Itinerary check and seeking recommendations

My husband and I are spending 2.5 days in Tokyo. Here’s what we have planned:

Evening day 0.5:

4pm- arrive in Tokyo from Fukui
Hotel overnight

Day 1:

9am- Meiji Jingu Shrine
10:30am- Browsing in Harajuku for kawaii things. Maybe Takeshita street.
12:00- Lunch in Harajuku
2:00pm- Yoyogi park visit
3:00pm- Head to Shibuya for more browsing and walking. Maybe Center-gai street and/or the Disney store (which I hear has cute Tokyo exclusive merch.)
6:00- Dinner near our hotel

Day 2:

9am- Nezu Shrine.
10:00am- Yanaka cemetery walk
11:00: Find wagashi treats nearby and a light lunch.
Train to Ueno
2:00pm-Ueno park temples and pond walk
Move to Akhibara for a more high energy evening
4:00pm- Akhibara shopping
6:00pm- Cute and classy maid cafe
8:00pm- Stroll around electric town to see the sights

Here’s the feedback I’m seeking from you good Reddit folks!:

Do any of the above resonate with your personal “must see” list for two days in Tokyo? If not, what should we make time for?

For context on us, we are in our 40s and favoring nature, temples, and Buddhist sites for our greater 2-week Japan trip. But we do like cute and kawaii things, so a bit of emphasis on the best shopping and/or tourism for something like that would also be welcome.

Super busy locations don’t hold a ton of independent appeal (we will probably skip the scramble.) But we aren’t against otherwise popular Tokyo sites if they are worth a visit.

Thank you for any thoughts or suggestions!

by CasualEeka

1 comment
  1. I would skip Yoyogi Park: it’s a pleasant enough place, but it’s just a park in the Western style.

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