hi all, i’ll be heading to Tokyo for the first time at the end of May & while i’m super stoked to do everything, this is also my first ever solo travel and i really do not want to mess this up 🥲 so please kind strangers, help vet my itinerary! 🙏
im also curious if it’s possible to squeeze in something before my flight back home or should i just head straight to the airport. thank you so much!
(my itinerary largely revolves around food & shopping)
d-1 (mon)
narita airport
touch down @ 9am
akihabara
– leave bags w airbnb
– lunch @ menya musashi bujin
– kanda myojin shrine
– akihabara electric town
– check-in before 5pm
– leave @ 7pm for dinner
– visit gu/uniqlo
d-2
komachi street
– tsurugaoka hachimangu
– kotokuin
– watch sunset @ shichirigahama beach
d-3 (not sure if i’m being too ambitious here)
asakusa
walk to senso-ji
– senso-ji temple
– asakusa market (try suzukien ice cream, dango)
– kappabashi kitchen tools street if time allows
– leave by 5pm
sumida
– pokémon centre
– miffy style
– donguri republic ghibli store (10am-9pm)
– tokyo skytree @ 6pm
– dinner
d-4
kanda jinbocho
– ramen for lunch
shinjuku
– alpen tokyo (11am-10pm)
– kabukicho central road (3d cat, godzilla head)
– shin-okubō (korea town)
– view the sunset @ tokyo metropolitan gov building
– omoide yokocho (food street)
d-5
disneyland
d-6
shibuya & harajuku
– lunch
– mega don quijote
– scramble crossing
– yogogi park
– meiji jingu
– sanrio jersey keychain customisation (takeshita street)
– shibuya center-gai (loft)
– dinner
– catch cool cars near tower record building at night
d-7
setagaya city
– gōtokuji temple (6am-5pm)
– lunch & thrift @ shimokitazawa
akihabara electric town
– experience closed street (1-6pm)
– explore nightlife
– dinner
d-8
– nezu shrine (6am-5pm)
ueno
– ueno park
– mode off ueno (thrift store)
– ameyoko shopping district
– lunch @ gyukatsu motomura
yanaka
– yanaka ginza
d-9
– maybe tsukiji outer market?
– last min souvenir shopping
d-10 (wed)
– check-out @ 11am
– flight @ 5pm
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