[Itinerary check]: 10 days food and nature traveler during Golden week (Tokyo, Hakone, Kawaguchiko and Ashikaga)

Hi all!

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I will be visiting alone and due to my travel partners being unable to make the updated schedule due to airline rerouting. My aim for this trip is mainly for food and nature tourism with just shopping just limited to Akihabara and Ikkebukuro where i am running an errand for a friend to look for some Pokémon TCG stuff and Magic the gathering cards for myself but I might drop by souvenir stores to pick things up.

Also looking for some advice for the day below as I am not sure about the golden week crowd and whether based on my current schedules I am able to fit these places in and also looking for some transport related advice especially for the trips out of Tokyo

25 April- is it advisable for my first day to stay in Shinjuku or try to head to Harajuku/ Shibuya? my main concern would be if there are enough things to door see in shinjuku as I will be staying there for a few days and my only plan for the day is to have dinner at omoide yokocho, explore Kabukicho and golden gai. Also looking for some cool bar concepts in golden gai where it is a more chill, relaxing kind of oldies bar

29 April- Is Nakano Broadway worth visiting? a friend of mine recommended me there to help him out on the Pokémon errand i looked around some videos but it seems more like a hub for 80-90s anime goods and foodwise i do not see much coverage so i am not sure if this would be a good time filler or should i dedicate a much longer time to Harajuku and Shibuya?

2 may- not sure between ginza or tokyo which would be the better foodie stop? I saw that tokyo station has a ramen street within the station whereas Ginza’s food choices are quite spread out but my main concern would be which location is a better night spot for the evening?

3 May- Is it better to visit the Tokyo skytree in the day or evening? My main concern would be whether hoppy street where i plan to have dinner might close first or would the Skytree be closed first and which view would be a better experience?

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Thank you all for the help in advance

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\—————– Itinerary——————

25 April **(Arrival and Shinjuku)**

* Arrive 11AM at Narita 
* Collect pocket wifi and top up suica card/look to upgrade card to digital card if possible 
* Take sky liner to Shinjuku 
* Put luggage at hotel
* Lunch in Shinjuku 
* Free and easy walk till dinner
* Dinner at sushi tatsu
* Golden gai bars

26 April **(Komagome, Ikkebukuro, Shinjuku)**

* Breakfast at Shinjuku 
* Head to komagome Rikugien
* Head to Ikkebukuro for lunch, Sunshine city, Animate and card shop 
* Dinner at Shinjuku new Matsusaka
* Bar hopping golden gai 

27 April **(Hakone)**

* Hotel breakfast 
* Head to hakone reach 10:17AM
* Put luggage at Ryokan
* Okada musuem of art and Hakone musuem of art 
* Lunch at Gora brewery and grill and explore Gora park
* Shopping at Hakone Yumoto station
* Dinner at ryokan and hot spring indoors

28 April- **(Hakone)**

* Breakfast at ryokan 
* Take train to gora station 
* Hakone tozan cable car to sounzan
* Short trip to owakudani buying black egg and ice bream
* Togendai to hakone Machi by boat 
* Narukawa art museum
* Tea time at cafe kisetsufu
* Bus to hakone yumuto
* Lunch at amazake chaya 
* yumuto yunessan
* Head back to ryokan for dinner 

29 April **(Nakano, Harajuku, Shibuya)**

* Breakfast at ryokan 
* Travel back to Shinjuku and Put luggage hotel 
* Head to Nakano Broadway 
* Lunch at Nakano
* Head to Harajuku Santa Monica crepe Bakudan yaki honpo
* Arrive in Shibuya and head to Hachiko crossing, Shibuya 109 and Aoyama
* Dinner at Shibuya 
* Tokyo whisky library 

30 April- **(Kawaguchiko)**

* Breakfast at Shinjuku 
* Take the Fuji highway bus to Kawaguchiko
* Head to Ryokan to put luggage 
* Kachi Kachi ropeway  and Cruise ship 
* Head to shibazakura festival 
* Take bus back to yamanashi herb and gem hall
* Dinner at ryokan

1 May **(Akihabara)**

* Breakfast at ryokan 
* Head back to Tokyo via highway bus
* Head to akihabara station and leave luggage at hotel in Akihabara
* Head to shop in akihabara, Lunch at uogashi nihonichi sushi bar, Visit Warhammer cafe and Dinner at Jiromaru Akihabara
* Kurand sake market 

2 May **(Tsukiji, Odaiba, Tokyo station/Ginza)**

* Breakfast at Tsukiji outer market yoshizawa shoten and yamacho
* Head to odaiba for lunch, Visit Gundam factory and tour the malls
* Head back to Tokyo station or Ginza for dinner 

3 May **(Ashikaga, Ueno, Asakusa)**

* Head to Tokyo station for breakfast 
* Take a Shinkansen from Tokyo to Oyama station and transfer to JR line to Ashikaga flower park station and Head to the tale of fuji no Hana wisteria festival.Have lunch at the restaurant wisteria 
* Head back to Tokyo station via normal JR line and head to Ueno park for azalea viewing
* Head to Asakusa for dinner at hoppy street and kamiya bar
* Akihabara Mogra

4 may- **(last day)**

* Breakfast and lunch at Akihabara with Last minute shopping 
* Dinner 
* Return pocket wifi 
* Head to Narita airport for flight at 8PM

Thanks all once again for the help in advance!