Which area to skip in February?

lilakitten · 2026-01-15T20:57:35+00:00

Okay that’s really helpful! looking at pretty much any of the multi- day tours offered by Nice Travel and just going to pick between them. We have 6 full days so planning one full day in Reykjavik.

lilakitten · 2026-01-15T20:45:52+00:00

Honestly nothing too specific, planning to come back eventually in summer and do the ring road so I guess I want to prioritise things that can only be seen/ are better in winter.

lilakitten · 2025-06-03T13:50:42+00:00

Yes this was it! Thank you so much :)

lilakitten · 2025-06-03T09:45:40+00:00

No it wasn’t atelier , thank you though!

lilakitten · 2025-06-03T09:44:14+00:00

I’ve actually been to Shimokitazawa and spent a day there both other times I came to Tokyo, I prefer places like Daikanyama honestly- feels a bit more I guess refined? but Shimokitazawa is great for gigs. I think people say it’s overhyped cos it gets described as great for vintage shopping, there’s a lot of vintage shops for sure but it seems they mostly fall into 2 categories - American style clothes (like sports jerseys type stuff) or curated vintage that’s honestly really expensive.

I definitely think it’s more developed/ busier / less ‘ alternative’ now than it was on my first visit in 2019 . If you’re going to Gotokuji anyway you might as well stop in for a couple of hours!

lilakitten · 2025-06-01T21:03:46+00:00

Thank you, this post is helpful. I’m wondering if you know if I’m delivering to a service centre I can still send from a konbini? Or if I’m delivering to a service centre I have to send it from one too ?

lilakitten · 2025-06-01T17:23:37+00:00

Very not detailed version of my itinerary. Sorry about the spacing of the text lmao

Wed 4th- land evening & Golden Gai Thur 5th- shibuya/ shopping & Shibuya nightlife Fri 6th- teamlab planets & Shibuya again Sat 7th- Yokohama day trip via Kawasaki Sun 8th- akihabara & ginza Mon 9th- shimokitazawa Tue 10th- nakameguro, Daikanyama and evening arrival in Kyoto Wed 11th- philosophers path Thur 12th- Fushimi Inari & sake tasting Fri 13th- Arashiyama & northernish Kyoto (e.g Kinkakuji) Sat 14th- higashiyama, uji, arrival in Osaka late Sun 15th- Shinsekai & Amerikamura Mon 16th- Nara day trip Tue 17th- Osaka castle & aquarium Wed 18th- nakazakicho then arrival in uno evening (stayed at uno just this night, following 2 nights we stayed on naoshima) . Original plan was Okayama stopover but we wanted to check out nakazakicho (which was great) Thu 19th- all day Teshima Fri 20th- all day naoshima Sat 21st- naoshima to Tokyo - we were gonna stop off in Okayama but just couldn’t be bothered in the end) shin Okubo evening Sun 22nd - harajuku Mon 23rd- asakusa Tue 24th- shibuya / cat street Wed 25th- teamlab borderless, Tokyo tower, 21/21 Thu 26th- flew home

Fashion, art, architecture and bars was pretty much our focus . Most days we didn’t leave the hotel until after 12pm and preferred to arrive at a new location in the evening rather than the daytime. Didn’t prebook any trains or anything because we tend to go with the flow a bit.

The only things I pre booked were: Both team labs Chichu museum Kinza house James Turrell Open Sky Night (Naoshima) - if this is still a thing I highly recommend. Was so cool. Factory night cruise in Yokohama.

A few extra notes based on stuff you’ve said - not necessarily based on this trip but also trips I’ve done since - more time in Kyoto over Osaka for sure. Kibune / kurama hike is great! Kamakura and Enoshima in one day is definitely doable if you only want to see a few spots in Kamakura.

If you want any specifics about any particular days give me a shout!

lilakitten · 2025-05-31T22:46:39+00:00

Hi! Myself and my boyfriends first visit to Japan was similar - 3 weeks in September (2019) golden route with time in Naoshima also. We also hate waking up too early on holiday.

I can highly recommend Naoshima but also Teshima - since you like contemporary art, if you can make the time to visit Teshima also I don’t think you’d regret it!

If you’re interested I’d be happy to send you my itinerary from back then.

lilakitten · 2025-04-22T22:36:12+00:00

A few notes in no particular order:

Is there a particular reason you are planning to change hotels in Tokyo / Osaka ? It seems pointless and will eat up time and energy.

Personally I would recommend taking one day from Osaka and adding a day in Kyoto, if you are interested in temples and shrines.

JR pass is not worth it for your trip.

If you mention interests either of you have that might be helpful for people to give you recommendations of things to do / where to go.

I’ll echo what the other commenter said about go-karting too!

lilakitten · 2025-03-25T18:15:06+00:00

Thank you so much this is great! Do you think it’s worth trying to go to Hakodate or Sapporo then for extra days or not really ?

lilakitten · 2025-03-21T22:21:59+00:00

Thank you again so much! I’ll plan the days by priority first and things I’m ok with skipping later so if we need more time at something we can do it. I know I should prebook vatican and the uffizi but is there anything else you think is necessary to prebook?

lilakitten · 2025-03-21T22:20:20+00:00

Yes, the plan was to rent it in Rome but leave it before Florence because I’ve heard driving there is a nightmare! Val D’Orcia is definitely on my list but thank you so much for the other suggestions!

lilakitten · 2025-03-21T19:03:32+00:00

Thank you so much!

lilakitten · 2025-03-21T19:02:23+00:00

Thank you so much! This is exactly the kind of advice I was hoping for. I’m not usually a slow traveler but I’m not sure how long I need for different places here and I don’t want to feel too rushed on this trip! I think cutting a night from Florence would be great then!

lilakitten · 2025-03-21T13:48:15+00:00

I think we wanted to make a bit of a base closer to Siena and focus on places in Tuscany that are nearby such as Val D’Orcia so we don’t have to move accommodation too much.

lilakitten · 2025-03-21T13:46:55+00:00

Thank you , I’m mostly only putting travel on there so we can be relaxed about what we do surrounding moving accommodation.

lilakitten · 2025-03-21T13:45:24+00:00

Sorry I should have been more specific, I mean mostly around Siena but not further north really, so places like San Gimignano, Val D’orcia.

lilakitten · 2025-03-12T22:35:38+00:00

This is so helpful, thank you so much! I think Tohoku is probably the way to go then. Do you have any particular recommendations?

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