The Game Plan

02-25-2025

   

Sept 30th ✈︎ Fly out of Ottawa at 6:52am, brief layover in Chicago and then off to Tokyo!

Oct 1rst – Arrive in Tokyo at Narita πŸš‰ travel to Haneda to fly to Osaka at 6:05pm ✈︎Arrive in Osaka at 7:30pm

OSAKA: Now the days for the portion of the trip is tentative because I want to go to Sanji’s Restaurant at Universal Studios Japan and it’s a lottery lol, so it all depends on which day I get it (if I get it at all! I’ll only know in July! )

Oct 2nd Osaka (Konohana Ward/Suminoe Ward/Minatio Ward)

  • Universal Studios
  • Sakai City Traditional Craft Museum and Knife Shop
  • Osaka Bay Aquarium
  • Tenjinbashi-suji Shopping Street

Oct 3rd - πŸš‰ travel to Nara (1h12) in the morning

Nara:

  • Nara-Koen (deer park)
  • Kasuga Taisha shrine

- πŸš‰ travel back to Osaka (1h12) (Chuo-ku Ward, Naniwa-ku Ward, Kita Ward)

  • Kaiyodo Figure Museum Miraiza Osaka-Jo
  • Dotonbori shopping district
  • Shin Sekai shopping district 
  • Kuromon Ichiba Food Market
  •  Namba Yasaka shrine
  • Gacha House
  • Melonbooks (doujins)
  • Super Kids Land Character Store
  • Taito Station (arcade)
  • Kuma no Te Café
  • Sumo Hall Hirakuza Osaka *TENTATIVE* (If I can get tickets)
  • Umeda Arts Theatre *TENTATIVE* (Kabuki theatre, but the season isn’t announced yet)
  • Princess Café *TENTATIVE* (It’s a collab cafe so it depends on the collab)
  • Odoru-Udon Umeda

 

Oct 4th: - Check out of my hotel and πŸš‰ travel to Kobe (45 min) in the morning

Kobe:

  • Osamu Tezuka Museum
  • Kobe bridge
  • Weathercock House

- πŸš‰ travel back to Osaka (45 min) (Nishinari/ Ikeda)

  • Cup Noodle Museum
  • Okonomiyaki Chitose

Late Afternoon - πŸš‰ travel to Saikaminato (4:30 hours) 

Sakaiminato: - check in hotel

  • Mizuki Shigeru Road/Yokai Road
  • Kitaro Yokai Soko Café

October 5th – Check out of hotel in SAKAIMINATO

  • Mizuki Shigeru Memorial Museum
  • Yokai Shrine
  • GeGeGe no Yokai Rakuen park

 Afternoon - πŸš‰ travel to Hiroshima (5 hours) 

Hiroshima: - Check in hotel

  • Hiroshima Peace Park

October 6th: - Check out of Hiroshima hotel

  • Hiroshima Memorial Museum

πŸš‰ travel to Kumamoto (2:30 hours) 

Kumamoto: - check into hotel

  • Kumamoto Castle
  • Luffy Statue
  • Chopper Statue
  • Kumamon Square

October 7th:  KUMAMOTO

  • One Piece Tour

October 8th – Check out of hotel in KUMAMOTO

πŸš‰ travel to Kyoto (6 hours) 

Kyoto : - check into ryokan

  • Toji Pagoda
  • Terada Inn (Sakamoto museum)
  • Café Cherish
  • Aritsugu Knives
  • Hano Mai Izakaya
  • Yagitei-Yagi Mansion (Shinsengumi headquarters)
  • Sanjo Bridge
  • Omiya Inn
  • Ponto Street
  • Namae No Mai Ramen
  • Sugitora Café
  • Minami-Za Theatre

October 9thKYOTO

  • Fushimi Inari
  • Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
  • Rilakkuma House
  • Kyoto Internation Memorial Museum
  • Morita Washi
  • Pokémon Store
  • Gion District
  • Ryozen Museum
  • Mannaka Tsururu Udon
  • Ishibekoji Alley
  • Yanagikoiji Alley

 

October 10th - Check out of ryokan in Kyoto

  • Nintendo Museum *TENTATIVE* (lottery system, won’t know until July)
  • Also Rain & Wind Café

πŸš‰ travel to Tokyo either in the morning  or late morning (3 hours)

Tokyo (Toshima ward/Hino City/Chofu/Kamegura) -   Check into the hotel (in Asakusa)

