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Any feedback on my itinerary? I’m not married to anything, and although it looks packed, there are only 1-2 main must-do’s/see’s that we have a day and the rest are suggestions if we have the energy. Kids are 9 and 14.

Tokyo day 1
Check in
Get essentials
Sleep

Tokyo day 2
Samurai Ninja Museum | Imperial Palace East Gardens | Akihabara | Ameyoko Market Ueno |

Tokyo day 3
Meiji Shrine + Harajuku (morning) | TeamLab Borderless | Nintendo Tokyo | Shinjuku evening: Godzilla Store → 6:30pm roar → | Evening GT-R tour

Osaka day 4
Shinkansen | Osaka Castle | Dotonbori evening

Osaka (driving to Awaji Island) day 5
Nijigen no Mori | Godzilla zipline | Naruto village | Ichiraku Ramen | Arrive Osaka ~7pm

Kyoto day 6
JR 30 mins | Nishiki Market | Teramachi antiques | Manga Museum | Gion at dusk | Onsen

Kyoto day 7
Arashiyama Monkey Park | Tenryu-ji Garden | Oi River boat ride | Fushimi Inari EVENING | Onsen

Nara to Tokyo day 8
Deer park | Todai-ji | Shinkansen | Nakamise | Senso-ji at dusk

Tokyo day 9
Kappabashi | Nakano Broadway | Shibuya Sky (pre-booked)

Tokyo day 10
Kawagoe Little Edo | Pokemon Center | Toyota Mega Web | Family last dinner together in Asakusa

Tokyo day 11 + fly home
Sleep in | Relaxed last breakfast | Nakamise + Senso-ji morning | Lunch in Asakusa | Keisei Skyliner ~2:10pm | Collect suitcases + check in

We’re a family of 4 (kids are 9 and 14) and we’ve booked Onyado Nono Kyoto Shichijo Natural Hot Springs in Kyoto for 2 nights. I didn’t realize this was a “TikTok viral” hotel…but we’re excited about it.

When we return to Tokyo for 3 nights, we booked the Onyado Nono Asakusa Hot spring location in Tokyo. But reconsidering now.

Will we be over the experience by then and just want a more spacious, traditional “family room” at one of the bigger chain hotels before we fly back home? The ones that are basically small apartments with kitchen, washing machine etc.

Price is comparable. Looking for feedback!

Family of 4 (me and husband, 14 year old and 9 year old) are heading to Japan for 10 nights:

Tokyo (3 nights in Akihabara)
Osaka (2 nights near Osaka station)
Kyoto (2 nights)
Tokyo (3 nights in Asakusa)

My boys love anime, cars and everything in between. I know we’re going to end up buying a lot of stuff…I want to avoid bringing home junk, but…kids.

We are going to do a day trip to Awaji Island (for Nijigen No Mori) - we rented a car for that. We want to do Arashyiama monkey park, Fushimi etc. Not sure if we should bother with the Pokémon cafe? What about the Ghibli museum?

Looking for some ideas/feedback on our loose itinerary.