Hi, we are planning a trip to Japan in end June 2015 for a family of 2 adults and 3 children (6 year old, 2.5 year old and 11 months old). This is a draft itinerary for our trip.
Please advise if:
1) the itinerary will work for our family, in terms of ease of accessibility as we will have one or two strollers with us, so if the attractions cannot be accessed with stroller then it may be difficult for us to get there with the children.
2) are the attractions child friendly and worth a trip? or would you have other recommendations suitable for young children?
3) recommended hotels or apartments in Tokyo, Hakone and Kyoto for our family size, as it seems like most hotels in Tokyo have a 3 person maximum limit per room.
4) should we get the 7 or 14 day JR Pass?
5) do we need a JR pass for the children?
Day 1 - Arrive Tokyo Narita Airport - check in hotel. (6) which train station should we stay near in Tokyo?
Day 2 - Explore Tokyo
Day 3 - Day trip from Tokyo to Yokohama - visit Cup noodle museum
Day 4 - Tokyo - visit Legoland Discovery Center
Day 5 - Tokyo - visit Studio Ghibli Museum
Day 6 - Depart Tokyo to Hakone (7) do we purchase Hakone Free Pass? (8) do you have a recommended ryokan for families?
Day 7 - Hakone
Day 8 - Depart Hakone to Kyoto (9) Do you have a recommended hotel/apartment in Kyoto?
Day 9 - Kyoto - visit Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Monkey Park Iwatayama and Fushimi Inari Shrine (10) are these places easily accessible for children and stroller?
Day 10 - Day trip from Kyoto to Nara - visit Nara Park and feed the deers
Day 11 - Day trip from Kyoto to Osaka Aquarium
Day 12 - Depart Kyoto to Tokyo Disneyland - check in Disneyland hotel (11) would you recommend the 3 Disney hotels or just the 6 Disney official hotels will do (maybe the Hilton Tokyo Bay?)
Day 13 - Disneyland
Day 14 - DisneySea
Day 15 - Tokyo Disneyland to Narita Airport to home
Apologies for the rather lengthy post and would really appreciate your help. Many thanks!
Cheers!
TW