Hi everyone! I am a 24 yo going on my first trip to Japan for my birthday and will be exploring Tokyo from April 14-24. I’ve fleshed out most of my itinerary but want to make sure I haven’t missed anything. Would also appreciate any suggestions or alternatives, especially for food!
**April 14**
-Land at Haneda 3:00pm
-Get cash from ATM for Suica card
-Train to Tokyo Station Hotel
-Pocket wifi sent to Hotel
-Sushi Aoyagi
**April 15**
-Tokyo Tower (is the top deck worth it?)
-Ginza
-Kyubey
**April 16**
-Shopping day at Shinjuku and Shibuya
-Meji Jingu
**April 17**
-Akihabara (spend a whole day to just weeb out)
-E-earphones (bit of an audiophile)
**April 18**
-Senso-ji
-Sumida River walk
-Tokyo Sky Tree
-Yakitori Omino
**April 19**
-Fujisawa and Kamakura
(This day isn’t set in stone incase of bad weather)
**April 20**
-Meguro and Harajuku
(A chill day or a backup day incase of bad weather)
**April 21**
-Azure 45
-National Art Center (got tickets)
-Suga Shrine (your name fan)
-More shopping/walking
-Sushi Umi
**April 22**
-TeamLabs (got tickets)
-Imperial Garden
-Kitanomaru National Garden
-East Gardens
-Hakkoku
(A day to enjoy some parks, might switch it with another day for bad weather)
**April 23**
-Chureito Pagoda
(I’m prepared to wake up early for this and for the hike up the stairs, hoping to get a good shot of mt fuji!)
-Last minute shopping
**April 24**
-Check out hotel 12am
-Send luggage to Haneda
(My flight out actually got changed to 12:05am on April 25 so I was hoping I can send my luggage to Haneda and then spend the day just walking around and taking in Tokyo one last time)
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Honestly, I think Tokyo Tower is nice and fun to see (especially at night when lit up) but I do feel it’s the least interesting of the viewpoints in Tokyo. In my opinion the top floor was not really worth it for the $10 it cost. I preferred Shibuya Sky and Sky Tree for sure. And they all offer a pretty similar experience. If you’re wanting to do both Sky Tree and Tokyo Tower I would recommend doing one in the morning/afternoon one day and then the other one at night another day.
When you go to chureito pagoda, there’s a vendor before you get to the actual trail that sells Sakura Ice cream, get one, one of the best ice cream I’ve ever had.
Also at otsuki station at a restaurant called ekigoya was the best Katsudon I’ve ever had.
Chureito pagoda was definitely the highlight of my trip to Japan.
That is all lol
I recommend more time around Asakusa and or roppogni as these were my favourite districts.