Japan : Family Friendly 2 Week Itinerary (5 cities)

Here is a 2 week itinerary for Japan:

Planning to a new destination is easier if you just have to fly in and out and are covering only a single city. 

If you are planning to cover multiple places then you might need some help in planning your days and duration of stay in each city.

The itinerary below is kids friendly (mostly) and gives the names of cities & places. Most of the travel done was by local trains as we wanted to experience the Japanese way of travelling. 

We had our 4 year old son with us and travelling with a pram. The stations and trains are pram friendly although you man have to walk alot to find the lifts. 

Details about the sites in each city is covered in separate post for each city.

You can add of remove places as you like

• Day 0: Tokyo: Arrive in Tokyo and check in to your hotel
• Day 1: Tokyo: Asakusa & Akihabara
• Day 2: Tokyo: Imperial Palace, Harajuku & Shibuya
• Day 3: Tokyo: Mount Fuji (day trip)
• Day 4: Tokyo: Odaiba & around your hotel in the evening
• Day 5: Tokyo->Yokohama->Tokyo (day trip)
• Day 6: Tokyo: Shinjuku (metropolitan building observation deck) + Shibuya left oversNewsmax Magazine
• Day 7: Tokyo->Kyoto (checkout early and take morning train so you have time to explore Kyoto)
  You can cover Kyoto Station, Fishimi Inari Shrine, Gion
• Day 8: Kyoto: Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, Nijo Castle, Imperial Palace tour
  checkout & leave for Osaka by evening or late night
• Day 9: Osaka: Aquarium, Ferris Wheel, Dontobori, Kuromon Food market
• Day 10: Osaka–> Hiroshima->Osaka: (day trip)
• Day 11: Osaka->Nara->Osaka (Half day trip)
  Evening: Kitkat Factory, Umeda Sky Building, Shinbashi Shopping
• Day 12: Osaka-> Fly Back Home OR Osaka->Tokyo->Fly Back Home

Total Days: 13-14 (Time difference with Japan & your country)
Cities Covered: 5
Day Trips: 3-4
Kids Activities: Yes