Japan Visa Daily Itinerary & Schedule of Stay for Filipinos (2026)

What is the daily itinerary (Schedule of Stay)?

It is a day-by-day plan of your trip in Japan that proves you have a realistic, organized visit and will not overstay. Japanese consulates expect it as a simple 4-column table:

• Date
• Activity Plan
• Contact
• Accommodation

You do not need hour-by-hour detail. You list the date, the cities or places you will be in, and where you are staying. If you are doing similar things across several days, you can group them — but every date in your trip should be accounted for, from arrival to your return flight.

Sample daily itinerary for a Japan tourist visa

Here is a short example of the format consulates expect for a Filipino applicant flying Manila → Tokyo:

Your real itinerary should match your booked flights and hotels exactly. Mismatches between your itinerary and your other documents are a common reason for delays.

Common mistakes Filipino applicants make

• Dates on the itinerary that do not match the flight and hotel bookings.
• Gaps — days in Japan with no plan or no accommodation listed.
• Vague entries like just "sightseeing" with no city.
• Forgetting the return flight to the Philippines.
• Wrong or missing hotel address and phone number in the accommodation column.
• Handwritten or messy formatting instead of a clean printed table on A4 paper.

How to prepare it, step by step

1. Gather your flight confirmation (arrival/return dates, flight numbers, airports) and hotel bookings (names, addresses, check-in/out dates).
2. List every date from arrival to departure in the first column.
3. Write a short, specific activity for each day or block of days.
4. Add the accommodation — including the hotel's full address and phone number — for each night.
5. Include your arrival and return flights on the correct dates.
6. Print it cleanly on A4 paper and check it against your other documents.

Fees and processing time (Philippines)

The Japan visa fee is waived (free) for Philippine nationals, but you still pay a VFS Global service fee per application at JVAC. Processing typically takes a minimum of around 6 business days from when JVAC receives your application (longer for Cebu and Davao, and during peak travel periods). Make sure your passport is valid for at least six months and has at least two blank pages.

Requirements can change and may vary by case. Always confirm the latest details with JVAC / the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines before you submit.

Generate your itinerary PDF in under 2 minutes

Formatting this by hand in Word usually takes an hour and still looks amateur. Japan Trip Docs turns your flight and hotel details into the exact official 4-column Schedule of Stay layout — it even fills in the correct Japanese hotel address and phone number for you, and renders them in the proper font so nothing comes out garbled.

• Paste your bookings, or answer a few guided questions.
• Review and edit every detail before you pay.
• Download a clean, single-page A4 PDF. One-time payment, no subscription.

See also: Japan visa itinerary for Indians (2026) · How to fill out a Japan Visa Schedule of Stay (full 2026 guide).