Help me with my packing list, please

I agree that you're taking way too many tops and sweaters for 7 days. Temperatures will be cool (65-70°Friday day, 45-55 night). Unless you are planning very strenuous activities, you can get at least 2 days from each top. Maybe even 3. Leave out the short sleeves. Take one cardigan to layer over your long sleeve tops if necessary. Maybe the vest. And yes, you need a wind / rain resistant jacket with a hood. When we were there a couple years ago we had several days of rain.

We were in Japan for 3 weeks. My tops consisted of 5 long or 3/4 length v neck or boat neck t-shirts in solid colours and 2 cardigans. Also a couple scarves, 3 pairs of pants (black, navy and charcoal) and a weatherproof jacket. 2 pairs of shoes. That's including what I wore on the plane.

You won't need plug adapters for Japan. They use the same plugs as North America.

Your list is fairly good, but is missing transitional items for fall:

• super thin layering top to wear under clothes. I like ultralight silk. Uniqlo Airism top is another good one.
• tights or light leggings to wear under pants
• hat
• light gloves
• light raincoat
• wool socks

You may not need any of these extenders. Until you do!

I'd take at least 3 pairs of undies. One to wash, one to wear, and a spare.

I also think you are taking a lot of sweaters. You probably only need two.

You have a lot of tops. I would not ditch the short sleeves though, as a SS top plus sweater is cooler than a LS top with sweater.

You probably don't need all the electronic chargers. Cords are either Apple fire or micro USB. Take one of each. If possible, take one dual port charger that can handle 3 A or higher.

Thank you very much for your responses, I'm editing my list right now, and yes, just as I suspected, too many tops and sweaters.
I'm sorry I didn't specified what we will be doing there, just regular sightseeing, no hiking, no climbing, not even swimming in hot springs, nothing adventurous. Just walking around the cities and eating new food (eating is high on my to-do list, hehe). My goal is to look casual, but conservative (no showing knees or shoulders, or cleavage).

I didn't added PJs, but I'm definitely bringing one.
I'm leaving behind my hair dryer because the places we're renting have one.
I'm taking with me my Cubs cap. I don't like sleep masks, so my cap comes handy to cover my eyes when I sleep. If I were traveling to Europe I would bring a hat instead.
I'm checking for rain jackets, and found the Columbia brand is on sale on the Kohl's site. YAY! I'm most definitely will get that raspberry color.
I'm adding gloves and 2 scarves to my list.

On my personal item I'm bringing documents, phone and tablet, sunglasses, regular glasses, headphones, snacks, entertainment material like crosswords, eye drops, moisturizers, earplugs, dental hygiene things, disposable tissues, antibacterial wipes... etc.

I'm still open to any suggestions, thank you very much. You have helped me a lot.

One more comment - I'm concerned about the bat wing sweater. It's big and bulky. And how do you put your jacket on over it?

It's a beautiful artistic sweater. But that type of clothing doesn't translate well to carry on travel.

Cindy H, I'm thinking about it too, I will try it on today with one of my other jackets, because I haven't ordered the one from Columbia.

Thanks for pointing it out :)

I am printing a "packing list" to take on our next journey. We occasionally forget to pack something when we're leaving a hotel and we're rarely able to recover it later. Going through a packing list each time we leave someplace should help us check every drawer, closet and bathroom hook. :)

Garrison

Wrap the packed shoes in a large kitchen trash bag. It's a shoe bag to protect the rest of your clothes, a dirty laundry bag toward the end of the trip when you don't absolutely need to do more laundry before you go home, and can be used as an emergency rain poncho or to sit on damp grass in a park. Two one gallon ziploc-style bags also have multiple uses.

One of those thin nylon shopping bags that folds up into its own pocket in an extremely tiny space. Use it when grocery shopping on the trip and when you need a slightly larger personal item when you're carrying souvenirs home.

Don't forget that everything you take with you must fit in your suitcase(s) or be worn. It's one thing to wear a bulky sweater or coat onto the plane and cram it into the overhead bin if you don't need it, but what are you going to do with it during warm periods when you're roaming around Europe? I have used full-length but fairly lightweight raincoats in the past and hated dealing with them on days when I was changing hotels. I now use a rain jacket that can be crammed into my purse and a light fleece jacket I can tie around my waist. Both fit in my suitcase on days I'm sure I won't need them.

Your suitcase really needs to have enough extra space in it to accommodate all the layers of clothing you will not be wearing on the warmest possible days. I would not take multiple sweaters unless my destination was a cold one and I expected to have to layer them.

Thank you very much for your tips, I always bring extra Ziploc bags, but never occurred to me to bring a big trash bag. I also try to bring my packing list with me, but sometimes I forget it and I feel uneasy thinking I might have left something behind. I have to look for a lightweight rain jacket, that doesn't become a burden if the temperature goes up.

Thank you! :)

I find the non-clothing items are half the weight of my contents. So...do you need both a phone and a tablet? I have an iPhone 6S and that works well for mapping, websurfing and FB postings. I still use a paper guidebook. I take only the parts that apply to my trip and I further separate for each day's location, so I carry only a small amount of weight on my person during the day. Then I toss the pages as the days pass. If I want any pages for future reference (like when I finally do those photobooks) I take a photo of the needed pages.
I found a lightweight binocular to be worth the weight for viewing art (especially in cathedrals) but also paintings sometimes. RS has a good lightweight one. Substituting non-liquid toiletries for liquid ones will save weight, space and eliminate spill issues.

Hi Becky! I don't need both but always bring them with me.

I take pics of the articles about certain place I'm visiting, even sometimes I take a picture of my laptop monitor haha.

Never thought of bringing small binoculars, thanks for the suggestion!

I dont take pajamas, but something which can do double duty...best pj outfit for me is a pair of yoga below-knee capris and sparkly flip flops which are my slippers. I wear today's t-shirt or tank top; can roll out of bed and put a wrap around my shoulders and go down for breakfast quickly.

Sorry guys, this is a TMI post:

I will wear my pajama top with me on travel days (plus to sleep), and pack my 2 bras on my suitcase. I use PJs tops that look like a tank top with "hidden support": no hooks on the back (or front) or underwire. I know I wont tolerate a regular bra for more than 20 hours, specially in travel days, so I will use my PJ top under my shirt and sweater. I still get the support I need and be comfortable. I have tried those Genie bras type-of-bra before for travel, either long road trips or planes and they're very comfortable, but I rather take my PJ tank this time to pack one thing less.

As for the bottom I use either a short or capri pant. I'm still undecided on that.

I have a pair of dollar tree flip flops packed already on my backpack. They live there, wrapped inside a grocery bag, and that's another thing I don't have to write down on my list.