Tokyo → Hakone → Kyoto → Osaka → Hiroshima → Tokyo

Land

Hanedakuko, Ota City, Tokyo 144-0041 (Terminal 3)

Terminal 3, arrivals on 2F

Terminal 3 for international arrivals

Immigration, bags, customs

Hanedakuko, Ota City, Tokyo 144-0041 (Terminal 3)

Limousine Bus counter is in the arrivals hall, before you exit

TIGHT — you have 90 min to a fixed 17:10 departure. Head straight through; don't stop to shop

AIRPORT LIMOUSINE — BOOKED

Hanedakuko, Ota City, Tokyo 144-0041 (Terminal 3)

Non-stop

~55 min in evening traffic. Drops at Shinjuku Station West / Keio department store

BUY 3 SUICA CARDS

3-38-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0022

Bus drops at the Keio dept store kerb. Green JR machines are inside the West exit concourse

Green JR East ticket machines, right by the West exit where the bus drops you. Switch to English → Suica → New Purchase. ¥500 refundable deposit each, then load ¥3,000–5,000. SKIP the Travel Service Center — queues run 30+ min

Sleep

Resist pushing through. If the Suica machines were a problem tonight, do it tomorrow at 06:45 before the Tsukiji run

START AT THE HOTEL

1-20-2 Kabukicho, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0021

1-20-2 Kabukicho — 10 min to Shinjuku stn

Wake, get the baby fed and out by 07:00. Jet lag will have you up early — use it, this is the one day early rising is free

CASH — first ATM run

7-Eleven on Yasukuni-dori, 2 min from the hotel

7-Eleven by the hotel. Take ¥80,000 — covers Tokyo, Kamakura and Hakone. Choose JPY if it offers to convert. Break a note buying breakfast so you have coins

Tsukiji Hongwan-ji Temple

3-15-1 Tsukiji, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-8435

Back toward the station — the temple is on the main road, hard to miss

On the walk back toward the station. Unusual Indian-influenced stone architecture, not the usual wooden temple

Hamarikyu Gardens

1-1 Hamarikyuteien, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0046

~15 min walk south. Enter at the Otemon (north) gate

~15 min walk south. ENTRANCE FEE payable at the gate. Map: tokyo-park.or.jp/teien/en/hama-rikyu/map.html. Tea house on the pond, shaded

Walk north through Shiodome

6-10-1 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0061

Out of the Otemon gate, north through Shiodome, ~15 min

~15 min from the Otemon (north) gate

Ginza — browse and eat

6-10-1 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0061

Ginza Six and the Mitsukoshi/Matsuya depachika are all within 5 min

Your midday air-conditioned block. Ginza Six, and the depachika food halls at Mitsukoshi and Matsuya for takeaway bento. No sit-down lunch booked, so eat here

Senso-ji + Nakamise-dori

2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo 111-0032

2 min from Asakusa stn exit A4, in through Kaminarimon gate

Main hall open 06:00–17:00. Nakamise is souvenir shopping

Explore Akihabara

Sotokanda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo

Ginza line from Tawaramachi to Suehirocho, ~12 min

Ginza line from Asakusa, ~10 min. Yodobashi Akiba, Super Potato for retro games, Mandarake, gachapon halls. Buildings are 6-8 floors with tight lifts — pick two or three, don't try to do the lot

Tokyo Metropolitan Government deck

2-8-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 163-8001

10 min west from Shinjuku West exit. Follow the underground signs to 都庁. Projection mapping on the facade until 21:30

Free, no ticket, South deck open to 22:00. Projection mapping on the facade until 21:30. 10 min walk from the hotel. Moved here from Saturday, which now has the sumo show

BACK TO THE HOTEL

1-20-2 Kabukicho, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0021

10 min walk east, through the West exit underpass into Kabukicho

10 min walk east, through the West exit underpass into Kabukicho

START AT THE HOTEL

1-20-2 Kabukicho, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0021

1-20-2 Kabukicho — 10 min to Shinjuku stn

Slower start today — Meiji Jingu is a 10 min walk plus two Yamanote stops

Meiji Jingu

1-1 Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya, Tokyo 151-8557

JR Yamanote, Shinjuku → Harajuku, 2 stops, 5 min. Shrine gate is beside the station

JR is the ABOVE-GROUND train. From Shinjuku take the Yamanote in the direction of SHIBUYA, 2 stops, get off at Harajuku. Early morning here is genuinely peaceful

Takeshita-dori, then Omotesando

Takeshita-dori starts opposite Harajuku stn. Omotesando is 10 min south

Omotesando for the architecture and better coffee

Wander Cat Street

Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0001

Cat Street runs south from Omotesando into Shibuya, ~15 min

Runs south from Omotesando into Shibuya, ~15 min end to end. Vintage shops and cafés the whole way — grab something as you go

5 Crossties Coffee — crossing from above

2-24-12 Shibuya, Tokyo 150-6117 (Scramble Square 17F)

Scramble Square EAST wing — take the OFFICE lifts from B2F or 2F to 17F

Scramble Square EAST wing, 17F. Enter at B2F or 2F and take the OFFICE tower lifts, not the shopping ones — reviewers get lost. Butter chicken curry ¥880, floor-to-ceiling windows, rarely crowded. Sat 10:30–18:00

Scramble crossing, Hachiko

21 Udagawacho, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0042

Straight down from the station, you cannot miss it

Saturday — it will be heaving

Yamanote back to Shinjuku

JR Yamanote, Shibuya → Shinjuku, 2 stops, 7 min

2 stops, 7 min. Then a short walk to the venue

TOKYO SUMO SHOW

Shinjuku, Tokyo — venue confirmed on booking

Short walk from Shinjuku Station — exact venue comes with your booking

90 min, English-guided, indoor and air-conditioned. 40 min explanation, 20 min live matches, 30 min where SIX guests are drawn by omikuji to enter the ring. From ¥10,500pp. Venue address comes with your booking confirmation

BACK TO THE HOTEL

1-20-2 Kabukicho, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0021

5 min walk north into Kabukicho