Tokyo Bucket List: Unveiling 2024's Best 100 Things to Do

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Tokyo is a city accommodates any travelers  with different interest and ages, but it's   also a vast city that you can easily get lost  or don't know what to do next or tomorrow so   in this video, I'd like to introduce you  to 100 ideas of things to do in Tokyo! Let's dive into one of the 100 and  something you cannot miss is Sensō-ji Temple.   In the modern city of Tokyo that things are  renewed and reconstructed in fast speed,   the area keeping traditional feeling of old  Tokyo is Asakusa. The Sensō-ji Temple and   its gate called Kaminarimon which means "Thunder  Gate" are the must see scenes in Tokyo. Asakusa is   filled with tourists all around the year so you  can enjoy the festive and energetic atmosphere.   Something you'll notice when you enter the temple  is the sound of shaking metal boxes. It's to get   the fortune-telling paper "Omikuji". Maybe  you can try and see how your Tokyo trip will   go! If you have time, I recommend to go both  in daytime and late nighttime. In the late   evening time after all the visitors are gone,  you can stroll the temple and towns lighten up   in a quiet environment. Sometimes time like that  can be the most memorable times of your travel. Once you come to Asakusa, how about finding  all-time favorite souvenirs from Tokyo? From   Kaminarimon Gate to the temple there's  Nakamise Street. This is the best spot to   purchase typical souvenirs for yourself  from Tokyo. Asakusa has lots of other   streets with various shops and places to eat, so  you can enjoy some shopping and eating snacks. When it comes to the shopping in Asakusa area,  something common to purchase is the Japanese   kitchen tools like knives. If you are interested  in looking around something you cannot skip is   the Kappabashi Street in the west of Asakusa.  Kappabashi Street was originally a town wholesale   stores of kitchen tools for restaurants and  manufacturers gathered but now many stores are   open for visitors and becoming a popular spot  to visit to get something more than typical   souvenirs. You can find state-of-the-art  knives to the cute bowl for your   kitchen or some food-shaped figures for your  interiors. To dive into the culture of Japan. how about trying wearing Japanese traditional  clothes 'kimono' in Tokyo? Asakusa is a perfect   area for that. There are many shops that  you can try and rent kimonos. Of course,   you can purchase one too. In the summertime,  you can wear yukata, which is a lighter   version of kimono. It's not easy to walk on long  distances with this kimono so it can be one of   the challenges you can try in Tokyo and Asakusa  is a perfect spot to walk around with kimono. When you stroll around Asakusa, you might see  Tokyo Sky Tree peeking between buildings. Now   let's see Tokyo from the sky! Tokyo Sky  Tree is 634 meters high, which can be   read as "Musashi" in Japanese, which is the old  country name of Tokyo. There's an observatory at   350 meters and 450 meters above ground. And  since Sky Tree is located at the northeast   edge of Tokyo City Center, you can see the  whole Tokyo in one go. When they get busy,   they stop selling tickets at the counter so  I recommend to make a reservation in advance,   especially if you like to go up on  specific times like twilight time. Under the Sky Tree, there's a Sky Tree Town. You  can enjoy shopping and dinner at the food court   and it also has some aquarium. The total cost  can add up so if you are looking for something   more easygoing, the best spot to visit is  Asakusa's Tourist Center on the   higher floor. There's an observation deck that  you can see Asakusa. It's not as high as Tokyo   Sky Tree but you can enjoy the illumination  of Tokyo Sky Tree from the other side of the   Sumida River and also see Sensō-ji Temple from  above. It's one of my favorite spots in Tokyo. Between Asakusa and Sky Tree there's a pedestrian  bridge and a little path along the Tobu Line and   the canal. It's not widely known yet so it's a  perfect spot to stay away from the crowd and   enjoy walking. Along the route there's a Sumida Park  that is famous for cherry blossoms. You can also find   several coffee shops and benches that you can have  a seat and take a rest. From the bridge along the   Tobu Line you can see the view of Tokyo's east  side along the Sumida River. If you like to enjoy the   view of Tokyo water front more something you can  ride is the Tokyo sightseeing ferry. It takes you   all the way to Tokyo Bay's Odaiba. It gives you diverse  view of Tokyo that you cannot see from trains or   walking. In about 1 hour you go under the symbol  of Tokyo Bay Rainbow Bridge and arrive Odaiba.   If you prefer shorter ride on the boat there's  also the route just going around near Asakusa and   connecting the Odaiba and pier near Tokyo city center.  Visit Daiba. Odaiba is an area of the Tokyo Bay that   connected by Rainbow Bridge from Tokyo city center.  This manmade area has office and some condos too,   but it's more known as an entertainment district.  Daiba used to be a small island with battery that used   to protect Tokyo; now it's connected to the land  and you can enjoy the view of Tokyo Bay. In summer   you can see people enjoying the beach volley and just  getting some bathing on the beach. Odaiba has several   hotels and shopping center such as Decks Tokyo Beach  and Aqua City Odaiba so so it's a place you can   enjoy all day. See a big Gundam statue. One of the  popular shopping mall in Odaiba is Diver City. What makes this mall famous is the big statue of  Gundam. after you filmed enough of Gundam you can   enter the building and enjoy food court. On the top  floor there's a Gundam Base that you can purchase   models. On the weekend or busy day you might  not be able to enter, so I recommend to go early.   