Japan Trip

[australianalex]

Me and my mum are currently in the process of planning a 12 day trip to Japan next June. We'll spend 7 nights in Tokyo and 5 in Osaka and are planning to get a Rail Pass. On the multi-park days on my itinerary will it be difficult to get the parks done the way I've planned? If so, what are some alternatives? What should queues be like in June? Are any of the parks listed difficult to visit within a day from either Tokyo or Osaka? And finally, if we instead choose to go in December, will most parks and rides still be open?

Sorry for all the quetsions, here is our planned itinerary.

 

Day 1 - Sunday: Land in Tokyo.

Day 2 - Monday: Tokyo culture and sightseeing.

Day 3 - Tuesday: Tobu Zoo, Aqua Stadium and Joypolis.

Day 4 - Wednesday: Fuji-Q Highland (dreading it, but hopefully it's worth it for Takabisha.)

Day 5 - Thursday: Tokyo Disneyland.

Day 6 - Friday: Tokyo Disneysea.

Day 7 - Saturday: Train to Osaka.

Day 7 - Sunday: Osaka culture and sightseeing.

Day 8 - Monday: Himeji Central Park and Hirakata Park.

Day 9 - Tuesday: Parque Espana.

Day 10 - Wednesday: Nagashima Spa Land.

Day 11 - Thursday: Universal Studios Japan, train to Tokyo in evening.

Day 12 - Friday: Fly out.

[SharkTums]

Day 3 is a bit ambitious. Stick with two of those parks.

 

Day 8 is near impossible. The parks are far away and Himeji requires a bus or taxi from the station as well.

 

Day 11 - Universal really is a full day park and if you have to take a non-nozomi train back to Tokyo you will not have a full day.

 

Have you looked at where the parks are? You may want to have three base camps instead of just Tokyo and Osaka. Add in Nagoya which will be easier for Nagashima and Parque Espana.

 

Most of these parks are open in December, but Fuji Q will probably not have anything running.

[australianalex]

Thanks Elissa, we've now made a few changes which should hopefully make the trip work out.

 

Day 1 Mon 24: Land in Tokyo

Day 2 Tue 25: Tobu Zoo and Sega Joypolis

Day 3 Wed 26: Fuji Q Highland

Day 4 Thu 27: Tokyo Disneyland

Day 5 Fri 28: Tokyo Disneysea

Day 6 Sat 29: Tokyo sightseeing

Day 8 Sun 30: Travel to Nagoya

Day 9 Mon 31: Nagashima Spa Land

Day 10 Mon 2: Parque Espana

Day 11 Tue 3: Travel to Osaka

Day 12 Wed 4: Universal Studios

Day 13 Thu 5: Osaka sightseeing, travel to Tokyo

Day 14 Fri 6: Fly out