Finally back in Tokyo after 16 years! The trip was short but I had so much fun!
Since the trip was only for 5 days, we skipped on Disney Sea (we already went to Tokyo Disneyland before) and a day trip to Mt Fuji.
Don’t forget to click the links attached per area to find out the step by step “how to go” guidelines of each place.
Day 1
- Arrive in Tokyo (via Narita airport)
- Pick up Suica Card : Tokyo: Where to stay (Kikka)
- Train to Kikka : Tokyo: Where to stay (Kikka)
- Leave luggage at Kikka
- Eat at a random restaurant around Kikka
- Walked to Akihabara (used Google Maps)
- Train to Nakano : Bar Zingaro – Takashi Murakami’s bar and cafe!! (How to go here, what to expect and a good unagi restaurant nearby)
- Nakano Broadway : Bar Zingaro – Takashi Murakami’s bar and cafe!! (How to go here, what to expect and a good unagi restaurant nearby)
- Bar Zingaro : Bar Zingaro – Takashi Murakami’s bar and cafe!! (How to go here, what to expect and a good unagi restaurant nearby)
- Dinner at Unatoto : Bar Zingaro – Takashi Murakami’s bar and cafe!! (How to go here, what to expect and a good unagi restaurant nearby)
Day 2
- Meiji Shrine : Meiji Shrine/Meiji Jingū (How to go and what to expect)
- Lunch at Red Rock : Red Rock, Harajuku – BTS JIMIN AND JUNGKOOK ATE HERE!! (How to go and what to expect)
- Line Store : Line Store with largest BT21 merchandise Harajuku branch (How to go and what to expect)
- Apeach Cafe : Apeach Cafe Tokyo (What to expect)
- Walked around Omotesando
- Shibuya crossing : Shibuya Crossing and Hachiko Memorial Statue (How to go and what to expect)
- Hachiko Memorial Statue : Shibuya Crossing and Hachiko Memorial Statue (How to go and what to expect)
- Tokyu Department Store : Tokyu Department Store food court – Eating sushi inside the mall (What to expect)
- train back to Omotesando
- Luke’s Lobster : Luke’s Lobster Harajuku (What to expect and best time to go for 0 lines!)
- Dinner at Ichiran : Ichiran Harajuku (How to go, how to order and what to expect)
Day 3
- Tsukiji Market : Tsukiji Market (How to go, what to expect, and is sushi or seafood really better here?)
- Lunch at Itadori Market : Tsukiji Market (How to go, what to expect, and is sushi or seafood really better here?)
- Ginza : Exploring Ginza : Uniqlo Ginza (largest Uniqlo in Tokyo) and Dover Street (How to go and what to expect)
- Uniqlo Ginza
- Dover Street
- Odaiba : Odaiba City : Odaiba Liberty and Unicorn Gundam (How to go and what to expect)
- Odaiba Liberty
- Unicorn Gunda
- Dinner at the food court in Diver City Tokyo Plaza : Odaiba City : Odaiba Liberty and Unicorn Gundam (How to go and what to expect)
Day 4
- Pokemon Mega Center : Pokemon Center Mega Tokyo – largest Pokemon Center in Tokyo (How to go and what to expect)
- Lunch at Ikinari Steak : Ikinari Steak Toshima City (What to expect)
- Tokyo Plaza : Tokyo Plaza – famous glass escalator in Harajuku, appeared in BTS Jungkook’s GCF film (How to go and what to expect)
- Omotesando
- Mori Tower : Roppongi Hills Tokyo City View Observation Deck in Mori Tower : best 360 view of Tokyo + The Science Behind Pixar exhibit (How to go, what to expect and until when is the Pixar exhibit??)
- Shinjuku
- Don Quijote (closest branch to us that is 24 hours)
- Dinner near Don Quijote
Day 5
- Asakusa Shrine/Temple : Asakusa Shrine/Sensō-ji (How to go and what to expect)
- Lunch at Gyukatsu Motomura : Gyukatsu Motomura near Tokyo Statio (How to go and what to expect)
- Walk around Tokyo Station : Exploring Tokyo Station (What to expect)
- Excelsior Caffé : Exploring Tokyo Station (What to expect)
- Train back to Kikka : Tokyo: Where to stay (Kikka)
- Get luggages
- Train to the airport
- Dinner inside the airport (in La Toque)
- Fly back to Manila
all photos taken using an iPhone / Fujifilm X-T20 18-55 mm
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💚, R
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