Riding Yurikamome. Yurikamome is an automatic transportation  system without a driver and you can travel from   Shimbashi in Tokyo city center to Odaiba across the  Rainbow Bridge. It's a line used by commuters too   but because of the amazing view of the Tokyo  City skyline it's one of the attractions for   visitors to Tokyo. This can be the top attraction  for tourists who like to be on the ride and also for children. The other end of this Yurikamome is Toyosu know for  the fish market. Before you get into it another   place to stop is Toyosu Gururi Park. It's some park  overlooking Tokyo city center from the other side   of the bay. It has wide open view of Tokyo skyline  and Rainbow Bridge. It's a perfect place to take a   rest looking at the Tokyo, feeling that you're in  Tokyo. But what makes to famous is was biggest fish   market. Even though the most of the facilities  are for whole-sellers and professionals so you   cannot go in, but there are routes that you can see  the market auction in the morning. You can enter   even the afternoon on the day the markets are open  but it might not worth walking all the way after   the auction has finished. If you are not really  a morning person, even when the auction is not   going on, there are places for you to eat in the  market and where there are more choices of eating   is a little area called Senkyaku Bai. It's like a food  entertainment park that many seafood restaurant   gathered. Many of them offer seafood directly  from the fish market and you can enjoy the fresh   seafood like tuna. Right next to it there's a hot  spring called Manyo no Yu. it's a hot spring facility that   they bring natural hot spring water from a hot  spring called Yugawara near Hakone and you can enjoy   the natural hot spring water overlooking Tokyo Bay.  If you are not comfortable to take a bath, there's   a foot bath on the rooftop that you can enjoy for  free and you can soak your foot in the hot spring   water and see the view of Tokyo Bay. But if you  prefer something more authentic experience of   public bath house culture of Tokyo, there are lots  of public bath houses in the town. Let's go back to   downtown of Tokyo. Kotobukiyu near Ueno Station is an  old-fashioned bath house. The price for the small   public bath house is set by Tokyo government and  usually it's common to 520 yen as of today. You can   enter the bath for 520 Yen and usually there's  additional cost for using sauna. It doesn't come with   towels, but you can purchase or rent towels depending  on the bath house. Even though in the most of the   hot spring facility in Japan doesn't allow tattoos,  some of the public bath house in Tokyo allows   tattoo including this Kotobukiyu. You can experience  the old style bath house culture in Tokyo. Let's   see if you get into it or never again. Epic coffee  shop experience. If taking bath with everyone is   too intimidating for you, you can still see the bath  house near Iriya Station of Hibiya Line there's a coffee   shop called Rebon Kaisaiyu. That old bath house renovated. The coffee shop is in the room where   it used to be changing rooms and the bath area  is an office space for the architecture design   office . You can also enter there and look around  the old bath house that remains almost as it was.   But something amazing they offer is a coffee and  ice cream. The ice cream is homemade with fresh   fruit from the farm in Odawara and you can enjoy  the single origin coffee that they match with the   ice cream. And both ice cream and the coffee - wow  very good. It was a very cozy environment with a nice people. Another bath that is tattoo friendly is  Bunka Yokusen near Shibuya. After the bath, let's feel the air   of the city. In Tokyo best spots are the rooftop  garden. Behind the Bunka Yokusen, there's a big concrete   structure. This is the Ohashi Junction which is  the intersection of two Capital freeways: Route   Three on elevated road and Route C2 in the deep  underground. For the environment they completely   cover the junction and made it to the base  for the highway patrol and a rooftop garden   that everyone can enter and walk around. Another  rooftop garden I recommend is Ginza 6. Ginza 6 is a shopping   center in Ginza. You can enjoy the 360° view  from the rooftop. It's a great escape from the   crowd of the street. Most of the department store  have roof top garden that everyone can go up and   usually it doesn't have many people, so it might be  interesting to find your favorite small gardens in Tokyo. Once you take a rest it's time to enjoy  Japanese department store. Tokyo has several major   department stores, but something worth visiting just  for architecture is Mitsukoshi and Takashimaya in Nihonbashi   area which are one of the first department  stores in Tokyo. And also Isetan Department Store   in Shinjuku which has a record of the most selling  department stores in Japan for years. When it comes  to the department store something you must take  a look is the basement it's called depachika. Most of   the department stores have basement floor section  that you can find tons of sweets and desserts. You   can also purchase bento box or sushi box and bring  back to your hotel or eat in the park. When it comes   to the bento box something popular to tourists is eki-ben that you can bring to the shinkansen and eat but you can   also get the basic reasonable bento on the streets  too. A bento box from casual shops like Origin and   Hotto Motto carries nori bento, which is under 400 yen and  it comes with rice, nori seaweed and some fries. It's   quite reasonable and simple but tastes really good  when you're hungry and haven't eat for a long   time. When you need light meal or doesn't feel like  eating in the restaurants, no worry you don't have   to make every meal a special experience or special  Japanese experience. You can also try to get your   breakfast or lunch or dinner at convenience stores.  