It is both exciting and nerve-wrecking planning a trip.

We are going to Japan on the 5th and coming back on the 15th, exactly 9 days there.

I have booked the hotels and we have bought our JR passes, what's left now are the places we are visiting. Feeling the heartache because the hotels I booked are quite expensive, except for the Toyoko Inn we are staying for the first 3 nights.

Tentative Itinerary

6th Dec (Day 1) : Tokyo

- check in Toyoko Inn Ikebukuro around 11am

- walk around Akihabara (requested by WJ) + lunch at Maid Cafe

- Tokyo Tower @ night

7th Dec (Day 2) : Tokyo

- Kamakura (Great Buddha and wash money at the temple I went 5 years ago!)

- Yokohama (Ramen Museum)

8th Dec (Day 3) : Tokyo

- Odaiba or Disneysea (TBC)

9th Dec (Day 4) : Hakone

- Check in Ichinoyu Honkan (room has private outdoor onsen!)

- Tour around Hakone

10th Dec (Day 5) : Kyoto

- Check in New Miyako Hotel

- Golden Pavilion/Kiyomizudera Temple/Fushimi Inari Shrine

- Gion @ Night ( hope we can see some geishas ! )

11th Dec (Day 6): Kyoto

- Arashiyama (We are in time for Hanatoro! It will be beautiful at night!)

12th Dec (Day 7): Kyoto-Hiroshima

- Might be going to Hiroshima for a day trip to visit the Atomic Bomb museum and Miyajima

13th Dec (Day 8): Tokyo

- Check in Sunroute Shinjuku

- We still have one day of the JR pass left...where shall we go?

14th Dec (Day 9): Tokyo

- City Tour (Shibuya/Shinjuku/Harajuku/Rippongi etc)

And...coming back on the 15th. :D

Are there any places which I must visit but have left out?