Hi Everyone! We will be doing a family Tokyo trip in March 2024. The group consists of 6 adults and our child who will be 15 months old during the trip. My wife and I have been to Tokyo twice (in 2016 and 2017). This will be everyone else’s first time to Tokyo (and Japan in general). Will be staying at a child friendly AirBnb in Nakano City close to the Toritsu-Kasei train station.
Our plan is to stay in the Tokyo for the entire duration of the trip in order to reduce traveling with a toddler. We are also trying to make this trip a little more “chill” and not pack as much stuff into each day since we have toddler.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Please let us know if you think a day has too much planned. Please also let us know if you think a day has too little planned. I’m sure the adults will split up into groups and wander off here and there, so if you have any recommendations of places to add for each day, let us know!
**Day 1 – Saturday 3/9**
* Land in Narita Airport at 12:00PM
* Baggage claim, get Passport Passport, exchange small amount of currency
* Private wagon taxi to AirBnb
* Check into AirBnb, freshen up, get some supplies at konbini
* Shibuya for dinner and casually walking around
**Day 2 – Sunday 3/10**
* Meiji Jingu in the morning depending on when jetlag/when people are awake
* Harajuku – Takeshita Street, Daiso, lunch
* Omotesando – Kiddy Land, casually walking around
* Shibya – Remainder of day, shopping/browsing, dinner
**Day 3 – Monday 3/11**
* Tokyo Station – Character street, Marunouchi Break Square, shopping/browsing, maybe Pokemon Cafe for lunch
* Ginza – Remainder of day, MUJI, Itoya, Art Aquarium Museum, shopping/browsing, dinner
**Day 4 – Tuesday 3/12**
* Ikebukuro – Sunshine City, Pokemon store, Animate, maybe aquarium, shopping/browsing, lunch & dinner
**Day 5 – Wednesday 3/13**
* Asakusa – Nakamise-dori Street, Senso-ji, maybe Nishi-Sando Shopping Street, lunch
* Akihabara – Remainder of day, Mandarake, Animate, Namco, various arcades/crane machines/gachapon
**Day 6 – Thursday 3/14**
* DisneySea
**Day 7 – Friday 3/15**
* Tsukiji – Walking around, browsing, lunch. Not sure if we’ll be able to get there super early with the toddler.
* Odaiba – Remainder of day, shopping/browsing, Gundam statue, dinner
**Day 8 – Saturday 3/16**
* Free day? Day trip to Yokohama? Maybe Ueno? Daughter not too interested in the zoo, recommendations welcomed
**Day 9 – Sunday 3/17**
* Shinjuku – Gyoen National Garden for hopefully cherry blossoms, Metropolitan Government building, godzilla head, shopping/browsing, lunch
* Shibuya – More just walking around, shopping/browsing, dinner
**Day 10 – Monday 3/18**
* Free day/catch up day. Let everyone go where they want to get whatever they need to buy before we leave
Looking for any advice and recommendations. Also definitely looking for good food recommendations! We are down to eat anything, ramen, udon, curry, sushi, anything!
by boomla