In Japan there are three major convenience stores   chains in Japan Lawson, Family Mart and 7Eleven. Just  for these chains there are about 5,000 stores   just in central Tokyo's 23 cities. Each of them  carry similar products but slightly different. If   you've been to Japan or after your visit to Japan  please share which becomes your favorite convenience store chains and if there any foods you liked.   Besides lots of convenience stores what you might   notice in Tokyo streets are the vending machines.  There are variety of drinks you can choose from   and some of them are seasonal that I've never  seen before. Some drinks are like I doubt if   they taste it before they sell it, but it's part of  Tokyo's experience to make a small funny mistakes.   In summer the cold drinks on the street is a  life saver, and in winter our warm drink warms   you up, and at night the machines light up the the  streets for you. Once you come to Tokyo dining is   also an important experience and a must thing to  do in Tokyo is eating sushi. There are variety   of sushi restaurants from reasonable family chain  to luxury counter bar style. The sushi restaurant   you can eat certain quality but still easy to  go in and not too much worry about what it is   sushi chains from Hokkaido. It's not a fixed price  but you can eat a good quality sushi in the easy   going environment. Another thing to try is tempura  and soba. These are typical Japanese food and the   food you can experience at once is tempura soba. Soba is a buckwheat noodle so make sure to avoid it if   you have allergy. The simple soba and freshly fried tempura  somehow goes very well and it's common to eat as   a set. Gonpachi is a popular restaurant that became  model for the Hollywood movie 'Kill Bill'. They make   soba right there. Lunch is very reasonable price for the  quality. Tonkatsu is a deep fried pork cutlet that you   often enjoy with a thin sliced cabbage. If you  cannot eat that many pork, you can also order   other food such as fried shrimp. Many chains offers  free refill of the cabbage and rice, soup so it's a   great place when you like to eat the big portions.  Find your favorite ramen. Another popular food in   Japan is ramen, but probably the most popular ramen  among visitors to Japan is tonkotsu ramen which is a   pork broth started in Kyushu. Kyushu Jangara Ramen  is a popular tonkotsu ramen restaurant and if you   like vegan choice, there's a Vegan Jangara on the  second floor of the Harajuku shop. There's more   casual ramen shop like Hakata Tenjin that you can  get a free refill of the noodle called kaidama. Tonkotsu ramen  is a pork broth creamy soup, but ramen is not just  tonkotsu ramen. Ramen is a noodle originally came   from China and developed in many different styles  in Japan. The taste and style varies depend on the   region in Japan. You can try all the different  ramen just being in Tokyo. After you eat ramen   or sushi, something you might want to have is a  good cup of coffee. Tokyo has top coffee shops   that you can enjoy the great quality cups, and  something really trending now is the aesthetic   coffee places with high quality selected coffee. The popular store is Glitch that has several shops in   Tokyo. The people are very friendly there and ask  you what you like and you can ask anything about   coffee. There are tons of coffee shops in Tokyo so  it will be one of the fun to find your favorite   coffee shops in Tokyo. Something you need with  coffee is smartphone is good too, but how about the   book? The area where Glitch Coffee is near Jimbocho that has lots of coffee shops and used book   shops. Most of the book shops are in Japanese, but  some bookstores carries English books. So how about  you pick one book and travel together. After  the lunch something you want to try is a sweet   even. Though Japanese foods are popular it seems  not everyone especially visitors from Western countries   are not a big fan of the Japanese sweets mostly  because you're not used to soybean being so sweet,  but once you get used to it, you might get into it. Why don't you start your first spoon in your next   trip to Tokyo? If you are not that into sweets how  about enjoying bitter matcha instead of sweets? There   are several gardens in Tokyo that have a tea house  but somewhere you can relax more in Japanese style   house is Kosoan in Jiyugaoka. It's a tea house renovated  old wooden house built in 1950s and the only thing   is you need to sit on the floor on Japanese style  room, but it's a really nice experience that is a   very different from the city center experience.  If you want to take Japanese food home antenna   shop is convenient . Many regional government across  Japan has shops in Tokyo and you can get a glimpse   of the rich food culture of each region of Japan.  