Everything for your trip to Tokyo in one place: model itineraries, where to stay, culture experiences, grand sumo, anime pilgrimage, power spots. Open any page for access, highlights and typical dates.
🗺 2 days, 1 nightAutumnTokyo & Around ・ 7 stops ・ November・December
On day 1, see central Tokyo's daimyo gardens and ginkgo avenue, then the Marunouchi illuminations at night. On day 2, visit Mt. Takao, Showa Kinen Park and Tonogayato Garden along the JR Chuo Line. A route for enjoying Tokyo's autumn leaves both in the city center and in the suburbs.
🗺 3 days, 2 nightsTokyo & Around ・ 11 stops
A route that covers Tokyo's classic areas, Asakusa, Ueno, Harajuku and Toyosu, one area per day starting from the day you land at Haneda Airport. It pairs old-town temples with an observation tower, museums with the Meiji Jingu forest, and a market with digital art, keeping travel to a minimum.
🛏 8 neighborhoodsTokyo & Around
Tokyo Station & Marunouchi・Ginza & Yurakucho・Shinjuku・Shibuya・Asakusa・Ueno・Shinagawa・Maihama
👘 7 placesTokyo & Around ・ Chubu & Hokuriku ・ Kansai
At a kimono rental shop you pick a pattern you love, get dressed by the staff, and head straight out to stroll historic streets. Specialist shops cluster in towns with old streetscapes, temples and shrines, such as Asakusa in Tokyo, Higashiyama in Kyoto, the Higashi Chaya District in Kanazawa and Kamakura. Many shops also offer yukata in summer, so you can enjoy a different look each season.
🍵 7 placesTokyo & Around ・ Chubu & Hokuriku ・ Kansai
In a tea room you watch the host's otemae (tea preparation), enjoy wagashi (Japanese sweets) and matcha, and then try whisking matcha yourself. Beginners and overseas travelers can easily join in Uji, home of Uji tea, in Kyoto city, in Kanazawa with its deep-rooted tea culture, and in Ginza, Tokyo.
🍣 5 placesTokyo & Around ・ Chubu & Hokuriku ・ Kansai
Under the guidance of chefs and instructors, you make nigiri and rolled sushi or hand-made soba noodles yourself and enjoy them on the spot. Classes are easy to join everywhere, from city-center studios in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto to soba country such as Togakushi in Nagano and Nikko in Tochigi.
🖌️ 6 placesTokyo & Around ・ Kansai ・ Chugoku & Shikoku
Using a brush and ink, you practice your favorite kanji or your own name on hanshi practice paper, then write a final copy on shikishi (a decorative square board). Studios in Ginza and Yushima in Tokyo and in a Kyoto machiya townhouse welcome beginners and overseas travelers, while in Nara and Kumano, Hiroshima, you can also get hands-on with making the ink and brushes that calligraphy depends on.
💐 5 placesTokyo & Around ・ Kansai
Arrange seasonal flowers and branches in a vase and discover a uniquely Japanese sense of beauty through ikebana. You can try it at places that welcome beginners and overseas travelers, including Ikenobo at Rokkakudo in Kyoto, considered the birthplace of ikebana, the Sogetsu Kaikan in Tokyo and small studios in Osaka.
🏺 6 placesTokyo & Around ・ Chubu & Hokuriku ・ Chugoku & Shikoku ・ Kyushu
In the regions where artisans have handed down their skills, you can try pottery, indigo dyeing, gold leaf application, Edo Kiriko cut glass and papermaking with your own hands. From Mashiko and Arita ceramics to Edo Kiriko in Tokyo, Kanazawa gold leaf, Mino washi and Tokushima indigo, workshops and public facilities around Japan welcome first-timers.
🥁 5 placesTokyo & Around ・ Chubu & Hokuriku ・ Kansai
Use your whole body to beat taiko drums large and small, and feel the sound and rhythm resonate deep in your chest. Besides dedicated studios in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, you can try it on Sado Island, home base of the taiko performing group Kodo, and in Hamamatsu, home to a long-established taiko maker.
Tickets not on sale yet📅 Sun, Jan 10 – Sun, Jan 24, 2027
📍 Ryogoku Kokugikan · Sumida, Tokyo
🎫 Tickets go on sale: Sat, Dec 5, 2026
Tickets not on sale yet📅 Sun, May 9 – Sun, May 23, 2027
📍 Ryogoku Kokugikan · Sumida, Tokyo
🎫 Tickets go on sale: Sat, Apr 10, 2027
Tickets not on sale yet📅 Sun, Sep 12 – Sun, Sep 26, 2027
📍 Ryogoku Kokugikan · Sumida, Tokyo
🎫 Tickets go on sale: Sat, Aug 7, 2027
🎬 6 placesTokyo & Around ・ Toshima City, Tokyo・Shinjuku City, Tokyo・Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima City, Tokyo (Toshima Kumin Center)
A media-mix franchise about girls' bands, spanning anime, games and live concerts. The 88 Anime Spots selection includes the area around Waseda on the Toden Arakawa Line, which often appears in the series, and Toshima City, Tokyo (Ikebukuro), the setting of BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!.
