11D10N ITINERARY 🇯🇵 FIRST TIME IN JAPAN!!

Hi friends! This was my 1st time in Japan and my bf’s 2nd time! We decided to do the Osaka (4D) > Kyoto (1D) > Tokyo route (6D) 😊 Here’s our concise itinerary spanning 11D10N! For context, we went in mid to end-March and it was sooo cold because it was raining on some days 🥲 temperatures were like 3-16 deg (with Kyoto being the coldest due to strong winds ;-;)

Also, i think i’ll do a separate post on each city because there is just so much to share 😭 if you are going a similar route, this guide is for u!

DAY 1, THU (🇯🇵 Osaka D1)

✈️ Flight to Japan - reached KIX airport at around 11AM

🏠 Check in at Hotel - Candeo Hotel Osaka Namba @ Namba Station

🌻 Dotonbori - a 3mins walk from our hotel!

🌻 Shinsaibashi-suji Shopping Street

🌱 Don Quixote

DAY 2, FRI (🇯🇵 Osaka D2)

🌻 Cup Noodle Museum

🌻 Nakazakicho Neighbouhood

🌻 Tenjinbashi-suji Shopping Street

🌱 Osaka Museum of Housing & Living

DAY 3, SAT (🇯🇵 Osaka D3)

🌻 Kuromon Ichiba Market

🌻 Osaka Castle

🌻 Namba Station

DAY 4, SUN (🇯🇵 Osaka D4)

🌻 Nara Park - day trip!

🌱 Kofuku-ji Temple

🌱 Todai-ji Temple

DAY 5, MON (🇯🇵 Kyoto D1)

🏠 Check in at Hotel - Tofukuji Riverside @ Tofukuji Station

🌻 Arashiyama Bamboo Forest - took the Sagano Romantic Train here!

🌱 Togetsukyo Bridge Shopping Area

🌻 Gion - explored the streets at night 🌙

DAY 6, TUE (🇯🇵 Kyoto D2/Tokyo D1)

🌻 Higashiyama District

🌱 Starbucks Ryokan

🌱 Kiyomizudera Shrine

🏠 Check in at Hotel - Vessel Inn Ueno Iriya Ekimae @ Iriya Station

🌻 Asakusa - explored the area at night 🌙

DAY 7, WED (🇯🇵 Tokyo D2)

🌻 Harajuku

🌱 Pop Mart

🌱 Kiddy Land

🌱 Takeshita Street

🌱 Meiji Shrine

🌻 Shibuya

🌱 Shibuya Crossing & Scramble Square

DAY 8, THU (🇯🇵 Tokyo D3)

🌻 Kamakura - day trip!

🌱 Komachi-dori Street

🌱 Enoshima Island - took the Enoden Electric Railway there and the Shonan Monorail back!

🌻 Yokohama - random impromptu stop on our way back 🤣

🌱 Kinokuniya

DAY 9, FRI (🇯🇵 Tokyo D4)

🌻 Shinjuku

🌱 NEWOMAN mall

🌱 Alpen Tokyo

🌱 Uniqlo

🌻 Shimokitazawa

🌻 Akihabara

🌱 Don Quixote

DAY 10, SAT (🇯🇵 Tokyo D5)

🌻 Tsukiji Fish Market

🌱 Tsukiji Honganji Buddhist Temple

🌻 Ginza

🌱 Muji Flagship Store

🌻 Roppongi

🌱 Tokyo Midtown

🌻 Ueno Park

🌻 Tokyo Skytree

DAY 11, FRI (🇯🇵 Tokyo D6)

✈️ Flight back to SG - 520PM flight back to Changi 😢 did some last min shopping @ Narita Airport!

Thank you for reading this far hehe! ❤️ I hope to post more content on this Japan trip, such as travel tips, haul, food reccs etc!! stay tuned 😝

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