Many of them are gathering near Ginza area .the   Kotsu Kaikan front of Yurakucho Station is a home to shops  from Hokkaido and Okinawa which are especially   popular among Japanese regions. There are shops  on the first floor and basement there are also   restaurants. And balcony on the second floor is  my favorite spot to watch the shinkansen. If you like   to explore the aisle with more regular Japanese  food that we eat daily basis, a good idea is to   go to regular supermarkets. Tokyo is not the best  place to look for a big supermarket as the space   is limited, but recently in Ginza a large discount  supermarket called OK Store opened you can buy   everyday ingredients and sweets at the price  just like supermarket in the suburbs. When it   come to the shopping in Tokyo, Ginza is a place to  go. Ginza is an area with high end and brand shops   both international and Japanese brands. Something  has been the face of Ginza for a long time a part   of brand Mikimoto and skincare brand Shiseido. Ginza  is not just about the luxury shops. You can also   enjoy shopping at UNIQLO at two locations in Ginza  'This is UNIQLO too.' In this center of the commerce of   Japan, there are shops and showrooms of Japanese  brands such as Sony, Seiko, Yamaha Nissan. You can   learn about the history of the brands and also  get to know more about the machinery itself. If you   like to see something more traditional near Ginza,  there's a Kabukiza Theater. Kabuki is a Japanese   traditional performing art that all male actors  play old tales in the beautiful background. Kabuki   usually lasts about 4 hours with breaks, but for  visitors from abroad you can also watch just one   act that you can make casually put in your schedule  during your shopping in Ginza or exploring Tsukiji. The   fish market that has been long at Tsukiji has moved  to Toyosu, but there are still many fish shops and   restaurant that offer fresh seafoods. You can find  numerous shops that offer sushi, seafood bowls and different street foods. If you like to feel more  old style market, Tsukiji might be better than   Toyosu to enjoy the seafoods. It is a touristy spot but  it's a fun place to take a look at .Visit 100 Yen   shop. If you are looking for something reasonably  priced, try Daiso a 100 yen shop. Not everything is   100 yen so please make sure to check the price tag. There's also a spin off chain called Standard Product. The   price ranges from a few dollars to 10 bucks or  so but everything is in a similar color that   match with your interiors and most of the products  are well thought and well done that I'm afraid   my rooms are occupied by their products. The  store in Shibuya is very large so you might want   to be careful not to spend too much time there.  Something big in Tokyo is Tokyo Disney Resort.   In less than 20 minutes from Tokyo Station there  are two theme parks Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo   Disney Sea and you see some original attractions  that you only see in Japan. In 2024 Disney Sea's   expanding with Disney Fantasy Springs and even  more choices of attractions and hotels you can enjoy. Well it's still number 36 and main  part of Tokyo hasn't started yet, but if   you are a little bit tired of the crowd  of Tokyo it should be nice to spend half   a day in the morning at Mount Takao. You can enjoy light hiking trails and see temples on the mountain. Now let's get back to Shibuya,  central Tokyo. Shibuya Parco is a shopping   center above the hill of Shibuya. You can find  popular Japanese character shops Nintendo   Tokyo; on the same floor you see Pokemon  Center Shibuya and some other character shops. In the basement there are many  restaurants so you can have a great   lunch there. When you are at Shibuya Parco, you can also not miss the rooftop terrace too. If you like to see Shibuya from somewhere much  higher a must visit place is Shibuya Sky. Shibuya   Sky is an observatory on the top of Shibuya Scramble  Square Building. This is not the highest observatory   in Tokyo, but it's very popular as you can feel the  sky of Tokyo not through the glasses. The tickets   for sunset hour sells out four weeks before  on the date they start to sell the tickets so   you may want to write down the calendar and  make sure to get it if you plan to visit on   sunset time. In the daytime you can see Mt Fuji on  sunny days and at night you can see the neons   of Shibuya right under the building. Tokyo has many  different faces. It's Japan's capital and center   of economy, capital of Japan's pop culture and it's  where entertainment and art have flourished since   old times. As you arrive Tokyo the place drag  you into the realization of arrival in Tokyo is   Shibuya's Scramble Crossing. This is a top tourist spot,  but also an important intersection for office   workers, commuters and shoppers to Shibuya making it  one of the busiest crossings in the world. In front   of the Shibuya station you'll also see the loyal  dog of Hachiko, the symbol of Shibuya. Hachiko is a statue of   the dog born in 1923 that used to come to Shibuya  Station every evening looking for his owner Mr   Ueno without knowing that he suddenly passed  away. In Shibuya a good place to take a rest is   Miyashita Park. In exchange for Shibuya City renting out  space under the park in front of the station to a   private company as a shopping center, the company  maintain and manage the park. It's crowded and hard to   find bench on the weekend but it's nice to be  able to relax right in Shibuya Station, hearing   the sound of the train tracks right next to it.  