This will be my first time traveling overseas. I have another post with more details, but some parts of my plan have changed such as my flight. I now have an extra week in Tokyo (will be solo), so I would like to get some advice on some day trips to take outside of Tokyo, and just some places to go/ things to do solo. For reference I would love to go to a hot spring onsen, but I have many tattoos. I am a 21y/o female, and I love anime,manga, and all things cute. (I have two airbnbs already booked in Tokyo and Kyoto. I will not be paying for any more hotels, so I will only do day trips.) If people could also give me some feedback on my itinerary that’d be great as well!
May 28th: Leave Home
•Arrive at FAR airport by 5:30am
•Flight departs at 7:50am
•Arrive at ORD at 9:52am
•Depart ORD at 1:05pm
•Arrive at HND at 3:55pm (+1)
May 29th: Arrive in Japan
•3:55pm Arrive at Haneda Airport; get IC card,esim,ticket for limousine bus, JR Pass,etc.
•Check into airbnb/Eat Lunch
•Go to 7/11 to withdraw cash at ATM and grab dinner
May 30th:Explore local area
•Breakfast at Land_A
•Get birthday gift for tomo
May 31st: Friends Arrival
•2:20pm Friends Arrive at Haneda Airport
•Go to Airbnb w/friend and then get lunch
June 1st: Tomo’s Birthday
•Crisscross Cafe for breakfast
•Celebrate Tomo’s Birthday!
June 2nd:Spend day at Tokyo Skytree
•Sumida Aquarium
•Shop at Kirby store, Rilakkuma store, Hello Kitty store etc.
•Dinner at Musashi 634 Cafe
June 3rd:Spend day in Asakusa
•Breakfast at HATCOFFEE
• Rent kimono from Yae Kimono Rental (they are plus size friendly, speak English and are able to work with natural hair for black women as well)
•Asakusa Yokocho at night
June 4th:Spend day in Akihabara
(Pedestrian Paradise on Sundays from around 1-6pm they close the streets to traffic)
• Eat lunch at MaidDreamin Cafe
•Get dinner (TBD)
June 5th:Spend day in Shibuya
•Breakfast at Bills
•Nintendo Store
•Shibuya Sky
•Jump Parco
•Dinner at Kumachan onsen hotpot
June 6th: Harajuku
•Marion Crepes
•Lunch at Pompompurin Cafe
•SailorMoon Store
•Kiddyland
•Coffee at Cafe REISSUE
•Mipig Cafe
•Dinner Kichijouji Petit Mura
June 7th: Shinjuku
•2DCafe
•Cafe Binggo
•Shin-Okubo
•Sekaido Stationary Store
•Muji
June 8th: Sanrio Puroland (if open)
June 9th: Head to airbnb in Kyoto
•Arashiyama Bamboo forest
•Arashiyama Rilakuma Tea House for lunch
•Arashiyama Miffy Store
•Chiri-Men craft store museum
•Sugano romantic train (if time)
•Kinkaku-ji
•Dinner at Kinkaku An (if open)
•Itadaki if Kinkaku An closed
June 10th:Spend day in Kyoto
•Breakfast at Komeda’s Coffee
•Kiyomizu-dera
•Sannenzaka
•Tatami Starbucks
•Lunch in Sannenzaka
•Yasaka Shrine
•Maruyama Park
•Dinner at Kobe Beef Steak Mouriya Gion
June 11th: Kyoto
•Fushimi inari taisha
•Nishiki Market
•Dinner
June 12th:Spend day in Osaka
•Osaka Castle
•Osaka Aquarium
•Rikuro Ojisan Cheesecake
•Dotonbori
June 13th:Tokyo
•Check out of Kyoto airbnb
•Hyde&Away Cafe for breakfast
•Head to back to Tokyo
June 14th: Ikebukuro
•Gashapon Ikebukuro
•Sunshine city mall
June 15th: Ueno/Ginza
•Ueno Zoo
•Loft Ueno
•Ueno Park
•Ameyoko
•Ginza
June 16th: Disneyland
June 17th:
•Nakano Broadway
•Shiro-Hige Cream puff factory
June 18th: Yokohama
June 19th:
•Tsukiji Outer Market
•Dinner at Dawn Robot Cafe
June 20th: Friend(s) go back home
• See them off to airport
• Have final lunch with friend(s)
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June 27th: Head back Home
•Check out of airbnb by 11am
•Arrive at airport by 2pm
•Flight departs HND 5:45pm – arrives ORD 3:35pm
•Flight departs ORD 7:50pm – arrive home at 9:47pm