🎬 4 placesTokyo & Around ・ Kyonancho, Musashino, Tokyo・Sakai, Musashino, Tokyo・Hachimancho, Musashino, Tokyo
An ensemble drama about five women working in anime production who strive toward their dream of making an anime together once again. Musashino, Tokyo is selected for the 88 Anime Spots, with a shopping street, a shrine and parks around Musashi-Sakai Station introduced as places connected to the film.
🎬 3 placesTokyo & Around ・ Sotokanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo
A sci-fi adventure in which a group of university students based in Akihabara accidentally invent a device that can send emails to the past and become caught up in altering time. Chiyoda, Tokyo (Akihabara), where the story is set, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 3 placesTokyo & Around ・ Sotokanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo
An anime about high school girls who form the school idol group μ's to save Otonokizaka Academy from closing down. Chiyoda City in Tokyo is selected for the 88 Anime Spots, with the Akihabara, Kanda and Jimbocho areas as the main settings.
🎬 3 placesTokyo & Around ・ Kaigan, Minato, Tokyo・Daiba, Minato, Tokyo・Koto, Tokyo
The story of the members of a school idol club who each chase their own dreams at a free-spirited school in Odaiba. Minato and Koto in Tokyo, along the Tokyo Bay waterfront, are selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 3 placesTokyo & Around ・ Toyosu, Koto City, Tokyo
An anime following new idols who join 765 Production and grow together with their friends, with a theater as their base. Toyosu in Koto City, Tokyo is selected for the 88 Anime Spots, a bay area with sights such as the market and waterfront parks.
🎬 6 placesHokkaido・Tohoku・Tokyo & Around・Kansai ・ Goryokaku-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido・Otemachi, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima・Hino-honmachi, Hino, Tokyo
A romance adventure game for a female audience that portrays the Shinsengumi of the late Edo period, adding fictional elements such as demons. Four places linked to the Shinsengumi are selected for the 88 Anime Spots: Hakodate (Hokkaido), Aizuwakamatsu (Fukushima), Hino (Tokyo) and Kyoto.
🎬 4 placesTokyo & Around ・ Ushiku, Ibaraki・Shibuya, Tokyo・Kozushima Village, Tokyo
Set at Yuigaoka Girls' High School, a newly founded school located between Omotesando, Harajuku and Aoyama, the story follows girls who love to sing as they aim for the "Love Live!" as school idols. Three places are selected for the 88 Anime Spots: Ushiku in Ibaraki, Shibuya in Tokyo, and Kozushima Village in Tokyo.
🎬 6 placesTokyo & Around・Kyushu ・ Tochigi City, Tochigi・Iwafune, Tochigi City, Tochigi・Gotokuji, Setagaya, Tokyo
Makoto Shinkai's anime film told in three short stories about the time and distance that separate a boy and a girl. The 88 Anime Spots selection includes three places where the story is set: Tochigi City in Tochigi Prefecture, Setagaya in Tokyo, and Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture.
🎬 2 placesTokyo & Around ・ Chiyoda, Tokyo・Shibuya, Tokyo
In a Tokyo where AR (augmented reality) devices and the AR game "Ordinal Scale" have spread, Kirito and his friends confront an incident involving the appearance of boss monsters from a past game. Tokyo is selected for the 88 Anime Spots, with places across the city such as Akihabara and Yoyogi Park depicted as settings.
🎬 2 placesTokyo & Around ・ Daiba, Minato City, Tokyo・Nerima City, Tokyo
A TV anime and film series about children at summer camp who stray into the "Digital World," meet Digimon and go on an adventure. Odaiba in Minato City and Hikarigaoka in Nerima City, Tokyo, are selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 2 placesTokyo & Around ・ Toshima City, Tokyo・Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima City, Tokyo
Set in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Durarara!! is an ensemble story in which an urban legend, the "Headless Rider," and many other colorful characters cross paths. Toshima City is selected for the 88 Anime Spots, and many real places from the anime can be found around Ikebukuro Station and Ikebukuro West Gate Park.
