japan
This is our dream list. The itinerary changes depending on group pace, weather and priorities.
Days 1-5
Monday 12/1/26
Tuesday 13/1/26
Wednesday 14/1/26
Thursday 15/1/26
Friday 16/1/26
Day 1 Monday 12 Jan
TOKYO
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 16:49
Humax Pavilion Shibuya
1992 - Hiroyuki Wakabayashi 若林 広
★★★
Info | Location | Vlog
Aoyama Technical College
★★★
1990 - Makito Sei Watanabe 渡辺 誠
Info | Location
Note: Entry Uncertain
Hillside West Terrace
★★★
1998 - Fumihiko Maki 槇 文彦
Info | Location |
Note: Maki’s office, Entry Uncertain
Sarugaku
★★★
2007 - Akihisa Hirata 平田 明久
Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog
Homme Plissé Issey Miyake Daikanyama
★★
2017 - Naoto Fukasawa 深澤 直人
Info | Location | Vlog
Ebisu Park Toilet
★★
2020 - Wonderwall
Wiki | Info | Location | Vlog
Octagon
★★
1992 - Shin Takamatsu 高松 伸
Info | Location
Meguro Catholic Church
★★★
1956 - Antonin Raymond
Info | Location
Zuishoji Temple
★★★
2018 - Kengo Kuma 隈 研吾
Info | Location | Drawings
🎥
Azabudai Hills
★
2023 - Thomas Heatherwick
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Accommodation : Tokyo
APA Hotel Shinjuku Kabukicho Tower
Map: Google
Day 2 Tuesday 13 Jan
TOKYO
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 16:50
Kabukicho Tower
★★★
1993 - Richard Rogers
Info | Location | Drawings
Ruriko-in Byakurenge-do
★★
2014 - Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama 竹山 聖
Info | Location | Drawings
Nishi-Sandō Public Toilet
★★★
2023 - Sou Fujimoto 藤本 壮介
Wiki | Info | Location
Cafe Mori no Terrace
★★★
2016 - Oak Village Wooden Laboratory
Info | Location
Meiji Jingu Museum
★★
2021 - Kengo Kuma 隈 研吾
Info | Location | Drawings | Reel
Tokyu Plaza Omotesando
★
2012 - Hiroshi Nakamura 中村 拓
Info | Location | Drawings
Omotesando Branches
★★★
2014 - Sou Fujimoto 藤本 壮介
Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog
Former HHStyle Showroom
★
2005 - Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Japanese Nursing Association
★
2004 - Kisho Kurokawa 黒川 紀章
Info | Location
Forest Plaza Omotesando
★
2001 - Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Info | Location | Drawings
Epoi Omotesando
★★
2019 - Daikei Mills
Info | Location
Louis Vuitton Omotesando
★★
2002 - Jun Aoki 青木 淳
Info | Location
Bottega Veneta Omotesando (formerly Tod’s)
★★★
2004 - Toyo Ito 伊東 豊雄
Info | Location
One Omotesando
★
2003 - Kengo Kuma 隈 研吾
Info | Location | Drawings
Spiral
★★
1985 - Fumihiko Maki 槇 文彦
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Natur & Nicolai Bergmann, Aoyama
★★★
2009 - Kazuyo Sejima 妹島 和世
Info | Location | Vlog
Sunny Hills
★★★
2013 - Kengo Kuma 隈 研吾
Info | Location | Drawings
The Jewels of Aoyama
★
2005 - Jun Mitsui 光井 純
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Prada Epicenter Tokyo
★★★+
2003 - Herzog & de Meuron
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Note: Disperse, pretend you are buying
MIU MIU Aoyama Store
★★★
2015 - Herzog & de Meuron
Info | Location | Drawings
Comme de Garcons Aoyama Store
★★★
1998 - Future Systems
Info | Location
Accommodation : Tokyo
APA Hotel Shinjuku Kabukicho Tower
Map: Google
Day 3 Wednesday 14 Jan
TOKYO
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 16:51
Hotel Siro
★★★
2020 - Mount Fuji Architects
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Tree-ness House
★★★
2017 - Akihisa Hirata 平田 明久
Info | Location | Drawings | Reel
Overlap House
★★★
2018 - Akihisa Hirata 平田 明久
Info | Location | Drawings
National Museum of Western Art
★★★
1959 - Le Corbusier
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Tokyo Metropolitan Festival Hall
★★★
1961 - Kunio Maekawa 前川 國男
