Japan 6 days itinerary - SOLO TRAVEL

6 Days in Japan - Solo Travel

This is my 6 days itinerary travel in the city of Tokyo, Japan solo traveling the biggest metropolitan in the world. this is my second time in Tokyo, and what can i say? since then I woke up every morning with the itch of getting back, eating sushi in the morning, going around with the metro system, and learning more about the japanese culture. so as a grown-up nerd with a paycheck and no patience, i decide to re-visit Tokyo.

Day 1- Landing and Shin-juku (Arrival day)

First i took the plane from EL AL aircraft company (shitty company btw) from Tel aviv to Tokyo-direct. flight was okay, not the best. landed in Tokyo Narita airport, took the Skyliner straight to the hotel. first meal was a really nice Gyoza! next to my hotel was in a place called “Bazoku”.

after a nice meal went straight to Shinjuku! I wanted to see what is the deal in Golden gai bars, and omoide yokocho. omoide yokocho was a nice street with some izakayas, and narrow alleys, i wasn’t in the mood to eat something after those gyozas. afterwards i went to Golden gai, I was expecting for more people there, because i mean Japan was filled with people all over the streets. but suddenly in Golden Gai it was kinda empty. maybe 1-2 Bars were full (each bar had about 4-5 spots to sit). and a lot of them had sitting fee that were kinda expensive… (around 1000¥~), i was just wandering the street looking a narrow alleys there looking at the bars, but wasn’t really siting in any of them.

Day 2 - Yokohama

Ramen museum

Day two started with a quick coffee at 7-ELEVEn, and 1.5 hours train to Yokohama Ramen museum (don’t be confused with the instant cup one) this is the location ➜

I really liked it! you can taste some types of Ramen and you have a cool historical vibe to the place inside of it. each ramen was really nice! thing i figured out that Japan didn’t really invented the ramen, who knew. dont get confused, they do share some of it with the Chinese people, as they said, China is the father of ramen and Japan is the mother.

🍜 1st ramen was shoyu ramen (醤油ラーメン): The taste was okay, it had a little bit of after taste, that im not sure i liked (prettey sure it was because of the place and not the type of ramen)

🍜 2nd ramen was tonkotsu shoyu ramen (豚骨醤油ラーメン)- i think this is Yokohama style ramen: It’s was really delicious — the meat is tender, with a strong broth flavor. The noodles are relatively thick and not too soft. So far, it tastes better than the soy-based one.

🍜 3rd ramen was tonkotsu ramen 豚骨ラーメン: The meat was tasty, the noodles are thinner, and the noodles themselves are good, but the broth isn’t as good — the other ramen (2nd) had a better soup.

The tonkotsu shoyu ramen (2nd) was the winner for sure.

pictures in order of taste ranking

Sankeien Garden

after the museum and a lot of ramen energy i went for a nice walk at the Sankeien Garden. in the garden you can see a pagoda that was build in Kyoto in 1457 and moved to the garden in tokyo by Hara Sankei a silk trader who created this garden in 1914 imagine being rich enough to just move a 15th-century pagoda to your garden. it has a Zen buddhist influence in it.

the garden itself pretty big and nice to walk with nice lakes and nature, and a small waterfall

China town

afterward i went to the China town in Yokohama! which was really nice to see other atmosphere then Japan itself, it was really long, it had a temple in the middle of it which was nice to see. and i ate this weird octopus thing that get smashed into a thin paper, was tasty.

Yokohama Landmark Tower

afterwards i went to the Landmark Tower for a nice night view of the city, it was about 1000¥ to get up. it’s 277m height around 70~ floors, you have chairs to sit there and a place to buy some drinks and souvenirs of the tower itself.

after a long day i went to Shibuya just to see again this amount of people walking on the streets, and to eat sushi at a place my friend recommended me. which called “Katsu Seibu”.

Day 3 - Tsukiji market, tuna auction and Senso-jio temple at nigt

Tuna auction

I woke up super early this day (around 4:00 am~), and i said what the heck, i will just go to the tuna auction to see what is all the hype about.

It was nice to see the auction itself, but you miss the “thrill” because you can see it only from the upper floor behind big glass window, only a few can get lucky and get front row seats on the auction platform itself. next to the auction there are a lot of restaurants to eat afterwards for “morning sushi” which is something i 100% implementd to my life when i came back home. wake up -> eating left over sushi from last night. delicious.

