Original link: https://blog.othree.net/log/2023/05/01/2023-tokyo/
After three years, I finally went to Japan again. This time, because I haven’t been there for a long time, I queued for a long time. There are eleven days in total. From Friday to Monday, I want to record the itinerary plan, The actual progress and the things that I feel a little bit missing.
The main itinerary of this trip was actually going three years ago, but when the epidemic broke out, what I thought at the time was to take the children to Disneyland and visit Mount Fuji to soak in the hot springs, so this time the itinerary planning also put aside the shortcomings of that time Come in, but we decided a bit late, and Japan has been providing domestic travel subsidies recently, so it has been quite troublesome when arranging accommodation, and the final plan is basically:
4/14 入境、上野採買4/15 銀座採買4/16 淺草、台場4/17 迪士尼4/18 迪士尼4/19 富士山4/20 富士山4/21 大宮鐵道博物館4/22 隨意4/23 隨意4/24 出境
In the case of carrying an oil bottle, I changed four hotels in total, which is actually a bit too much. I stayed in Ueno Okachimachi for the first three days, then Disneyland Hotel, Okura Tokyo Bay Hotel, then Kawaguchiko, and finally Ikebukuro Prince. Four days, this arrangement is mainly because Disney’s main hotel is more expensive, and secondly, it is difficult to stay in the same room for two consecutive days. I originally wanted to go back to the city to live after playing the next day, so that I can take a bus to Lake Kawaguchi the next day. Two of the anticipated challenges are:
- From Ueno to Disney, you need to transfer and carry a lot of luggage
- From Disney to Mount Fuji, you need to transfer to a bus at Tokyo Station and send your luggage to the final accommodation: Ikebukuro Prince Hotel
I have carefully studied these two routes, which station to transfer to, which location is better to get on the train, and what route has the elevator, etc., but in the end it didn’t come in handy. First of all, From Disney to Kawaguchiko, I decided to rent a car before departure. Although it is more expensive, it has many benefits. The best thing is that I have more time, so I went to Mitsui outlet in Kisarazu and crossing. The Aqualine in Tokyo Bay and the firefly rest station on the water in the middle of the sea (I originally wanted to go around Tokyo Bay, but it turned out that it took two hours), especially the latter, I am really interested, but as a tourist, it is really difficult to have the opportunity, So my plan is to take the Disney Resort Line Monorail to Maihama Station and transfer to a bus in the morning. Instead of going to other places, I wait for the bus at the bus stop in front of the station and take the bus to Maoji Station (pronounced Nekozane four sounds, I thought it was Luckily the driver can hear three tones), then walked to Toyota Rent-A-Car Urayasu やなぎぎ通り store , and then drove back to Okura to pack the luggage.
PS. I really like this Toyota rental car. There are also drinks that can be taken to the car for you, including coffee, juice, and black tea without sugar. Compared with the East Ikebukuro store that was returned later, it is really worse.
As for the first challenge, I didn’t plan to spend money to solve it. Later, I was exhausted from carrying the oil bottle from the airport to the hotel on the first day. We brought two large suitcases, and the child had a cart for him. Sit, although you can basically find slopes and barrier-free routes, but you often need to detour all the time, and some road sections are not very easy to push, the physical exertion is not small, and the friends who entertained us on the third day also felt that it was a waste of time. It is better to settle the money, and the luggage has already increased after the purchase two days ago, so that day it became a direct uber to call a big car to the Disneyland Hotel, which was surprisingly easy to call.
