**Itinerary.**
**Any advice would be wonderful! Going with my partner and we have three full days with accomodation in Yokohama, I was hoping to book a place around the centre for the night of our second day so that we can be more central for longer.**
**Day 1:**
**Morning:**Travel from Yokohama to Tokyo in the morning (about 30 minutes).Japanese breakfast at 7/11,Lawsons. Egg sando.
Anime and Electronics of Akihabara. yodobashi camera, Mandarake for anime cels. (although I heard akihabara is best by night?!)
**Late Morning:**Yanaka Ginza, a traditional shopping street with local shops and street food.
**Lunch:** Conveyor belt sushi at a local sushi restaurant (which is the best?)
**Afternoon:** Explore Ameya-Yokocho Market, a bustling street market offering diverse goods and street food.
**Dinner:**Authentic yokocho, food and beers,Head back to Yokohama
**Day 2:**
**Morning:** Begin with a big breakfast maybe Luke’s Lobster Omotesando Cat Street or Omurice? Bakery/cakery?
**Late Morning:** Venture to Shimokitazawa, a neighborhood known for its vintage shops, thrift stores, Flamingo, Shimokitazawa Garage Department, Stick Out, and Antique Life Jin
**Lunch:** Ramen
**Afternoon:**Explore alternative districts like Kagurazaka, known for its charming alleys and traditional atmosphere.
**Late Afternoon:** Visit a nearby public garden or park, such as Rikugien Garden or Koishikawa Korakuen, to unwind in a serene natural setting.
*Or go to a ton of arcades and bars? Id love to play a local at Tekken if there are still tekken machines)*
**Dinner**: Shiburya local izakaya, (Omoide Yokochō?). Drinks at a classic jazz kissa?
**Evening:** Ideally Id like to find a place to drink like shibuya or shinjuku and find *somewhere nice to stay, Onsen or something nicer than some of the weirder love hotels?*
**Day 3:**
Start with Nearby shrine or temple. Looking for a good **Breakfast,** the fish market may be too far out and too busy
**Late Morning:**Travel to Shibuya and witness the iconic Shibuya Crossing before the crowds. (is this too boring?)
**Lunch:**Baby Pig cafe? maybe eat somewhere else. Kushikatsu
**Afternoon:** Kappabashi Dougu Street -Display food and Knives .
**Late Afternoon: ?? Ghibli museum?? Sumo? Any experience that seems like more than just walking round and gawking at bits Yakatabune dinner cruise? classic jazz kissa ??**
**Dinner:** Conclude your trip with a final dinner somewhere?
**Advice**
Staying in Yokohama but ideally would love some advice on finding somewhere to stay the second night that is central to Tokyo and not too grimey, weird. Maybe an Onsen.
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My first time to Japan in 2008 was very overwhelming. You want to see everything in just a few days. In fact, it’s impossible to see it all.
My advise is have one or two things per day you want to see (prefer in the same area in Tokyo) and be flexible with everything else.
You can’t have a bad meal in Tokyo and half the fun is exploring new places in your own
day 1: be sure and check the opening hours, many places don’t open until 10 or 11
day 2: luke’s is tiny and overpriced. if you want a classy breakfast go to bill’s. there are some good vintage/used shops around cat street and urahara too
Akihabara is not “best by nigh”, but it is absolutely not a morning place. Stores open at 10-11 am (some 12) and most will close at 8pm. Yes it have a different vibe when it’s dark, but don’t go too late. My advice would be to go when the stores are open.
Actually any place you decide to go early in the morning should not focus on shopping as the stores usually open at 10-11am.
Id you do Koishikawa Korakuen, you would be next to Spa LaQua for a onsen. Note that you usually do not stay in a onsen, you stay in a ryokan… but ryokan in Tokyo are not really known to have onsen.
Try to check where the places you want to visit are located and how to move from one to the other, you do not want to spend your day in the train either.
Ghibli Museum is not really a late afternoon place. You have to buy a timed ticket and last is at 4pm, the museum close at 6pm. No idea when you go, but you need to buy ticket the day they are available if you want to go.
I wouldn’t go to your “baby pig” cafe as pretty much every single exotic animal cafe including “mipig” ones are super unethical. Mini pigs are not real, they are underfed pigs, unethically sourced pigs that are used and ripped away from their mothers for cafes in various countries to make money from. You don’t need to guess what they do with their pigs when they’re too old to be used as a cash cow or grow too much for their likeness. They’re sad and I would just honestly suggest not to go.
I have no idea why you are staying in Yokohama when everything you want to do is in Tokyo. Is it because you want to experience the hell that is rush hour train riding?
Seriously if I were you, I would change my hotel to somewhere around Shinjuku/Shibuya/Tokyo station
Just something to think about, everyday is a long day and you will do way more walking than you think, I was pretty exhausted at the end of the nights. Try to keep everything you want to see and do in similar zones or sections of the city, the trains and subway are great but you still need to account the travel time and add the time it takes to get in and out of the stations.
Go deep vs wide. Realistically two neighborhoods a day tops. Don’t forget, you can always come back. I would focus on these:
Shibuya, Shinjuku, Asakusa, Ginza-Tokyo Station