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Pls comment on my travel plan Tokyo?

I have 6 days free time in Tokyo: Saturday and Sunday in week 1, and Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in week 2. Below are the places I plan to visit: -Metropolitan Tokyo area (two-day tour, may be non-consecutive days) ------------------------------------------- **Tokyo Imperial Palace & East Garden – free admission Tokyo Science Museum Tokyo Tower (just look at a distance, will not pay & enter) Edo-Tokyo Museum Origami House – tel 03-5684-6040 Studio Ghibli Museum Odaiba Miraikan, Future Science Museum – free Saturdays Chuo Tsukiji Fish Market Harajuku/Shibuya **Meiji Shrine – free (go on Sunday to see traditional Japanese wedding) **Yoyogi Park – free **Omotesando Street Takeshita Dori Daiso Ginza Ueno **Ueno Park & Zoological Garden – is panda still on display? **Tokyo National Museum National Museum of Nature and Science **Asakusa Kannon Temple Nakamise Shopping Arcade National Museum of Western Art – free 2nd / 4th Saturdays Shitamachi Museum Shinjuku district Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (preferably evening @ 45/F observation deck) Shinjuku Gyoen Garden – closed on Mondays ------------------------------------------- -Tokyo Disney LAND or SEA (one-day tour, stay until evening for fireworks display) - Hakone round course (one-day tour) - Yokohama (half-day tour only, afternoon/evening) Yamate Sankein Garden Yamashita Park Minato Mirai 21 Landmark Tower - Kamakura (half-day tour only, morning/lunch) Great Buddha Hasedera Temple Hachimangu Shrine Zeniarai Benten Zumisenji Temple Kenchoji Temple - Nagano (half-day or one-day tour) Zenkoji Temple Matsumoto Castle Kamikochi (Japanese Alps) Snow Monkeys (Kambayachi) -Omiya Bonsai Museum Railway Museum -Nikko (half-day or one-day tour) Nikko Toshogi Temple Nikko Futarasan Shrine Kegon Falls Do you think I should drop certain cities/wards or specific spots because they are out-of-the-way, or they go in the opposite direction, or they will only cause too much delay in my over-all schedule. What is the proper sequence or order of the tour to visit different sites without going back and forth in one city/ward? Although I will be based in Tokyo, please feel free to recommend an overnight stay in one city to maximize my travel time. Finally, which among the above museums, parks, shrines, temples, castles are really worth paying the entrance fees and spending some time inside? And which ones are worth seeing at a distance outside without having to enter inside the grounds or buildings (and paying the entrance fee in the process). For example, I just want to see Rodin's "The Thinker" in front of Museum of Modern Art.

Public Comments

1. Scrap Tokyo too expensive and crowded try alternatives: Osaka, Hiroshima, Kyoto etc somewhere smaller and rural is my top tip for the day
2. :O that's a lot of places! lol well I can only help you with the Tokyo part. I lived in Tokyo for 2 months, and all the places you listed are really worth going to! The only suggestion I have is are you thinking about the train fees and are you planning on renting a SUICA card? because there is no way you will walk :)