Economical 7day Japan experience

Hi Elsie,

Good to see that you are giving thought to good planning, also your itinerary is coming together nicely.

Let's start with Tokyo, a visit to Akihabara will be a great experience and I think that you son will love it. I could not tell you an exact store where you can buy Beyblades but there are many small shops in the area - selling all kinds of stuff - and I am sure that you will find them. Visiting the Disney resort in a weekend is always more busy than during the week, going a day earlier may be a better option.

On day 5 I would personally go to Kinosaki Onsen, both because the town is very cosy and you have a wide range of onsen to choose from. I would recommend staying the night and travel to Osaka the following morning to really get the experience.

Lastly for your visit to Kyoto, make a selection. Making a visit to all places really would be a rush trip and would not benefit the experience. Kinkakuji, Goin, Nishiki, Kiyomizudera and Kawaramachi all line up nicely and are closely located. Arashiyama and Fushimi do take extra time to get to and are best visited as half-a-day trip. I think you may not have time at all to visit either one of them with all the other places. I would recommend getting a Kyoto bus ticket to travel around the city. It is only 500yen and allows for unlimited travel.

Enjoy Japan!
Daniel

Thank you very much Daniel. We're all really excited and looking forward to seeing Japan.