Info | Location | Drawings
Toshugo Shrine Reception
★★★
2023 - Hiroshi Nakamura 中村 拓志
Info | Location
Toshugo Shrine Meditation Pavilion
★★★+
2023 - Hiroshi Nakamura 中村 拓志
Info | Location | Drawings
Note: ¥500 Entry
Nissei Theatre
★★
1963 - Togo Murano 村野 藤吾
Info | Location
Note: Entry uncertain
Tokyo International Forum
★★★+
1997 - Rafael Viñoly
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
UNIQLO Ginza
★★★
2020 - Herzog & de Meuron
Info | Location
Mikimoto Ginza
★★
2005 - Toyo Ito 伊東 豊雄
Info | Location | Drawings
V88 Building (De Beers) Ginza
★
2008 - Jun Matusi 光井 純
Info | Location | Drawings
Louis Vuitton Matsuya Ginza
★★
2013 - Jun Aoki 青木 淳
Info | Location | Drawings
Ginza Sony Park
★★★
2025 - Nobuo Araki 荒木信雄
Info | Location
Note: Opening 26/01/2025
Ginza Place
★★
2017 - Klein Dytham
Info | Location | Drawings
Louis Vuitton Ginza Namiki
★★
2021 - AS Co. + Peter Marino
Info | Location
Ginza Six
★★
2017 - Yoshio Taniguchi 谷口 吉生
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Accommodation : Tokyo
APA Hotel Shinjuku Kabukicho Tower
Map: Google
Day 4 Thursday 15 Jan
TOKYO
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 16:52
30min train Shinjuku > Kokubunji
5 min train Kokubunji > Takanodai
20min walk
Musashino Art University Library
★★★+
2010 - Sou Fujimoto 藤本 壮介
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Graduation exhibition
20min bus Kanagawa > Hon-Atsugi
45min train Hon-Atsugi > Shinjuku
45min train Shinjuku > Seibukyujo-Mae
15 min walk
Sayama Lakeside Cemetery Community Hall
★★★+
2013 - Hiroshi Nakamura 中村 拓志
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Note: Entry uncertain
Sayama Forest Chapel
★★★
2013 - Hiroshi Nakamura 中村 拓志
Info | Location | Drawings
Note: Entry uncertain
15 min walk
45min train Seibukyujo-Mae > Shinjuku
Dear Jingumae
★
2014 - Amano Design Office
Info | Location | Drawings
Harajuku Protestant Church
★★
2006 - Ciel Rouge
Info | Location | Drawings
Watarium Museum of Contemporary Art
★★★
1990 - Mario Botta
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Tower House
★★★
1966 - Takamitsu Azuma 東 孝光
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
TEPIA
★★
1989 - Fumihiko Maki 槇 文彦
Info | Location | Drawings
Small House
★★
2000 - Kazuyo Sejima 妹島 和世
Info | Location | Drawings
National Art Center
★★★
2007 - Kisho Kurokawa 黒川 紀章
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
21_21 Design Sight
★★★
2007 - Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Info | Location | Drawings
Imanishi Motoakasaka
★★★
1991 - Shin Takamatsu 高松 伸
Info | Location
Accommodation : Tokyo
APA Hotel Shinjuku Kabukicho Tower
Map: Google
Day 5 Friday 16 Jan
TOKYO
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 16:54
Shinagawa 品川 > Shin-Osaka 新大阪
07:37 > 10:00
Nozomi 11
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Carriage 15, Seat 3D
Carriage 15, Seat 3E
Carriage 15, Seat 4D
Carriage 15, Seat 4E
Carriage 15, Seat 5D
Carriage 15, Seat 5E
Carriage 15, Seat 6D
Carriage 15, Seat 6E
Carriage 15, Seat 7D
Carriage 15, Seat 7E
Carriage 15, Seat 8D
Carriage 15, Seat 8E
OSAKA
Sunrise 7:03 Sunset 17:13
20min train Shin-Osaka > Ashiya
20min bus Ashiya > Okuike
Koshino House (KH Gallery)
★★★+
1984 - Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Info | Location | Drawings
11:30 Booking
20min bus Okuike > Ashiya
20min train Ashiya > Shin-Osaka
20min train to Shin-Osaka > Namba
DROP BAGS AT ACCOMMODATION
40min train from Namba > Osakasayama
Sayamaike Museum
★★★+
2001 - Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Closes 5pm
40min train from Osakasayama > Namba
Accommodation: Osaka
APA Hotel Namba Shinsaibashi
Map: Google