Intro – Japan Trip 2016 – Travels with 2 Kids

My family (me, DH, DS age 7, DD age 4) went to Japan for 12 great days at the end of May/beginning of June. This will be my longest trip report yet, so I hope I finish it! I hope to share with you all traveling to Japan with little kids, costs, and food. I LOVE Japanese food, so there will be lots of food pictures. Except when both DH and I got too hungry or too tired…. DH usually remembered, I forgot a lot because I just want to dig in!

A little background – DH and I went to Japan 8 years ago before we had kids. We went to Tokyo, Hakone, Hiroshima (very briefly), Miyajima (love), and Kyoto. This time we decided to do a more kid-centric trip. This was the itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival at Narita from SFO, check into Gate Hotel Asakusa
Part 1 – Arrival and logistics

Part 2 – Gate Hotel Asakusa

Part 3 – Sushi Zanmai

Day 2: Wandering around Asakusa
Asakusa

Day 3: Odaiba – Legoland Center, Tokyo MegaWeb
Part 1 – Himiko water bus
Part 2 – Takoyaki Museum
Part 3 – Legoland Discovery Center
Part 4 – Toyota Mega Web
Part 5 – KAIO sushi train and giant Gundam

Day 4: Yokohama – Cup of Noodles Museum, Cosmo World
Part 1 – CupNoodles Museum
Part 2 – Cosmo World

Day 5: Train to Nikko, Tobu World Square, check into Tsurukame Daikichi (a ryokan)
Part 1 – Tobu World Square
Part 2 – Tsurukame Daikichi

Day 6: Edo Wonderland
Edo Wonderland

Day 7: Toshogu Shrine, train to TDR, check into Sheraton Tokyo Bay
Part 1 – Shinko Bridge and Toshogu Shrine
Part 2 – Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay

Day 8: Tokyo Disneyland
Part 1 – Daytime parades, Cinderella’s Fairy Tale Hall, Grandma Sara’s Kitchen
Part 2 – Westernland, Adventureland, Hungry Bear Restaurant, Electrical Parade Dreamlights

Day 9: DisneySea
Part 1 – Logistics and the Crystal Compass
Part 2 – Fortress Explorations
Part 3 – Vulcania, Mysterious Island, Mermaid Lagoon, Arabian Coast, Casbah Food Court

Day 10: Tokyo Disneyland, check into Tokyo Disneyland Hotel
Part 1 – Toontown
Part 2 – Tomorrowland and Pan Galactic Pizza Port
Part 3 – Queen of Hearts Banquet Hall and Fantasyland
Part 4 – Tokyo Disneyland Hotel