Family trip · 8–9 nights · Tokyo → Osaka

JAPAN
2028

Nothing here is booked. We need the group to settle when we go, which route, and how hard we push it.

Vote closes October 15, 2026

Mount Fuji
Fuji
Osaka Castle
Osaka
Tokyo
Tokyo
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The short version

What we're proposing

Length
8 or 9 nights
When
April or September 2028
Route
Tokyo · Fuji · Kyoto · Osaka
Flights
Into Haneda, home from Kansai
Rough cost
$3,200–$4,800 each
First money due
September 2027

One line west, no backtracking. Three nights in Tokyo including a full day at DisneySea, a ryokan night under Mount Fuji with private hot-spring baths, three or four nights in Kyoto, and a last night in Osaka.

The two questions that actually matter are April versus September — April has better weather, September has better prices and opens up the Japanese Alps — and which Mario Kart somebody meant, because there are two entirely different ones in two different cities.

Everyone books and pays their own way. No shared pot, nobody holding anyone's money. Nothing is owed until September 2027, which gives everyone a year of runway.

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The itinerary

Day by day, plus the Mario Kart question and how we're handling onsen with tattoos.

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What it costs

When money is actually due, and the monthly number that gets you there without noticing.

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How this gets decided

Every checkpoint from now to departure, and who does what when.

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One thing to do today

Check your passport. You need six months of validity past our travel dates. Renewals take time, and this is the single most common thing that derails a group trip.

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Closes October 15, 2026 · questions? text Andrea