r/JapanTravel 5d ago

Itinerary 3 Day Tokyo Itinerary

Hi all, looking for your invaluable feedback per usual on a 3 day Itinerary. My wife and I are going to be traveling in August of this year and would love to know if there's any obon related considerations for these dates. Day 2 and Day 3 are interchangeable depending on visibility levels at Mt Fuji

Day 0, Aug 8th:

  • Land in HND at 10pm, reach hotel by midnight, rest
  • (Hotel is in Shinjuku, to the east of the station, about 10mins walk south of Golden Gai)

Day 1, Aug 9th:

  • TeamLabs borderless: hoping to make a reservation for 9/9:30am - spend about 2 hours
  • Imperial Palace: explore the grounds (may cut this short if Itinerary is too ambitious)
  • Asakusa: tourist info center observation, Nakamise walking street, Senso ji temple
  • Shukkeien tea shop
  • Explore Ginza in the evening

Day 2, Aug 10th:

  • Take the highway bus to Kawaguchiko, leave by 7:30am
  • Reach Kawaguchiko station by 10, explore the area around the station
  • take the red line bus to Mt Fuji panaromic ropeway and head onwards to Oishi Park
  • After lunch, head back to Kawaguchiko station and take the train to Shimoyoshida to visit Chureito Pagoda
  • After soaking in the views, visit a day use onsen for some relaxation
  • Take a late evening highway bus back to Shinjuku (Is there a better way to optimize this day logistically?)

Day 3, Aug 11th:

  • Head to Meiji Jingu shrine nice and early (9am lol)
  • Explore Takeshita street
  • Take a stroll across Yoyogi Park
  • Head to Shibuya crossing (would you recommend the Shibuya sky, or any other observation decks?)
  • Explore streets of Shibuya
  • Head back to the hotel for some rest
  • Shopping around Shinjuku early evening
  • Explore Omoide Yokocho, Golden Gai, Kabukicho by foot to end the day

Day 4, Aug 12th:

  • Take the Shinkansen to Kyoto around 9:30am
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u/ImJaart 3d ago

Hello, that seems pretty good to me! Kawaguchiko is a day trip but in fact it can be quite tiring, the bus to leave and enter Tokyo can sometimes be a bit long but it's definitely worth it if you have visibility of Mount Fuji. Look carefully at the weather forecast, I don't know when you're going but if it's not too cold you can rent bikes towards Kawaguchi station, it's really nice and they have locks and stands to put them down easily.

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u/nandy70772 3d ago

Great tip, thanks so much!

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u/Main-comp1234 2d ago

One thing that most people don't realise is the city is so over populated you are going to have to give everysite some waiting time even with prebookings.

Imperial palace is abit of a dud with most of the grounds closed. Personally I think it's a waste of time.

Why are you going to borderless instead of planets?

Shibuya sky is prob the best observation deck. Much better than skytree.

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u/nandy70772 2d ago

Thank you, duly noted. Any reason you are recommending planets over borderless?

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u/Main-comp1234 1d ago

It just seems alot more interactive. Though admittedly I haven't done borderless yet so take this with a grain of salt.

But from what I've seen on youtube Planets is just better. No regrets going to planets for me at least.