Originally Posted by
msett
Do you guys reccomend any third city besides Kyoto and Tokyo that we should try to fit in. I know there is so much to see but unforturnately we only have 7 days this trip. Thanks for the info so far.
I did similar trips in early 2000...
While in Kyoto... I took day trip to
Nara (huge buddhist temple),
Osaka (skycraper with a sky garden),
Himeji (Himeji castle, one of the oldest in the country)...
While in Tokyo... Took day trip to
Yokohama (chinatown, another skyscraper, and a rollercoaster ride that plunge thru a pool of water),
Hakone (get to go on all kind of public transport, bullet train, local train, tram, cable car, boat ride and then bus ride),
Nikko (old temples, old town settings etc)
I used lonely planet's guidebook for all my trips to Japan... love it... If u do all your planning, u might be able to do two cities in a day... But for Kyoto and Tokyo, expect to spend at least one full day or two there...
Have fun...