Tokyo · 4-Day First Visit
Four days, one neighborhood per day. Shibuya energy, Asakusa history, Shinjuku food crawl, and one quiet day in Yanaka. No theme parks. No robot restaurant.
Breakfast · Onigiri Bongo (or hotel)
8:30 AM – 9:30 AMBest onigiri in Tokyo. Open 11:30 if you're flexible — otherwise hotel.
Meiji Shrine
10:00 AM – 12:00 PMEnter from Harajuku side. Walk slow under the torii. 30 min if you don't dawdle.
Takeshita Street + Cat Street walk
12:00 PM – 1:30 PMTakeshita for the chaos, Cat Street for the actual shopping. Stop at Flying Tiger.
Lunch · Afuri ramen
1:30 PM – 2:30 PMYuzu-shio ramen. Light, citrusy, perfect mid-day.
Shibuya Scramble + Shibuya Sky
3:00 PM – 5:00 PMCross the scramble from the Starbucks side. Pre-book Shibuya Sky for sunset — non-negotiable.
Cocktails · Bar Trench
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM8 seats. Negronis on the menu. Speak softly.
Dinner · Fuunji (tsukemen)
7:00 PM – 10:00 PMLine up by 6pm or wait an hour. Tsukemen ai-mori is the order.
Hotel · Hoshinoya Tokyo
11:00 PM – 12:00 AMBreakfast at hotel onsen
8:00 AM – 9:00 AMSenso-ji (before crowds)
9:30 AM – 11:00 AMBe at Kaminarimon by 9:30 or it's a zoo. Walk Nakamise both ways.
Asakusa side-streets + Hoppy Street
11:30 AM – 1:00 PMThe 5 blocks west of Senso-ji are the real Asakusa. Hoppy Street for the visual.
Lunch · Daikokuya tempura
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM1887. Ten-don with two shrimp. The line moves.
Walk · Sumida River to Ueno
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM20-min walk along the river. Or take the Ginza line two stops if you're tired.
Ueno Park + Tokyo National Museum
4:00 PM – 7:00 PMSkip Toshogu shrine. Spend 90 min in the Honkan building of TNM. Don't try to see everything.
Coffee · Kayaba Coffee
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM1938 kissaten. Egg sandwich + iced coffee.
Dinner · Bird Land (yakitori, Michelin)
9:30 PM – 12:00 AMReservation 2 months out. Counter only. Course menu, no menu choosing.
Breakfast · Café de l'Ambre
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM1948 coffee bar. Aged-bean pour-over. Sit at the counter, watch the brew.
Yanaka Ginza shopping street
10:00 AM – 12:00 PMLow-rise old Tokyo. Get the menchi-katsu from Niku no Suzuki.
SCAI The Bathhouse (gallery)
12:00 PM – 1:30 PMContemporary art in a 200-year-old bathhouse. Check what's on — sometimes it's closed between shows.
Lunch · Hantei (kushiage)
2:00 PM – 3:00 PMWooden building from 1899. Skewers come 6 at a time until you say stop.
Train to Shimokitazawa
4:00 PM – 6:00 PMShimokitazawa wander · vintage + indie
6:00 PM – 9:00 PMBest vintage shopping in Tokyo. Loop the south side. Stop at Bear Pond Espresso.
Dinner · Shirube (izakaya)
9:30 PM – 12:00 AMLoud, packed, perfect. Order the salt-grilled mackerel and the dashimaki.
Breakfast · Verve Coffee
9:00 AM – 10:00 AMBig-windowed, fast wifi. Avocado toast + cortado.
Shinjuku Gyoen garden
10:30 AM – 1:00 PMCherry blossoms if you timed it right. The English landscape section in the back is empty.
Lunch · Tsunahachi tempura (1923)
1:30 PM – 2:30 PMCounter seats only. Anago tendon.
Department-store basement crawl (depachika)
3:00 PM – 5:00 PMB1 + B2 of Isetan. Free samples. Buy a bento for the train home.
Omoide Yokocho walk-through
6:00 PM – 7:30 PMDon't eat here — too touristy now. Just walk it for the visual. 15 minutes.
Dinner · Donjaca (izakaya)
8:00 PM – 11:00 PMRun by the same family since 1979. Pork katsu sandwich + agedashi tofu + cold sake.
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