Thank you guys for all your help, I think i have everything organised. Have opted out for a day trip on our last day in tokyo, instead we are going to check out Akihabara and maybe go to a maid cafe?? I think the boys might be amused by it, any suggestions or are they all much the same??
After the morning in Akihabara I will then book our bullet train tickets for around lunch time, check into our hotel early afternoon in kyoto and maybe fit in a temple visit before dinner (thinking Fushimi Inari). Does that sound doable?? My only concern on this leg is our luggage and where the best station would be to leave from?? I should probably print out a JR subway map so I can visually see the locations of each station, i mean we could leave the luggage at the hotel in Shingawa and go from there but I dont want to back track if I can manage it
Sorry I hope that all made sense. lol.
While we are in Kyoto we are going to buy the 2 day sightseeing pass which covers all the buses ect, printed out there bus and train line map and think on the first day we will do the JNTO "along the old canal" walk which goes from the silver pavillion along the path of philosphy and in the afternoon do the Higashiyama walk. The second day thought we might go check out the castle in the morning and spend lunch and afternoon in Arashiyama area (bamboo grove and monkey park ect). On the third day, early in morning go to Golden pavillion and have brunch and then catch train to Horishima around 12pm , upon arrival leave bags at hotel and walk to peace memorial park and museum (only short walk from hotel) find dinner. We then plan a day trip to Miyajima the following day and then bullet train back to tokyo (disneyland) late afternoon.
Phew!! lol, i know it was a mouth full and feel free to brush over it, lol, I am just so excited, I am now in the process of looking up all the trains, time and numbers for my planned travels and putting them into a spread sheet so when we first arrive at the airport I can go to the JR Rail desk and have them book the bullet train legs (hopefully it works out simply like i invision it, lol) Does that sound like a good plan???
I hope we are not too late for the Cherry Blossom viewing, do you all think we will get to see some at the time we are going???
Again thank you all for the help. Also for first timers to Japan I highly recommend the japan guide website, it was a total godsend, there information and forums were very helpfull.
