Things to do in Tokyo?

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Things to do in Japan?

Try to find a place that serves a good deep dish pizza. :X

• Everything supercollider said!
• Like Wolfhausen said, try the unusual and awesome food!
• As Zareh said, you should go to an onsen (spas fed by geothermally heated springs). Access to the pools is separated by gender because you bathe nude. If you have any tattoos, you will need to cover them with a bandage/plaster.
• Day trip to Mt Fuji - it is truly an awesome sight. There are onsen in the town that the bus stops at, which is as close as you'll be able to get - you won't be able to go up the mountain at this time of year. The road will be closed due to ice and snow. It is not advisable, anyway - many people die attempting to climb it outside of summer.
• Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku has two towers with free observation decks on the 45th floors - http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3011_tocho.html. It's worth going twice: once during the day and once at night.
• Check out the Harajuku girls/cosplay-zoku at Harajuku (Jingu Bashi - the pedestrian bridge from Harajuku Station and the Meiji Shrine) on a Sunday.
• The Meiji Shrine
• Imperial gardens (next to the Meiji Shrine) and the Treasure Museum within it.
• Tokyo Sea Life Park - easily the most impressive public aquarium I have seen - https://www.tokyo-zoo.net/english/kasai/main.html. They have schools of bluefin tuna, including one that was 2 m long, and hammerhead sharks in a big toroidal tank, and they have an amazing shoreline exhibit which you initially see from below the surface, but a ramp leads you above the surface and you can walk around it. It has waves breaking on a sandy beach and I believe they also simulate the tide.
• Manga, electronic gadget and retro gaming heaven in Akihabara. You may even find the store that has the Throne of Games (a throne constructed from games cartridges).
• Get the automated guideway transit service across to Odaiba and check out Palette Town. There's a shopping centre called VenusFort that has somewhat bizarrely been made up to look like a medieval European village, complete with fake sky. Next door is a Toyota showroom and museum, inexplicably called Mega Web (Toyota City Showcase), which is like no showroom you've ever been to - http://www.megaweb.gr.jp/about/english.html. There are no salesmen hassling you and you are encouraged to climb into the display cars, which were all models that I didn't see in Australia until several years later. There are driving simulators (the type mounted on hydraulic actuators to simulate accelerations) where you can experience the difference that their electronic stability system makes in difficult conditions, by driving the same track with it enabled and disabled. If you have an international driver's licence, you can test drive brand new Toyota vehicles on the 1.3 km test track. There were some cool race cars in the "History Garage" (museum section).
• The most useful Japanese saying for me was "Suimasen", which is kind of like sorry/please or excuse me. You not only use it for excuse me or sorry in a crowd or whatever, but in shops and restaurants, it is customary to call it out when you are ready for service, like ringing a bell at an unattended counter or putting your hand up in a restaurant, except it is not considered rude. Also, "doumo" is a less formal way of saying thank you (being a shortening of doumo arigato gozaimasu, which means thanks very much), and appropriate for things like receiving your change from a store cashier.

When I went, I did Tokyo (mainly Akihabara, the town hall), then Osaka/Kyoto for temples (kinkakuji/ginkakuji/etc.) then Hiroshima/Miyajima (the Torii in the ocean, the bombing museum).

and don't forget Tokyo DisneySea. <3

Go to a pachinko parlor. You might see a Metal Gear Solid pachinko machine.

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Don't get mad, visit the cities with antique buildings and streets, feel the "old days" and history

Ohhh lucky you :)! These are some locations worth visiting imho:

• Yokoamicho Park (maybe? I'm not sure what it's like in winter)
• the Miraikan
• the Meiji Shrine
• Akihabara Electric Town
• Pokemon Center Mega Tokyo
• the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum and/or Edo-Tokyo Museum and/or the Shitamachi Museum
• the Kabuki-za and/or the National Noh Theatre

Oh, if you have company, you may have fun visiting a karaoke place! And since we're in a gaming forum - I heard good things about the new Square Enix Cafe that's opened in Akihabara.

Meido Cafe~~~

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Yoyogi Park looks like a great place to hang out. I hope you enjoy your trip!

Thank you 😀

Bump. Have fun in Tokyo, CallsignX. Thanks for the GAs.

I never have been there...sorry... Thanks for GAs

Definitely hara-kiri

Go into those hotels were you pay for a girl to sleep with you (not having sex, just sleeping).

Car meets all the way. Such a beautiful car culture in Japan, makes me cry sometimes (Life is Strange's not the only thing that makes me cry lmao). Depends if you like cars of course :)

Thanks for the GA's, would love to travel to Japan myself one day, enjoy your trip!

Bump, a friend just returned from Japan. Tokyo Tower is a must!

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You can... keep playing on Steam...

I've been in Tokyo last month. Be sure to visit Akihabara district. It's got lots of electronics and video game stores. Even if you don't intend to buy anything, it's really cool. Retro Game Camp is an amazing store dedicated mostly to retro console gaming.

Also, a pro tip. In certain places you can buy special 24h, 48h and 72h passes that work on both Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway. They are sold only to foreigners (you need to show your passport). It's really good, because it's much cheaper than regular day passes AND it works for consecutive hours, not for dates. 72h one is 1500Y. You can buy it in tourist offices and some of the big electronics stores. More info:
http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/TOPICS/2016/160204.htm

oh bump and I just remembered, but if you are travelling with friend who have been there you will know it:
tourist visa let you buy 1/2/3 day tickets for all metro lines (3 day 1500y which is super nice if you travel a lot)
you can get them at airport or in bic camera stores.
otherwise it is useful to get pasmo/suica card (500yen but you can get it back) and do not worry about buying correct ticket for correct line :P

Bump. Enjoy your trip. Wish I could go to Japan. Hear it's fastinating.

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