TRIP PLAN / AGENDA:
Day 2 arriving next day after flight – Evening:
•Find hotel and Dinner
•Shinjuku – Golden gai alley (walkable) – bar hopping
Day 3: – Monday:
•Asakusa
– Senso-ji Temple open 6am – 5pm
– Nakamise Shopping Street
•Exploring
•Koyto – 2 hour by bullet train
– Bullet train available all day/Can book online or get at train station
– Website = link removed for post + gotta figure out best price moves to make
Hotel:
– TBD
Day 4: – Tuesday:
Koyto Day
(Arashiyama and Senbon 30 min away from eachother by car – 50 by train)
•Arashiyama Bamboo forest (hourish thing)
– Can take train there
– monkey park? 5 min drive away
•Fushimi Inari Shrine / Shinto Shrine pillar hike
– Senbon Torii – thousands of gates (long hike 2-3 hour, don’t have to do it all. Just walk some and take lots of pics!)
– Bunch of stuff around here: fushimi Inari Taisha, tower gate, ect
•Traditional tea ceremony? If you can find one
NEAR HOTEL AREA (if we stay in yasaka)
•Explore Ninenzaka
•Gion Corner – traditional performers at 6 and 7pm
•Explore pontacho
•Walk around at night (Yasaka Shrine and Yasaka-Dori area)
Day 5: – Wednesday:
Train back to Tokyo from Koyto in the morning
– Bullet train available all day/Can book online or get at train station
– Book ticket back to Tokyo = link removed for post
Check in at hotel:
Hotel: TBD
Akihabara
•Electric City
– Explore the electronics shops, manga stores, and anime-themed cafes.
•(Night) Tsukiji Honganji Bon Dance Festival
First night but it’s aug 2-5) 7:00pm – 9:00pm
– At Tsukji honganji temple (find/study dances to join)
– Restaurants here at fest
Day 5: – Thursday:
Shibuya – Harajuku – Shinjuku
•Meiji shrine (prob cool walk)
•Shibuya Scramble Crosswalk
•Takeshita street and area – Harajuku shops
•1:30 Harry Potter Cafe
•Explore more
Note on train: studied a bit. I got the Suica card on my iPhone. Looks like can be used for both metro underground train and JR trains. But I will need a separate bullet train expensive ticket for Kyotos travel. Still trying to figure out if I have that right or if the JR rail pass is cheaper.
2 comments
Round trip to Kyoto is about the price of 7 days pass, so no savings, really not necessary.
You can do something on the day you take the train, like take the train in the morning and visit something in the afternoon. Honestly. For barely more than a full day in Kyoto, I personally do not think that it’s worth the time or the money.
Also, what website do you plan to use to book the shinkansen. The only legit options is Smart EX, if it’s anything else, it is likely re-sellers and they might upcharge you.
On a trip this short, Kyoto doesn’t make sense. You compromise both locations instead of focusing on one area. Stick to Tokyo and take a day trip or even a nite in Kamakura (and Enoshima if you please).