Hi all, just finish doing my initial draft planning for a 15 days itinerary in Tokyo. We are a group of 3 from the similar timezone (so jetlag is not an issue). This is our very first time travelling to Japan so some help on checking this itinerary would really be appreciated.
Additional info: We are quite active, so long walks ain’t much of an issue. We’re not so keen on shopping but more on food, anime, and experiencing the culture there. We left some of the days without any particular food places so we can just go around and try what we feel like it on the day itself. On some days that are not so packed, it is made that way so we can just wander around.
What do you think of this itinerary (should i rearrange/cancel out some places)? Are there any interesting events, places or food that I should consider adding into this list? Thank you in advance!
**Day 1: Fri 13th Oct**
* Land in Haneda airport around noon
* Check into AirBNB in Suginami
* Free and easy to check out the surrounding area
**Day 2: Sat 14th Oct (Shibuya)**
* Hikiniku to come to get a dinner slot
* Shibuya Crossing
* Lunch omakase at sushi m
* Miyashita Park (brief walk)
* Shibuya Parco (brief walk)
* Shibuya Sky in the evening till sunset
* Hikiniku to come
* Shibuya Center Street
**Day 3: Sun 15th Oct (Kawagoe)**
* May get the Seibu Kawagoe Ticket
* Koedo Kurari for Sake vending machine
* Kashiya Yokocho
* Warehouse District
* Stay till night for Kawagoe Festival
**Day 4: Mon 16th Oct (Kamakura & Enoshima)**
* Utilizing the Kamakura-Enoshima Freepas
* Komachi-dori street
* Kotoku-in
* Kamakura Hasedera
* Travel to Enoshima
* Enoshima Benzaiten Nakamise Dori
* Enoshima Escar, Shrine and Candle, Cocking Garden (getting Enoshima Sea Candle ticket)
* Chigogafuchi Abyss
**Day 5: Tue 17th Oct (Fuji Q)**
* Getting the Fuji Q Liner pass
**Day 6: Wed 18th Oct (Tsujiki & Odaiba)**
* Tsukiji Outer Market
* Miraikan
* Divercity Tokyo Plaza
* Decks Tokyo Beach
* Observe Rainbow Bridge
* Ichiran Ramen at Shimbashi
**Day 7: Thu 19th Oct (teamLab & Chiyoda)**
* teamLab Planets
* Ginza
* Ushigoro Ginza
* Intermediatheque
* Tokyo Station
* Travel to Akasaka for Tsujihan Akasaka Ark Hills
**Day 8: Fri 20th Oct (Akihabara)**
* Pop Life Deparment’s M
* Gyukatsu Motomura Akihabara
* Akihabara Gamers, Taito Station, Animate, Mandarake, Super Potato, GiGO Akihabara 3
* Roast Beef Ono Akihabara
**Day 9: Sat 21st Oct (Shinjuku)**
* Nabezo Shinjuku
* Shinjuku Gyoen
* Kabukicho Tower & Kabukicho
* Omoide Yokocho
**Day 10: Sun 22nd Oct (Ueno)**
* Checkout from airbnb and drop off luggage at nine hours Suidobashi (if possible)
* Izuei Main Branch
* Tokyo National Museum
* Ueno Park (might skip)
* Check into nine hours Suidobashi
* Hanamaru Udon Suidobashi
**Day 11: Mon 23rd Oct (Asakusa)**
* Check out and drop off luggage at Richmond Hotel Suidobashi
* Nakamise-dori Street
* Asakusa unana (get ticket, get back anytime)
* Senso-ji
* Suzukien Asakusa
* Travel to Skytree
* Kura sushi flagship store
* Check into Richmond
**Day 12: Tue 24th Oct (Shinjuku & Shibuya)**
* Katsuo Shokudo
* Daikanyama Tempu
* Free and easy at Shibuya
* Travel to Harajuku
* Meiji Jingu
* Takashita Street
* Travel to Shinjuku (free and easy at Shinjuku)
**Day 13: Wed 25th Oct (Hakone)**
* Checkout from Richmond, store luggage in coin lockers
* Travel to Hakone (with light bagpacks) using Hakone Freepass (will buy online or at Japan itself)
* Hakone Open Air Museum
* Check into ryokan in Gora
* Free and easy
**Day 14: Thu 26th Oct (Hakone)**
* Check out from Ryokan
* Owakudani
* Pirate ship cruise to Motohakone
* Hakone Shrine & Heiwa Torii
* Take Hakone Tozan Bus back to Tokyo
* Light shopping or stroll in Tokyo till evening
* Get luggage from coin lockers and travel to Haneda
**Day 15: Fri 27th Oct**
* Fly back (very early morning flight)
1 comment
I’d move teamlab planets to the day you are already at Odaiba as it’s just a few stops along and you won’t spend more than an hour and a half in there. You have a few other days that aren’t too busy so you could switch Tsukiji to one of those.
And depending on how much shopping you are planning to do, you could probably do a touch more in and around Akihabara on that day.