Japan 2019

Itinerary and Blog Index

Day 0 – Travel to Tokyo

• To The Land of The Rising Sun

Day 1 – Food Tour of Tokyo

• Coffee with Dean and Deluca
• Secret Food Tour of Tokyo
• Kappabashi Street

Day 2 – Day tour to Nikko

• Bullet Train and Coffee
• Nikko
• Japanese Fluffy Pancakes
• Dinner in Shinagawa

Day 3 – Around Tokyo

• Shimokitazawa
• Skytree and Team Labs
• Night out in Shinjuku
• Tokyo Bum Wash

Day 4 – Hakone

• Coffee and Hakone
• Hakone Torii Gate
• Hakone Onsen
• Dinner in Hakone

Day 5 – Hakone

• Onsen Level Expertise : Outside
• Curry in Chokokunomori

Day 6 – Kyoto

• Train to Kyoto
• Kyoto Railway Museum
• First Dinner in Kyoto

Day 7 – Kyoto Bike Tour

• Cycle Tour of Kyoto
• Curry and Beer

Day 8 – Nakasendo Trail

• Hiking the Nakasendo Trail
• Station Dinner

Day 9 – Around Kyoto

• Weekenders Coffee
• Bamboo, Pagodas and Walks

Day 10 – Hiroshima

• Coffee Wrapped in Plastic
• Mazda Museum Tour
• Atom Bomb and Peace Museum
• Hiroshima Okonomiyaki
• Grossest Vending Machine

Day 11 – Hiroshima

• Miyajima Island

Day 12 – Nara

• Last Hiroshima Coffee
• Doh! a Deer
• Vietnamese Coffee
• A Matcha Made in Hell
• Oh Deer, its dinner time

Day 13 – Tokyo

• Magnetic Coffee and Random Japanness
• Karaksa Grand Opening
• Tsunami of Aussies

Day 14 – Tokyo and Home

• Cash, Credit and IC Cards
• Shibuya Coffee

Hotels We Used

• Shinagawa Price Hotel
  • ¥18,391 per night
  • Close to Station, Quiet area.
  • On Yamanote, Shinkansen & Narita Express lines
• Emblem Flow Hakone
  • ¥12,000 per night
  • Right near Gora Station
  • Good Onsen
  • Coin Laundry
• Hotel Keihan Kyoto Hachijoguchi
  • ¥10,628 per night
  • New hotel, close to station & quiet
  • Coin Laundry
  • Onsen
• APA Hotel Hiroshima-Ekimae Ohashi
  • ¥12,000 per night
  • Close to station
  • Onsen
  • Coin Laundry
• Onyado Nono Nara Natural Hot Spring
  • ¥11,340 per night
  • Coin Laundry
  • Fantastic Onsen, close to Station
• Karaksa hotel TOKYO STATION
  • ¥12,000 per night
  • Brand new, right near Tokyo Station
  • On Yamanote, Shinkansen & Narita Express lines

For Other info, see my Japan Travel Tips