i’m building my itinerary and wanna find out if this one day i have is feasible time-wise. after lots of research, i can’t seem to find how many hours people spend in certain areas i’m looking to have in one day, so i’m coming to reddit to post and make it more of a discussion based on your experiences 🙂 i’m curious to know if this is too packed of an agenda for one day / if i’m estimating the time at each place correctly
so here’s my itinerary for a weekday in august, as a part of the few days my two friends and i are spending in tokyo. both the start and end places are well under 20 minute train rides from our airbnb, so i’m not worried about the travel time on this day.
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\-wake up early (my friends and i are early birds when traveling anyway) and head to one of the cafes or tea houses that open early (i’ve researched ones that open between 7-8)
\-head to gotokuji temple
\-take the train back up to shibuya and see all the sights there. we’re not huge shoppers when it comes to chain stores we can find in our country, but we will be stopping into the more fun stores like nintendo and the pokemon center all those types that offer more of an entertaining experience. we’ll also wander around and do Konno Hachimangu Shrine, center gai, and just explore the streets, alleys, and anything we come across.
\-maybe miyashita rooftop park if we wanna just sit and relax a bit
\-grab lunch in either shibuya or next area, depending on the time. we have nanaya and mizuho as two sweets places to stop in for snacks (recommendations are welcome too if you have better options 😀 )
\-head to kichijoji/mitaka area
\-ghibli museum if we can get tickets but i think it’ll be fine as it’s a weekday and we’re choosing a later slot for 3 people total. so i’m thinking 4:00 entrance reservation if possible (i heard this slot is easier to book than the morning ones)
\-walk around kichijoji area, the park, stop into shops, etc. either before or after ghibli museum depending on the time slot we get. if we have time, i’d like to get personalized rings (for the memories ya know) from glanta (i heard it takes only about 1 hour so not too long; can probably leave and come back as well)
\-harmonica yokocho for the evening into night for dinner and drinks
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thanks in advance!! any help is welcome 🙂