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Visiting Tokyo
Tokyo in 3
Days
You need three days just to take in the highlights of Tokyo and
still have time for some shopping and nightlife. With four or five
days you can explore the city in greater depth, wander off the
beaten path, and appreciate Tokyo's museums at leisure. More time
would allow for day trips to the scenic and historical sights in
communities outside the city.
Day 1 Start very early (why waste your jet lag?) with a visit
to the Tokyo Central Wholesale Market (Tokyo Chuo Oroshiuri Ichiba)
while it's still in high gear; then use the rest of the day for a
tour of the Imperial Palace and environs.
Day 2 Spend the morning of Day 2 at Buddhist Senso-ji in
Asakusa, and from there head to Ueno for an afternoon with its many
museums, vistas, and historic sites.
Day 3 Start Day 3 with a morning stroll through Ginza to
explore its fabled shops and depato. In the afternoon, see the
Shinto Meiji Jingu and take a leisurely walk through the nearby
Harajuku and Omotesando fashion districts to the Nezu Institute of
Fine Arts -- a perfect oasis for your last impressions of the city.
Tokyo in 5
Days
Day 4 Follow the itinerary above and add to it (or punctuate
it with) a morning of browsing in Akihabara, Tokyo's electronics
discount quarter, visiting the nearby Shinto Kanda Myojin as well.
Spend the afternoon on the west side of Shinjuku, Tokyo's
21st-century model city; savor the view from the observation deck of
architect Kenzo Tange's monumental Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Office; and cap off the day with a walk through the greenery of
Shinjuku Gyo-en National Garden.
Day 5 The luxury of a fifth day would allow you to fill in
the missing pieces that belong to no particular major tour: the
Buddhist Sengaku-ji in Shinagawa, the remarkable Edo-Tokyo
Hakubutsukan in Ryogoku, a tea ceremony, or any of the shops that
haven't yet managed to stake a claim on your dwindling resources.
See a sumo tournament, if there's one in town; failing that, you
could still visit the Kokugikan, National Sumo Arena, in the Ryogoku
district, and some of the sumo stables in the neighborhood.
If You Have
More Time
With a week or more, you can make Tokyo your home base for a series
of side trips. After getting your fill of Tokyo, take a train out to
Yokohama, with its scenic port and Chinatown. A bit farther afield
but still easily accessible by train is Kamakura, the 13th-century
military capital of Japan. The Great Buddha (Daibutsu) of the Kotoku-in
is but one of the National Treasures of art and architecture here
that draw millions of visitors a year. For both Yokohama and
Kamakura, an early morning start will allow you to see most of the
important sights in a full day and make it back to Tokyo by late
evening. As Kamakura is the most popular of excursions from Tokyo,
avoid the worst of the crowds by making the trip on a weekday.
Still farther off, but again an easy train trip, is Nikko, where the
founder of the Tokugawa shogunal dynasty is enshrined. Tosho-gu is a
monument unlike any other in Japan, and the picturesque Lake
Chuzen-ji is in a forest above the shrine. Two full days, with an
overnight stay, would allow you an ideal, leisurely exploration of
both. Yet another option would be a trip to Hakone and a climb to
the summit of Fuji-san (Mt. Fuji).
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