Japan - May 2019

Our Itinerary May 2019 So I've talked about what we did broadly while we were in Japan, but here is a day by day break down of our trip. 4 Sat Fly to Singapore Hotel Grand Pacific 5 Su Fly to Narita  (arrival after 5.30pm) Knot Hotel Shinjuku 6 M Shinjuku Knot Hotel Shinjuku 7 T Harajuku Knot Hotel Shinjuku 8 W TenQ Space Museum/Akihabara /Shinagawa Water Park Knot Hotel Shinjuku 9 Th BookOff Super store Op shopping Knot Hotel Shinjuku 10 F Ikebukuro and Magic Bar Knot Hotel Shinjuku 11 S Shinjuku Shopping / Robot Restaurant Knot Hotel Shinjuku 12 Su Mangekyo Drum Show / Kimono Knot Hotel Shinjuku 13 M Ghibli Hilton Tokyo Bay 14 T Disney Hilton Tokyo Bay 15 W Disney Hilton Tokyo Bay 16 Th Disney Hilton Tokyo Bay 17 F ...

Harajuku is two stops from Shinjuku (about 7 minutes) by train and should be on your list of places to visit when you are in Tokyo. Next to the station is Yoyogi Park which houses the Meiji Shinto Shrine, a casual 15 -20 minute stroll from the station. There are some amazing Tori gates on the way, and walking through the forest you wouldn't even know that you were in the middle of Tokyo. The shrine sells protective charms (we bought one for my mum for safe driving) and for 500-600Yen you can purchase a wooden tablet and add your own wish and hang it in the grounds of the shrine.  We opted for this so that we could leave a little something of ourselves there. As the shops in Harajuku didn't open until around 10, this was a lovely way to fill in the time before we could go shopping! Walking back to the station you will have two options, head straight for Takeshita Street or the surrounding streets and shops. We didn't make good use of our time here, we c...