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1. Keep an eye on the WhatsApp group.
2. Stay close to Kev. He has a specific way to approach certain buildings.
3. Don't rush to photograph. Absorb. Take a seat. Feel the space.
4. Stay hydrated.
5. Be on time. We will leave without you.
6. Avoid photographing strangers.
7. Always know where your Buddy is.
8. Always have at least two ArchiMarathoners in view at all times.
9. Switch your phone to low battery mode each morning.
10. Listen out for the "Disperse" command.
11. Act like you belong. Confidence is king.
12. Point things out to each other. If you see something, say something.
- “Did you notice...”
- “Why do you think they..."
- We intuitively know a lot about space, but we only make it lucid to ourselves when we say it out loud.
- The thing that you think is obvious, is not obvious to others.
- The question you have, others have. So please ask it.
13. Keep your “Top 5” in the back of your mind.
14. Don’t Die. Your safety is your responsibility. Be mindful of your personal safety at all times.
15. Your belongings are your responsibility. Do not assume that someone else is monitoring your gear. Do not leave your bag unattended.
16. Sometimes things don’t work out. Sometimes buildings are closed. We roll with it. Serendipity is the best part of travel. We embrace it.
17. “Its not what it looks like, its what it does.” What is the architecture doing to improve the human condition?
18. Have fun!
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Your tour buddies are:
John Law
Fiona Law
Noah Power
Christopher Moore
Efe Ozyaba
Teresa Schramm
Jessica Tran
Naomi Chung
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Everything on the itinerary list are curated as worthwhile projects to visit however, there are some more worthy of others.
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INTERESTING
Worthy but if time is limited, they are the first ones to leave out★★
GOOD TO SEE
Definitely worth the time to go visit★★★
MUST SEE
Not to be missed and the highest priority
★★★+
MUST SEE + SPEND TIME
It will take some time at this project
ITINERARY
WEEK 01
Monday 13/1/25
Tuesday 14/1/25
Wednesday 15/1/25
Thursday 16/1/25
Friday 17/1/25
Saturday 18/1/25
Sunday 19/1/25
WEEK 02
Monday 20/1/25
Tuesday 21/1/25
Wednesday 22/1/25
Day 1 Monday 13 Jan
TOKYO
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 16:49
Humax Pavilion Shibuya
1992 - Hiroyuki Wakabayashi 若林 広
★★★
Info | Location | Vlog
Aoyama Technical College
★★★
1990 - Makito Sei Watanabe 渡辺 誠
Info | Location
Note: Entry Uncertain
Hillside West Terrace
★★★
1998 - Fumihiko Maki 槇 文彦
Info | Location |
Note: Maki’s office, Entry Uncertain
Sarugaku
★★★
2007 - Akihisa Hirata 平田 明久
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 🎥
Octagon
★★
1992 - Shin Takamatsu 高松 伸
Info | Location
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 14 Jan
TOKYO
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 16:50
Kabukicho Tower
★★★
1993 - Richard Rogers
Info | Location | Drawings
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 🎥
Cafe Mori no Terrace
★★★
2016 - Oak Village Wooden Laboratory
Info | Location 🎥
Meiji Jingu Museum
★★
2021 - Kengo Kuma 隈 研吾
Info | Location | Drawings | Reel
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
Tokyu Plaza Omotesando
★
2012 - Hiroshi Nakamura 中村 拓
Info | Location | Drawings
Japanese Nursing Association
★
2004 - Kisho Kurokawa 黒川 紀章
Info | Location
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
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2003 - Kengo Kuma 隈 研吾
Info | Location | Drawings
Spiral
★★
1985 - Fumihiko Maki 槇 文彦
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Natur & Nicolai Bergmann, Aoyama
★★★
2009 - Kazuyo Sejima 妹島 和世
Info | Location | Vlog
Prada Epicenter Tokyo
★★★+
2003 - Herzog & de Meuron
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings 🎥
Note: Disperse, pretend you are buying
The Jewels of Aoyama
★★
2005 - Jun Mitsui 光井 純
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
MIU MIU Aoyama Store
★★★
2015 - Herzog & de Meuron
Info | Location | Drawings 🎥
Comme de Garcons Aoyama Store
★★★
1998 - Future Systems
Info | Location
Sunny Hills
★★★
2013 - Kengo Kuma 隈 研吾
Info | Location | Drawings 🎥
Accommodation : Tokyo
APA Hotel Shinjuku Kabukicho Tower
Map: Google
Day 3 Wednesday 15 Jan
TOKYO
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 16:51
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
Asahi Hall
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1989 - Philippe Starck
Wiki | Info | Location
Nissei Theatre
★★
1963 - Togo Murano 村野 藤吾
Info | 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
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2008 - Jun Matusi 光井 純
Info | Location | Drawings
Louis Vuitton Matsuya Ginza
★★
2013 - Jun Aoki 青木 淳
Info | Location | Drawings
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 Six
★★
2017 - Yoshio Taniguchi 谷口 吉生
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings
Accommodation : Tokyo
APA Hotel Shinjuku Kabukicho Tower
Map: Google
Day 4 Thursday 16 Jan
TOKYO
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 16:52
45min train Shinjuku > Hon-Atsugi
20min bus Hon-Atsugi > Kanagawa
KAIT Workshop
★★★+
2008 - Jun’ya Ishigami 石上 純也
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Video
11:00am Booking
KAIT Plaza
★★★+
2020 - Jun’ya Ishigami 石上 純也
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings| Video
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 17 Jan
TOKYO
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 16:54
Shinagawa 品川 > Shin-Osaka 新大阪
07:37 > 10:00
Nozomi 11
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Carriage 15, Seat 3D
Carriage 15, Seat 3E
Carriage 15, Seat 4D
Carriage 15, Seat 4E
Carriage 15, Seat 5D
Carriage 15, Seat 5E
Carriage 15, Seat 6D
Carriage 15, Seat 6E
Carriage 15, Seat 7D
Carriage 15, Seat 7E
Carriage 15, Seat 8D
Carriage 15, Seat 8E
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 18 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 19 Jan
OSAKA
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 17:15
Naniwa Gumi Headquarters
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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 20 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
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 21 Jan
KYOTO
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 17:15
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 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
Ace Hotel Kyoto
★★
Kengo Kuma 隈 研吾
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 22 Jan
KYOTO
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 17:15
Kyoto > Tokyo
08:01 > 10:15
Nozomi 210
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Carriage 14, Seat 10D
Carriage 14, Seat 10E
Carriage 14, Seat 11D
Carriage 14, Seat 11E
Carriage 14, Seat 12D
Carriage 14, Seat 12E
Carriage 14, Seat 13D
Carriage 14, Seat 13E
Carriage 14, Seat 14D
Carriage 14, Seat 14E
Carriage 14, Seat 15E
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
TEPIA
★★
1989 - Fumihiko Maki 槇 文彦
Info | Location | Drawings
Small House
★★
2000 - Kazuyo Sejima 妹島 和世
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