Hey everyone, what are your thoughts on the below? Any suggestions are appreciated. We’re still working through the rest from Sapporo onwards but any feedback for Tokyo would be appreciate.
We’re in Japan 4 weeks so we definitely don’t want to cram too much and keep it relaxed somewhat with the occasional hectic day 🙂
It’s me and my partner travelling in Dec/Jan of this year. Both early 30s.
Tokyo – 13/12 – 20/12
13/12 – Arrive Late – DAY 1
– Dinner at Omiode Yakocho
14/12 – Shinjuku – DAY 2
– Shinjuku Gyoen National garden
– Golden Gai bars
– Kabukicho
– Omoide Yakocho
15/12 – Akihabara – DAY 3
– Imperial Palace (morning/early afternoon)
– Akihabara night time preferred, assuming stores are still open at night in December?
– Dinner in Akihabara or somewhere close by recommended for good food?
16/12 – Shibuya – DAY 4
– Shibuya crossing
– Meiji Jingu Shrine
– Yoyogi Park
– Harajuku
– Sakurai Tea Experience
– Shibuya Sky
17/12 – Asakusa – DAY 5
– Ueno Park
– Tokyo National Museum
– Senso-Ji temple
– Kappabashi Street (cookware etc)
– Tokyo Skytree
– Tokyo Skytree Town
18/12 – DAY 6
– Odaiba
– teamLab planets or borderless
– Tokyo Tower
– Zozo-ji Temple
19/12 – DAY 7
– Nakano Broadway
– Harmonica Yakocho
– or Mt Fuji Day trip
20/12 – DAY 8
– Travel to Sapporo
Sapporo – 20/12 – 23/12
Niseko – 23/12-27/12
Osaka – 27/12 – 2/01/2024
Kyoto – 2/01 – 7/01
Option 1 – Kanazawa – 7/01 – 10/01
Option 2 – Hakone – 7/01 – 10/01
Option 3 – Other suggestion?
Tokyo – 10/01 fly out 11/01
Still haven’t expanded on the rest of the itinerary outside of Tokyo. Any recommendations for the few nights before flying out from Tokyo? We were thinking either Hakone or Kanazawa.
Might end up swapping Day 7 and 6 around too so that we aren’t doing a full day trip the day before we go to Sapporo (we’re thinking of getting trains to there).
Some of the days are a bit lighter on activities, if there are any attractions around in those areas please do let me know. The original intention was to use those days as ‘free time’ to explore.