Japan Trip
Itinerary
Sunday 01/10 - shibuya (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
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