Is there anything else you'd be particularly interested in? I mean, we know you've got some interest in photography, anime and so on... but what I mean is, is there, I dunno, particular food you're after, are you more of a city type or would you be interested in more trips out of the city...do you like cars and so on? Do you do tours, or just plan to wander around walking a lot with a map app and GPS?
For example, within Tokyo there's a free Toyota exhibition hall and historic automotive garage in Odaiba, which I mentally classify as the sort of thing which can either be exceedingly awesome or completely boring depending on the person. The whole Odaiba area's a good example, it's very theme park, amusement complex-y, but may either be cool or exceedingly pointless to you. Me, I just giggled like a madman when I discovered the train station at Odaiba was called Tokyo Teleport. The damn station entrances even look like they've perfected matter transportation.
Have you been to Tokyo or elsewhere in Japan before? How much shopping do you wanna do? I mean, for instance, I went pretty nuts in looking for action figures and other junk on one trip, so hitting Nakano Broadway was worth my while, but I've been back to Japan since and didn't really buy anything.
If you're looking to go up to Hakone and only have six days, maybe you'd want to join a bus tour or something, do the whole bit where you head up Mt. Fuji and poke at points of interest in the vicinity - doesn't seem terribly practical otherwise. Very bog-standard tourist thing to do, but you'd need to maximise your time.
There's a lot of recommendations people could give, but there's just so much stuff you could do, you know?
Hell, there's a whole industry of duty-free pharmacies and cosmetic stores catering specifically to tourists - multilingual staff and all that. Because, well, people specifically want to buy medicinal stuff, cosmetics, whatever when in Japan. There's just such a massive range of things that people want to do in the country. The more goals and preferences you can convey to us, the more other folks on the forum can suggest things.
-- Acyl
For example, within Tokyo there's a free Toyota exhibition hall and historic automotive garage in Odaiba, which I mentally classify as the sort of thing which can either be exceedingly awesome or completely boring depending on the person. The whole Odaiba area's a good example, it's very theme park, amusement complex-y, but may either be cool or exceedingly pointless to you. Me, I just giggled like a madman when I discovered the train station at Odaiba was called Tokyo Teleport. The damn station entrances even look like they've perfected matter transportation.
Have you been to Tokyo or elsewhere in Japan before? How much shopping do you wanna do? I mean, for instance, I went pretty nuts in looking for action figures and other junk on one trip, so hitting Nakano Broadway was worth my while, but I've been back to Japan since and didn't really buy anything.
If you're looking to go up to Hakone and only have six days, maybe you'd want to join a bus tour or something, do the whole bit where you head up Mt. Fuji and poke at points of interest in the vicinity - doesn't seem terribly practical otherwise. Very bog-standard tourist thing to do, but you'd need to maximise your time.
There's a lot of recommendations people could give, but there's just so much stuff you could do, you know?
Hell, there's a whole industry of duty-free pharmacies and cosmetic stores catering specifically to tourists - multilingual staff and all that. Because, well, people specifically want to buy medicinal stuff, cosmetics, whatever when in Japan. There's just such a massive range of things that people want to do in the country. The more goals and preferences you can convey to us, the more other folks on the forum can suggest things.
-- Acyl