I’m an artist/stationery person looking to do some art and paper related shopping and other activities in Tokyo for about a month. Solo travel.
I’m not looking to over extend myself, so am trying not to fill each day with too much. I am aware that the Ghibli museum is currently not accepting foreign visitors, but am hoping that can change with the visa free travel announcement hopefully coming tomorrow.
Some other questions:
Is there a locker super close to Nakano Broadway? Also, do the lockers at the train stations let you open/close them throughout the day? Or can you only put in your bags/items once then when you return have to take them out? I will be doing a lot of shopping but traveling without a car. Am trying not to have to carry everything everywhere if I can help it.
If you happen to know which of these places take American Express (would prefer to use that over my other cards due to plans and points) and if any of the places below only take cash, that information would be great. I have looked for places like Shibuya 109 but seems like most places in Japan say “take credit card” rather than give the specific ones.
Thanks for reading!
Hotel 1: Shinjuku
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Day 1
4PM arrival at NRT, Check into hotel.
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Day 2
\- Rest at hotel (adjust to time change)
\- explore the area
\- walk to Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
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Day 3
\- Sekaido Shinjuku
Eating options:
\- Sarabeth’s LUMINE 2
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Day 4
\- Sekaido Shinjuku
Eating Options:
\- 2D Cafe
\- Shinjuku Pit Inn Jazz Club
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Day 5
Nakano Broadway
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Day 6
\- Shiro-Hige’s Cream Puff Factory
\- Return to hotel to drop off pastries
\- Ginza Itoya Hontren
\- Gekkō-sō
\- TAMIYA Plamodel Factory Japan
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Day 7
\- Shibuya 109
\- Shibuya Tokyo Hands store
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Day 8
\- Takeo Mihonchou Honten paper storel
\- Bunbougu Stationery Cafe
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Day 9
\- Ghibli Museum
\- Kichijoji Petit Mura cafe
\- Sometime Jazz Cafe
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Day 10
\- Wacca Paper
\- KiddyLand in Harajuku
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Day 11
\- Gashapon Ikebukuro Main Store
\- Castle Tintagel
\- Milky Way Cafe
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Day 12
Free Day/Rest Day
\- Possibly visit the Flamingo Thrift Store (I’ve heard they have half off sales on last sat and sun of each month).
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Day 13
\- Jiyugaoka
\- Peter Rabbit Cafe
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Hotel 2: Akihabara
Day 14
\- Move hotels.
\- Visit Panza Miyazawako Funmock and do a Kayak Ride at Metsa Village
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Day 15
\- Toho Bakery
\- Ghibli Museum Again (New Short for the month of November)
\- カフェ·ミニヨン / cafe migno
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Day 16
\- Paper Nao
\- Amezaiku Yoshihara Sendagi Main Store
\- Hiruneko Books
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Day 17
\- Moomin Cafe at Tokyo Dome
\- Printing Museum
\- Letter Press Workshop at 1PM
\- English Only Cafe Board Game Night
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Day 18
\- Ozu Washi Paper History Museum
\- Rakusui-Shi Making Class 11:30PM
\- Washi Paper Making Class: 2PM
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Day 19
– Pigment Tokyo
\- 2PM-3:30PM Creating Original Paints Workshop
\- Honey Toast Cafe Akihabara
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Day 20
Mount Takao
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Day 21
\- Owaku-dani Valley
\- Hakone Venetian Glass Museum
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Day 22
\- Hinode Washi – Paper Making class
\- Shogaiseishunnoyu Tsurutsuru Onsen
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Day 23
Free day – rest or explore akihabara
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Day 24
\- Moomin Valley Theme Park
\- Moomin Valley Nightwalk (after park closes)
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Day 25
\- Anegawa Bookstore
\- English Cafe 3-chōme-1 Kanda Ogawamach (Drawing Meetup)
\- Bumpado Art Supply
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Day 26
Free Day – Explore Akihabara and buy souvenirs
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Day 27
Check out/Head to airport for late afternoon flight.
1 comment
> Is there a locker super close to Nakano Broadway? Also, do the lockers at the train stations let you open/close them throughout the day?
There are lockers are the station. The majority of lockers you find will be ones where once you reopen you’ll need to pay again to lock it up.
> If you happen to know which of these places take American Express.
If you have a modern iPhone you can use load suica on it and charge it up through apple pay and use that instead. As for if they actually take amex or not that is hard to say, but if they say that take credit cards they usually take Amex. In general it is a good idea to carry some cash with you just in case.
You can also probably go to Shirohige the same time as your Nakano day the Kichijoji store just a few stations over from Nakano on the same line. Alternatively you could go on a day you’re going to Ghibli Museum since it is also near by.