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Tokyo, Japan
Flight from Sydney Airport 8:45am
1hr 15 min layover in Hong Kong
Flight from Hong Kong 4:25pm
Land in Haneda Airport Tokyo 9:15pm
Private 1 way shuttle from Airport to Hotel
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Tokyo, Japan
Ask hotel about shipping bags to Osaka
Get suits card - JR east service centres at train stations open at 9am
Team labs - 45 mins from hotel, try to arrive 20 mins prior
Explore Shinjuku area (near hotel)
5:20pm tour - 40 mins from hotel
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Tokyo, Japan
Approx 1hr train to Takaosanguchi station and approx 1 hr back to Shinjuku station.
In the afternoon and evening explore shibuya
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Tokyo, Japan
30 min train from hotel to museum
Before explore ginza area - after try to get fluffy pancakes
Head to Akasaka (harry potter themed train station)
Head to Asakusa (late arvo)
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Tokyo, Japan
Bring bags to hotel to ship to osaka
Kamakura (1hr train) - rent bikes from Kamakura station bicycle rentals (8:30-5pm) - return bikes after visiting Kamakura
Enoshima (25 min tram) - end of the day - 1.5hrs to get back to Tokyo
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Osaka, Japan
Spend day in Hakone - take limited express romancecar train from Shinjuku station to Hakone-yumoto station (80 mins). Pirate cruise boat ride from moto-hakone to togendai after hakone shrine (30 mins). After gora park or museum take hakone tozan bus from kiga-onsen-iriguchi stop (bus runs every 30 mins, takes 30 mins to odawara station). Shinkansen train from odawara to shin-Osaka (2hrs 20 mins)
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Osaka, Japan
15 min train from Osaka station to universal city station. Leave early. Opens around 8:30, line up around 7:30
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Kyoto, Japan
Leave hotel around 7am, 25-40 min trains to minoh station. From katsuo-ji, get bus back to minoh-kayano station then ~25 min train to umeda station. After dinner it’s just over an hour by train to Kyoto.
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Kyoto, Japan
From Kyoto station take 20 min train to saga-arashiyama station. From togetsukyo bridge, about 1hr by train to keage station. Spend evening in ninenzaka/sannenzaka and hokanji
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Osaka, Japan
30 min walk to kiyomizu dera temple. End of the day collect bags from Kyoto hotel and go to Osaka hotel (30mins to 1hr)
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Hiroshima, Japan
Get bags shipped to Hiroshima
Leave Osaka around 7am - 1hr train to Nara park
Around an hour back to Osaka then 1.5 Shinkansen to hiroshima
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Hiroshima, Japan
End of day will take 1 hour to get back to hotel
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Fukuoka, Japan
15 min train from Hiroshima to shin-Iwakuni station. 18 min bus towards Iwakuni Eki (exit at kintaikyo). 20 min bus back to shin-Iwakuni station and 1.5hr bullet train to hakata station.
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Fukuoka, Japan
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Fukuoka, Japan
2 hour Shinkansen from hakata station to beppu station - leave around 8am.
Take local bus to Kannawa onsen area (30 mins) - need to get a pass to visit the 7 hells. Aim to leave beppu at 3:30pm.
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Melbourne, Australia
Spend morning in fukuoka area.
Leave hakata station for the airport around 1pm
Flight from Fukuoka to Hong Kong 4:30pm (4hrs 5mins). Land at 7:35pm. Just under 5 hour layover.
Flight to Melbourne 12:25am (9hrs 5mins). Land at 12:30pm