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Shimokitazawa
Vintage and small theatres in west Tokyo. Give it the day — do not also do Ghibli.
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Shimokitazawa vintage, the Nakameguro river, Daikanyama and Mitaka’s Ghibli. Slower than the Yamanote; Ghibli needs a lottery in advance.
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Nakameguro
Both banks of the Meguro. Cherry week is the event; other days it is a slow stop.
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Daikanyama
A short axis between bookshops and hillside houses. Tsutaya is one stop, not a mall day.
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Ghibli Museum
Advance lottery or official tickets only. No ticket: Inokashira Park. Do not gamble at the door.
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Inokashira Park
Pond and temple beside Ghibli. If you missed the lottery, this is the west-Tokyo home ground.
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Yebisu Garden Place
A brewery-turned plaza and museum. Same Toyoko line as Nakameguro — do not open Ginza.
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Yebisu Beer Memorial Hall
Beer history inside Garden Place. Tasting is a short stop, not a brewery day.
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Kichijoji Harmonica Yokocho
Tight canteen lanes at the north exit. Same day as Inokashira Park; Ghibli is a separate lottery.
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Koenji
Vintage and festivals on the Chuo Line. A different vintage from Shimokitazawa — pick one town a day.
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Koganei Park
A large park and the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum between Mitaka and Koganei. The west-Tokyo backup if you missed Ghibli.
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Gotokuji
The beckoning-cat temple in Setagaya. Same slow west-Tokyo day as Shimokitazawa — not an Asakusa add-on.
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Nakano Broadway
Second-hand anime and kits on the west Chuo. A different tempo from Akihabara — do not bounce both in one day.
Next stop
Where this line goes next
Walk, or take one JR / metro stop to the next sight. Do not backtrack.
Nakameguro
JR / metro · 25min
Shimokitazawa → Nakameguro
After vintage, the river — do not rebound to the crossing.
Gotokuji
JR / metro · 15min
Odakyu
After vintage, the cat temple — still Setagaya.