Hi all! I made a post a few weeks ago on my itinerary for October and after taking some feeback I revised my itinerary below! Also I’m getting the 7-day JR pass which I would redeem on Wednesday, thankfully I can get it before they start to increase the price, after calculating the costs, I save like $1 (lol) as opposed to buying seperately but I think it’ll be conveinent to just get the pass.
I know some of the food spots on here can be deemed as “overrated” however this is my first visit and want to try all the trendy spots. I’m also reasearcing on Tabelog for the local spots 🙂
My interests: Food (everything), Sanrio, Miffy, Peanuts, Sonny Angel + Smiski, vinatge shopping, streetwear
BF interests: Food (everything), JDM, nature, coffee
**Friday (LAX -> HND)**
* Red-eye flight, I plan to sleep for most of the flight since the plane departs after midnight
**Saturday – TOKYO (SHIBUYA + HARAJUKU + OMOTESANDO)**
* Plane arrives to HND around 5 am
* Take the Tokyo Monorail to Shibuya & drop off luggage at the hotel
* Meiji Jingu
* HUMAN MADE Cafe by Blue Bottle Coffee
* LUNCH: Ichiran Ramen
* HARAJUKU: Tokyu Plaza, 2nd Street, Kiddy Land, Marion Crêpes, Carhartt WIP, Stussy, MoMA, atmos, AMORE vintage
* SHIBUYA: SHIBUYA109, Hello Kitty Japan Shibuya, Shibuya Loft, MEGA Don Quijote Shibuya Honten, Pokemon Cennter
* DINNER: Katsumidori Seibu Shibuya
* Dogenzaka
**Sunday – TOKYO (SHIMOKATAZAWA + SHINJUKU)**
* Walk to Starbucks Reserve Roastery, get there by opening at 7am
* Shiro-Hige’s Cream Puff Factory (opens at 10:30am)
* SHIMOKATAZAWA: unu glänta shimokitazawa, 2nd Street, Bookoff
* LUNCH: Gyukatsu Motomura in Shinjuku
* SHINJUKU: Stussy, 2nd Street, Sanrio Gift Gate, Animate, RAGTAG, Isetan
* DINNER: Shinjuku Unatetsu
* Tokyu Kabuchiko Tower
* Golden Gai/Omoide Yokochō (Piss Alley)
**Monday – TOKYO (TOKYO DISNEY SEA)**
* Tokyo Disney Sea
* Plan to leave Disney at 7/8pm to have dinner in Shibuya
* DINNER: Han-no-daidokoro bettei OR BeBu-Ya
**Tuesday – TOKYO (ASAKUSA + AKIHABARA)**
* Sensō-ji
* Nakamise-dori Street
* Suzukien Asakusa
* HATCOFFEE
* Akihabara
* DINNER: Kakiyasu Ginza Restaurant
**Wednesday – TOKYO > KYOTO**
* Shinkansen to KYOTO
* Check into hotel
* Nishiki Market
* Animate & Kiddy Land
* LUNCH: Ukiya
* Nineizaka (Ninenzaka)
* DINNER: Pontocho Alley
**Thursday – KYOTO (ARASHIYAMA + GION)**
* Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
* Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama
* LUNCH: Arashiyama Itsukichaya
* ARASHIYAMA: % ARABICA Kyoto Arashiyama, Arashiyama Miffy Sakura Kitchen, Arashiyama Rilakkuma Tea House, Imopipi, Snoopy Chocolat
* Adashino Nenbutsuji Temple
* Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple
* Gion
* DINNER: not sure yet but somewhere in Gion, would love to hear suggestions
**Friday – KYOTO**
* Check out of hotel, need to leave luggage at Kyoto Station
* Fushimi Inari
* LUNCH: Men-ya Inoichi
* Get luggage and go to Ryokan in Kyoto, spending the rest of the day here (onsen + kaiseiki dinner)
**Saturday NARA**
* Check out of Ryokan > go to hotel, drop off luggage
* JR line to Nara
* NARA: Nara Park, Nakatanidou,-Manyo Botanical Gardens
* LUNCH: Mizuya Chaya
* JR line to Kyoto
* DINNER: – Katsukura Tonkatsu Sanjo Main Store
**Sunday KYOTO > TOKYO (GINZA)**
* Breakfast: A Happy Pancake
* Shinkansen to Tokyo
* Check in hotel (Ginza)
* LUNCH: Tsujihan
* GINZA: Uniqlo, GU, Muji, Sanrio World, Ginza NAGANO shop, Ginza SIX, Dover Street Market Gi
* DINNER: Manten Sushi (need to make reservation)
**Monday TOKYO > LA**
* Check out of hotel and leave luggage somewhere that’s on the way to the airport (not sure where yet)
* Tsukiji Fish Market (6:30am)
* TeamLab Planets (9am tix already booked)
* A PIT Autobacs Shinonome
* Pick up luggage
* Go to Haneada Airport
* LUNCH: HANAYAMA UDON the 5th generation
* so happy to hear that they have a location at the airport 🙂
\*\*\*EDIT: I realized that I took Osaka out of my itinerary so please ignore the incorrect title
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2 comments
Looks over planned and focused on fairly dull shopping and food (such as Starbucks) to me, but you should go for it if it’s what you want to do. I suspect that you’re not accounting for the impact jet lag will have on the first few days of your trip – it seems unlikely that you’ll want to be doing things at night, for instance.
Don’t keep your luggage at Kyoto station. It’s a mess with thousands of tourists and chances of getting a locker are nil. Either keep your luggage at the hotel, or use the Kuro Neko (black cat) delivery service to move your luggage to the next hotel.