8/21
Arrival to Haneda airport, midday. Pick up things (Suica Card, JR Pass, Internet)
Buy tickets
8/22
(Tokyo – Akihabara)
Shinobazu no Ike Pond
Akihabara, anime stores, arcades, video games
Melon books
Amiami, mandarake
Crane games
Book off
Shibuya, harajuku
Mika Pikazo art exhibition till the 30th
Instagram – inchiniho art exhibition
Radio eva store
Shibuya, harajuku
Mika Pikazo art exhibition till the 30th
Instagram – inchiniho art exhibition
Shibuya parco – Radio eva store
6TH FLORE FOR CHARACTER GOODS
JUMP SHOP
GBL – premium ghlibli store
8/23
https://mangadive.jp/ shinjuku
Shinjuku marui annex for art
Nakano broadway + a drink
Asakusa? Kinda far from shinjuku
8/24
Mt takao?
8/25
Saitama day trip
Animelo summer 2023
8/26 –
Eve concert
Yokohama day trip
Sankeien garden
8/27 –
Animelo summer 2023
Ikebukuro – a little bit of everything.
Go east side, west side is sketchy
Evangelion store
North of the Sunshine City shopping center is Otome Road. On this street, you can browse thousands of titles, exclusive collector’s items, and games.
Sunshine city mall
Ghibli shop
Clothing stores
inside of the P’Parco department store – Eva store
Surugaya is a general store for second-hand and overstock merchandise.
K-books
8/28 – Shimo-Kitazawa? Eh Shimokitazawa
Shimokitazawa live houses if you like music. Rock, punk, folk shows and more every night of the week across like 15 different venues all in walking distance of each other!
Shimo-Kitazawa is a lively area that has the reputation for being a young person’s town. There are many theaters, live music venues, record shops and second hand clothes stores all gathered closely together in this district. Visit one of the popular live music venues Shimokitazawa Shelter and QUE and maybe you will discover one of Japan’s next pop sensations!
8/29
Ado concert
8/30
JAPAN 8/31-9/23
8/31
9/1 – Tuesday, (Tokyo – Shibuya) – good for shopping
yayoi kusama museum – in shinjuku 11 am
Meiji Jingu, Yoyogi Park
Harajuku, Shibuya, stores (Nintendo Tokyo, Don Quijote, etc.)
Takeshita street
Taekshita Dori
Shibuya crossing
Shibuya Scramble Square
Shibuya Parco – pokemon center (terrible food), shonen jump store
Meiji Shrine
Hachiko Statue
Mega Don Quijote
Meet israels friends
9/2 –
akihabara
Rappongi – at night
mori art museum – book later
9/3 – (Tokyo – Taito, Sumida)
Kawagoe day trip – close to tokyo
people say kawagoe is nice(recommended online + by wyatt, nick, zack)
Side thing there – Make your own Chopsticks
Old Chichibu Bridge in Saitama near Onohara station is well featured in The Flower We Saw That Day.
On the way back from kawagoe Fukaya Fireworks Festival in saitama – 7-9 pm –
9/4 – (Tokyo – Shinjuku) – good for drinking
Ghibli museum , Inokashira Park – 4 pm
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Shinjuku Ni-Chome (bars, shops)
Dinner in Omoide Yokosho
Bar hermit bar recommendation
Shinjuku park hyatt bar at top
Shiodome for bars
9/5
Teamlab borderless – digital museum – 12 pm – can change time till day of
Crystal world
Forest of lamps
Shimbashi area (9/10): Probably not everyone’s cup of tea, but wandering the area around Shimbashi Station was a highlight of the trip. It’s not as clean or savory as other portions of Tokyo, but I liked the more gritty, relaxed atmosphere. We ate at Ichiran and then roamed the alleys, where we stumbled upon Karasumori Shrine, tucked away in a back street. It’s almost like someone ‘plopped’ it out of the sky. Its architecture is unlike any I’ve seen at other shrines. One article I read described it as ‘brutalist,’ which I think is accurate.
For bars
hamarikyu gyoen
9/6
Senso-ji, Asakusa – oldest temple
Asakusa, Senso-ji temple & Nakamise Shopping Street (8/10): Again, getting there early is critical. We arrived around 7am, and felt like we had the place to ourselves. By 9am, it was packed solid. We also visited again after 8pm, which was great for photos.
Mokuhankan Gallery Asakusa (10/10): This gallery specializes in wood block prints. I highly recommend their YouTube channel. It’s what originally got me hooked. You can book a “Print Party” in advance, where you’ll get to make your own woodblock print to take home. The staff are all so warm, welcoming, and helpful. It was one of my favorite moments of the trip.
Tokyo Solamachi mall, Kirby Café, Tokyo Skytree
9/7 – Kyushu
9/8 – Beppu
9/9 –
9/10 –
9/11 – Hiroshima
Miyajima and Mt Misen
9/12 – Kyoto – arashiyama
Kyoto Station ASTY Kyoto Kyoto Anime Goods Store”.
in the commercial facility “ASTY Kyoto” at the Hachijo Exit of Kyoto Station, in the section next to the “Shinkansen Hachijo Exit” ticket office on the 1st floor of Tokaido Shinkansen Kyoto Station
Arashiyama bamboo grove – very busy, go in morning
Tenryu-ji = right by bamboo grove and one of most important temples
Katsura river – walk up it to senko ji temple
Iwatayama monkey park
Quick stop at kinkaku ji temple
9/13 – kyoto
Fushimi inari shrine
Thousand of tori gates. Walk up for less people
Nanzen-ji temple (not that cool)
Eikan-do temple – garden and pond
Pontocho – dining and bars
Steak and wine restaurant
9/14 – kinosaki onsen
09/15 – Osaka
Dotonbori – different during day and night. Heart of osaka
Namba
9/16 – kyoto
Kyoto international manga and anime fair
9/17
Kyoto international manga and anime fair
Nipponbashi anime
Tenjimbashisuji shopping
Sky building
Amerikamura for shopping
Shinsekai
Osaka castle
9/18 – kyoto
Nishiki market
Gion / gionmachi traditional entertainment district / higashiyama
Go to gion at night for lanterns and everything
Historical Streets like ninenzaka and sannenzaka, hanami koji for tea houses and working geisha
Kiyomizu dera temple.
9/19 –
Nara day trip
Nara park for deer
Mount yoshino
Osaka
Denden town for anime
09/20 – Osaka
Universal studios
Botanical gardens at night – digital garden art
9/21 – Kanagawa – hakone onsen
9/22 – tokyo
9/23 – Fly Home