Hi everyone, it’s my second time in Japan and I can’t wait to explore both the parts I missed out in my previous trip and the different cities across Hokkaido. I’ll be going with two other family members on this trip.
**Day 1, 20 May, Saturday**
* 6:45am: Arrival into HND from Singapore
* 8:30am: Check In Airbnb, next to Tokyo Skytree (if Early Check In not possible, leave luggage at Oshiage Station Coin Lockers)
* 10am: Taito Sightseeing Center + Kaminarimon Gate + Nakamise Shopping Street + Senso-Ji Temple
* Asakusa Kagetsudo Melonpan + Sukemasa Coffee
* 1pm: Tonkatsu Toyama Lunch
* 2pm: Sumida River Walk
* 3:30pm: Tokyo Skytree
* 5pm: Kura Sushi Oshiage Dinner
* 6:30pm: Night Photo-taking at Senso-Ji and Jukken-bashi Bridge
**Day 2, 21 May, Sunday**
* 8am: Ueno Park + Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (quick 30 min look inside at 09:30 am)
* 10:30am: Akihabara GiGo Arcade + Super Potato Shop + Yodobashi Akiba Mall
* 12pm: CoCo Curry Akihabara Lunch
* 1pm: 2k540 Aki-Ora + Radio Kaikan + Kanda Shrine
* 3pm: Odaiba Unicorn Gundam Statue + Rainbow Bridge Observation Deck + Statue of Liberty (till Sunset)
* 6pm: teamLab Planets Tokyo
* Matsuya Oshiage Dinner
**Day 3, 22 May, Monday**
* 7am: Tsukiji Outer Market Breakfast
* 8:30am: Tokyo Station + Marunouchi Ekimae Square
* 9:30am: Your Name Stairs (Suga Shrine)
* 10am: Shimokitazawa (Bocchi the Rock) Sightseeing: Village Vanguard + Shelter Music Club
* 11am: Shiro-Hige Cream Puff Factory
* 11:30am: Tokyu Plaza Omotesando + Sakura-tei Harajuku Lunch
* 2pm: Cross Shinjuku Vision (3D Cat) + Kitamura Camera Store
* 1 Hour Free Time Slot
* 4pm: Shibuya Sky
* 5pm: Miyashita Park
* Dinner at Yakiniku Like Shibuya
* 7pm: Shibuya Parco + Tokyu Hands + Mega Donki + Uniqlo Shibuya
**Day 4, 23 May, Tuesday**
* 10:30am: Store some Bags at NRT T2 JAL ABC
* Depart NRT T3 for CTS
* 3pm Arrival into CTS
* JR Hokkaido Info Desk (Reserve Return Trip Ordinary Seats on Hokuto Line to Hakodate, 25 May 7am Train)
* 4:30pm: Check In Airbnb, near Odori Station
* 5:20pm: Sapporo Beer Museum (maybe too rushed?)
* 7pm: Susukino Junction
* Dinner at Ramen Yokocho
**Day 5, 24 May, Wednesday**
* 8am: Otaru Sankaku Market + Otaru Canal + Denuki Koji
* 9am: Sakaimachi Street + LeTAO Pathos Dessert
* Lunch at Yabuhan Soba
* 2pm: Head back to Sapporo + Sapporo Station Sightseeing?
* 5:30pm: Mt Moiwa Ropeway + Cable Car
* Sunset at Mt Moiwa
* Dinner at Soup Curry King Tanuki Koji
**Day 6, 25 May, Thursday**
* 7am: Travel to Hakodate by Hokuto Train Line
* 11:30am: Goryokaku Tower + Goryokaku Park + Rokkatei Goryokaku Dessert Shop
* Lunch at Lucky Pierrot Goryokaku
* 2pm: Mt Hakodate Ropeway + Mt Hakodate
* 3pm: Hasegawa Store Bay Area + Kanemori Red Brick Warehouses
* 2-3 Hour Free Time Slot
* 7pm: Head back to Sapporo by Hokuto Train Line
**Day 7, 26 May, Friday**
* 7:30am: Maruyama Park + Hokkaido-jingu Shrine
* 10am: Check Out from Airbnb
* Drop Off Luggage at JR Sapporo Station Coin-Lockers
* 10:45am: Odori Park + Sapporo TV Tower
* 11:15am: Sapporo Clock Tower
* 11:30am: Former Hokkaido Government Office
* Lunch at Nijo Market
* 5-6 Hour Free Time Slot
* 5pm: Pick Up Bags from JR Sapporo Station + Head to Chitose Airport
* 10pm Arrival into NRT
* Sleep in Airport Terminal? 9h Capsule Hotel?
**Day 8, 27 May, Saturday**
* 9am: Pick Up x2 Baggage at NRT T2 JAL ABC
* 9:30am: Head to HND T3 to drop off rest of Luggage at HND T3 JAL ABC
* Lunch at Gyukatsu Motomura Ueno
* 1:30pm: Tokyo National Musuem
* 3:30pm: Mori Art Museum
* 5:30pm: Starbucks Reserve Roastery Meguro
* 6:30pm: Head back to HND + Dinner at Ramen Setagaya
* 11pm Flight
**Questions:**
* Any ideas or suggestions to make my schedule more efficient – to make the most of my 8 Days in Japan? I know the schedule is a bit all over the place, especially the last 2 days. I tried to keep all the locations close to one another.
* For Hokkaido, are the Sakura still blooming when I head over there (23-26 May)? If not, I’m inclined in removing visiting Maruyama Park altogether.
* Is it possible to sleep in Narita Terminals? I did the same in KIX in my previous trip but I don’t see much chatter about sleeping inside NRT. If that’s not possible, I’m considering the 9h Capsule Hotel.
* Any suggestions for different places for meals or dessert?
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Visit Kinotoya in Sapporo for their tarts. I’m not sure if Hakodate is worth a day trip as it’s 8 hours on the train. There is an airport near Hakodate so it might be better to stay a night there and then fly to Tokyo from there.