Tsukiji market

Afterwards we went to the Tsukiji market itself, i chose a guided tour from Trip advisor, which was nice, but i think you can pass it if you know a bit about Japan, and if you can follow the right smell in the market for the goodies if you’re a true foodie. must say, the blue fin tuna there, is super fresh, one of the best ive ever had.

and after a lot of walking went back to the hotel to sleep. the day didn’t end there, had to get some wagyu meat, cold beer and some white rice.

after eating it had to get some more walking (ofcourse), so i decided to go to Sensojio temple at night, which i must say look much better at night and with waaaay less people- recommend.

Day 4 - Kamakura

Woke up, took the train to Kamakura, had to get sushi from the super market for breakfast, it was fresh (not like in the tsukiji market) but for 498 ¥, you can’t complain a tiny bit.

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

after a lovely walk on the boardwalk, you can call it board walk im not sure, but a walkable place in between two roads. you get to the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine, which was nice to see.

Kencho-ji temple

afterwards i walked to the Kencho-ji temple. which was empty from people and really nice wood work of a temple

inside of it it was this lovley zen garden that you’re allowed to see and rest and look at the pond inside.

afterwards i went to this buddhist temple Sugimoto-dera. which was covered with moss all over the place (didn’t feel so gross when i was there tbh), and had this small Buddhas statutes, and nice not so big bonsho (梵鐘)

<梵鐘 bonsho

Hokokuji Temple Sanmon - Bamboo forest

afterwards i walk to this nice bamboo forest (was a medium size) it did had a lot of people in it. the area itself of the temple had a really nice garden just to observe

but of course really nice to see.

Kotoku-in 高徳院

The big finale, the Kotoku-in (高徳院), 13.35 meters tall and weighs 103~ ton from around 1252.

After all that i went back next to the main station to Komachi st. had a walk to this side ally, and found this special place with this really nice ramen

afterwards i headed to the slam dunk anime location “Kamakurakōkōmae Station”

after all those places, on the back to my hotel, i had time to stop at a local baduk club that i found.

the place was really nice, and the owner was more the welcoming me inside, there were two brothers, young kids around 5 and 10 with their mother, that played there. the young kid challenged me to play, and like expected he won the game (japanese kids are really good at ‘go’ lol), and i was really tired after this really long day.

if you ever want a reality check on your go skills, visit this club. just know that your toughest opponent might need a booster seat.

i recommend give him a visit, really nice club, people don’t speak English there at all, so keep that in mind.

from there i went to the Shibuya crossing street, for a quick secend visit with a friend, and had a nice onsen dip for a good night sleep.

Day 5 - Hokusai and Sake tasting.

Hokusai Exhibition

on day 5, i woke up and went to this really nice Hokusai exhibition (https://hokusai2025.jp/en/) which was super interesting, and nice to view, and of course to see the main piece of “The Great wave of Kanagawa” from his series of “thirty-six views of mount fuji”, it was surprisingly a small piece tbh, not what i was expecting. but the amount of detail on it was fascinating. another nice pieace from ther was the “Red Fuji” which was nice to see also, you weren’t able to film those work in the exhibition, only on certain part from the it.

there were plenty of is work in this exhibition, from all different notebooks of his.

from there, had to do some UNIQLO shopping

and eating some nice udon with some Tendon (天丼), feed myself before the sake tasting later this evening.

Sake Tasting

okay, i booked my self a sake tasting session to learn about sake. i tasted around 30~ type of different sake’s and was thought about the scaling method for the different sake which i don’t remember much, but the thing i do remember after all those tasting different sake’s is that a nice one that i liked was the “Drunken Whale” sake. which had a dry and light taste, with 55% polishing ratio, SMV of 7 and acidity of 1.7.

in the middle of the tasting, the sake guide decided to interview me for their youtube ch!

i was more then happy to do so, if you want to see the interview:

afterward, went back to the hotel for a chill onsen dip and shower and straight to bed (zZzzz…)

Day 6 - Last Day - Japanese shopping, Nezu shrine and Ramen

Shopping

so for the last day i planned it to be a bit more chill, bought this nice knife for my mother from Seisuke Knife (you will see that store pretty much in every main tourist location)

Nezu shrine - Festival

afterwards, i went to this festival for of the “Nezu Shrine”

which started from 1714 every year under the sixth shogun Tokugawa lenobu. you could get some street food there, music performance and fun games for kids. and of course seeing the big walk with the mikoshi (portable shrines) that a lot of people are carrying on there shoulders around the street.

The Last ramen

had to finish the day with one last ramen (that what i thought, because i had another ramen for breakfast at the airport that i didnt take a photo of hehe)