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Please Comment on Our Basic Itinerary (self.japantravel)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by counselwolf to c/japantravel

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Going to Tokyo next week, here's our itinerary:

Day 01 - arrival (afternoon), shibuya, donki , and golden guy

Day 02 - Disneyland

Day 03 - tsukiji market, temple, and teamlab

Day 04 - mt fuji, and ski

Day 05 - free day or harry potter

Day 06 - Free day/Departure (night)

Just wanted to ask if there are any non-obvious things we should take note of?

edit: I'll add some more information.

We'll be travelling in a big group (16+) and we'd prefer to not move hotels.

The itinerary is kind of empty because we'd probably spend a longer amount of time than usual in every spot because of how big our group is.

Personally, I prefer food, some sightseeing, and shopping (thrift and souvenir shopping) which I'll probably do on the free day. (I was thinking somewhere along the lines of Shimokitazawa?)

I'll add:

~~1. Are there any Horse Racing Tracks where we can watch near Tokyo? (is it open on weekends?) ~~ I found Tokyo Racecourse and OI Racecourse.

Do I need to book tickets for the Horse Race Tracks ahead of time?

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[–] nikosey 2 points 1 year ago

i visited tokyo a few months ago and really enjoyed teamlabs planets. it seemed touristy and i was skeptical id like it. it WAS touristy but they managed the crowds well and i ended up really enjoying it.

[–] benignintervention 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What kind of experience are you after? Sightseeing, night life, foodie, etc?

[–] counselwolf 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Personally, food and shopping. But we'll be travelling in a big group (16 people) and we have different wants so any advice would be appreciated.

Side note: are there any Horse racing tracks near Tokyo?

[–] benignintervention 2 points 1 year ago

16 is a lot to wrangle. Some general crowd pleasers might include:

-Shinjuku National Garden (check the day to make sure they're open) -Kichijoji train station, which is also a mall -there's good hiking between Mt Takao and Mt Fuji -Roppongi has good food and a good night life -Ginza is an expensive area with good shopping and good food. IIRC they also have a Delirium themed bar -Tokyo Tower -Tokyo Skytree -the Imperial Palace (very close to Ginza) -Izakaya's are like small bars, but 16 people will be too many. I can't think of one that had more than 10 seats. Better for groups of 2-4 -Stop at any random ramen place, they're all good. But again, 16 people at once is probably too many -The Meiji Shrine, and next to the park is a small street shopping district

That's all I've got off the top of my head