Josée's 2025 Japan Trip

   

Sept 30^th ✈︎ Fly out of Ottawa at 6:52am, brief layover in Chicago and then off to Tokyo!

Oct 1rst – Arrive in Tokyo at Narita 🚉 travel to Haneda to fly to Osaka at 6:05pm ✈︎Arrive in Osaka at 7:30pm

OSAKA: Now the days for the portion of the trip is tentative because I want to go to Sanji’s Restaurant at Universal Studios Japan and it’s a lottery lol, so it all depends on which day I get it (if I get it at all! I’ll only know in July! )

Oct 2^nd – Osaka (Konohana Ward/Suminoe Ward/Minatio Ward)

• Universal Studios
• Sakai City Traditional Craft Museum and Knife Shop
• Osaka Bay Aquarium
• Tenjinbashi-suji Shopping Street

Oct 3^rd - 🚉 travel to Nara (1h12) in the morning

Nara:

• Nara-Koen (deer park)
• Kasuga Taisha shrine

- 🚉 travel back to Osaka (1h12) (Chuo-ku Ward, Naniwa-ku Ward, Kita Ward)

• Kaiyodo Figure Museum Miraiza Osaka-Jo
• Dotonbori shopping district
• Shin Sekai shopping district 
• Kuromon Ichiba Food Market
•  Namba Yasaka shrine
• Gacha House
• Melonbooks (doujins)
• Super Kids Land Character Store
• Taito Station (arcade)
• Kuma no Te Café
• Sumo Hall Hirakuza Osaka *TENTATIVE* (If I can get tickets)
• Umeda Arts Theatre *TENTATIVE* (Kabuki theatre, but the season isn’t announced yet)
• Princess Café *TENTATIVE* (It’s a collab cafe so it depends on the collab)
• Odoru-Udon Umeda

 

Oct 4^th: - Check out of my hotel and 🚉 travel to Kobe (45 min) in the morning

Kobe:

• Osamu Tezuka Museum
• Kobe bridge
• Weathercock House

- 🚉 travel back to Osaka (45 min) (Nishinari/ Ikeda)

• Cup Noodle Museum
• Okonomiyaki Chitose

Late Afternoon - 🚉 travel to Saikaminato (4:30 hours) 

Sakaiminato: - check in hotel

• Mizuki Shigeru Road/Yokai Road
• Kitaro Yokai Soko Café

October 5^th – Check out of hotel in SAKAIMINATO

• Mizuki Shigeru Memorial Museum
• Yokai Shrine
• GeGeGe no Yokai Rakuen park

 Afternoon - 🚉 travel to Hiroshima (5 hours) 

Hiroshima: - Check in hotel

• Hiroshima Peace Park

October 6^th: - Check out of Hiroshima hotel

• Hiroshima Memorial Museum

🚉 travel to Kumamoto (2:30 hours) 

Kumamoto: - check into hotel

• Kumamoto Castle
• Luffy Statue
• Chopper Statue
• Kumamon Square

October 7^th:  KUMAMOTO

• One Piece Tour

October 8^th – Check out of hotel in KUMAMOTO

🚉 travel to Kyoto (6 hours) 

Kyoto : - check into ryokan

• Toji Pagoda
• Terada Inn (Sakamoto museum)
• Café Cherish
• Aritsugu Knives
• Hano Mai Izakaya
• Yagitei-Yagi Mansion (Shinsengumi headquarters)
• Sanjo Bridge
• Omiya Inn
• Ponto Street
• Namae No Mai Ramen
• Sugitora Café
• Minami-Za Theatre

October 9^th – KYOTO

• Fushimi Inari
• Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
• Rilakkuma House
• Kyoto Internation Memorial Museum
• Morita Washi
• Pokémon Store
• Gion District
• Ryozen Museum
• Mannaka Tsururu Udon
• Ishibekoji Alley
• Yanagikoiji Alley

 

October 10^th - Check out of ryokan in Kyoto

• Nintendo Museum *TENTATIVE* (lottery system, won’t know until July)
• Also Rain & Wind Café

🚉 travel to Tokyo either in the morning  or late morning (3 hours)

Tokyo (Toshima ward/Hino City/Chofu/Kamegura) -   Check into the hotel (in Asakusa)

