Planets took us between 1.5 to 2 hours but that's because we just chilled and took lots of photos.
You can breeze through in an hour.

My cousin went to Borderless and it took her around 4 hours without trying.

Odaiba is worth a day trip out, lots to see and shop.

Borderless is a permanent exhibition whereas Planets will finish up next April IIRC.

Planets is shorter and more structured, the experience is pretty immersive as your feet will get wet.
Borderless is longer and less structured meaning more exploring around but no getting wet.

In the end, it's really up to what you want I guess but do Planets first as Borderless will be there in the future.
That's my thought process anyway.

Tak sempat.. I probably have about 7 to 8 days only

7-8 days with JRpass should be able to cover Tokyo and hokkaido I think.

osaka for me turned off.

my realized itinerary 12 days 4 cities without JRpass.

day 1
asakusa sensoji temple
kaminarimon

day 2
sumida river
tokyo skytree
shinobazunoike temple (quite pretty many pigeons fly there)
ueno park (must to visit park)
ueno toshogu shrine
nezu shrine (quite pretty)

day 3
meiji shrine ( can skip)
takeshita Street harajuku(daiso)
olimpic 2020 tokyo museum
meiji jingu gaien park( pretty at night with illumination)
caretta shiodome

day 4
meiji jingu gyoen temple(can skip)
yoyogi Park (must visit)
tokyo imperial palace garden
Missed tokyo government building due to time constraint
bus to osaka

day 5
arrived at osaka
visit dotonburi uniqlo&h&m
kuromon market
dotonburi again at night

day 6
osaka castle
osaka gozabune boat
osaka house museum of living
osaka umeda sky
hep ferris
tsutenkaku tower

day 7
osaka tenoji zoo
lego
Santa Maria cruise
tempozan
glion museum
shinsabaishi
dotonburi

day 8
move luggage to kyoto
Missed minoo waterfall due to time constraint
go to kobe rokko San cable(must try exp)
kobe China town
go back to kyoto

day 9
yasaka shrine
maruyama park
chio in temple
heian shrine
philosopher path

day 10
arashimaya - Sagano bamboo & tsugetsu bridge
kimono forest
fushimi Inari taisha
kyoto tower
Missed kyoto imperial building
go to Tokyo by bus

day 11
akibahara shopping
amekocho street
don quijote ueno

day 12
nakamise street
daiso ueno
go airport
I travelled with 3 (60 years plus), 2 (50 plus), 1(20 plus) and one baby 1 month old.

only like kyoto. osaka for me meh.

kobe the experience is like I am in KL
osaka, Shibuya the experience is like I am in SG
Kyoto - new feel different place for me like first time visiting this city

Don't know why the first time visit Tokyo I don't feel as happier as I visit Bali for first time. The new ambience of Tokyo is not there. That is like I have visited Tokyo before.

Next time if I visit Bangkok maybe I will get new ambience/experience?

Chances are you won’t even be allowed to board the flight, 3 months left only leh. My mum last time Vietnam flight 5 months left also wasn’t allowed to board.

thanks interested feedback from you.
Actually, I felt I was not touch and go in one place. I felt a bit bored in osaka and Tokyo afraid we cannot do anything once all in itinerary covered. what did you do in akihabara during 3 days? I visited big camera only and bought something for my nephew.
in Tokyo I like asakusa(kamirarimon, sumida), yoyogi, ueno Park and meiji jingu gaien area. my based area last time 4 nights was in asakusa.

my next target is hokkaido, my friend said otaru is a must visit list including cycling in biei. she told me biei the best place she ever visited in Japan. Suddenly my expectation is high again.

As many people said that visiting Japan never enough once. every year must visit Japan at least once. these words make my expectation high. when I felt Tokyo and osaka just like I am in singapore road suddenly I am dissapointed.

may I know your view about hokkaido? is that better than your Tokyo trip?
easy kyoto where I feel I am in Japan not in Singapore or KL.  new experience and feelings.

Hi guys, I just bought tickets for my kansai trip

I will be arriving late 9.10pm at KIX airport... is it possible to get to osaka that day itself or i will have to stay overnight in the airport. If i am able to go osaka that night which area is easier to access as i am trying to look for accomodation now.. planning to stay at namba or umeda

Climate change I guess. A couple of my skiing acquaintances who decided to go Honshu resorts over Christmas were super upset with the lack of snow 🤷🏻‍♂️

Day 07
* Checked out from The Yuinchi Hotel Nanjo
* Nirai Kanai Bridge (ニライカナイ橋) - The drive over this bridge was spectacular, too bad the driver can't enjoy 
* Sefa Utaki (斎場御嶽) - Important sacred site of the indigenous Okinawan religion
* There's a nice ice-cream shop at the corner of the road with really yummy Blue Seal ice-cream 
* Cape Chinen Park (知念岬公園) - The park is actually a 5 min walk from where you buy the Sefa Utaki entrance tickets
* Checked into Community & Spa Naha Central Hotel and returned car rental - https://www.communityandspanahacentralhotel.com/en
* Shopping and dinner along Kokusaidori (国際通り)

イーストキッチンあがりすむ by Eugene Fanyfied, on Flickr

Blue Seal Ice Cream by Eugene Fanyfied, on Flickr

Cape Chinen Park by Eugene Fanyfied, on Flickr

Japanese Stork by Eugene Fanyfied, on Flickr

Day 08
* Checked out from Community & Spa Naha Central Hotel
* Morning flight with ANA into Osaka!

Overall, I felt that Okinawa is worth a visit even if you are not a huge fan of the beach or water activities. Going in November meant that the sea was a bit too cold so we didn't manage to do any of those.

Car rental is a must and it's very easy to drive around. There is not much point in paying for the toll roads as it might save you only 15 mins tops compared to using the freeway.

The local food is quite heavily influenced by Chinese and less Japanese but very tasty nonetheless. The goya champuru (bitter gourd stir-fry with tofu) was my favorite local dish.

Any place at Kanto also can?
If plan go Ikaho must rent Toyota GT86.
Then go enjoy Mt Haruna

My Ryokan at Ikaho Onsen was 岸権旅館 (Kishigon Ryokan)
About 20k Yen per night

Thanks for the feedback.
We are landing on 12 may
According to forecast it should be blooming a week before. Hence why we need to be in sapporo.

The alternative would be the rent the car when we are leaving sapporo.

Would it be possible to share your itinerary any tips would be useful.
Plan to visit hakodate, norobeitsu, biei furano

Will be there about 13 days

Our itinerary

12thSapporo, reach in the morning
13th sapporo,
14th Otaru(stay sapporo)
15th asahikawa,
16th asahidake onsen,
17th biei,
18th furano,
19th Noboribetsu,
20th  hakodate,
21th hakodate,
22th yunokawa onsen
23th lake toya onsen,
24th lake shikotsuko
We fly n 25fh
Only on 15th will be driving. Will this be to stretch?

Airasia will arrive at 10pm as per itinerary, how long will it take to checkout (roughly)?

Airport transfer are different than Cab/Taxi
Japan Airport transfer are even more expensive than EU, Japan airport transfer all using benz & Alphard, cost you Rm2000 - 5000 
Japan taxi are famous for world most expensive.

Just curious for those of you here go to Japan ... how many of you use so much baggage?

My wife and I our Japan trips ... at most also 25kg each only, never more than that lol.

Just back from my Fukuoka trip. Everything seems normal. No discrimination over Chinese or SEA people noticed. But we have our masks always on because of the coldness.

would like to find out details of car rental in hokkaido, can anyone share reliable and cheap options for car rental company

currently looking at Tocoo company for car rental

thanks