JAPAN 9 Days Itinerary: Tokyo-Hakone-Kyoto-Osaka

Last October 18-26 commenced our almost 1 year long wait for our Japan trip to happen. It was November 2015 when we scored a 3,600+  airline fare MNL-NRT, KIX-MNL via Cebu Pacific. If that is some sort of jargon to you, the route we got is Manila to Narita (Tokyo), and out Kansai (Osaka) to Manila. 3,600 for Japan!! Yeah, it felt like we won the lottery that freaking moment.

Since we had a whole year to plan for our trip, we tried to squeeze in rigorous researching and planning in between our busy schedules. Uhm, erase that! I did all the planning. Yes, only me.

But it wasn't that too hard. I have Japan Guide, some blogs here and there, and Google/Google Maps. I googled everything that I wanted to know. The routes, map, weather etc. For the apps that I used, check this out. (Must have mobile apps in Japan)

FLIGHT DETAILS:
18-Oct	5J 5054	ETA 5:20AM - 10:30AM
26-Oct	5J 827	ETD 8:40PM - 11:45PM
DAY 1	ARRIVAL - TOKYO
2:30AM	Meet up at NAIA Terminal 3
3:00AM	Travel Tax Payment, Immigration
4:50AM	Boarding
5:20AM	Flight Departure
10:35AM	Flight Arrival at NARITA Airport
11:00AM	Finished Immigration, Pick up Klook Wifi
12NN	Purchase NEX train ticket & SUICA card
2PM	Arrive at AIRBNB Shinjuku Area
3PM	Late lunch at SUKIYA
5PM	Explore Omotesando, Takashita Dori, Haraujuku
6PM	Shibuya Station - Crossing - Hachiko
7:30PM	Dinner at ICHIRAN RAMEN
8:30PM	Family mart grocery for our breakfast
DAY 2	TOKYO DISNEY SEA
	Whole day Disney Sea
DAY 3	TOKYO - ASAKUSA, AKIHABARA, ODAIBA
8AM	Explore Meiji Shrine
10AM	Walk around Akihabara
12NN	Lunch
2PM	Walk around Asakusa
4PM	Explore Odaiba
8PM	Back to hotel.
DAY 4	TOKYO - HAKONE
7:00AM	Travel to Shinjuku Station
8AM	Bought Hakone 2 Day Pass at Odakyu Travel in Shinjuku Station
9:00AM	Arrival at Odawara Station
10:30AM	Arrrival at our Ryokan. Drop off Luggage.
	Gora to Sounzan
11:00AM	Owakudani
	Lunch
1:30PM	Togendai to Hakone-machi
1:50PM	Lake Ashi Boat sightseeing Tour via Pirate Ship
2:20PM	Hakone-machiko
2:50PM	Moto-Hakone to Hakone-Yumoto
3:30PM	Hakone Shrine
5:00PM	Back to Ryokan. Onsen bath. Dinner etc.
DAY 5	HAKONE - KYOTO
8AM	Breakfast
8:30AM	Check out hotel. Store luggage.
9:00AM	Gora Park
11AM	Hakone Open Air Museum
12:00PM	Lunch
1:00PM	Back to hotel to get baggage (Lots of coin lockers at Gora Park, Hakone Open Air)
2:30PM	Shinkansen to Kyoto
6:00PM	Arrive Kyoto
	Dinner
7:00PM	Check in Airbnb
DAY 6	KYOTO
7:30AM	Full day KYOTO
8AM	Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
12NN	Fushimi Inari Shrine
2PM	Kiyomizu-dera temple
4PM	Walk to Sannen-zaka and Ninen-zaka streets
5PM	Gion
DAY 7	NARA-OSAKA
8AM	Depart Kyoto to Nara by JR Line
9AM	Leave baggage at Nara Tourist Center
	Tour NARA (Travel to/fro by Bus)
12NN	Lunch
1:30PM	Travel to OSAKA
3PM	Check in Osaka
6PM	Sightseeing Osaka (Dotonburi, Shinsaibashi)
DAY 8	OSAKA - UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
7:45AM	Express Pass
8:30AM	Universal Studios
6:30PM	Departure
DAY 9	OSAKA - FLIGHT DEPARTURE
10AM	Osaka Museum for Housing and Living
12:00PM	Kimono Rental
1:30PM	Lunch (Mcdo)
2:30PM	Osaka Castle
4PM	Back to Air Bnb
6PM	Airport - check in
9:10PM	Flight Departure

I will try my best to blog our day to day travel in Japan and leave you some tips. There are a lot of hits and miss and a lot of experiences, how we could have saved more from this travel. And how we have spent only about 60K for the 9 Days travel in Japan. 

If DIY travel is not your thing. Don't fret, Wanderstruck Travel and Tours would be very pleased to help you.

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