Somewhere with Sora

• Book flight to Tokyo (~$1300)

• 4 nights for Tokyo Hotel ($700)

• 1 night for Ryokan in Hakone ($375)

• 3 nights Kyoto Guesthouse ($350)

• Order JR-Pass + pocket wifi ($400)

• Reserve Robot Restaurant ($60)

• Make your packing list

• Plan to use 40L backpack to fit in coin lockers throughout trip

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• Check-out of hotel

• Store luggage at coin lockers outside Hakone-yumoto station

• Hakone ropeway and cablecar

• Eat black eggs at top of mountain

• Hakone open air museum

• Explore Lake Ashinoko

• Hakone Shrine (if time)

• Pick up luggage from coin lockers and head to Kyoto

• Check-in to Kyoto accommodations

• Nijo Castle

• Head to Osaka on bullet train

• Visit Osaka Castle park

• Lunch nearby

• Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan

• Walk around Dotonbori river street

• Ebisu tower for views of the city

• Dinner nearby

• Shopping in Shinsaibashi

• Head back to Kyoto on bullet train

• Optional day trips:

  • Mt. Takao hike (~5 hours)​

  • Tokyo Disney Resort (all day)

  • Nikko (~7 hours)

  • Kamakura (~5 hours)

• Walk through Hamarikyu gardens

• Visit Tsukiji market for dinner

• Head back to accommodations or go shopping again in Shibuya

• Arrive at NRT airport

• Pick up JR Pass and pocket WiFi

• Ride the Narita Express to Tokyo

• Check-in to accommodations

• Dinner nearby

• Robot Restaurant show - will help to keep you awake through jet lag

• Drinks in Roppongi district

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• Hike up Fushimi Inari Shrine

• Head to Nara

• Nara deek park​​

• Todai-ji temple

• Isuien garden

• Shopping in Nara

• Get lunch in Nara 

• Kinkaku-ji zen Buddhist temple

• Nishiki market for early dinner

• Sake bar in Gion district

• Check-out of accommodations

• Grab bento box at station for lunch

• Get on bullet train towards Tokyo

• Check-in to Tokyo accommodations

• Shopping and eat street food in Harajuku district

• Desserts by Takeshita street

• Dinner nearby

• Explore Shinjuku Golden Gai area

• Robot Restaurant show

• Early breakfast in Ginza district

• Kokyo Gaein national garden and walk by Imperial Palace

• Walk over to Tokyo station and head to NRT airport 

• Arrive at airport for afternoon flight and return pocket WiFi

• Ride train to Yokohama, check luggage into lockers at station

• Views of city from Osanbashi Pier​

• Walk through Minato Mirai

• Lunch in Landmark tower mall

• Cup noodles museum or Ramen museum

• Grab luggage and head to Hakone

• Check-in to accommodations

• Shopping in city center 

• Relax at private onsen in Ryokan

• Dinner at resort

• Head to Arashiyama district (8 AM)

• Arashiyama park observation deck

• Arashiyama bamboo grove

• Okochi sanso garden & tea house

• Tenryu-ji temple

• Nonomiya shrine

• Lunch at Traditional Tofu house

• Monkey Park Iwatayama

• Shopping the main street

• Kimono forest

• Dinner nearby accommodations

• Tokyo skytree, check for clear skies

• Pokemon center store

• Sensijo temple five story pagoda

• Walk through Ueno park

• Lunch in Ameoyoko market

• Tokyo National Musuem

• Shopping in Akihabara

• Relax back at accommodations

• Dinner in Shibuya

• Shopping in Shibuya district