I will be heading to Tokyo solo in July, and I would like to see if I could get an itinerary check as this is my first time planning, and I am not sure if I am overestimating the time I have. My itinerary looks a bit cramped, but please ignore the timings I listed there as I did some major changes and have not edited the timings. I just want to get a gauge of how realistic I am being with the things I can achieve in a day. All of this is till work in progress, so I will be making a lot more changes.
Overview
• Day 1: Settle in, Tour around Ikebukuro
• Day 2: Shibuya, Shinjuku
• Day 3: Asakusa, Sumida Hokusai Museum
• Day 4: Nakano Broadway, Kichijoji, Ghibli Museum
• Day 5: Hakone Day Trip
• Day 6: Ueno (Tokyo National Museum), Akihabara, Ginza, Mitama Festival
• Day 7: Check out, Tour around Shinagawa, Head to Airport
• Flight
**Day 1 – Settle in, Walk around Ikebukuro, Sunshine Street**
0950 Haneda Terminal 3 Find something to eat, get Transport Card
1200 Reach Ikebukuro Station, go to Sunshine Street and walk around
Animate Ikebukuro
Sunshine City
Pokemon Centre Mega Tokyo
Bandai Namco Cross Store
1430 Leave to head to Airbnb
1500 Check in to Airbnb, settle in.
**Day 2 – Shibuya, Shinjuku**
0900 Shinjuku
1100 Meiji Shrine/Yoyogi Park
1300 Takeshita Street/ Cat Street
1400 Lunch
Options: Genki, MAG7 Cafe
1500 Shibuya
Nintendo Tokyo Store
Shibuya Sky
**Day 3 – Asakusa**
0900 Sensoji Temple
1030 Nakamise Shopping street
1200 Asakusa Gyukatsu
1330 Tokyo Skytree
1600 Sumida Hokusai Museum
**Day 4 – Nakano Broadway, Ghibli, Kichjoji**
0900 Nakano Broadway
1300 Leave to Ghibli Museum
1330 Ghibli Museum
1530 Inokashira Park/Kichijoji
1630 Musashino Hachimangu Shrine
1730 SunRoad Shopping Arcade/ Coppice Kichijoji
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**Day 5 – Hakone Day Trip**
0700 Leave for Shinjuku
0730 Board Romancecar at Shinjuku Station
0900 Arrive at Hakone
**Day 6 – Akihabara**
0900 Ueno Park
Tokyo National Museum
1200 Akihabara
1600 Ginza
Nemuro Hanamaru Ginza
1900 Yasukuni Jinja Mitama Matsuri
**Day 7 – Check out**
1100 Check Out of Airbnb, go to Shinagawa
2100 Reach Haneda Airport
3 comments
Hello, from my experience I would say you can do pretty much all of this on your trip. I would recommend to focus on the places you really want to visit first then add things around that and which are close by. I did almost everything on your itinerary when I visited and it’s achievable but you gotta start your day early, be mindful of your time and walk fast lol. If you want to do all this, just know it’s not gonna be a leisure stroll. Hope that helps. If you need an recs I would be happy to share.
Also planning to go this August.
Did you already secure tickets for the Ghibli Museum? If pls. tell me how lol
ohhh wow hokusai museum. You can also try Adachi Institute of Contemporary Ukiyo E https://www.adachi-hanga.com/modern/index_en.html