Tokyo's two popular spots -Shibuya and Harajuku -   are actually in walking distance. One of the  streets that connect them are Cat Street. Cat   Street connects Shibuya and Harajuku and is a fun  walking streets lined with the latest trend   shops and outdoor shops. There are also many small  back streets in Harajuku so it's a fun place to   explore. When you go to Harajuku something you might want  to check out is the rooftop of Omokado and Harakado,   are two shopping center that are facing each other  across the Jingumae traffic light. You can relax   on the rooftop and enjoy the coffee looking at the  city of Tokyo. The top spot in Harajuku is Takeshita  Street. It's been a street young crowd gathered  from all over Japan. You see some cute pop culture   shops and recently they have many souvenir shops and  a themed cafe. Iconic street food from Harajuku is   a crepe and big cotton candy. If you are tired of the hustle and bustle of Harajuku and Shibuya, there's Meiji Shrine right behind the Harajuku station. Something  makes the shrine special is a large forest around   it. You can feel the air is much cool there in  the forest. This forest was made 100 years ago   and about 100,000 trees were donated from across  Japan and 110,000 men worked to make this forest. On   the north side of the shrine there's a grass area  where the locals are sitting and chatting on the   grass. If you like to enjoy the garden more a must  visit place is Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden that you can   enter with 500 yen admission. There are several different  areas that you can enjoy walking enjoy scenery   and flowers. Shinjuku Gyoen is especially famous during  the cherry blossom season. There is a Starbucks inside   and several vendors selling snacks and plenty of  vending machines in the garden, but I recommend you   to bring something to eat and leisure seat for more  fun time. If you took a rest well now it's time to   jump out to the city of Tokyo again. Shinjuku  is the largest and the busiest downtown area   of Tokyo. For some Shinjuku at night might be the  most Tokyo like scenery and your trip to Shinjuku   starts from Shinjuku Station. Shinjuku Station is  a hub of JR lines. In addition three subways and   three private railways Keio, Odakyu and Seibu are merging. It has a record of the busiest station in the world. Some parts of Shinjuku Station is now under  construction to rebuild to a building higher   than Tokyo Metropolitan Government and other  projects start soon - probably the construction   lasts another decade or two, so it's really like  the maze and you might see a different view every   time you visit Tokyo. Kabukicho is an entertainment  district stretches north of Shinjuku Station.   You'll see a big Godzilla statue is looking down on  the street. Kabukicho is a place to visit at night and   enjoy the neon lights. Recently opened Kabukicho Tokyu  Tower has a food court and some amusement facility. I   don't say it's a dangerous place, but please be  careful not to follow someone talk to you in   Kabukicho saying that they have a good restaurant or  bar. In Shinjuku, there there are some bar streets   like Omoideyokocho and Golden Gai. They originally started  as an unofficial market after the World War II and   there are many tiny bars lined up in narrow alleys.  Right next to the train tracks of Shinjuku Station   is Omoideyokocho. You see many Japanese style bars, customers  are drinking, pushing shoulders each other when   Japanese people drink and eat after work or together with friends, a place we like to go is   isakaya. When you sit on the seat they usually give  you a small plate called otoshi, and it's like the   seating charge, something we cannot change about  it because it's a custom. But if it's intimidating   to go to the old style is izakaya recently there  are some bars that doesn't charge the otoshi, and   also you can order in English. And one chain is  an izakaya chain called Chikuzenya. The shop I went was in   Nakano and this place is very travel friendly.  You can order from a QR code in English and you   can check what you ordered and what is the total  price right now. In the north of Kabukicho there is   a town called Shin Okubo, that there are many foreign  grocery shops. Among them the east side of the   town is known as Korean restaurants and shops. You  can enjoy Korean foods and shopping. There there's   also a big discount store Don Quijote which has  been here for a long time time. Shinjuku is also   a neighborhood the Tokyo government is located.  The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building is   in Nishishinjuku. It's a high-rise twin tower  with free observation deck on the upper floor.   The building is designed by Kenzo Tange; the same for  the Park Tower that has a Park Hyatt Tokyo on the   top floors which became famous for the movie with  Scarlett Johansson 'Lost in Translation'. However, when   you think of the center of Tokyo, you might think  of more about Tokyo Station that has a name of   Tokyo. The Marunouchi side of the Tokyo Station has  a large square in front of station and the roads   are directly connected to the Imperial Palace.  Imperial Palace is where the Japanese emperor   lives. The Imperial family is continuing more than  1,500 years or 2,000 years depending on the study.   Imperial family don't interfere with the politics,  but the family has been respected as a symbol of   Japan. Visitors cannot enter the palace but you can  walk around the Nijubashi Bridge and you can also   enter East Garden where you can see the trace of  Edo Castle. Tokyo Station is not just a railway station.   It has large underground shopping malls. One part  is called Tokyo Character Street and you can get   lots of different character goods. They also have  Tokyo Ramen street that you can see some ramen shops.  