Hi, my fiance and I are looking to go to Japan for the first time for a little over a week and looking for advice or suggestions to add to our itinerary. We've never been before but we're foodie people, semi weeb, and like seeing cool things. Thanks for any input.
Mid October – 9 days including arrival/departure (Arriving from Korea so no jet lag). Items are listed in order of what we would be doing… not sure on times exactly though, we start our days semi early like 9-10AM
Saturday
- 3:30PM Arrive NRT
- Grand Hyatt in Tokyo
- Akihabara in the evening since it will be relatively late already
Sunday (seems kinda empty day? maybe room for more?)
- Meiji Jingu
- Yoyogi Park
- Harajuku
- Shibuya (hachiko/crossing/Sky)
- Mega Don Quijote
Monday
- Tsukiji Outer Market (morning – i hear this is the best time to go)
- Ginza
- Atago Jinja
- Roppongi Hills (mori art museum, mori tower) night time
Tuesday (Also seems kind of empty)
- Senso-ji
- Yanaka
- Ueno Park
- Ameyoko Shopping District
Wednesday
- Kanda Shrine
- Kanda
- Shinjuku (Golden Gai)
Thursday (Hakone – taking suggestions for what to do here as well!, also if you have any suggestions on simplest way to get to Hakone)
- Shinjuku Station train to Hakone
- Hakone Shrine
- Senkyoro
Friday (Hakone)
- Hakone Open-Air Museum
- Lake Ashi (boat cruise?)
- Owakudani
- Senkyoro
Saturday (Tokyo)
- Train back to tokyo
- Not really sure what to do this day, maybe revisit any place that we feel like we should go back to for more stuff
- Ghibli Museum
- Yayoi Kusama museum
Sunday
- Train to NRT, explore Narita, eat some eel, fly home in afternoon 2:40PM
Random Questions
- Any concerns outside of just having an IC card and buying the tickets to and from Hakone (unsure how busses work in Hakone…)
- Taking suggestions on any food recommendations, have not really put anything on the plan yet… looking for a recommendation on a nice wagyu place
- Also taking suggestions on any specific places or things to do in the areas I mention…
- Is luggage forwarding typically same day? If not how long of a delay is expected? When we got to the airport we were planning to just make sure we have our essentials and next day attire in a backpack so we can forward the rest to the hotel… assuming it gets there the next day. I hear there is limited storage/space on the trains so I didn't want to be carrying a carry on, backpack, and a checked bag each.
- Also do they forward to the airport from hotel or vise versa? Wanted to leave our carry on/checked bag at the hotel when we go to hakone or forward it to the airport ahead of time if possible (not sure if it works like that).
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