First draft of my 19 day trip to Japan with wife

Itinerary

Japan trip 19 days. SEPTEMBER 20 to OCTOBER 9

I'm still trying to figure out how to spread things out and what else to do

How much time SPENT may differ from projected. 

Consult Google map and saved places. Less clutter here

Which day can change depending on laundry day

REMINDER TO TAKE ALL THE PICTURES

DAY 1 ARRIVAL 

1500 ish

Find out where to get a GREEN Suica card

Try to reload the Welcome one from last time. If doesn’t work, get new one

Check wife’s Suica app 

1 hour train to Keisei Tateishi Station

Check

1700 ish

UNPACK

Freshen up

Decide to either rest up or go out. Probably go out for supplies

7/11 (egg sando and Clear cooler), grocery store, Family mart, lawson, Donki if she’s up for walking 20 minutes. 

Walk around to get our bearings

Take wife on a walk around town for the vibes

Pick out a local place for dinner. Probably nearby place

Day 2

Breakfast at either Royal Host or Jonathan or 7/11 egg sando, 

Asakusa 

Sensoji Temple

Rent kimono for wife

Lunch at Kurosushi flagship

Explore shopping areas

Tokyo Skytree

The Waygu brothers - dinner

Day 3

Odaiba

Teamlab planets

Big sight

Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park 

Small worlds 

Statue of liberty

Manyo Club

Day 4

Ikebukuro Sunshine City Alta

Find place for lunch 

Meiji Jinju

Shibuya Scramble

Mag's Park Rooftop Shibuya Crossing

Underground mall

B-side label in Harajuku 

Nakano broadway

Day 5

Wake up as early as possible

Train 1 ½ hours

Yokohama - Ramen museum - 31 minutes Landmark Tower - 15 minutes depending on train  Chinatown east gate- 

54 minutes

Kamakura - Komachi Street

56 minutes

Enoshima - take the bus from the train station 

Take monorail to Ofuna station and then back to Yuyu house

Get dinner local

Day 6 - 8 

Tokyo Station then to OSAKA - 2 ½ hours on the fastest train. 

Set up Hotel for a 2 day stay 

Dotenbori - Eat lots of food along the river for picture

Universal Studios Japan - GET TICKETS in advance. Frieren 

Nara deers if possible

Back to Tokyo

Day 9 

Costco Japan

Disneyland just to SEE it, probably not go inside

Ginza Seafood Buffet Dining Ginza Happo

Tokyo Tower at night to the TOP

Day 10

Akiharbara 

Sando lab

Hobby Off - try to find a "junk" cassette player

Day 11

Ameyoko st

Imperial Palace

Gina again, the eel place 

Day 12

Cafe capyba

JGSDF Public Information Center

Day 13

Try  Bar Centifolia

Day 14

Mikasa Memorial warship in Yokosuka 

Day 15

Nezu Shrine (all the tori gates)

Day 16

Suzume-no-oyado Ryokuchi Park - bamboo forest

Day 17

Remember to try an udon place

Day 18

Last minute shopping

CHECK FLIGHT AND SEATS for any problems

Day 19

DAY OF FLIGHT BACK TO AMERICA - 1715/ 5:15pm

Check out at 10am but check with hotel for a later check out. If not possible, leave by 10am and start heading to airport to drop off luggage.

1 hour train to airport

Depending on how much time left before actual flight, either leave airport and go to nearby sights or stay in airport for X amount of hours for flight.

Posted Jun 25, 2026, 5:06 PM UTC

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