TRAVEL | Guide

Japan’s most captivating city Tokyo by the Numbers

3.5 million Wards of Tokyo people go through station, the busiest train station in the world, daily.

160,000 restaurants.

¥3,500-¥7,000 is the average cost of a few hours’ stay at a Tokyo love hotel.

9.2 million is the population of the Tokyo metropolitan area.

Recommended Districts and Wards of Tokyo 1. & 4. Edogawa - The annual 8. Shinjuku - Includes Tokyo’s () - The first isthe anime Edogawa Fireworks, plus Tokyo red-light district Kabukicho, and electronics district, and the Sealife Park and the giant Ferris plus shopping, food and latter is home of Sensoji Temple wheel at Kasai Rinkai Park. entertainment. Visit Golden Gai and where you can discover old or Omoide Yokocho (Piss Alley) . (Also hit up area for 5. (Toshima) - for izakaya culture. big street-side markets.) Anime, shopping and a lot of cosplay. 9. Shinagawa - Skyscrapers, 2. Chiyoda - Imperial Palace Shinagawa station, plenty of and Tokyo station. Do row boats 6. Minato - has a seaside bars and food, plus Shinagawa at Chidorigafuchi. Try yakitori entertainment center and Aquarium. (skewered chicken) under district is your Yurakucho station. ultimate clubbing hangout. 10. Sumida - Home of Tokyo SkyTree, Sensoji Temple, Asahi 3. Chuo - High-end shopping at 7. - Fashion and night- Beer Headquarters and (try Ginza Six), life district, plus the famous Nakamise Shopping Street. Top area, or visit the "Shibuya Crossing.” Visit Yoyogi it all off with a walk along the fish market—though, it park and , the youth Sumida River. has a new locale as of Oct. 2018. fashion district. GaijinPot Travel is a part of the Tokyo-based GPlus Media Inc. Find more Japan destintions at travel.gaijinpot.com.

Attractions & 20 Tokyo Cultural Experiences

1. View Tokyo from above. Visit 12. Explore a lesser-known area Tokyo SkyTree, the tallest tower in of Tokyo: Nerima, Koenji, Nakano, Japan and one of the tallest in the Meguro, or . world, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku, 13. Go to a manga or Internet cafe. or Tokyo Tower in Shiba Park. 14. Discover Japanese anime at 2. Go to a video game or its best at Studio Ghibli (must get virtual reality arcade. VR spots are tickets months in advance). in Shibuya, Shinjuku or Odaiba. Rainbow Bridge in Odaiba in Minato ward. Other multi-floor arcades are found 15. Sing at a karaoke box place like all over, especially Akihabara. 7. Visit Tokyo station/Imperial Big Echo or Karaoke Kan. Palace area, especially in spring for 3. Eat ramen. Try Ichiran, famous cherry blossoms. 16. Stay at a love hotel. Found in ramen chain serving up Shibuya and Shinjuku but perhaps Fukuoka-style soul food noodles. 8. Visit a traditional shrine or avoid the Ikebukuro district. temple (Yasukuni Shrine/Meiji 4. Try conveyor belt sushi and/ Shrine/ Sensoji Temple). 17. Sleep in a capsule hotel, or go or fugu (blowfish) (Try at Genpin to a hotel staffed by robots (First Fugu restaurant or Genki Sushi.) 9. Visit one of Tokyo’s vast parks: Cabin for a capsule experience; , Ueno Park, Shinjuku Henn na Hotel for the robots.) 5. Go to a themed cafe: a maid cafe, Park, Kasai Rinkai Park, Shiba Park. Kawaii Monster Cafe, a ninja cafe, 18. Go to a history or art museum. Robot Restaurant, Alice In 10. Go to a traditional hot spring Wonderland cafe, etc. bath known as onsen. Try Sakura 19. Visit a theme park: Tokyo Onsen in or Oedo Onsen DisneyLand, Tokyo DisneySea, 6. Do a day trip from Tokyo. Head in Odaiba. , Asakusa to the seaside at Kamakura/ or Yomiuriland. or the easy, breezy port 11. Stroll in a traditional Japanese city of Yokohama. garden: Hamarikyu Gardens. 20. Take a boat cruise on or along the Sumida River.