Come back and introduce the actual itinerary:
I went to Haneda on the first day, took the monorail to Tokyo Metro to Ueno Okachimachi, and stayed at the hotel MONday Ueno Okachimachi. I recommend this hotel. I wrote down the reason for the recommendation on FB. If you are interested, you can refer to it After checking in, I went directly to buy cosmeceuticals and electrical appliances in the Ueno business district. The electrical appliance target this time is actually only two hair dryers, one of which is Panasonic’s latest hair dryer EH-NA0J. I’m using NA96 now, and it’s been almost eight years. Yes, in fact, I have always wanted to upgrade, but I have been unable to change it. It was not until this year that the machine’s shape changed a lot, and I decided to buy it. At that time, it was quite cheap in Japan (Taiwan had an agent for this machine), and I bought it at Duoqingya. , 10% tax rebate + 2% off, plus JCB’s 10% off, and then the credit card’s own reward is 3-5% off, which adds up to at least 25% off. Today’s dinner is Ueno’s Yamaya Pork Chop. In fact, I didn’t specifically designate this place to eat, but halfway there, the children started to play tricks, and then it happened to be near this place, and it was about to open. I also have the impression that it is also famous. So I decided to eat him. The store is very traditional and only accepts cash.
The next morning, I went to PARCO_ya and Matsuzakaya Department Store to hang out. I ate HARBS at noon. I went shopping in Ginza in the afternoon and Tokyo Station in the evening. I wanted to talk about going to Tokyo Station, but unfortunately it was raining heavily that day, and the children were not easy to take care of, so I gave up taking photos of the fully completed Tokyo Station, and I can only look forward to the next time I come to Tokyo. In fact, ideally we have to change hotels, and the shopping should be put in the back, but because the JCB 10% rebate event is really delicious, and it just ends on this day, so we had to change it to shopping first, and only bought in these two days There is one more boarding box for things.
On the third day, the weather was very good. I went to Asakusa from Ueno early in the morning. I ate Taiyaki, went to Nishimatsu House to buy children’s clothes (sightseeers should not come here), and bought pork chop sandwiches for lunch. I was supposed to take the water bus to EMERALDAS I went to Odaiba, but the tickets for the whole day were sold out. I really didn’t expect it to be so popular. I made a mistake at this time. In fact, there is a Tokyo Waterside Line that can be taken here (actually, it’s a little far away). I forgot to go there to see if there are any seats, and then changed to take the subway to Yurikamome to Odaiba, went to Odaiba to watch the Unicorn Gundam, then met with friends for dinner, and took a ride to the capital Kowa at night Next to Tokyo Tower.
In the morning of the fourth day, take an Uber bus directly to the Disneyland Hotel. After depositing your luggage, take the Disney Resort Line to Disney Sea, and stay at the Disneyland Hotel at night.
On the morning of the fifth day, I rushed to Disneyland to play Beauty and the Beast. Later, I went back to the hotel to check out at about ten o’clock. By the way, I transferred the luggage to the concierge and asked them to send it to Okura Tokyo Bay Hotel. I actually checked this free service. For a long time, the information on the Disney website is different in each language. Only the traditional Chinese version of the page clearly states that it is a free service. In short, the few recognized hotels by the sea can send luggage there. He will confirm with you that you have booked a room there. , and then bought some food from the small supermarket in the hotel for lunch and went back to the park, and took the monorail to take the transfer bus to the hotel in the evening.
On the sixth day, I went out too late in the morning. In short, I took the monorail, transferred to the bus, rented a car at Toyota in Urayasu, drove the car back to the hotel to pick up my luggage, and then crossed Tokyo Bay to Kisarazu outlet for lunch. After that, I went shopping for more than two hours (too late) It’s only a little over two hours to go out for shopping), and then return to the sea firefly rest station in the middle of Aqualine , and then go all the way to Lake Kawaguchi. As a result, it took a lot of time in the traffic jam in the urban area, and it was almost dinner time when we arrived at the hotel, which was a bit thrilling . This day I stayed at Xiufeng Pavilion Huyue. It took me a long time to book the website every day. Dinner is served in the room. Every room has a great view. If you are lucky, you can see the inverse view from the room. Fuji.
PS. The small shop in Xiufengge Huyue has pretty good products, so you can browse around.
The rented car is actually a bit small, and the luggage can hardly fit in it, but the car itself is quite new.
Lego is actually a little cheaper than in Taiwan, the exchange rate is really too low.
A very special sea rest station, sea fireflies, you can see Mount Fuji when the weather is good, but there is only a piece of white that day.
