Hello! My friend and I will be visiting Tokyo for the first time this April. We also want to make several trips outside of the city, namely Kawaguchiko, Hakone, and Kamakura.
Here’s our itinerary:
**APRIL 8**
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Arrival: Narita Airport (8:00AM)
Leave luggage at hotel located in Shin-Okubo
SHIBUYA (12:00PM to 4:30PM)
– Lunch (Joto Curry or Kumachan Onsen)
– Dessert at Milk
– Shibuya Crossing/Hachiko
HARAJUKU (5:00PM to 9:00PM)
– Takeshita Street
– Dinner (Menchirashi or Baso Omotesando)
SHINJUKU (9:00PM onwards)
– Golden Gai
– Deathmatch in Hell
– Walk back to Shin-Okubo
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**APRIL 9**
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SHINJUKU (9:00AM to 12:00PM)
– Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
NAKANO (1:00PM to 3:00PM)
– Coffee Zingaro
– Nakano Broadway
IKEBUKURO (4:00PM to 9:00PM)
– Sunshine City (Pikachu Sweets Cafe & Pokemon Center)
– Animate
– Dinner (Gyukatsu Motomura)
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**APRIL 10**
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TOKYO TOWER (8:00AM to 9:00AM)
GINZA (10:00AM TO 1:30PM)
– Stroll around Ginza
– Ad Museum Tokyo
ROPPONGI (2:00PM to 5:00PM)
– National Art Museum
– Late lunch at Tsujihan (Tokyo Midtown)
FREE TIME (5:00PM onwards)
– Free time to circle back anywhere. Also maybe leaning towards visiting Nakameguro if the Sakura are still by the river.
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**APRIL 11 (FUJI DAY 1: KAWAGUCHIKO)**
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TRANSIT: FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO (7:30 AM to 12:00PM)
– Bus: Shinjuku Station to Kawaguchiko Station (8:25PM to 10:10AM)
– Purchase the Fuji-Hakone Pass at the station
– Leave luggage at the hotel
Afternoon, 12:00PM onwards
– Oshino Hakkai
– Lake Yamanaka
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**APRIL 12 (FUJI DAY 2: KAWAGUCHIKO)**
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Morning (7:00AM to 11:30AM)
– Chureito Pagoda
– Kawaguchiko Post Office
– Fujisan Pudding
Afternoon, 12:00PM onwards
– Naruto Village (in Fuji-Q Highland)
– Ichiraku Ramen
– Fuji-Q Highland (Afternoon Pass)
– Transfer luggage back to our next hotel in Tokyo via Yamato
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**APRIL 13 (FUJI DAY 3: HAKONE)**
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TRANSIT: HAKONE (7:00AM to 9:36AM)
BUS: Kawaguchiko Station to Gotemba Station (7:00AM to 8:15AM)
BUS: Gotemba Station to The Hakone Open-Air Museum (8:20AM to 9:36AM)
HAKONE
– The Hakone Open-Air Museum (Until 12:00PM)
– TRAIN: Chokokunomori Station to Gora Station
– CABLE CAR: Gora Station to Ōwakudani Station
– Owakudani
– CABLE CAR: Ōwakudani Station to Togendai Station
– PIRATE SHIP: Hakone Tōgendai Port to Motohakone Port (Catch last trip at 4:20PM)
– BUS: Motohakone Port to Odawara Station
– TRAIN: Odawara Station to Shin-Matsuda Station
– TRAIN: Shin-Matsuda Station to Shinjuku Station
– TRAIN: Shinjuku Station to Uguisudani Station
– Check in new hotel (Ueno area)
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**APRIL 14**
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ASAKUSA (7:00AM to 9:00AM)
– Sensō-ji
JIMBOCHO (10:00AM to 2:00PM)
– Kitchen Nankai Jinbocho
– Mafumi Coffee
NEZU SHRINE (2:30PM to 4:00PM)
– See the Azaleas
YANAKA GINZA (4:30PM onwards)
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**APRIL 15 (DAY TRIP: KAMAKURA)**
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TRAIN: Ueno Station to Ofuna Station
TRAIN: Ofuna Station to Enoshima Station (Ride the Shonan Monorail)
Purchase Enoden Pass
Inamuragasaki Station (9:00AM to 11:00AM)
– Cafe Yoridokoro
– Check out the beach
Kamakurakōkō-Mae Station (11:15AM to 12:00PM)
– Koshigoe Rakko Park
Gokurakuji Station (12:15PM to 12:45PM)
– Photos at Gokurakuji Station
Hase Station (1:00PM to 2:45PM)
– KANNON COFFEE kamakura
– Kamakura Hasedera
Kamakura Station (3:00PM to 4:30PM)
– Komachi-dori Street
TRAIN: Kamakura Station to Akihabara Station
AKIHABARA (5:30PM onwards)
– Explore Akihabara
– Dinner (Tonkatsu Hajime Nihonbashi)
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**APRIL 16**
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KICHIJOJI (10:30AM to 3:00PM)
– Shirohige’s Cream Puff Factory
– Ghibli Museum
KOENJI (3:15PM onwards)
– Explore Koenji
– Dinner (Hattifnatt)
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**APRIL 17 (LAST DAY)**
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UENO (6:00AM to 8:00AM)
– Ueno Park
TRAIN: Keisei-Ueno Station to Narita Airport
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Some info about us:
– We’ve already visited Japan multiple times in the past (mainly Osaka/Kyoto/Nagoya) so we’re quite familiar with the train system and getting around.
– We live in a relatively close timezone so jetlag won’t be an issue.
– Order of the locations we’re staying at: Shin-Okubo, Kawaguchiko (near Gekkouji Station), Ueno. As much as possible we wanted to be along the green line when in Tokyo.
– We initially wanted to do Yokohama on the same day as Kamakura, but I’m worried we’ll need to rush through everything. We replaced it with Akihabara instead.
tldr, some questions we have:
– Can we travel by bus from Kawaguchiko to Hakone early morning and still have time left over to enjoy Hakone? Or are we being too optimistic and we should just drop the idea and do another day in Kawaguchiko instead?
– If you had to choose between doing Oshino Hakkai/Lake Yamanaka vs. the area around Lake Kawaguchiko, which would you go for?
– Is the Fuji-Q Highland Afternoon Pass worth it? Even if the park closes at 6PM?
Would appreciate any help. Thank you so much! 🥳
by zorennamoren
