Hellohello! I’ve gone to Japan before on the Golden Route with friends earlier this year and fell in love with the country, but now wanted to discover myself a little and go solo. I’m planning for an 8.5 day stay in Tokyo with a trip to Hakone overnight to soak in the hotsprings and see the Hakone Loop + mt. Fuji. This’ll be in the beginning of December (landing on the 3rd of December and leaving the 10th).
I was looking to try some different snacks, drinks and generally just seeing things around the place. I’ll preface this by saying on Day 6, I’m just going to Tokyo SkyTree to see if an exhibit a friend of mine sent me on Discord is still there, so we can go see it on THAT trip.
So without further ado!
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>**Day 1 -**
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>Flight from LHR
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>**Day 2 -**
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>Arrive in Tokyo NRT at 9:00
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>Take the Skyliner or Bus to Shinjuku
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>Go to Hotel: THE KNOT TOKYO Shinjuku
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>Walk around Shinjuku, take it easy to deal with jetlag
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>Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
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>**Day 3 -**
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>Meiji Jingu in the morning
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>Yoyogi Park
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>Nakano Broadway
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>Harajuku (Takeshita Street)
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>Shibuya
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>SAKE MARKET Shinjuku
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>**Day 4 -**
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>Ikebukuro
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>Sunshine City
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>Pokemon Centre
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>Omoide Yokochō in the evening
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>**Day 5 -**
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>Shinjuku Romance Train to Hakone-Yumoto
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>Hakone-Jinja Shrine and Heiwa no Torii
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>Hakone Checkpoint
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>Pirate Ship Sightseeing Cruise
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>Hakone Ropeway
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>Hakone Open Air Museum
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>Go to Hotel: Mikawaya Ryokan
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>Probably soak in the private hotspring for the rest of the evening
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>**Day 6 -**
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>Go to Hotel: remm Akihabara
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>Drop off bag if early check-in isn’t possible
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>Roam Akihabara, check out some cafes
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>Tokyo SkyTree (Mostly to see if it’s worth it for a second trip with friends)
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>**Day 7 -**
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>Ueno
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>Shinobazu no Ike
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>Ame-yokocho (“Candy Alley”)
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>**Day 8 -**
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>Nothing planned. Free day to check whatever I want.
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>**Day 9 -**
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>Flight back home from NRT
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I was planning to go see some of the December lights in Roppongi and Ebisu as well, but haven’t slotted them in just yet.
Am I being too ambitious? Are there any events or time-limited stuff to do? Any geeky and nerdy stuff you’d add? Please let me know, thank you! And if anyone is down to hang on those dates, let me know too, I’d like to try meeting new people 😀