If you are train fan, seeing train are also a  big attraction of Tokyo. Every major city in   the world has subways called in different names  such as subway, Tube, underground or Metro and   something unique about Tokyo is there are two  subway companies :Tokyo Metro and Toei by Tokyo   Government running underground of Tokyo. But there  are also elevated train by JR and that is also   an important transportation in the city center  so some foreign tourist call it metro too. The symbol   of Tokyo is Yamanote Line that goes around Tokyo  in the loop in about 60 Minutes even if you don't   have an opportunity to take Shinken you can enter  the platform of shin to see trains with one ticket   you can go both ja Central platform and jail East  platform so if you or your children like to see   shansen it's good idea to get an entry ticket to  the shinen platform just it's a busy platform so   please be careful not to go too close to the  rail or home doors one good spot to take photo   of trains in Tokyo City Center together is hij  Bash bridge near oan station it's right outside   the Jr oom station and you see Jr train comes and  goes to two different directions of Tokyo Station   and Akihabara station you also see Tokyo metro  monoi line comes out above ground just to Across   the K River my favorite spot to look at the train  is McDonald's in front of sa Shinjuku station you   see the J trains going by continuously with the  background of skyscraper in Nish Shinjuku if you   have seen old Japanese anime in 80s you might  have seen this scenes of shinuk buildings from   this angle visiting locations used for movies  and Anime is also a fun thing to do this is   a stair that became famous in the anime called  your name if you like anime Goods Akihabara is   a must Vis place in Tokyo but before Akihabara  became popular with pop culture like now akaba   used to be a town known for electronics shops  I still remember that I had to come to aaba   to get a soldering iron for school work when  I was in junior high school even though many   shops are replaced by subculture stores you you  can get a glimpse of tral atmosphere of akiabara   at the electronics Town under the train trucks  of akiabara station and Tokyo radio department   store if you like anime and figures Akiba Kaa is  one of the place to go it's a building with lots   of hobby shops that you can explore ours if you  like let's go to the large electronic stores in   Tokyo big story in Tokyo are big camera and Yash  camera AA is a home for Yodobashi AKA one of the   large Electronics shop in Tokyo if you are tired  of walking around but you like to take a rest a   good place to go is a internet cafe Kat Club  is one of the major internet cafe to make a   membership card you need an actual passport but  once you make a membership card you can check in   easily with machine and make reservation online  too I took one traveler from the United States to   make a membership card and on the process of the  being a member both shop person online assistant   were very helpful depending on the location but  Kat Club has all private rooms and you can choose   either floor or chair this FL room is popular as  you can sleep it's quiet and good break away from   the C noise all Comics are Japanese but you can  get free refill of drinks and also take showers   and do laundry you like to the S counter for a  few hundred Yen or some location haveit for free   for this Shinjuku one being the membership is 370  Y and to stay 3 hours 1,680 Y and 24 hours 7,020 y just like bending machine something you see  in Tokyo everywhere is gashapon in akiabara   there's a place like kapon K but again it's  everywhere in the town of Tokyo my favorite   one is yamot L gachapon that I see aab station  I get this little PCH of yamanote line design   for 300 Yen I think it's good but if you want  to see more AA let's head to ibukuro which   is another subculture Center in Tokyo it has  the world largest kacha on Center with 3,000   machines lined up the gashapon center is in a  big building complex called Sunshine City it   also has a sunshine City Aquarium and shopping  center with Pokemon Center so it's a place you   can enjoy even on rainy days it's not a major  one but Sunshine City also has an observation   deck on the 60s floor this e is known for  two big department store of tuu and sa it's   hiding behind Shinjuku and Shia's popularity  but it's also one of the leading shopping   towns in Tokyo recently there are many anime  shops opened and becoming like the second AA town from ikuko station if you take save ikuko  line you can get to the toim station there there   is a wner brother Studio Tour Tokyo that making  of Harry Potter this is a new facility just opened   in Tokyo in 2023 after the park called toshima  en closed it's the second attraction after the   one in London and it's a must bu place if you  are big Harry Potter fans toaso if you want   something a little more Japanese you'll find  a very quiet town that became the BPL of many   anime artists such as T Osamu around higashi  Nagasaki station save line there are former   sites where anime artists lived called toaso you  can spot simil anime related sites in the quiet town kiboi is located near  iuk station you'll encounter   old fashion site like you a time slep to old days in this town you see the only  remaining street car in too toak line it runs from was shuku to minoa Bashi  station which is northeast of Tokyo it's   very slow and takes time to ride everything  so you might want to just write part of the   route if you don't have time now let's head  to the north visiting Grandma Harajuku what   do you pass by with this St is kinsa station the  street is connected from sug station of J yamot   line and it's called Grandma Harajuku as there  are so many shops Which is popular among senior   Travelers visit Asama let's get on the TR T again  and go to asayama park