Hi Everyone, this will be my first time to Japan. My wife and I (Both mid 30s) are going in early march (going to miss the Sakura by 1 week 🙁 )
This is quite a last minute trip as all was booked at the beginning of Feb.
Please advise or let me know if we are missing anything
Day 1 – Sat (Hotel @ Asakusa)
\- Wife arrival at 8am (Red Eye flight but no Jet lag), I will be there 1 day in advance as i am flying in from Seoul
\- Reach around 10 am @ Asakusa Station
\- Put our luggage in hotel since checked in time is 3pm
\- Q for Gyukatsu or have an early lunch around Asakusa (if q is too long @ 10 am)
\- Walk and explore Asakusa till 3pm (Nakamise-dori, Shin-Nakamise Shopping Street, Asakusa Denboin-Dori Street, Kan’non-dori Street, Senso-Ji Temple, Kappahashi Street)
\- Check in Hotel @ 3pm- Rest till dinner- explore Tokyo Skytree area at night
\- end at Sumida River
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Day 2 – Sun (Hotel @ Asakusa)
\- 9 AM – 2 PM Akihabara (Go Kart, Taito City, Hardoff, Vending Machine Alley)
\- 3 PM – Ueno Park area (Ameyoko Shopping)
\*\* Should i add more place?
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Day 3 – Mon (Hotel @ Asakusa)
AM (9-12) – Personal Work @ kamata
2pm – 4pm – Ikebukuro Sunshine
5pm – Shibuya Sky (Sunset @ 545pm)
Spend the rest of the night at shibuya
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Day 4 – Tue (Hotel @ Kawaguchiko)
Check out Hotel
Get rental car @ Asakusa
Drive to Snoopy Museum
Drive to Ryokan @ Kawaguchiko
Rest and relax
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Day 5 – Wed (Hotel @ Kawaguchiko)
\- Chureito pagoda
\- Fuji Ropeway- Oishi Park
\- Shimoyoshida Honcho Street
\- Sake Brewery tour
\*\* where is a good place to get souvenir
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Day 6 – Thu (Hotel @ Nihonbashi)
Check out Ryokan- Visit Oshii Hakkai
\- Stop @ Gotemba Outlet
\- Drop off back at hotel- Return Car- Dinner and end day @ tokyo station
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Day 7 – Fri (Hotel @ Nihonbashi) (Day Trip Yokohama)
\- Travel to Yokohama- Cup Noodle Museum (Reservation @ 1145 – 1 pm)
\- Red Brick Warehouse- Gundam Factory (heard the life size Gundam will be remove in April)
\- Evening @ Chinatown
Should I wake up earlier and include Kamakura from 8am – 11am ?
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Day 8 – Sat (Hotel @ Nihonbashi)
\- AM Tsukuji Fish Market, walk to Ginza and Tokyo Station
\- 2 pm Ghibili Museum- 4/5 pm Nakano Broadway (Should i just skip it)
\- Evening @ Shinjuku (Kubukicho, Omoide Yokocho Golden Gai, Mori Tower)
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Day 9 – Sun (Hotel @ Nihonbashi)
\- Spend Whole day Shopping- Harajuku / Takeshita Street, walk to Shibuya- Meiji Shrine- Shinjuku Gyoen- End at Tokyo Station
Day 10 – Monday
Flight at 9 am
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\*\* Still planing any suggestion is welcome
by carkingsheep