  • Otome Road
  • K-Books
  • K-Books Cosplay Store
  • Animate Building
  • Sunshine City Mall
  • Togenuki Jizoson Koganji Temple
  • Chiikawa Café *TENTATIVE* (Lottery, won’t know until August)
  • Hijikata Toshio Museum
  • Kodai-Jingu Shrine
  • Kitaro Chaya Tea House
  • Shinsengumi Hometown Museum

October 11thTOKYO (Nerima/Nakano/Suginami/Meguro)

  • Oizumi Anime gate
  • Shirako-Gawa River (Ranma ½ location)
  • Nakano Broadway
  • Suginami Animation Museum
  • Tonki tonkatsu
  • Henteco (bear café )

October 12thTOKYO (Shinjuku/Chiyuda/Shibuya/Chuo/Minato

  • ARTNIA
  • Shinjuku Marui Annex (mall)
  • Takadanobaba Station
  • Kentucky Fried Chicken Shinjuku West Exist (JJK Location)
  • Suga Shrine staircase
  • Gachapon Kaiken
  • Don Quijote
  • Kanda Myoujin shrine (Shrine from Love Live)
  • Yamada Shoten (Ukyu-e store)
  • Unusual Vending Machine Alley
  • Tokyo Character Street
  • Itoya Art Store
  • Azabu-Juban Station (Sailor Moon location)
  • Azubu Hikawa Shrine (Sailor Moon shrine)
  • Tokyo Tower
  • Tokyo Plaza Harajuku/One Piece Mugiwara Store Harajuku
  • Shibuya Sakura Stage mall/Square Enix Store
  • Laforet Mall/Sailor Moon Store
  • Shibuya Parco mall
  • Q-Pot Café *TENTATION Reservations strongly suggested*
  • Hands Shibuya store
  • Shibuya Scramble Crossing
  • Tonkatsu Maisen Aoyama
  • Hachiko Gate
  • Kura Sushi
  • MIffy Cafe Tokyo
  • Mister Donut
  • DAISO Harajuku

October 13th  - πŸš‰ travel to Yokohama (42 min)  in the morning

Yokohama:

  • Bunshin Tattoo Museum
  • Kantei-Byo temple
  • Kamakura Kokomae Station
  • Cosmoworld Amusement Park
  • Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum

πŸš‰ travel to Machida City (29 min)

  • Bulbasaur manhole cover

πŸš‰ travel back to Tokyo (44 min)

 

October 14th TOKYO (Taito/Sumida/Koto)

  • Gundam Base Tokyo
  • Japanese Sword Museum
  • Tokyo Salamachi – Punyus Plus Size Store
  • Odaiba Divercity Plaza
  • National Museum of Natura and Science
  • Fukuchan Yakisoba
  • Nakamise Dori Street
  • Miku No Oyama (Wagyu croquettes)
  • Kakimori Stationary

October 15th: - check out of hotel in Tokyo

πŸš‰ travel to Hakodate (6 hours)

Hakodate: - check into hotel

  • Goryokaku Tower
  • Fort Goryokaku
  • Grave of the Shinsengumi (Kondo’s)
  • Shomyo-ji Temple (Hijikata’s grave)
  • Daimon Yokocho street

 

October 16th : - check out of hotel and πŸš‰ travel to Asahikawa (8 hours)

Asahikawa: - Check into hotel (POLAR BEAR ROOM)

  • Asahiyama Ramen Village
  • Ashikawa City Museum

October 17th:ASAHIKAWA

  • Hokuchin Museum
  • Asahiyama Zoo

October 18th: - πŸš‰ travel to Sapporo (1h45) in the morning

Sapporo:

  • Ganso Ramen Yokocho Sapporo
  • Susukino District
  • Kumachann Onsen Sapporo (Bear hot pot)
  • Sapporo Maruyama Zoo

πŸš‰ travel back to Asahikawa (1h45)

October 19th :- ASAHIKAWA

  • Take it easy

October 20th :- Check out of hotel in Asahikawa  πŸš‰ travel  to Abashiri (4h22)

Abashiri: - check into hotel

  • Abashiri Prison
  • Hokkaido Museum of the Northern Peoples

 

October 21rst:  – Check out of hotel in Abashiri and πŸš‰ travel to Membetsu Airport (25 min)

-✈︎ Fly out of Abashiri at 9:30am – arrive in Tokyo at 11:25am

- Check into hotel (Ikebukuro)

       - do whatever I didn’t manage to do when in Tokyo prior

October 22nd: - check out of hotel in Tokyo

-πŸš‰ travel to Haneda Airport

-✈︎ Fly out of Tokyo at 9:55pm – arrive in Vancouver at 2:50pm

October 23rd: -

-✈︎ Fly out of Vancouver at 12:40 am – arrive in Ottawa at 8:23am

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