Itinerary

• Sunday 01/10 - shibuya (arriving)

  • Locations: Shinjuku, Shibuya, Harajuku

  • Maps: Shinjuku, Shibuya, Harajuku

  • Themes: Arriving

• Monday 01/11 - akihabara

  • Locations: Akihabara, Shinjuku

  • Maps: Akihabara, Akiba Keyboards, Shinjuku

  • Themes: Akiba, Robot Restaurant, Golden Gai

• Tuesday 01/12 - ginza

  • Locations: Ginza, Jindaiji, Asakusa

  • Maps: Ginza

  • Themes: Tsukiji Fish Market

• Wednesday 01/13 - kyoto

  • Locations: Kyoto

  • Maps: Kyoto

• Thursday 01/14 - kyoto

  • Locations: Kyoto

  • Maps: Kyoto

• Friday 01/15 - ghibli

  • Locations: Mitaka, Nanako

  • Maps: Mitaka, Nakano

  • Themes: Ghibli Museum, Nakano Broadway

• Saturday 01/16 - kamakura (optional)

  • Locations: Kamakura, Yokohama

  • Maps: Kamakura

  • Themes: Last Day

• Sunday 01/17 (flying back)

Places To Go

• Shinjuku

  • Hanazono Jinja — Nice temple in shinjuku

  • Die Katze Neko Cafe — Very good neko cafe in shinjuku. Famous but not packed.

  • Don Quijote Shinjuku —Huge store in japan

  • BIC Camera — Huge electronics store. Must see. Make sure you don't buy everything in the first day there and make a discount card "KADO" to get discounts the second time you go there.

  • 8 Bit Cafe — Good food and retro videogames in a cozy cafe. Recommended.

  • Robot Restaurant — Crazy show with robots, mechas and girls

  • Suntory Lounge Eagle — Good cocktails place for late night drinks. At the bottom of a staircase, chandelier-lit bar.

  • CoCoLo Cafe — Hype and good cafe for after night coffee. Seems to attract a weird but fun crowd.

  • Golden Gai— Awesome network of small bars

  • ICHIRAN Shinjuku — Best ramen in shinjuku. good for breakfast.

• Akihabara

  • Super Potato Retro-kan — Retro gaming store in Akiba. Nerd Mecca.

  • Yodobashi Camera Akihabara — Huge electronics store

  • Kanda Myoujin — Crazy electronic blessing temple in Akihabara.

  • Maidreamin — Maido cafe

  • Moesham — Maid hair saloon.

  • Cos-cha Maido Cafe — Well recommended maido cafe

  • Mandarake — Huge Anime / Manga / Game store

  • ANIMATE — Famous Anime / Manga / Game store

  • M's Sex Shop — 6 floor adult entertainment

  • Tsukomo Keyboards — Mechanical Keyboards

  • DOSPARA Keyboards — Mechanical Keyboards

  • SOFTMAP Keyboards （株）ソフマップ 秋葉原 — Another awesome keyboard store

  • Reddit's Keyboard Map — Custom google map by redditors with good keyboard locations

• Mitaka

  • Ghibli Museum — The Lovely Ghibli Museum

  • Coffee Ten Irukaya — Fancy coffee shop / master barista

• Nakano

  • Nakano Broadway — Another Nerd Mecca

• Ginza

  • Ginza Eiji (good for lunch) — Best smoked restaurant ever

  • Tsukiji Fish Market (be there @ 5am-ish) — Very good and fresh sushi

  • Stationary Store — One of the best stationary store in ginza

  • Bulgari Cafe — Fancy coffee shop / restaurant

  • Kimuraya Bakery — Good bakery / pan factory

  • Cafe de l'ambre — Lovely kissaten

• Kyoto

  • Hotel Mume (ryokan) — Our ryokan

  • Hamburg Labo — Recommended as the best hamburger ever

  • Yoshuji — Buddhist vegan restaurant

  • Kyoto Manga Museum — Seems to be fun.

  • Sentido Coffee Shop — Nice 3rd Wave Coffee Shop

  • Nishiki Market — Kyoto's traditional market

  • Tea Ceremony En — Recommended as a nice tea ceremony place

  • Anyo-ji Temple — Don't remember why added this to the list.. Seems to be a nice temple.

  • Ogawa Coffee Roaster and Shop — Well recommended coffee shop

  • Monkey Park — Weird Park with mokeys all around

  • Arashiyama Bamboo Groove — Bamboo forest

  • Otago Nenbutsu-ji — A not well known temple with 1200 stone sculptures of buddha's disciples in different poses. Special place.

  • Hote Spa — One of the best SPAs in Kyoto. Good for the end of the day

Kamakura

• Kamakura Giant Buddha — The reason why people go to Kamakura

• Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine — Beautiful temple

• Kamakurayama — Best roast beef in Japan

• Itsuki Garden — "Castle in the Sky" themed cafe

Shibuya

• Paddlers Coffee — Very good 3rd wave coffee shop

• Butlerscafe — Butlers cafe. Not very good reviews

• Hachiko — The Almighty Hachiko statue

• Nobei Yokocho — Small street with lots of restaurants

• Miyamasu Mitake Shrine — Wolf's Shrine

• Ivorish — Best pancakes in Shibuya

• Katsudonya Zuicho — Well recommended tonkatsu place. Only dish

• Nagi Shokudo — Awesome veggie restaurant. Go there after or before Kasudonya Zuicho

• Narukiyo — Good Izakaya

• Loft - Stationary— Very good stationary and hobonichi store

• Streamer Coffee — Best espresso in Shibuya. Ask for a ristretto

• Fuglen Tokyo — Nice coffee shop in Shibuya. Umbrella place.

• Suzume No Oyado — Very nice okonomiyaki restaurant

• Murugi Curry — Recommended curry place

Harajuku

• Daiso Harajuku — One dollar store

• Gyoza Lou — Best dumpling and gyoza place in Harajuku

• Daihachi Takohanamaru — Best takoyaki

• Stationary Cafe — Stationary love

Smaller lists

• Tsukiji Restaurants

  • Sushi Dai —Most famous sushi place in the fish market

  • Sushi Dawa — Second most famous sushi. Smaller lines, sounds like the best option

  • Iwasa Sushi — Recommended by Jeff Bezos

  • Yonemoto Coffee — Good coffee @ Tsukiji

  • Okame — Good omasake, recommended by locals

  • Yamazaki — Another good non-crowded sushi option

• Bonus

  • Roppongi Hills

  • More time in asakusa

  • Odaiba

• Ghibli Movies to Rewatch

  • Princess Mononoke

  • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

  • Kiki Delivery Service

  • My Neighbor Totoro

  • Castle in the Sky