Japanify

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Japanify

September - October 2012

Transportation

Flights

• Singapore Changi (T1) - Tokyo Narita (T2)

• September 27, 08:10 - September 27, 16:25

• Tokyto Haneda (T1) - Singapore Changi (T1)

• October 8, 23:50 - October 9, 06:00

Total: 13 days, 11 hotel nights, 1 night flight

Japan Rail Pass

• 7 Days

Day plan

Day 1-5: Tokyo

• Sept 27 - Oct 1
• 4 hotel nights
• Train to Kyoto on Oct 1

Day 5-9: Kyoto

• Oct 1 - Oct 5
• 4 hotel nights
• Train to Nara on Oct 4
• Train to Osaka on Oct 5

Day 8: Nara

• Oct 4 (day trip)
• Train back to Kyoto on Oct 4

Day 9-10: Osaka

• Oct 5 - Oct 6
• 1 Internet cafe night
• Train to Tokyo on Oct 6

Day 10-12: Tokyo

• Oct 6 - Oct 8
• 2 hotel nights
• Flight back to Singapore on Oct 8

Battle plans

Tokyo Day 1 (Thursday 27th)

• Transport from airport
• Check-in to hotel
• Roppongi (六本木)

Tokyo Day 2 (Friday 28th)

• Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (東京都庁第一本庁舎)
• Meiji Shrine (明治神宮)
• Harajuku (原宿)
• Shibuya (渋谷)
• Ebisu (恵比寿)

Tokyo Day 3 (Saturday 29th)

• Imperial Palace / East gardens (皇居)
• Sensōji Temple / Asakusa (金龍山浅草寺)
• Ginza (銀座)
• Oxygen Bar (酸素バー)
• Shibuya (渋谷区)

Tokyo Day 4 (Sunday 30th)

• Akihabara (秋葉原)
• Maid Café (メイド喫茶)
• Edo-Tokyo-Museum (江戸東京博物館)
• Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari (大江戸温泉物語)

Tokyo/Kyoto Day 5 (Monday 1st)

• Anything we didn't have time to do in Tokyo
• Museum of Ebisu Beer?
• Train to Kyoto (京都行きの列車)
• Check-in to Kyoto Hotel
• Dinner/check out Kyoto

Kyoto Day 6 (Tuesday 2nd)

• Nijō Castle (二条城)
• Kyoto Tower (京都タワー)
• Kyoto Imperial Palace (京都御所)
• Tō-ji Temple (東寺)
• Hirano Shrine (平野神社)

Kyoto Day 7 (Wednesday 3rd)

• Daigo-ji (醍醐寺, temple/garden complex)
• Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社, gate temple)

Kyoto/Nara Day 8 (Thursday 4th)

• Train to Nara
• Nara Park
• Gangō-ji (元興寺, temple)
• Naramachi (- 奈良町, old town)
• Nihon-shu (日本酒, sake brewery)
• Train back to Kyoto

Kyoto/Osaka Day 9 (Friday 5th)

• Train to Osaka
• Peace Osaka (ピースおおさか)
• Dotonbori (道頓堀)
• Sleep in internet cafe

Osaka/Tokyo Day 9 (Saturday 6th)

• Train to Tokyo (late?)

Tokyo Day 10 (Sunday 7th)

• Open

Tokyo Day 11 (Monday 8th)

• Open
• Flight home