My places to visit in Tokyo. hmmmm LOL

[AntonyJ]

Well over the last few weeks have been finding, and adding places to go and see in Tokyo. We have first 2 days at Disney, then move into the city, but my list looks like:

Giant Ghibli Clock
Shibuya 109
Mega Don Quijote
Genki Sushi
MUJI Shibuya
JS Burgers Shibuya
Kit Kat Chocolatory and cafe
Shiro-Higre's Cream Puff Factory
Sony Building
Artnia Square Enix Cafe
Tokyo Tower
teamLab Borderless
Happy Pancake
Ginza Six
Diver City

Hmm, lot of shopping and eating lol

[monkeehanger]

Don't forget to go to Harajuku, some really eclectic people and places around there.

Also the Meiji Shrine nearby.

Akihabara is a great area too for electrical goods and just the general Japanese'ness of it all.

I used to live in Yokohama and the Landmark Tower and Minato Mirai area is worth a look if you have time.

There's also the Cup Noodle Museum near there and the Yokohama port area is very nice.

The J-League Football is worth a visit as it's a great experience - very family friendly.

Don't foget your Pasmo for all this travel in Tokyo too.

If the Sumo is on, definitely make time for it! There ae some good guides that can expalin what's going on for you and also commentary in English on the headphones.

You can fit in so much as it's easy to travel around and get from place to place - Shibuya is the best for sure!

[AntonyJ]

Thanks for the reply – we are going to Harajuku / Akihabara too, just not put a specific thing into Google Maps for it yey. Meiji Shrine is a possible too as we will be so close, but we both want to see the mega city that is Tokyo mostly.

We have Suica cards on our iPhone already lol

[kk20]

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building is a cheaper option for city viewing. That is on our list. The fire museum is also on the list as an "out there choice". Ghibli museum will be booked if we can (as soon as the tickets are released for us in April). We also want to do the robot restaurant (for our sins).

[AntonyJ]

Good point on the Metro Govt building – have added that now

Ghibli – I loved a few of the films I saw, “Laputa” was the first anime I ever saw as a kid one cold Xmas on Granada TV…………… I even imported the Japanese laser disc of it lol ! I really do enjoy their films but my partner is cold on them. I have seen mostly WOW reviews of the place but while I think I would enjoy a visit, as there are no pics inside (the giant robot in the garden is a photo op that nearly on its own ants to make me go! ) there have been a rare few who it did not meet expectations – and fear that might be me. Anyway, it is off cards, but will be buying merch from the stores around Tokyo.

Robot restaurant looks very…… intense for me!

[Rae21]

Me and DS are huge anime/manga fans so our trip looking like this:

Studio Ghibli Museum (if we can get tickets)
Ikebukuro - Sunshine City, Animate, Pokemon Center
Akihabara - Gachapon Hall (has 500 machines)
Asakusa - Sensoji Temple
Shinjuku - Tokyo Metropolitan Government Centre
Harajuku- Meiji Jingu Shrine, Daiso Store (largest in Japan)
Ueno Park
Imperial Palace Gardens
Tokyo Tower - One Piece Floor (an anime if you don’t already know lol)
Nakano Broadway
Mt.Takao
Tokyo Disney and Disneysea (2 days maybe 3)

Collect Eki stamps from stations (if they still do them) - also stamps available at most landmarks, museums etc
Collect Temple stamps (Goshuin)

I’m sure I’ll still be adding stuff and changing things for a while yet 😄

[Pumpkin Pie]

I am collecting Eki stamps etc. also! I have bought a notebook from Paperchase with nice thick paper for this.

[AntonyJ]

Originally Posted by Rae21

Me and DS are huge anime/manga fans so our trip looking like this:

Studio Ghibli Museum (if we can get tickets)
Ikebukuro - Sunshine City, Animate, Pokemon Center
Akihabara - Gachapon Hall (has 500 machines)
Asakusa - Sensoji Temple
Shinjuku - Tokyo Metropolitan Government Centre
Harajuku- Meiji Jingu Shrine, Daiso Store (largest in Japan)
Ueno Park
Imperial Palace Gardens
Tokyo Tower - One Piece Floor (an anime if you don’t already know lol)
Nakano Broadway
Mt.Takao
Tokyo Disney and Disneysea (2 days maybe 3)

Collect Eki stamps from stations (if they still do them) - also stamps available at most landmarks, museums etc
Collect Temple stamps (Goshuin)

I’m sure I’ll still be adding stuff and changing things for a while yet 😄

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So many things the same !
I have that Daiso added, but the store does not look that big from the street on Google street view..all part of the fun to see what it is like!

Gachapon – I have recently become obsessed with these! I found them by accident while looking at YT video of TDR – and found the KAWAII ARCADE MASTERS channel and love the weird and wonderful things you can get in them! Think might be buying quite a few of them myself lol.

[AntonyJ]

Originally Posted by Rae21

Me and DS are huge anime/manga fans so our trip looking like this:

Studio Ghibli Museum (if we can get tickets)
Ikebukuro - Sunshine City, Animate, Pokemon Center
Akihabara - Gachapon Hall (has 500 machines)
Asakusa - Sensoji Temple
Shinjuku - Tokyo Metropolitan Government Centre
Harajuku- Meiji Jingu Shrine, Daiso Store (largest in Japan)
Ueno Park
Imperial Palace Gardens
Tokyo Tower - One Piece Floor (an anime if you don’t already know lol)
Nakano Broadway
Mt.Takao
Tokyo Disney and Disneysea (2 days maybe 3)

Collect Eki stamps from stations (if they still do them) - also stamps available at most landmarks, museums etc
Collect Temple stamps (Goshuin)

I’m sure I’ll still be adding stuff and changing things for a while yet 😄

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Bandai - do they make ALL the gatchapon? I have found their official web site to keep an eye out for things that might be of interest / be available while I am there, but just wondered.

[Rae21]

Think they are the main one - but Tomy do some as well. Found Gashapon.jp website which shows some of the upcoming releases for each month (in Japanese obviously) but has pictures 😄
I also have been watching kawaiiarcademasters - getting tips on playing the arcade games lol