This kind of rest station belongs to PA (Parking Area) in Japan, and there is another service area called SA (Service Area). Change) refers to the interchange, and JCT (junction) is the place where multiple expressways meet. You can change lanes but you cannot get on or off the expressway.
The inverse Fuji was taken with a long exposure camera at night. The naked eye actually only sees a piece of black. If you look closely, you will find a very faint outline. That’s why I judged that it can be taken with a camera. But this time I didn’t bring a tripod, otherwise it should be It can be taken more beautifully.
On the seventh day, I got up early in the morning to see if there was a chance to see Inverse Fuji. Unfortunately, Mt. One night, I used a camera store to take pictures of the inverse Fuji. There is also a pool in the hotel where people can take pictures of the inverse Fuji. It is not without gain. In fact, the forecast in Fuji for the past two days is only 1 point, so I can actually see Mount Fuji. Satisfied, I went to two or three scenic spots, ate FUJI de 223 いなりと発酱カフェfor lunch, and then went straight back to downtown Tokyo. This night, I was going to live in Prince Ikebukuro. I followed the navigation and passed the nine bends and eighteen turns After the capital is high, I didn’t expect to get out of the East Ikebukuro exit, and immediately turn left to the gate of Ikebukuro Prince, and then return the car to the Toyota rental car in East Ikebukuro, and then continue forward, turn right and arrive immediately, super convenient (but I went around again to refuel After walking around for a while), dinner will be settled in Sunshine City. I should visit the stores in Sunshine City more this day, because when I really want to go shopping, I don’t have time, and the stores close early.
When I went up to the remote worship place, the sun was too high and the light was not very good. This area is actually still under development, and the plants next to it have not grown yet.
The eighth day is scheduled to go to the Omiya Railway Museum. Because I want to say that it is a popular attraction, it should be better to go on weekdays. In the end, there are really not many people. It is quite comfortable to stroll around. It is very happy to take pictures, but it is less likely to visit a Shinkansen It’s a pity that the exhibition area is small, and we almost didn’t go to the experience area, because the children are still too young, most of them can only be operated by elementary school students, so the time control is not bad, and the trip will end in a little more than half a day, which is ok Go back to Ikebukuro to shop at department stores; the Omiya Railway Museum is really a good attraction. Those who are interested can visit the exhibition area for a long time. There are many devices to experience, some introductions to the physical principles related to railways, etc., and then the souvenir shop It’s also very big. This time I went to the special zone for the 10th anniversary of the National IC Unicom. In the afternoon, I went back to Ikebukuro for a casual stroll.
There is a railway store at Omiya Station: Railyard. I quite like it. I also saw Suica’s Inden wallet. After studying it for a while, I found it. The details are recorded on Twitter .
On the morning of the ninth day, I decided to go to Shinjuku to see the huge cats, but I went to Seibu Department Store in Ikebukuro to look for soup dumplings in the morning. I accidentally bought Yakult Y1000 in the supermarket there. Instead of buying cosmeceuticals, I bought a bunch of games and dolls (my Mario and Luigi) at the West Exit of Yodobashi, and then went to Shake Shack for lunch, and then went to the East Exit to see cats, and there were too many people. The cat fled back to Ikebukuro to visit the aquarium.