that's RA in front of Jr o   station as AMA is a well-known place for chair  blossom tree if you try to go to the park from   oi station there are lots of stairs but you can  also take this re Trum that takes you up to the park by river under the Asama Park there's o  Shrine this is one of the Tokyo's 10 shrines   all of these shrines are not a popular TR spot  but they all have a good atmosphere so it might   be interesting to see how many you can go one of  them akasaka hikawa shine is right near the Loni   and ATO shine is near ton Hills that it is beli  that you succeed in your business if you run up   the stairs atosan is a beautiful place but in case  you cannot go up the stairs there's a elevator   so no worry visit arcade shopping mall of Tokyo  minoa Bashi which is the end station of toen is a   town where the oldfashioned shopping street Still  Remains the ter ends at minashi station and right   next to the station you can see a little shopping  street with local resident as you get off the N   police station of yanine you will find yourself  in the quiet neighborhood of yanaka it's an area   with many temples and Commercial streets called  yanaka kinza that you can feel the old Tokyo's   atmosphere you can look around some shops and also  try some Street roods this area also has lots of   small alleys and known for cat I couldn't spot  cat this day but if you are lucky you can find some as you walk towards west of  yanaka there's NE shine between   NE station and Sagi station the shrine  has red T gates contining to autom in Shrine in April you can see as lay flowers bloom visit weno Park Renault Park is a  large Park laying right next to Renault   station if you leave the gate of the station  you already stepping in the park almost all   lands of the Wen Park used to be belonging to  the kage temple which is now quietly located   in the back of the park but you still see many  historical temples and shrines in the weno park to B in pond and K Cano is a mass visit  place in Reno Park Reno Park is also a   home for about 10 museums what you might not  want to miss is Tokyo National Museum you can   see japanes Buddhism statues swords kimonos  and everything Japan in National Treasure level riding boat if you need some activities  let's take a boat riding Reno Park if you   cannot handle the regular boat you can also use  pedal boat you can enjoy a different view of the   park from a boat there are some other places in  Tokyo that you can take a boat like chori eashi   walking amoko Street after spending some time  in nature of weno let's head out to the amoko   street amoko is a shopping street that connects  to okachimachi station and S other streets runs   parallel to it it's like 365 Days festival with  all the shops and visitors especially in the   evening time there is a small Temple maristan to  in the middle of the busy town that I always drop   by to play when you come to amoko watch at K the  next thing to do in Tokyo is watching S at the   Koka Arena tickets are difficult to obtain so  I recommend you to purchase them online on the   day of the sales begin for more details please  see my small video If you go to k please make   sure to eat their specialities Yakitori and  CH chunko is small rest's favorite food even   if you couldn't get the ticket of the S match  or it's not the season for Su you can eat CH   around the Dooku station right next to the  station there's a building called Dooku Edon   that are using old do station building in their  restaurant Chango kirishima ofers amazing Chango na it's a reasonal price for lunch and interior  are lot of small so it's an interesting place to   visit watch baseball game at Tokyo D if you like  to see other sports you can go to watch baseball   game Tokyo has two teams Giants plays in Tokyo  D and swallows plays in jingle Stadium Tokyo do   also has baseball Museum which are almost all  in Japanese but if you are a Baseball fans it   might be a good place to check out and something  you might want to do in Tokyo is seeing a small   Japanese gardens right next to the Tokyo  D there's kishka Kaa Quin it's a Japanese   garden made in 1629 as a garden of a house for  MIT tokuga family in another big space of the   garden there are lots of small world are expressed  another Japanese garden is kosumi Garden in kosumi   shirakawa this one was organized by the founder  of Mitsubishi group and donated to Tokyo in 1924   something you might want to pay attention here  is Stones collected from all over Japan by the   F of Mitsubishi feel the life of old Tokyo a  good place you can feel the air of old Tokyo   is kaga Edo Museum in kyos shirakawa there you  can get a glimpse of life in Edo you can imagine   you live there with limited lighting and and  feeling cold winter and hot summer directly   in the house Tokyo has tons of museums and but  probably most Cho are visting the major Museum   like a Tokyo National Museum. But there are  lots of other museums in Tokyo and those are   usually in off the major terminal or off the touristy spot.  Something good to get is the Tokyo Gurutto Pass.    It's including lots of small museums so what is great  about this Grutto Pass is it takes you to off the   touristy spots or Hidden Gem neighborhoods  that you probably don't think of visiting   without this pass. Kiyosumi Shirakawa where Kiyosumi Garden and Edo Fukagawa Museum is an interesting town where you   see Modern Museum of Art of Tokyo and modern  coffee shops mixed in the old downtown. The first   store of the Blue bottle of coffee outside  the United States also open in this Kiyosumi Shirakawa.   