temple [10min walk from JR Tennoji
Station]
Ferris Wheel
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Arashiyama Bamboo Grove & Tenryu-ji
Temple [Saga-Arashiyama Station + walk - or – Keifuku Arashiyama Station]
Monkey Park Iwatayama [Keifuku Arashiyama Station]
Fushimi-Inari-Taisha Shrine [Inari Station]
Kinkaku-ji Temple* [Kitanohakubaicho
Station and 20min walk – Hirano Shrine / McDonalds]
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Transport to the airport / hotel 4
As our original flight home has been cancelled, the first Narita Express from Ikebukuro won't get us to the airport in time and there is no way we can get on the Yamanote Line with three suitcases! so we've decided to move hotel, yet again, so we'll be picking a fourth hotel out, probably near Nippori for our last night, we were going to move over to the airport hotel but it meant we'd have to leave Tokyo at around 6pm, meaning we'd have to spend the afternoon packing and basically lose our last day. We're also not taking the Narita Express to the airport now, we'll be taking the Keisei Skyliner instead.
Yen
We visited Debenhams in Newcastle last week and I ordered all of my Yen, we picked it up on Tuesday, i'm not going to take another photo so here is the one of the Yen I got for my birthday.
The trip is starting to come together now, I have most of my toiletries bought waiting to be packed, I now have my Yen, we have our Japan Rail Pass exchange orders and now our IC cards (see below). I also have our Euros for our connections at Amsterdam and Paris, but i'll need to get more Euros for our trip to Barcelona the month after!
PASMO
On Saturday our PASMO cards arrived, we ordered them in advance from Japan Experience as we're going to be short on time on our arrival to Narita and we needed the PASMO over the Suica as you can use it in Kyoto, Osaka and Hiroshima. They are preloaded with ¥1500.
Tenso / Disney tickets
I ordered our Disney tickets through the official website on the 5th and had them sent to my fiancé's Tenso address, it took him a few days to set it up - he's really not quick with anything that needs urgent attention - and they were posted out on Sunday. Finally.
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