Hi, we are 2 Australians visiting Japan in mid Feburary. My wife has been once before and has some cool places to show me but a lot of it we have just freestyled from TikTok recommendations. I am worried that we have missed some hidden gems close to where we already are. My wife is worried we have squeezed too much into each day and will be overwhelmed. Thanks in advance if anyone can advise. For context we are early birds, we plan to sleep on the plane over, and we usually avoid seafood and pork.
Day 1 – Monday
Areas: Arrival & Shinjuku
Hotel: Apa Shinjuku Kabukicho Tower
• 12am – Land at Haneda Airport
• 1am – DIDI to hotel & luggage storage
• 3amish? – Golden Gai bars (depending on customs)
• 9:30 – Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building 45th floor
• 10:00 – Explore Shinjuku
• 11:00 – Travel to Takeshita Street (incl. Shiba Cafe)
• Afternoon – Travel back to Shinjuku
• Afternoon – Don Quijote Shinjuku Tonanguchi
• Dinner – Omoide Yokocho (memory lane)
Day 2 – Tuesday
Areas: Fuji Kawaguchiko
Hotel: Apa Shinjuku Kabukicho Tower
• 6:55 – Highway bus from Shinjuku Kawaguchiko
• 8:00 – Fuji-Q Red line
• Stop 7 – Fuji Hotel & Museum
• Stop 8 – Funatsu-hama Onsen town
• Stop 9 – Boat and ropeway
• Stop 15 – Kawaguchiko Music Forest Museum
• Stop 20 Oishi Park & Kawaguchiko living centre
• Red line back to Kawaguchiko
• (If time allows) Blue line:
• Stop 334 – Fuji Shrine
• Stop 51 – Ice Cave
• Stop 80 – Wind cave
• 16:30 – Highway bus from Kawaguchiko Station to Shinjuku
• 18:00 – (if energy allows) Stroll Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Day 3 – Wednesday
Areas: Ginza & Shibuya
Hotel: Apa Shinjuku Kabukicho Tower
• 07:30 – カレーショップ C&C 有楽町店 (Curry)
• 09:00 – Imperial Palace (no tour just looking)
• 10:00 – (Maybe) Daiso Marronnier Gate Ginza Store
• 11:00 – Food & shopping Ginza
• 14:00 – Shibuya Sky
• (Before or after Sky) Pepper Parlor
• 16:00 – Hachiko Statue
• 16:00 – Shibuya Scramble Crossing
• 17:00 – Loft department store
• 18:00 – (Maybe )Daiso Shibuya Center Street Store
• 18:30 – Mandarake
• 19:00 – MEGA Don Quijote
• 20:00 – Lost bar
Day 4 – Thursday
Areas: Asakusa
Hotel: Apa Ueno Hirokoji
• 6:00 – Travel to hotel (or luggage transfer?)
• 7:00 – Sensō-ji
• 7-11 – Nakamise Shopping Street
• Lunch(Maybe) – KOBE BEEF DAIA TEPPAN-YAKI KAMINARIMON EAST BRANCH
• Afternoon – Observation deck cultural building
• Afternoon – Underground street
• Afternoon – Tokyo skytree
• Until Dinner – Kappabashi Kitchen Street
Day 5 – Friday
Area: Disneyland
Hotel: Apa Ueno Hirokoji
• 8:30-21:00 Disneyland
Day 6 – Saturday
Area: Toshima City, Akiba, & Ueno
Hotel: Apa Ueno Hirokoji
• Morning – Sleep in rest after big Disney day
• 10:00 – Pikachu Sweets Cafe
• 11:00 – Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo & Pikachu Sweets
• 12:00 – Donguri Kyowakoku (Ghibli Store) Ikebukuro
• 13:00 – Explore Sunshine City
• 14:00 – Explore Akihabara Electric Town
• Dinner – Royal Host Akihabara
• Evening – (Maybe) Ameyayokocho
• Evening – (Maybe) Shinobazu Pond?
Day 7 – Sunday
Area: Odaiba & Minato
Hotel: Apa Ueno Hirokoji
• 08:30 – teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM
• 12:00 – Unicorn Gundam
• 12:30 – Odaiba Marine Park
• 15:00 – teamLab Borderless: MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM
• Dinner – Somewhere random nearby
• After dinner – Tokyo Tower
Day 8 – Monday
Area: Narita Airport travel home
• Morning – Chill
• 10:00 – Train to Narita Airport
• 12:30 – Check-in for flight and hang out in airport
• 15:30 – fly home
by soulus98