Hi everyone,
All of the information on this subreddit has been invaluable in creating our tentative itinerary. We are going to be celebrating our honeymoon by spending 10 days (2 travel and 8 full days) in Japan then on to Bali. Any feedback is appreciated including suggestions on where stay in Tokyo. TIA.
Mon 9/11 – Cali > Tokyo
* Flight at 10:25am to HND
Tue 9/12 – Tokyo
* Arrive 2:20pm to HND
* train to Shinjuku
* dinner, check out area near hotel if not too tired
* stay at hotel in Shinjuku
Wed 9/13 – Tokyo
* Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
* Yayoi Kusama Museum
* dinner
* Kabuchiko, Omoide Yokocho, Golden Gai
* Other options – Koishikawa Korakuen, Don Quijote, Hanazono Shrine, Tokyo City Gov’t Building
* stay at hotel in Shinjuku
Thu 9/14 – Kyoto
* Tokyo station – take Shinkansen to Kyoto station
* Nishiki Market
* Kiyomizudera and area near hotel dinner
* drinks at hotel bar
* Gion night tour
* stay at Park Hyatt Kyoto
Fri 9/15 – Kyoto
* Fushimi Inari
* Nijo Castle, Shimogamo-jinja
* lunch at Kiyama
* Philosopher’s Path
* Pontocho Alley
* stay at Park Hyatt Kyoto
Sat 9/16 – Kyoto
* Golden Pavillion, Ryoan-ji, Ninna-ji
* Shinkansen to Odawara
* Dinner at ryokan, relax in onsen
* Other options – Imperial Palace, Arashiyama
* stay at Hakone Gora Byakudan
Sun 9/17 – Hakone
* Breakfast at ryokan
* Open Air Museum
* Hakone Loop
* Romancecar to Tokyo,
* dinner, fancy bar
* Other options – Hakone Checkpoint
* stay at hotel near Tokyo station?
Mon 9/18 – Tokyo
* Tsukiji Fish Market,
* Tokyo Station
* Team Lab Planets
* Unicorn Gundam Statue
* Rainbow Bridge
* dinner
* Other options – Pokemon Center Tokyo DX, Pokemon Cafe, Poop Museum, Fuji Television Building, Takoyaki Museum, Imperial Palace
* stay at hotel near Tokyo station?
Tue 9/19 – Tokyo
* Harajuku – Meiji Jingu Shrine, Yoyogi Park, Omote Sando, Tokyu Plaza, KiddyLand, Takeshita Dori
* Shibuya – Cat Street, World of Flight, Disney Store, Mega Don Quijote Shibuya Crossing, Shibuya Sky
* dinner in Shibuya
* Other options – Nezu Museum
* stay at hotel near Tokyo station?
Wed 9/20 – Tokyo
* Ghibli Exhibit (Shinagawa) or Ghibli Museum (Mitaka)
* Akihabara – GiGO arcade, Super Potato
* Anything we missed / want to repeat
* Other options – Kappabashi Street, Tokyo National Museum, Senso-ji Temple, Nakamise Street, Tokyo Tower
* stay at hotel near Tokyo station?
Thu 9/21 – Tokyo > Bali
* Flight at 11am to DPS
1 comment
Find out which trainline you’ll use the most in Tokyo and pick an hotel that suites your tastes close to one of the lines smaller stations. Navigating Tokyo Station every day to commute will be a PITA.
Personally I like living on or near the ginza line.