Hi! Me and my friend are making a last minute trip to Japan in the busiest time of the year.
I’m a 3rd timer while friend is a 1st timer.
We are both videogame/anime aficionados but we love the traditional and crazy culture Japas has to offer, too.
I’ll start linking my Wanderlog.
[https://wanderlog.com/view/lwhpjmaggr/trip-to-tokyo/shared](https://wanderlog.com/view/lwhpjmaggr/trip-to-tokyo/shared)
Just for notice, the 11th of Jan was the last day of the trip until yesterday where my return flight got canceled and we got offered another flight 3 days later. That’s unfortunate, still need to think about those days. Any place I forgot, any help, suggestion, important day trips… is absolutely appreciated. ❤️
• 29th Dec:
.1. Narita airport from Italy
.2. Hotel check in Shinjuku
.3. Will arive around 8PM in Shinjuku, so roam around there and try learning about neighborhood
.4. Back to Hotel
• 30th Dec:
.1. We are two nerdies, so Akihabara as a 2nd day
.2. BIC Camera, Super Potato
.3. Animate
.4. Kanda Shrine
.5. First time I came to Japan, I loved Akiba. Will probably roam around here all day.
.6. Go back to Hotel
• 31st Dec:
.1. Shibuya station
.2. Shibuya crossing for my friend, he loves this kind of things.
.3. Shibuya Scramble square
.4. Booked shibuya sky for 12pm
.5. Shibuya Parco
.6. Takeshita street through Omotesandou
.7. Meiji
.8. We go back to Sangenjaya, friend loves Persona 5, it’s a surprise for him.
.9. Eat in Rain in the Roof in Sangenjaya, loved it the first time.
.10. Back to Hotel
• 1st Jan:
.1. Dangerous day, being the 1st after NYE, need some ideas here. Will probably try some Hatsumode crowd.
• 2nd Jan:
.1. Ikebukuro
.2. Evangelion store
.3. Animate in here too
.4. Kbooks is possible
.5. Sunshine city for Pokemon Center
.6. Sunshine Acquarium
.7. Will need something more to do this day. Shrines or something more traditional suggestions are appreciated.
• 3rd Jan:
.1. Asakusa
.2. Sensoji and Nakamise street
.3. Will roam around here until 18PM, booked an evening Skytree
.4. Back around Shinjuku
.5. Back to Hotel
• 4th Jan:
.1. Shinjuku Gyoen reopens on this day
.2. Odaiba day
.3. Gundam statue
.4. DiverCity
.5. Probably Joypolis, need to book it
.6. Find something else to do around here
.7. Back to Shinjuku, and back to the Hotel
• 5th Jan:
.1. Tokyo -> Kyoto
.2. Check in Hotel
.3. Try some good Cafes around here central Kyoto
.4. Nishiki Market
.5. SUINA for Pokemon center
.6. Kiyomizu dera
.7. Around Gion and through Shirakawa lane
.8. Back to Hotel
• 6th Jan:
.1. Wake up super early for Fushimi Inari
.2. Nara station
.3. Koufukuji
.4. Roam around the Nara Park
.5. Will need something else here
• 7th Jan:
.1. Wake up early for Arashiyama Bamboo forest
.2. **Important choice**, either Oosaka or Himeji for the rest of the day.
.3. If Osaka, Denden Town and a lot of food for sure.
• 8th Jan:
.1. Back to Tokyo
.2. Some backtracking to places we liked, will probably be Akihabara and Sunshine City
.3. Tsukiji Market, friend is a fish aficionado
• 9th Jan:
.1. Kamakura, my beloved
.2. Hachiman
.3. Hokokuji
.4. Hase dera
.5. Staying around the beach for scenery
.6. Koutoku in
.7. If there is time, Enoshima
.8. Back to Shinjuku
• 10th Jan:
.1. Yokohama
.2. Pokemon center
.3. Nissan Museum
.4. Minatomirai
.5. Cup noodles museum
.6. Red brick warehouse
.7. Gundam Factory
.8. Chinatown
.9. Back to Shinjuku
• 11th Jan:
.1. Not sure, probably Nakano Broadway
.2. Need something else here. Anything super important I missed?
• **12th-13th-14th Jan**: Still missing these days too, any cool day trip we could make?
Thanks a lot, again.
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Again, anything I could add or any day trip we are absolutely missing from Tokyo… is deeply appreciated. Much love for this community.