Hi all!!
This will be our second trip. Making sure my days make sense, trying to group places in Tokyo by what’s close so we aren’t running back and forth a lot.
Are there any days that look too light or too heavy? We packed a little too many times/ticketed attractions when we went last spring and felt a bit rushed.
We’re not much for early rising and plan on seeing a little more nightlife than we saw on our last trip. Do we have good places planned for night time activities?
Also open to any and all recommendations for food, drink, activities, etc. Big anime/video game nerds and I am a huge coffee and food enthusiast!!!
Thanks in advance!!!
*(Wed) Oct 30 (ARRIVAL IN TOKYO)*
-arrive at Narita 3:10p
-Limo bus or Narita Skyliner
-hotel in Shinjuku
-explore around hotel for dinner
*(Thu) Oct 31 (HALLOWEEN) (TOKYO)*
-breakfast at All Seasons cafe
-explore Koenji/Shinjuku (~15 mins away)
-Koenji interests: Koenji Hikawa shrine, -Tensuke tempura, Look St (retro + thrift shops)
-Shinjuku interests: Kabukicho Tower, Omoide Yokocho, Golden Gai, *look into a food tour?
*(Fri) Nov 1 (TOKYO)*
-explore Shinjuku/Ginza/Roppongi
-Shinjuku interests: Anella Rescue Dog & Cat Cafe, Shin-Okubo (?), Shinjuku Gyoen garden
-Ginza/Roppongi interests: Tokyo Ad Museum, Bongen Coffee, Tokyo character street (in Tokyo Station)
*(Sat) Nov 2 (TOKYO)*
-explore Kichijoji/Shimokitazawa
-Kichijoji interests: Inokashira park, Shirohige’s Cream Puff Factory (be there before opening @ 11a), Petit Mura
-Shimokitazawa interests: Sukonbu (local artists shop), live music at night
*(Sun) Nov 3 (TOKYO) (CULTURE DAY)*
FREE DAY (Tokyo friends meet up day?)
*(Mon) Nov 4 (TOKYO -> HAKONE)*
-check out of hotel early morning
-take romance car from Shinjuku to Hakone Yumoto station (1.5 hr)
-Hakone pt 1: Hakone Yumoto station > Tozan bus to Hakone shrine > Motohakone-ko pirate ship across Lake Ashi to Togendai > Hakone ropeway from Togendai to Owakudani > Hakone ropeway to Sounzan, transfer to Hakone Tozan cable car to Gora station (OR bus from Togendai to Gora if strapped for time, do ropeway backwards tomorrow)
-night at ryokan in Gora (Mikawaya Ryokan) (check in by 7 pm)
*(Tue) Nov 5 (HAKONE -> OSAKA)*
-checkout of ryokan in the early morning (latest checkout is at 10 am)
-explore Hakone
-Hakone pt 2: Open Air museum near ryokan (or ropeway from Gora to Owakudani to Togendai if unable to yesterday) check out shops around Hakone Yumoto before leaving from Odawara station
-Hikari shinkansen to Osaka from Odawara station (last train leaves at 6 pm) (2.5 hrs)
-check into hotel in Osaka
-rake?raka? near Dotonbori for live music at night
*(Wed) Nov 6 (OSAKA)*
-explore Dendentown/Americamura/
Dotonbori
-Denden Town interests: BOOKOFF, Super Potato
-Americamura interests: BB Amemura, COLONY by EQI cafe
-Dotonbori: rake?raka? if didn’t do the night before
*(Thu) Nov 7 (OSAKA) (USJ DAY)*
USJ all day
*(Fri) Nov 8 (KYOTO DAY TRIP)*
-Uji day trip (Yodoyabashi station > Kiehan line ~1 hr)
-Uji interests: Nintendo Museum, Byodo-in Temple, Uji-Bashi bridge, Tsuen tea shop
OR
-Nara day trip: Nara park
-Stop at Nintendo store in Kyoto before going back to Osaka
-back to Osaka in the evening (1 hr)
-forward luggage to Tokyo
*(Sat) Nov 9 (OSAKA -> TOKYO)*
-check out of hotel
-Kuromon Ichiba market in the morning
-explore Shinsaibashi
-Shinsaibashi interests: Shinsaibashi Parco (Kirby Pupupu Market), Sporty Coffee (Aktr Sports Supply)
-shinkansen from Shin-Osaka Station to Tokyo Station to Shinjuku (~3 hours)
-check into hotel in Shinjuku
*(Sun) Nov 10 (TOKYO)*
-explore Asakusa/Akihabara (~40 mins away)
-Asakusa interests: Senso-ji/Nakamise St, Kappabashi St, Skytree, Kameido-Tenjin Shrine (or Yanaka Ginza)
-Akihabara interests: everything
*(Mon) Nov 11 (TOKYO)*
-explore Nakameguro/Shibuya (~30 mins away)
-Nakameguro interests: Cafes + thrifting
-Shibuya interests: Shibuya Parco (Nintendo store, Jump Shop, etc), Usagi ramen, Tatemichiya Izakaya (need reservations
*(Tues) Nov 12 (TOKYO) (LAST FULL DAY)*
FREE DAY (ideas: Yanaka Ginza/Ueno, Ikebukuro, day trip to Kamakura, day trip to Yokohama)
*(Wed) Nov 13 (LEAVE JAPAN)*
leave from Narita at 4:55p
by littledotorimukk