Here's the itinerary for my 7D6N Tokyo trip in January 2013. Please comment and advise. Thanks.


DAY 1
HANEDA AIRPORT – TOKYO
-Transfer to Hotel and check-in

DAY 2
TOKYO
- Sensoji Temple
- Nakamise Shopping Street
- Tokyo Sky Tree, Asahi Beer Azumabashi Building as seen along Sumida River
- Tsukiji Fish Market
- Imperial Palace Plaza and Nijubashi Bridge
- Ginza Shopping Street

DAY 3
TOKYO – MT FUJI AREA – HAKONE – TOKYO
- Fuji Visitor Center
- Fujiten Ski Resort
- Owakudani Valley
- Hakone Peace Park
- Gotemba Premium Outlets

DAY 4
TOKYO – YOKOHAMA - TOKYO
- Mega Web - Japan’s largest automobile theme park
- Venus Forte
- Yamashita Park
- Yokohama Chinatown
- Motomachi Shopping Street
- Bankokubashi - Yokohama Landmark Tower and Queen’s Square Yokohama
- Shin Yokohama Ramen Museum

DAY 5
TOKYO
- Meiji Shrine
- Harajuku
- Tokyo Little Korea
- Tokyo Metro Government Building Observatories
- Shinjuku Kabukicho

DAY 6
TOKYO
- Free and Easy

DAY 7
TOKYO – HANEDA AIRPORT
- Check out Hotel and leave your luggage at the reception
- Free and Easy until pick up time to be transfer to the Airport for flight departure

Thanks for the feedback..appreciate it..might skip some places is Kyoto then, as my main purpose is Tokyo..how about the JR Pass? Any thought if I should buy it here? Coz thinking of experiencing Shinkansen at least once from Kyoto-Tokyo..and in Tokyo will be using SUICA rite?

my family and i will be going to visit Japan (Kyoto & Osaka) from 19th Oct to 25th. Any one went there? any recommendation on accommodation and "must go" tourist spot?

Accommodation depends on yr budget. Take a look at Japanican website.
Must go tourist spots - spend all yr time in Kyoto/Nara/Uji n forget about Osaka.

Hi, may I know what is the time for the final show (fireworks) at disneysea, is it at the end of the visiting hour? and as for the locker, is it charged by the hours or per day (not stated in detail at website)? thanks

i am thinking whether it is suitable to put my visit to the last day, flight at 11.30 pm.

I don't recommend getting the JR Pass if you're only going to travel on the Shinkansen once (Kyoto-Tokyo) and plan to use the JR Pass for normal train commute.

The cheapest JR Pass will set you back 28,000 yen and with that pass you cannot take the fastest shinkansen (Nozomi). You can only take the regular ones.

I would recommend -
- buy regular tickets / day passes when you're traveling in Kyoto/Nara/Osaka.
- get the Nozomi shinkansen ticket from Kyoto-Tokyo (Total:¥ 13,720 one way).
- buy the SUICA card and use it for commute and travels in Tokyo.

That shouldn't work out to more than 28,000 yen and you get to ride on the Nozomi.

Take note you should buy your shinkansen ticket earlier (preferably a few days) as these are reserved seats and they occasionally gets sold out. It's not an open ticket so you'll need to specify the date and time.

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Added on August 28, 2012, 8:44 amIf I recall correctly, it's around 8pm.

I don't think it's a good idea to put it on the last day as you'll need to check-in 2 hours before your flight and Disneysea (Maihama St.) is quite a distance from Haneda (I assume you're flying AA).

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Added on August 28, 2012, 8:46 amIt looks like a packaged tour where you'll have tour guide and a bus to shuttle you around. Covers all the major tourist areas and since they already planned the schedule, there shouldn't be anything to worry about.

This post has been edited by PsyCHZZZ: Aug 28 2012, 08:46 AM

Thanks. Your opinions has really been very helpful. Can't wait to go to Japan!!

Yes, it is a packaged tour and private service too, not on a seat-in-couch basis, for my group of 8. I'm just asking for comments and advise on the itinerary and the places that I'll be visiting. The itinerary looks okay to you? Thanks.

Hmm, JR Pass really is not recommended? I'm also like dark_paladdin, will be going to Japan next month, and will take the shinkansen from osaka to tokyo.

Was thinking of getting the JR Pass since a lot of places that I want to go in Tokyo can be reach by using the JR Railway. Plus I'm going to Tokyo Game Show 2012 as well and that place can be reach using JR Railway.

But after reading your comment, now it making me think twice of getting a JR Pass........

Oblivionz,

What date ur going? How many days?

15 Sept - 23 Sept. Around 8 and a half days cause i arrive on 15 Sept in Kansai Airport around 3:45pm.

Are you alone in this trip? Saw your itinerary on Friday that you going to asakusa before you leave for Malaysia. Wanna meet up together?

I'm going alone in this trip, so my itinerary is very flexible.

This post has been edited by Oblivionz: Aug 28 2012, 11:02 AM

HI.. was wondering if anyone has experienced travelling from Haneda to City area after arriving via AA?
heard a lot about 'missing the last train'..

any suggestions which transport or line is the best to get into City area of Tokyo?

Yerp..going alone on this trip..my itinerary is not that fixed also..if possible can meet up

i checked your itinerary, seems like i can only join u on friday for asakusa.

19th wed - u going to hakone? i just arrive from my osaka trip, so can't join u.
20th thur - u going to disney sea. not interested in disney, so will not join u.
21th fri - u going to asakusa. was planning to go to asakusa on thursday btw, but i can change my schedule and meet up with u in asakusa on friday.

IMHO, JR Rail Pass is great if you're arriving in Tokyo, travel for 2 days, then go to Kyoto/Osaka for another 2-3 days then traveling back to Tokyo for the remaining days until your flight. The round trip of Tokyo<-->Kyoto/Osaka itself is around 26,000 yen so then it makes it worth the 28,000 yen JR Rail Pass.

IF you're only traveling one way, you'll have paid extra 15,000 yen which is for local transport on JR railways.
Now divide that by 7 days, this means each day you'll need to spend more than 2,000 yen on traveling expenses just to make it worth the money. From experience, I can say you will not spend that much on daily traveling expenses.

That's why it's not worth getting the JR Rail Pass if you're only going to take the shinkansen once.

You guys should use the Hyperdia site to plan your traveling expenses. (http://www.hyperdia.com/en/).

Ya, calculating now lol.

I also use this link http://www.tokyometro.jp/en/ticket/search/index.php to calculate the subway fares.

The Hyperdia site includes both JR and Tokyo Metro so it'll be easier to plan your travel routes as not all places are covered by Tokyo Metro.

However, if you plan to only use Tokyo Metro for a day trip around the city, then you should get the 1-day unlimited pass which is 710 yen.

hi psyCHZZ, how about if from osaka-hiroshima-kyoto-tokyo?

worth having the JR Pass? 1 day trip to hiroshima..

Since you'll be taking Shinkansen 3 times between these cities, it'll be worth it then.

Osaka-Hiroshima (10k)
Hiroshima-Kyoto (11k)
Kyoto-Tokyo (13k).

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Added on August 28, 2012, 12:51 pmI see. The plan looks okay as it does cover many of the major attractions in and around Tokyo.
I think some places you'll probably be spending short period of time since some days it looks quite packed but then again, you don't need to worry about train schedules or traveling time.




This post has been edited by PsyCHZZZ: Aug 28 2012, 12:51 PM

There will be 2 days "free and easy" and I think we want to commute on the JR Yamanote Line. What type of tickets should we get for the 2 days and which website to calculate the cost and time taken on that line? Thanks.