japan

ITINERARY

WEEK 01

Monday 12/1/26

Tuesday 13/1/26

Wednesday 14/1/26

Thursday 15/1/26

Friday 16/1/26

Saturday 17/1/26

Sunday 18/1/26

WEEK 02

Monday 19/1/26

Tuesday 20/1/26

Wednesday 21/1/26


Day 1 Monday 12 Jan

TOKYO
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 16:49

Humax Pavilion Shibuya
1992 -
Hiroyuki Wakabayashi 若林 広
★★★
Info | Location | Vlog

Miyashita Park
★★
2020 -
Nikken Sekkei 日建設計 
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings

Jingu-dori Park Toilet “Amayadori”
★★
2020 -
Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄 
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog

Aoyama Technical College
★★★
1990 -
Makito Sei Watanabe 渡辺 誠 
Info | Location
Note: Entry Uncertain

Walk In The Woods Toilets

2021 -
Kengo Kuma  隈 研吾 
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings

Hillside West Terrace
★★★
1998 -
Fumihiko Maki 槇 文彦
Info | Location |
Note: Maki’s office, Entry Uncertain

Daikanyama T-SITE
★★★+
2012 -
Klein Dytham
Wiki | 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

Red Toilet
★★★
2020 -
Nao Tamura 田村 奈緒
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog

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

Yasuyo Hall
★★
1969 - Nobumichi Akashi 明石 信道
Info | Location

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

Yoyogi National Gymnasium
★★★
1964 -
Kenzo Tange 丹下 健三
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog Note: Entry uncertain

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

GYRE Omotesando
★★
2007 -
MVRDV
Info | Location | Drawings

Dior Omotesando
★★
2003 -
SANAA
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

Omotesando Hills

2005 -
Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog

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

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

Jiyū Gakuen Myōnichikan
★★★+
1921 - Frank Lloyd Wright
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Reel
Note: ¥800 tour + cafe

St Mary’s Cathedral
★★★+
1967 -
Kenzo Tange 丹下 健三
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog

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
I
nfo | 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

Maison Hermès
★★★+
2001 -
Renzo Piano
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog
Note: Best at dusk

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 Lion Beer Hall
★★
1934 - Eizou Sugawara 菅原栄蔵
Info | Location
Note: Drinks here (food elsewhere)

Accommodation : Tokyo
APA Hotel Shinjuku
Kabukicho Tower
Map:
Google


Day 4 Thursday 15 Jan

TOKYO
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 16:52

45min train Shinjuku > Hon-Atsugi
20min bus Hon-Atsugi > Kanagawa

Musashino Art University Library
★★★+
2008 -
Jun’ya Ishigami 石上 純也
Wiki |
Info | Location | Drawings
11:00am Booking

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

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

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


Day 6 Saturday 17 Jan

OSAKA
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 17:13


1hr train Namba > Maiko
15 min bus, then 15min walk

Hompukuji Water Temple
★★★+
1991 -
Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog


10min walk, then 5min bus
¥500 cash only


30min bus Awaji > Maiko
1hr train Maiko > Namba

Namba Parks
★★
2007 -
The Jerde Partnership
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings

Accommodation: Osaka
APA Hotel Namba
Shinsaibashi
Map:
Google


Day 7 Sunday 18 Jan

OSAKA
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 17:15

Naniwa Gumi Headquarters

1964 -
Togo Murano 村野 藤吾
Location


30min train Namba > Yaenosato Station
10 min walk

Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum
★★★+
2001 -
Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog
Note: ¥800 cash only


10 min walk
1hr train Yaenosato Station > Kobe-Sannomiya
10 min walk

Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
★★★+
2014 -
Takenaka Corporation
Wiki | Info | Location |
Note: ¥700 


20 min Shinkasen from Shin-Kobe to Shin-Osaka
20 min Shin-Osaka > Namba

Accommodation: Osaka
APA Hotel Namba
Shinsaibashi
Map:
Google


Day 8 Monday 19 Jan

OSAKA
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 17:15

Namba > Sanjo
Local Train

KYOTO
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 17:14

DROP OFF BAGS
30 min train Sanjo > Kokusaikaikan

Kyoto International Conference Center
★★★+
1966 -
Sachio Otani 大谷 幸夫
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings 🎥
11:00am Booking
Note: Ticketed tour (paid as group ¥33,000)

Garden of Fine Arts Kyoto
★★★
1994 -
Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Info | Location | Drawings
Note: ¥100

House in Shimogamo
★★★
2021 -
Tomohiro Hata 畑 友洋
Info | Location | Drawings
Note: Private house, exterior only

Nijo Castle
★★★
1679
Wiki | Location | Drawings
Note: ¥1300

Time’s I+II
★★
1984, 1991 -
Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Info | Location | Drawings

Accommodation: Kyoto
Hotel Resol Kyoto
Kawaramachi Sanjo
Map:
Google


Day 9 Tuesday 20 Jan

KYOTO
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 17:15

Fushimi Inari-taisha
★★★+
711
Wiki | Location
Note: Optional extra, arrive at sunrise


35min train from Sanjo > Uji (Keihan) OR
30 min train Fushimi-Inari (Keihan) > Uji (Keihan)

Uji Station
★★★+
1995 -
Hiroyuki Wakabayashi 若林 広幸
Location | Reel

Byodo-in Temple
★★★+
1052
Wiki | Location
Note: ¥700

Byodo-in Museum
★★★+
2001 -
Akira Kuryu 栗生 明
Info | Location


35min train Uji (Keihan) > Kyoto

Kyoto Station
★★
1997 -
Hiroshi Hara 原 広司
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings

Kyūkyodō Kyoto
★★★+
2020 -
Hiroshi Naito 内藤 廣
Wiki | Info | Location | Reel

Accommodation: Kyoto
Hotel Resol Kyoto
Kawaramachi Sanjo
Map:
Google


Day 10 Wednesday 21 Jan

KYOTO
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 17:15

Kyoto > Tokyo
08:01 > 10:15
Nozomi 210


TOKYO
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 16:58

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

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

END OF TOUR