Tue Nov 3 · Tokyo
Land at dawn, horseback archery, early night
- 5:25 AMLand at Haneda. Through immigration with the Visit Japan Web QR codes, out by about 6:30 AM.
- 6:30 AMPre-booked van to Kameido with all the bags, $110 to $135 for the car. The host has been asked to allow an early bag drop or to add the night of Nov 2. (LuggAgent can't help here: its Haneda handovers start at 9 AM.)
Book a van: Tokyo MKOr RydAgent - 8:00 AMBreakfast: Komeda Coffee, Atre building at Kameido Station. Free toast with any drink before 11 AM. $4 to $5.
- 11:30 AMLeave for Meiji Jingu. JR Sobu Line (yellow) from Kameido straight to Yoyogi, about 35 minutes, no change, $1.50 each by Suica. Walk 5 minutes to the shrine's Yoyogi gate; the other gates close for the festival.
- 1:00 PMYabusame: archers on horseback shoot targets at full gallop. Only on Nov 3. Free, standing room, get to the rail early.
- 3:00 PMBack to Kameido: JR Sobu Line from Yoyogi, about 35 minutes.
- 4:30 PMKameido Tenjin Shrine, 15 minutes' walk from home. Chrysanthemum festival, with Skytree behind the gate. Free, until 5 PM.
- 6:00 PMDinner: Taishu Sakaba 555, charcoal yakitori by the station. $13 to $19 (¥2,000 to ¥3,000). Kameido Gyoza is closed Tuesdays.
- 9:00 PMBed.
Culture Day holidayask the host about an early bag drop