Hi Facebook land! My boyfriend and I are planning a 2 week trip to Toyko in late May to early June. We have never been, any recommendations would be awesome! Also if you know of any worthwhile day trips. Thanks all!

Asakusa, Harajuku, Meiji Temple, Akihabara, Tsukiji outer market

Mark Andrew Moje yes!!!

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There is also a sumo restaurant and I suggest you go when they have a demo. I'll find the link and post in a bit

Tokyo Disney Seas is a must. best Disney in the world.

we stayed in the akasaka mitsuke area in Tokyo and it was awesome. not tourist at all. lots of Japanese hotels and great little restaurants. very inexpensive. very little English but there were signs and we muddled through

Sumo Restaurant
https://hananomai-official.com/shop/hakubutukan_mae/

Have also eaten here. Awesome place!

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We stumbled upon Cat Cafe Temari no Ouchi. It's in Kichijoji, ~15 mins walk from the Studio Ghibli Museum and was wonderful. They have midget cats!
Cat Cafe Temari no Ouchi
Japan, 〒180-0004 Tōkyō-to, Musashino-shi, 吉祥寺本町Kichijōji Honchō, 2 Chome−13−14
+81 422-23-5503
https://goo.gl/maps/FBUAjZhni352

Make sure you go to a ramen bar and don’t be afraid to try karaoke- you get your own private room and can order great snacks and drinks.
Also I recommend staying in a ryokan and try out the onsen. It’s so relaxing. Hakone is not that far from Tokyo.

Go to Ginza and go to the fancy department stores- the bottom floor is usually food/grocery and it’s amazing how they package things and how crazy expensive things are!
A Japanese baseball game is pretty fun too.

definitely Jingumae Yakut Swallows
http://www.yakult-swallows.co.jp/en/
Small outdoor stadium

Ebisu yokocho

https://g.co/kgs/WjsNZG
Shibuya Nonbei Yokocho

http://www.whatthedickens.jp

http://www.uokingroup.jp/store/365/
Ebisu Uokin

https://gonpachi.jp/nishi-azabu/ popular with tourists. I think Clinton went there.

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Thank you so much for all the feedback/recommendations. We'll have to spend some time reading through all of this!

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Hakone is a great day trip or better yet, spend 1 night there in a hotel that has an onsen (hot spring). It's amazing. We stayed at Hotel Okada in a traditional tatami room.

Iris was it a stop on the bullet train ??

We drove so I'm not sure but this site has some info about a train there https://tokyocheapo.com/travel/tokyo-to-hakone/

Any of the ichirans

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Dozens of places I could recommend in the Tokyo area but I'm going to recommend a day trip to Kamakura on the coast. On a ten day trip to Tokyo, I ended up going there twice. It's an hour and a half trip to a small town on the ocean with beautiful shrines, giant Buddha, and good food. When the never ending sea of humanity that is Tokyo gets to you, it's a beautiful escape.

I'd also recommend that you take some time and watch "Abroad in Japan" on YouTube, at least to learn the dos and don'ts. Like never tipping.

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here are some of my favorite things about tokyo! there's so much to eat so definitely make that a main part of your trip. we spent 5 days in tokyo and didn't have time to make a day trip. lots of people like robot restaurant but i really wasn't a fan. i have separate posts on what i ate, so feel free to find those if it's helpful! http://www.raincouverbeauty.com/.../complete-travel-guide...