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"It is a nice shopping street, walking down the street to Meiji Shrine, then after walking through the shrine, walking through Harajuku (kids dress up in funky costumes there). You can easily get to Shibuya from Harajuku as well. Oriental Bazaar and Kitty Land good stops for souvenirs (and they are almost next to eachother"
1:30 pm
Shibuya Crossing
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Largest crossing in the world!
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Starbucks across the street has a good view
3:30 pm
Mori Art Museum (open 10am - 9pm)
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Get tickets online?
7:00 pm
Dinner: Golden Gai (Izakaya Maze) in Shinjuku district
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Omoide Yokocho – Yakitori Alley (food)
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Bar Ben Fiddich
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Bar Piano
Tokyo Day 2
Mar 4, 2020
Cherry Blossom
Golden Gai
9:00 am
Tour guide with Aya (9am-5pm)
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Tsukiji Fish Market
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Sensoji Temple
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Asasuka Area AKA “Puppet town”- good food, visit dessert place
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Walk around Ginza (good bread place, has kitkat store)
5:00 pm
Kagari Ramen and is in Otemach— near imperial palace
"Most traditional Japanese restaurants only have one type of food. For example, you won't find soba at a yakitori restaurant. Or sushi at a teppanyaki restaurant. You should google the new fish market (it recently moved locations) and see if they still have restaurants there. If so, you should go. It will be the freshest sushi and only require you to wait in line. You can eat sushi anywhere. My kids favorite was and is in Roppongi Hills. It is a Kaiten Sushi place which is just a typical conveyor belt sushi restaurant."
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Just follow the signs for Odakyu Railway (or Romance car)
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Shinjuku Station to Hakone-Yumoto
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Get Hakone free pass
10:30 am
Hakone!
Get off romance car at Hakone-Yumoto and take Hakone Tozan train
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Beautiful train up the mountains! Take pics!!!
Get off at Gora Station
11:30 am
Take Cable Car
Take ropeway from Souzan Station to Owakudani (see the Valley of Hell, purchase kuro-tamago (black eggs)
Continue on ropeway to Togendai station (end)
At Togendai station, board sightseeing cruise (pirate ship!!) to Motohakone
From Motohakone, walk to Hakone Jinja Shrine (torri shrine?)
Walk the Ancient Cedar Avenue to Moto-Hakone station (visit Hakone Shrine/Torii gate)
Go back to Motohakone, get on H line bus (stop Kowakien) car from hotel can pick us up call 0460-82-3331
Hakone --> Kyoto
Mar 6, 2020
9:00 am
Open air museum (opens 9am)
11:00 am
Checkout of hotel
Uber to Odawara Station
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Go to Odawara, catch the Hikari Shinkansen which goes to Kyoto (covered by JR Pass)
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Take the Hikari (H in blue) (faster)
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2 -2.5 hour train yippee!
2:00 pm
Kyoto!!!
Can buy a bus day pass in kyoto for 600 yen
Nushiki Market - eat
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Ippudo Ramen- right near Nushiki Market
Kiyomizu-dera temple
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Eat Yatshuhashi which is sold on the street nearby
4:00 pm
Gion area - best early evening
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Hanamikoji Street is the main walking street in Gion lined with tea houses and small restaurants
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Yasaka Shrine to reach Maruyama Park
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Honke Nishio Yatsuhashi Gion - matcha parfaits
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Patisserie Gion Sakai
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Tsujiri- sweet shop in Gion
6:00 pm
Ninenzaka - beautiful streets
Roam shirakawa-dori and shijo-dori*
Kamo river
Dessert (Gion Kinana or Gion Tsujiri)
Kyoto Day 2
Mar 7, 2020
11:00 am
Tenryu-ji temple
Walk across Togetskyo Bridge
Iwatayama Kyoto monkey park
12:15 pm
Lunch: Arashiyama Yoshimmura (soba)- first left after crossing Togetsukyo Bridge
1:15 pm
Kinkaku-Ji - golden pavilion
Ryoanji temple
Kyoto Day 3 - Day trip to Nara
Mar 8, 2020
9:00 am
JR Inari Station, the second station from Kyoto Station along the JR Nara Line (5 minutes, 140 yen one way from Kyoto Station, not served by rapid trains). The shrine can also be reached in a short walk from Fushimi Inari Station along the Keihan Main Line.
10:30 am
Nara!
Fushimi inari shrine
11:00 am
Deer park
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Feed the deer!!
Kyoto Day 4
Mar 9, 2020
10:00 am
Silver pavilion (food stalls leading up to temple get finger food there)
Philosophers path- starts around silver pavilion
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The Philosopher's Path runs between Ginkakuji and the neighborhood of Nanzenji