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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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  • Everything on the itinerary list are curated as worthwhile projects to visit however, there are some more worthy of others.


    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

Miyashita Park
★★
2020 -
Nikken Sekkei 日建設計 
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings

Jingu-dori Park Toilet “Amayadori”
★★
2020 -
Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄 
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog

Aoyama Technical College
★★★
1990 -
Makito Sei Watanabe 渡辺 誠 
Info | Location
Note: Entry Uncertain

Walk In The Woods Toilets

2021 -
Kengo Kuma  隈 研吾 
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings

Hillside West Terrace
★★★
1998 -
Fumihiko Maki 槇 文彦
Info | Location |
Note: Maki’s office, Entry Uncertain

Daikanyama T-SITE
★★★+
2012 -
Klein Dytham
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog

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 🎥

White Toilet
★★
2021 -
Kashiwa Sato 佐藤 可士和
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog

Red Toilet
★★★
2020 -
Nao Tamura 田村 奈緒
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | 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

Yasuyo Hall
★★
1969 - Nobumichi Akashi 明石 信道
Info | Location

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 🎥

Yoyogi National Gymnasium
★★★
1964 -
Kenzo Tange 丹下 健三
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog Note: Entry uncertain

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

GYRE Omotesando
★★
2007 -
MVRDV
Info | Location | Drawings

Dior Omotesando
★★
2003 -
SANAA
Info | Location | Drawings

Japanese Nursing Association

2004 -
Kisho Kurokawa 黒川 紀章
Info | Location

Omotesando Hills

2005 -
Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog

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

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

Jiyū Gakuen Myōnichikan
★★★+
1921 - Frank Lloyd Wright
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Reel
Note: ¥800 tour + cafe

St Mary’s Cathedral
★★★+
1967 -
Kenzo Tange 丹下 健三
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog

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

Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center
★★
2012 -
Kengo Kuma 隈 研吾
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Reel

Asahi Hall

1989 -
Philippe Starck
Wiki | Info | Location

Nissei Theatre
★★
1963 -
Togo Murano 村野 藤吾
I
nfo | 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

2008 -
Jun Matusi 光井 純
Info | Location | Drawings

Louis Vuitton Matsuya Ginza
★★
2013 -
Jun Aoki 青木 淳
Info | Location | Drawings

Maison Hermès
★★★+
2001 -
Renzo Piano
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog 🎥 Note: Best at dusk

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 Lion Beer Hall
★★
1934 - Eizou Sugawara 菅原栄蔵
Info | Location
Note: Drinks here (food elsewhere)

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

  • 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

Yumebutai
★★
1999 -
Tadao Ando 安藤 忠雄
Wiki | Info | Location | Drawings | Vlog


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

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

Nijo Castle
★★★
1679
Wiki | Location | Drawings
Note: ¥1300

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

Fushimi Inari-taisha
★★★+
711
Wiki | Location
Note: Optional extra, arrive at sunrise


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 Temple
★★★+
1052
Wiki | Location
Note: ¥700

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

  • 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

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

END OF TOUR