{"id":2680,"date":"2025-02-17T10:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T10:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notanordinarytour.it\/japan-in-14-days\/days-1-3-tokyo-and-kamakura\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T09:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:54:30","slug":"days-1-3-tokyo-and-kamakura","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/notanordinarytour.it\/en\/japan-in-14-days\/days-1-3-tokyo-and-kamakura\/","title":{"rendered":"Days 1-3: Tokyo & Kamakura"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Download the map here<\/a><\/p>

Please note: the metro does not operate 24 hours a day, but only from 05:00 to 24:00.<\/p>

Not included in the Japan Rail Pass<\/strong>, it looks complex but is well organised.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Download the map here<\/a><\/p>

It takes you everywhere and, unlike the metro, is included in the Japan Rail Pass<\/strong>. This is why, except in rare cases, we have always preferred it for moving between different districts. <\/p>

The main one, the green line (Yamanote line), loops around the city’s main districts.<\/p>

Instead, the yellow (Sobu line) and red (Chou line) cut through the centre.<\/p>

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After an excellent flight with the Japanese airline Nippon Airways<\/em>, which gives us a preview of the oriental atmosphere (how cute are the pilots and stewardesses who greet each other with a bow?), we land at Tokyo Haneda airport<\/strong> at 08:40.<\/p>

At the airport, we are fingerprinted and have our passport stamped \u201ctemporary visitor\u201d. We exchange the Japan Rail Pass<\/em> voucher for the real pass and collect the Wi-Fi pocket<\/em><\/strong>, which will be indispensable for this trip.<\/p>

Thanks to the Tokyo Monorail, which leaves right from the airport, we arrive at Hamamatsucho station in just 30 minutes. From here, thanks to the Yamanote Line, in another 26 minutes we have already arrived in the Shinjuku district<\/strong>, the base of our first days in the city. <\/p>

Just opposite the station we relax for a few minutes at the Shinjuku Gioen National Garden<\/strong>, a green oasis that allows us to recharge our batteries after the journey.<\/p>

We find a place for lunch at a sushi restaurant in downtown Shinjuku, with few seats and frequented only by locals, where we taste our first real nigiri!<\/p>

The menu, unlike Italian sushi where it mainly consists of tuna, salmon and sea bass, offers many varieties of fish and some of these are differentiated by cut or level of fatness.<\/strong> The wasabi is added, in good quantities, directly by the chef between the rice and the fish<\/strong> (if you don’t want it, just mention it).<\/p>

With our stomachs full we set off for our hotel: we chose The Knot Tokyo Shinjuku<\/strong><\/a> and would recommend it for its location, cleanliness and excellent western breakfast! It is also close to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building, where on the top floor there is a free observatory<\/strong> to admire the city from above. <\/p>

Out in search of a restaurant for dinner, we stumble upon the Tori no Ichi Festival,<\/strong> celebrated on 11 and 23 November. Stalls sell decorated lucky charm rakes for the occasion, the sale of which is accompanied by applause. We taste skewers, typical takoyaki octopus fritters, grilled soba and for dessert dorayaki. <\/p>

We end the evening in the entertainment district with red-light clubs, Kabukich\u014d, famous for being run by the Yakuza, the Japanese mafia. Within it is another sub-district called Golden Gai <\/strong>, famous for its narrow alleys where there are many small restaurants.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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