Best of Kanto (Dec 2022)

A 12-day trip through Tokyo, Kusatsu Onsen, Karuizawa, Nagano, Snow Monkey Park, Yokohama and Kamakura.

The Yubatake hot-spring field in Kusatsu Onsen
Wikimedia Commons — Yubatake, Kusatsu Onsen

Trip overview

Duration and dates
12 days
25 Dec 2022 – 5 Jan 2023
Destination
Tokyo, Kusatsu Onsen, Karuizawa
+ Nagano, Snow Monkey Park, Yokohama, Kamakura

Day by day

From the original itinerary

  1. Morning
    9:30 to Airport
    Afternoon
    12:35 Flight to NRT
    Evening
    16:35 Arrive NRT
    Night
    20:30 Dinner Shinjuku
  2. Morning
    Harajuku Omotesando
  3. Morning
    Shibuya
  4. Morning
    to Kusatsu
    Afternoon
    Explore Kusatsu
    Evening
    Dinner Ryokan
    Night
    Onsen
  5. Morning
    Breakfast Ryokan
    Afternoon
    to Karuizawa
    Evening
    Karuizawa Prince Shopping Plaza
    Night
    Dinner Nagano
  6. Morning
    Snow Monkey
    Evening
    to Yokohama
  7. Morning
    Chinatown
    Afternoon
    Yamashita Park
    Evening
    Minato Mirai
    Night
    Countdown NYE
  8. Morning
    11:00 Photoshoot
    Evening
    Kamakura Day Trip
    Night
    Dinner Yokohama
  9. Morning
    Minato Mirai
    Afternoon
    13:00 Cup Noodle Museum
    Evening
    to Tokyo
    Night
    Dinner Ginza
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  11. Morning
    Breakfast Tsukiji
    Afternoon
    Asakusa
    Evening
    Ginza
  12. Morning
    Ginza
    Afternoon
    13:30 Private Van to Narita
    Evening
    17:45 Flight to TPE
    Night
    20:55 Arrive TPE

Header photo: Wikimedia Commons — Yubatake, Kusatsu Onsen