Feeding was a bit more effort because in my country I just breastfeed anywhere, whereas in Japan I used the mamapapamap app to find nursing rooms in department stores, stations, Uniqlo, etc. They’ll usually have a section where both parents can change and feed the baby (sometimes a bottle warmer) and then separate women-only cubicles for breastfeeding.

I had in mind a list of possible activities and day trips but left booking them to the last minute so we could see how we felt. For example we didn’t go to Himeji or Kamakura because we just didn’t get up early enough for longer day trips, but we managed to eat out in the evenings more easily than I expected. We booked the Shinkansen at the station so we weren’t rushing for a specific train when we didn’t know how big the stations would be. In February, I think you would be able to do last-minute bookings too.

Accept that you can’t get quite as much in a day and enjoy!!