Hello! Just wanted to get our itinerary checked. My partner and I will be mostly travelling together in Tokyo. For context, I have some business to attend to with for 3 days. Because of this, my partner and I decided to extend the trip to 8 days to make the most out of it. We’re gonna be staying in Ikebukuro.
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Just wanted to get our itinerary checked if all of these are attainable and reasonable. Suggestions are highly appreciated! (Note that there are some empty items to maintain privacy)
**FULL ITINERARY:**
***Wednesday (Day 1)***
08:00 PM Arrive at Narita Airport
10:00 PM Arrive at Hotel and Sleep
***Thursday (Day 2)***
08:00 AM Wake Up and Prepare
10:00 AM University of Tokyo
12:00 PM Lunch
01:00 PM TeamLab Planets
04:00 PM Tokyo Joypolis
10:30 PM Arrive at Hotel
***Friday (Day 3)***
09:00 AM Wake Up and Prepare
10:00 AM Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
12:00 PM Lunch
01:00 PM Meiji Jingu Shrine
03:00 PM Zojo-ji Temple / Shiba Park
05:00 PM Red Tokyo Tower
08:00 PM Tokyo Tower
10:30 PM Arrive at Hotel
***Saturday (Day 4)***
06:00 AM Wake Up and Prepare
07:30 AM
09:00 AM
05:00 PM
06:00 PM Tokyo Dome
09:30 PM Arrive at Hotel
***Sunday (Day 5)***
07:00 AM Wake Up and Prepare
09:00 AM
05:00 PM
06:00 PM
07:00 PM Shibuya Crossing
08:00 PM Shibuya Sky
10:00 PM Arrive at Hotel
***Monday (Day 6)***
07:00 AM Wake Up and Prepare
09:00 AM
05:00 PM
06:00 PM Akihabara
09:30 PM Arrive at Hotel
***Tuesday (Day 7)***
06:00 AM Wake Up and Prepare
07:30 AM JR Ueno St. Park Gate
11:00 AM Mt. Fuji 5th Station
12:30 PM Lake Kawaguchi
02:00 PM Oshino Hakkai
03:30 PM Gotemba Premium Outlets
06:30 PM Shinjuku Station
07:30 PM Dinner
08:30 PM Don Quijote
10:00 PM Arrive at Hotel
***Wednesday (Day 8)***
08:00 AM Wake Up and Prepare
09:00 AM Ueno Park
10:00 AM
10:30 AM Senso-ji Temple
12:00 PM Lunch
01:30 PM Kaminarimon
02:30 PM
05:30 PM Arrive at Airport
by Musashi1113
1 comment
You can probably throw most of these times out the window; they hardly ever pan out that way.
Day 7 looks like it’s timed on how long it takes to get to each of those spots and doesn’t count any time actually looking around. That does also mean literally half your day is spent on a train or a bus. The outlet stop is way out there. 3 hours away from Shinjuku. There has to be a better way from Ikebukuro to go where you’re going and not cross the city to Ueno.
Day 8 Kaminarimon is the gate that is in front of Nakamise-dori leading up to Senso-ji Temple. They’re like 3 minutes apart, not 3 hours apart.