The tenth day is the last full day. In view of the fact that there were too many people in Shinjuku yesterday, I gave up the trip to the downtown area (I originally considered going to Shibuya, there are Sibuya Sky and Nintendo stores), and decided to go to the Arakawa Line (Sakura Tram) for a day Tour, go directly to Ikebukuro 4-chome Station, take the terminal and run back, take pictures of the Sky Tree and the Arakawa Line tram, and then look at the historical records of old cars and some Toei trams in the memorial hall in front of the Arakawa Garage, and then go to Sugamo Shopping street, I personally like Sugamo shopping street, which has a sense of age but is lively enough. I also secretly bought their mascot duck, and then I will introduce this trip in a separate article; after dinner, I will go back to The Shushuin in Ikebukuro was booked two days ago, and then I went to Uniqlo to replenish some clothes. I will buy a DRY-EX in different colors in about a year. There are more choices in Japan, and then I will buy a new AIRism and eliminate it now. Yes, this is also a super-large Uniqlo store that can be tax-refunded. Then I returned to Sunshine City. I wanted to visit the one piece store or the pokemon store or the BANDAI NAMCO cross store, but I only visited the last one. SJHA special exhibition, but the special exhibition closes earlier than the store…
On the last day, I had an appointment for an airport pick-up. I took a bus to Haneda Airport at ten o’clock, and then picked up a bunch of local products bought by Perfect Line, went to check-in and checked my luggage, and then went to HANEDA Airport Garden. This whole building is new. It is connected to Haneda Terminal 3 on the second floor. The second floor is full of shops, and it is also connected to hotels and hot springs. I thought about whether to eat here, but I was not hungry at all at that time, and there were meals on the plane. So I didn’t go to the restaurant, and then I found out that his plan was pretty good. All the shops are concentrated on the second floor, and there are shops on the empty bridge, and the restaurant is on the first floor, so if you just want to buy souvenirs, connect the passage from the second floor In the past, there was no need to go up and down the stairs. It was very convenient for passengers who still need to push carts and luggage, and the store is quite easy to browse. KOKUYO also has a special store, and it also displays the HASA series of scissors that I originally wanted to buy, but the luggage at that time Already shipped.
HANEDA Airport Garden also has hotels and hot springs, you can refer to Henry’s article .
Where there is a journey, there will be gains and shortcomings. This time I have a few impressive experiences. The first one is Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. It is very popular now. We did not wait too long because we signed up early. The general recommendation is to buy it. DPA admission, but in fact, after queuing up to enter the castle, there are still many great scenes. If you go through the DPA passage, you will skip these and go back to the facility itself. I can only say that it is great and worth experiencing.
The second one is the Capital High School at night. This is the first time I went to the Capital High School during this trip. As a result, I went up five times in total, of which only the first one was at night. It was my friend who took us to dinner and passed through the Capital High School. It must be said that the view of Tokyo Tower at night is really special. Apart from the night view of Capital High, I drove up to pass Aqualine and then went around Tokyo on the return trip and then went to the East Ikebukuro exit. It really gave me a taste of the capital. The height is intricate, and there are actually routes near the Imperial Palace, but they are completely underground. The Japanese really respect the emperor. I look forward to the opportunity to see the sun again on Nihombashi.
In fact, taking the Metropolitan Highway also gave me a deeper understanding of how big Tokyo is. It must be said that their trams and subways are really fast. Driving on the expressway in many places makes me wonder why it is so far away.
As for the shortcomings, there are actually many, but most of them are trivial things:
- I didn’t go shopping at the Sunshine City animation store, and I almost didn’t see the SJHA special exhibition;
- There are some exhibitions in Ginza and I don’t have time to look at them;
- Ginza Itoya is a bit disappointing, there are quite a few items of goods, and there are so many people that it is almost impossible to shop;
- Miss the blue signboard of Kabukicho in Shinjuku and the bronze penguin statue in Suica Square;
- The front of Tokyo Station was not photographed;
- This is the second time I missed the Tokyo cruise designed by Reiji Matsumoto. The first time I only had one, I happened to meet the maintenance day;
- Did not go to the high-rise observatory, did not go to Shibuya Sky, and did not go to the reopened Sunshine City 60;
- Didn’t go to the Nintendo store;
- It was only when I came back that I found out that Mitooka Yuji ’s book had just been published, so I didn’t buy it by the way;
- I didn’t take the ride to Small World with my kids, so I just ran to handle check-out and luggage;
- Didn’t get the non-alcoholic Lemon Tang and Jack Daniel’s Whiskey and Coke cocktails.
Finally, I would like to mention the sugar-free version of black tea after an afternoon. I must say that it was really delicious before it was released in Taiwan many years ago. I have been wondering if the taste of the Taiwanese version is wrong, but this time I went to Japan to buy a bottle for verification, and the taste of the return is worse, which is really sad. Fortunately, I bought other good ones later, Craft Boss’s sugar-free black tea, but this one is more difficult to buy.
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