Hello all! It’s been my lifelong dream to go to Tokyo, so I decided to finally pull the trigger for my 40th birthday with my wife. Thing is I was only able to scrounge 10 days (8 in Tokyo) of time off to explore & after watching countless YouTube videos I’m completely overwhelmed! I’m hoping to get some advice from you experts on my below itinerary:
**Day 1: 1/28/23**
15:10 – Arrive at Haneda Airport
* grab some yen & pocket wifi
16:00 – Shuttle to Shibuya Station
16:30 – Check in at Shibuya Grandbell Hotel
17:00 – Explore Shibuya
* Shibuya Sky
* Shibuya Scramble
* Center Gai
23:00 – Nightcap at local bar & back to hotel
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**Day 2: 1/29/23**
9:00 – Starbucks @ Shibuya Scramble
9:30 – Transit to Harajuku Station
* Meiji Shrine
* Takedori Street
17:00 – Transit back to Shibuya
17:15 – Explore Shibuya some more
23:00 – Nightcap at local bar & back to hotel
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**Day 3: 1/30/23**
9:00 – Starbucks @ Shibuya Scramble
9:30 – Transit to Shinjuku Station
* Omoide Yokocho
* Godzilla/Hotel Gracery
* Kabukicho
* Golden Gai
* Okubo
22:30 – Transit back to Shibuya Station
23:00 – Nightcap at local bar & back to hotel
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**Day 4: 1/31/23**
9:00 – Starbucks @ Shibuya Scramble
9:30 – Transit to Asakusa
* Tokyo Skytree
* Asahi Brewery
* Nakamise Street
* Sensoji Temple
* Hoppy Street
22:30 – Transit back to Shibuya Station
23:00 – Nightcap at local bar & back to hotel
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**Day 5: 2/1/23**
9:00 – Starbucks @ Shibuya Scramble
9:30 – Transit to Akihabara
* Square Enix Cafe
* Arcade games
* Video game/Manga/Anime shops
* Gokart Tour
* Maide Cafe
* Pachinko
22:30 – Transit back to Shibuya Station
23:00 – Nightcap at local bar & back to hotel
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**Day 6: 2/2/23**
9:00 – Starbucks @ Shibuya Scramble
9:30 – Transit to Odaiba
* Statue of Liberty
* Ferris Wheel
* Gundam Statue
* Diver City Plaza
* Teamlab Planets
22:30 – Transit back to Shibuya Station
23:00 – Nightcap at local bar & back to hotel
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**Day 7: 2/3/23**
9:00 – Starbucks @ Shibuya Scramble
9:30 – Transit to Roppongi
* Tokyo Tower
* Roppongi Hills
* Art Museums
* Nightclubs
22:30 – Transit back to Shibuya Station
23:00 – Nightcap at local bar & back to hotel
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**Day 8: 2/4/23**
9:00 – Starbucks @ Shibuya Scramble
9:30 – Transit to Ikebukuro
* Sunshine City
* Pokemon Mega Center
* Manga/Anime shops
* Butler Café (for the wife)
22:30 – Transit back to Shibuya Station
23:00 – Nightcap at local bar & back to hotel
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**Day 9: 2/5/23**
9:00 – Starbucks @ Shibuya Scramble
11:00 – Checkout hotel & head to Haneda Airport
17:35 – Flight back home 🙁
3 comments
Fuck Starbucks…. Be adventurous
Day 3, I would do Okubo first, Omoide Yokocho and Golden Gai are really more end of day places. And there is plenty of bars around Kabukicho, so for me it would make more sense to end the day there and just go back to your hotel after. The is no reason to go to bars in Shibuya on that day unless you want to stay out past last train. Same idea at day for other days, you can just find an izakaya around hoppy street or bars in Roppongi instead of going to a bar in Shibuya again.
skip the Starbucks @ Shibuya Scramble for the Starbucks Reserve Roastery instead.
Some other coffee shop suggestions (based on my own preferences): Komeda Coffee, Streamer coffee company, Blue Bottle, Koffee Mameya.
I think a couple Youtubers have done coffee shops in Tokyo etc. that might be worth a watch