Hi everyone,
Im a newbie on this forum but have been reading posts for a few months though. Please note that this post may be a bit long, lol.
Well me and my partner and another couple have booked our flights from Australia to Tokyo for 10 days from the 12th of April to the 21st. We are very excited and it is my partners first trip overseas.
We have mostly organised things and booked all our accommodation there are just a few small things that I would like some advice and opinions on. Hopefully I havent jam packed out holiday too much and everything pans out ok. Fingers crossed as I have spent several weeks trying to work it all out, lol.
So here is what I have so far
Tues 12th of April - Arrive in Narita airport @ 8pm at night. We are then going to take the Limobus to our Hotel straight from the airport (I am under the impression that you catch them near the baggage claim and purchase your ticket there also, is this correct and how much is it??). We are staying in the Shinagawa Prince hotel which is on 4-10-30 Takanawa Minato-ku, Tokyo. Has anyone stayed here??? and their opinions?? we got it really cheap. We are staying their three nights and everything is paid for
Wed 13th of April - We have booked an all day tokyo tour for this day which picks us up straight from the Hotel at 8am - The tour is paid for and includes Tokyo Tower, traditional tea ceremony, Imperial Palace, Sumida River Cruise, Asakusa Kannon Temple, Nakamise shopping street and Ginza shopping district. We booked this tour through Viator (has anyone used this company??).
Thurs 14th of April - This day is a little up in the air - Planning on going to the fish markets early in the morning and maybe going to Harajuku for shopping and see the Sensoji and Menji shrine??? Anyone have any suggestions on how to spend this day in Tokyo???
Friday 15th of April - Was thinking of going to Nikko Park for this day or if anyone has any suggestions as to any must sees in tokyo we should go to?? We have brought our JR Rail passes and will be activating them today as we only got a 7 day one, we thought the first few days in tokyo we can buy our own tickets. We are going to reserve our bullet train tickets for kyoto late in the afternoon (can bookings be made at any station for the bullet train??).
Satruday 16th of April - Our first day in kyoto although we spent the night here last night. We are staying in Urban Hotel Kyoto which is on 4-59 Nishiura-cho, Fukakusa, Fushimi-ku. We got this hotel really cheap and is all booked for three nights, anyone had any experience with it?? Now I have no set plans for the two full days we are in kyoto, I have yet to look at a map and see where all the temples are as im hopping to see them by area so we are not back tracking, anyone with any suggestions??? was maybe thinking of renting a bike to ride and see them all, is this a good idea?????
Sunday 17th of April - Another full day in Kyoto, again have not made plans as to what to see and where to go.
Monday 18th of April - Morning in kyoto and then catching train to Horishima. Going to peace memorial park and museum. Am really looking forward to this part of our trip as I have just read " shockwave" and cant wait to see the sight. We are spending the night in Horishima but cant remember the hotel name, that is all booked though.
Tuesday 19th of April - Morning in Horishima and then catching train back to Tokyo in afternoon (does the bullet train go from Horishima and if so when shall we buy tickets, what is the best route back??).
Wednesday 20th of April - We are spending our last two nights at Tokyo Disneyland Hotel and that along with our tickets are all booked. We are going to Disneyland today
Thursday 21st of April - We off to Disneysea today and then fly our at around 10pm that night.
So that is our plan
anything wrong or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Now in terms of budget our air fairs, accommodation, tours and rail pass are all paid for and for two of us I have saved AUD$3500 to take with us for shopping, food and train tickets in Tokyo, is this enough???? I dont want to do a hell of a lot of shopping but we want to live nicely and the boys want to do some drinking and I would like to do a little shopping
shall I be saving more money????
Ok I think I have made this post long enough, thank you guys for everything and I welcome any thoughts, negative or positive
Cara