If you are visiting on the warm day you can also  have a beer looking at the bridges and Tokyo Sky Tree by the river. Right next to Kiyosumi Shirakawa is a  town called Monzen Nakacho often called Monnaka   by locals. It's a town with full of temples and  shrines and has a life downtown atmosphere. There are major Temple of Fukagawa Naritasan and Tomioka Hachimangu. It also has a bar alleys along the canal and by the   Sumida River, there's a park that you can overlook  the city. Across the bridge is an area called   Tsukishima. Eat Monjayaki at Tsukishima. This town is  known for Tokyo's Soul food Monjayaki. Near Tsukishima   station, there's a street that you can see lots  of Monja shops. Monja is an interesting, kind of messy   food taste delicious. So it's a must visit street  if you come nearby if you like to experience more   old Tokyo's atmosphere a good place to visit is  Shibamata on the Eastern edge of Tokyo. There's a   Shibamata Taishakuten Temple and traditional streets  with many souvenir shops and restaurants. I also   recommended to go to the behind the Temple  and going out to the river bank and watch   the sunset. It's something nostalgic. If you want  to enjoy the same quiet atmosphere another place   I recommend is Jindaiji Temple. Jindai is a know for  Soba noodle and you can enjoy handmade very authentic Soba noodle.   There are lots of Soba shops around the Jindaiji  Temple and I chose this shop that I could eat outside. You can visit here by bus either  from Chofu station of Keio Line or Kichijoji station.  But you don't have to visit here just for the  temple and shrine. Right next to the temple, there's   a big Jindaiji Botanical Garden. You can enjo the  large garden with beautiful flowers in nature. [Music] Near Kichijoji station, there is Inokashira Park. Inokashira Park is a good spot to take a boat and enjoy walking in the nature it has a different view of the four seasons. Inside the park there's Inokasira Park Zoo and Ghibli Museum.    Inokashira Park Zoo has two faces. Small zoo that you  can see cute animals and Sculpture Museum of Mr   Seibo Kitamura , who is known for the Statue of  Nagasaki Peace Memorial Park. Inside several   small buildings and in the forest, you see lots of  statues that you feel dynamism of the human body.   Ghibli museum is a museum made by the Japanese  anime studio Studio Ghibli which is known for   anime like Laputa and Kiki's Delivery and Totoro. This  Ghibli Museum, you might want to make a reservation   before you come to Japan so you can make sure  that you can get the ticket. Visit Nakano and   Nakano Broadway. Nakano is only one station from  Shinuk by orange Chuo Line. After you go through the   arcade street from the station, you will hit  the Nako Broadway. It's an old shopping mall   that has many Hobby and subculture shops. Nakono is  also a good place to find a place to drink. Around   the Broadway, you see many interesting bars and  shops if you like to visit something out of the   big city like Shinjuku, you can just take a train  one station and you have a different experience in Nakano. Another interesting town next to nakano is  Koenji. Koenji is a lively city with arcade shopping   center and many second hand clothing shops. Koenji has  Koenji Temple that the station name came from, and also a shrine for the weather that we  can wish for the weather. The best food to try in   Koenji is a curry shop Eric South under the rail. Now they have in Tokyo too and I see long   lines but this is the main restaurant it tastes  amazing and it's not as busy as Tokyo Station store visit theme Cafe don't is  a home for many themed Cafe with   certain Concepts such as Pokémon cafes M  cafes there's a sweet shop near setagaya   data station that are run by the brother  of jiber director Hayao Miyazaki and you can   enjoy cute total like shoe creams in the  quite little environment of residential area go is a temple famous for manino which is  like a inviting cat that welcoming Fortune to   your house if you have one in your house you can  purchase yours and bring as your subia or leave   one here I left mine here but maybe I could  bring back it's also a nice place just to see   the buildings and Gardens too when it come to the  temple let's go back to the city center the last   stop for the temple is zjo Temple the scene with  contrast of Tokyo Tower behind and all temple of   jooi is one of the top spot of Tokyo it is said  that the flow of the good energy from Mount Fuji   is coming here behind this Doge Temple is Tokyo  Tower Tokyo Tower is no longer the best spot for   the observation probably because there lot of  tall buildings around it remains as number one   icon of Tokyo it's also a great structure to  look up from the street near the Tokyo Tower   stay in the same position so it will be a new  experience if you haven't seen the digital art   by team love before you leave to your country or  tra to other parts of Japan the great place to go   is the observatory of Hana Airport each Terminal  1, 2 and 3 has different observation deck.    They are all in the shopping area before the security,  so anyone can visit even if you don't take   the airplane that day. And the last and the  best thing to do in Tokyo is to walk around   the city center of Tokyo that street continue  endlessly. So that was my list of 100 things to   do in Tokyo. Tokyo has a lot more than this 100  things. It might be one of the fun to find your   favorite shops find your secret photogenic spots.  I hope you can find your own way of enjoying Tokyo.  Thank you for watching until here. Have a great  trip to Tokyo. Have a great week until the next video. [Music] video
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