• Otome Road
• K-Books
• K-Books Cosplay Store
• Animate Building
• Sunshine City Mall
• Togenuki Jizoson Koganji Temple
• Chiikawa Café *TENTATIVE* (Lottery, won’t know until August)
• Hijikata Toshio Museum
• Kodai-Jingu Shrine
• Kitaro Chaya Tea House
• Shinsengumi Hometown Museum

October 11^th – TOKYO (Nerima/Nakano/Suginami/Meguro)

• Oizumi Anime gate
• Shirako-Gawa River (Ranma ½ location)
• Nakano Broadway
• Suginami Animation Museum
• Tonki tonkatsu
• Henteco (bear café )

October 12^th – TOKYO (Shinjuku/Chiyuda/Shibuya/Chuo/Minato

• ARTNIA
• Shinjuku Marui Annex (mall)
• Takadanobaba Station
• Kentucky Fried Chicken Shinjuku West Exist (JJK Location)
• Suga Shrine staircase
• Gachapon Kaiken
• Don Quijote
• Kanda Myoujin shrine (Shrine from Love Live)
• Yamada Shoten (Ukyu-e store)
• Unusual Vending Machine Alley
• Tokyo Character Street
• Itoya Art Store
• Azabu-Juban Station (Sailor Moon location)
• Azubu Hikawa Shrine (Sailor Moon shrine)
• Tokyo Tower
• Tokyo Plaza Harajuku/One Piece Mugiwara Store Harajuku
• Shibuya Sakura Stage mall/Square Enix Store
• Laforet Mall/Sailor Moon Store
• Shibuya Parco mall
• Q-Pot Café *TENTATION Reservations strongly suggested*
• Hands Shibuya store
• Shibuya Scramble Crossing
• Tonkatsu Maisen Aoyama
• Hachiko Gate
• Kura Sushi
• MIffy Cafe Tokyo
• Mister Donut
• DAISO Harajuku

October 13th  - 🚉 travel to Yokohama (42 min)  in the morning

Yokohama:

• Bunshin Tattoo Museum
• Kantei-Byo temple
• Kamakura Kokomae Station
• Cosmoworld Amusement Park
• Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum

🚉 travel to Machida City (29 min)

• Bulbasaur manhole cover

🚉 travel back to Tokyo (44 min)

 

October 14^th – TOKYO (Taito/Sumida/Koto)

• Gundam Base Tokyo
• Japanese Sword Museum
• Tokyo Salamachi – Punyus Plus Size Store
• Odaiba Divercity Plaza
• National Museum of Natura and Science
• Fukuchan Yakisoba
• Nakamise Dori Street
• Miku No Oyama (Wagyu croquettes)
• Kakimori Stationary

October 15^th: - check out of hotel in Tokyo

🚉 travel to Hakodate (6 hours)

Hakodate: - check into hotel

• Goryokaku Tower
• Fort Goryokaku
• Grave of the Shinsengumi (Kondo’s)
• Shomyo-ji Temple (Hijikata’s grave)
• Daimon Yokocho street

 

October 16^th : - check out of hotel and 🚉 travel to Asahikawa (8 hours)

Asahikawa: - Check into hotel (POLAR BEAR ROOM)

• Asahiyama Ramen Village
• Ashikawa City Museum

October 17^th: – ASAHIKAWA

• Hokuchin Museum
• Asahiyama Zoo

October 18^th: - 🚉 travel to Sapporo (1h45) in the morning

Sapporo:

• Ganso Ramen Yokocho Sapporo
• Susukino District
• Kumachann Onsen Sapporo (Bear hot pot)
• Sapporo Maruyama Zoo

🚉 travel back to Asahikawa (1h45)

October 19^th :- ASAHIKAWA

• Take it easy

October 20^th :- Check out of hotel in Asahikawa  🚉 travel  to Abashiri (4h22)

Abashiri: - check into hotel

• Abashiri Prison
• Hokkaido Museum of the Northern Peoples

 

October 21rst:  – Check out of hotel in Abashiri and 🚉 travel to Membetsu Airport (25 min)

-✈︎ Fly out of Abashiri at 9:30am – arrive in Tokyo at 11:25am

- Check into hotel (Ikebukuro)

       - do whatever I didn’t manage to do when in Tokyo prior

October 22^nd: - check out of hotel in Tokyo

-🚉 travel to Haneda Airport

-✈︎ Fly out of Tokyo at 9:55pm – arrive in Vancouver at 2:50pm

October 23^rd: -

-✈︎ Fly out of Vancouver at 12:40 am – arrive in Ottawa at 8:23am

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