Tokyo in 3 days: a day-by-day itinerary
A 3-day Tokyo itinerary for a solo traveller: one district per day, opening hours respected, and the budget broken down instead of guessed.
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Morning 9:00–12:00Imperial Palace$12
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Afternoon 12:00–17:00Gosho$12
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Evening 17:00–21:00National Showa Memorial Museum$12
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Morning 9:00–12:00Tokyo National Museum$12
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Afternoon 12:00–17:00Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum$12
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Evening 17:00–21:00HanteiFree
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Morning 9:00–12:00Tokyo Tower$6
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Afternoon 12:00–17:00teamLab Borderless$12
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Evening 17:00–21:00Roppongi Museum$12
This is a 3-day Tokyo itinerary for one traveller, planned around a ground budget of $1,500. Day 1 opens at Imperial Palace, and the day closes at Roppongi Museum — the two are chosen to be in the same part of town, not on opposite sides of it. The stop list for the whole trip: Imperial Palace, Gosho, National Showa Memorial Museum, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Hantei, Tokyo Tower, teamLab Borderless, Roppongi Museum. Budget split: stay $825, food $420, admission $90, local transport and other $165. There is no flight line because no departure city was given. Opening hours are read from OpenStreetMap and enforced: a museum closing at 17:00 never ends up in an evening slot, and a place shut for the entire week is not in the pool at all.
Frequently asked questions
Is this Tokyo itinerary walkable?
Each day stays inside one district, so the walking is concentrated rather than spread across the city. Transfers inside a day are short — the plan is sequenced by distance, not by how famous each stop is.
Can I use this with a different budget?
This itinerary is built against $1,500 for one person. The places stay the same regardless of budget; what changes is how much of it goes to hotels versus food, and the planner splits it deterministically rather than inventing a total.