🎬 2 placesTokyo & Around ・ Nerima City, Tokyo
A coming-of-age music story about a former child prodigy who can no longer play the piano and his meeting with a free-spirited girl violinist. Nerima City in Tokyo, the model for the story's setting, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 2 placesTokyo & Around ・ Hachioji, Tokyo
An original TV anime by P.A.WORKS about girls who have just started university, spending their days around the themes of food and friendship. Hachioji in Tokyo, the setting of the work, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 5 placesTokyo & Around・Chugoku & Shikoku ・ Shimoishiwara, Chofu, Tokyo・Fuda, Chofu, Tokyo・Sakaiminato, Tottori
Based on Shigeru Mizuki's manga, this anime is set in a modern world that has forgotten about yokai, and follows Kitaro as he confronts yokai incidents in the human world. Chofu in Tokyo, where Mizuki lived for many years, and his hometown of Sakaiminato in Tottori are selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 13 placesTohoku・Tokyo & Around・Chubu & Hokuriku・Kansai・Chugoku & Shikoku ・ Aomori City, Aomori・Morioka City, Iwate・Awashimaura Village, Niigata
A university student who dreams of becoming a manga artist hits a creative wall and sets off on easygoing trips around Japan, choosing each destination by social media poll. The 88 Anime Spots selection includes all 13 prefectures the story visits: Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Tochigi, Tokyo, Niigata, Toyama, Mie, Wakayama, Shimane, Hiroshima and Kagawa.
🎬 3 placesTokyo & Around ・ Iwatsuki Ward, Saitama City, Saitama・Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo
A coming-of-age love story about a boy who wants to become a hina doll craftsman and a girl who loves cosplay. Iwatsuki in Saitama City, known as the "town of dolls," and Toshima in Tokyo (Ikebukuro), a hub of cosplay culture, are selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 2 placesTokyo & Around ・ Tokorozawa City, Saitama・Higashimurayama City, Tokyo
A comedy about the everyday school lives of a group of high school girls. Tokorozawa City in Saitama and Higashimurayama City in Tokyo are selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 2 placesTokyo & Around ・ Wako, Saitama・Takada, Toshima, Tokyo
A romantic comedy about an otaku high school student who makes a girl he met by chance the heroine of his game and teams up with friends to create it. Wako in Saitama and Toshima in Tokyo are selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 1 placeTokyo & Around ・ Tsukishima and Tsukuda, Chuo City, Tokyo
A downtown comedy about the everyday life of a reclusive elf from another world who is enshrined at a shrine in Tsukishima, Tokyo, and the shrine maiden who serves her. Chuo City, Tokyo is selected for the 88 Anime Spots, and the story is set in Tsukishima and Tsukuda, where an old downtown atmosphere remains.
🎬 2 placesTokyo & Around ・ Minato City, Tokyo・Chigasaki City, Kanagawa
A coming-of-age love story about two high school students from neighboring boys' and girls' schools who grow close despite the wall between their schools. Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa in Minato City, Tokyo, and Chigasaki City Library in Kanagawa are selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 1 placeTokyo & Around ・ Sumida, Tokyo
Girls who belong to a secret organization that prevents crimes before they happen take on all kinds of requests while working at the café LycoReco. Sumida City in Tokyo is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 1 placeTokyo & Around ・ Kitazawa, Setagaya, Tokyo
A music comedy about a socially anxious girl guitarist who joins the band Kessoku Band and grows through playing at a live music venue. Setagaya, Tokyo, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots, and the official site introduces the area around Shimokitazawa Station as the setting of the work.
🎬 1 placeTokyo & Around ・ Shibuya, Tokyo
An original TV anime and ensemble coming-of-age drama about girls who meet in Shibuya at night and start creating together as an anonymous artist group. Shibuya City in Tokyo, where the story is set, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 1 placeTokyo & Around ・ Tachikawa, Tokyo
A story about a girl who controls electricity and her friends in Academy City, a city where research into supernatural powers is advanced. Tachikawa in Tokyo, said to be a model for Academy City, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 1 placeTokyo & Around ・ Tachikawa, Tokyo
Set in Academy City, where supernatural abilities are developed, a boy takes on incidents where science and magic intersect. Tachikawa in Tokyo, whose streetscapes appear widely as a model for Academy City, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 11 placesTokyo & Around・Chubu & Hokuriku ・ Akishima, Tokyo・Yamanashi City, Yamanashi・Minobu Town, Yamanashi
The story of Nadeshiko, a high school girl who moves to Yamanashi, meets Rin, a fan of solo camping, and comes to enjoy camping with her friends. Akishima in Tokyo, Yamanashi City and Minobu in Yamanashi, Hamamatsu and Kawanehon in Shizuoka, and Nagoya in Aichi are selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 1 placeTokyo & Around ・ Machida, Tokyo
An anime from a music project about a cappella, depicting the youth and everyday lives of high school girls. Machida, Tokyo is selected for the 88 Anime Spots, and places such as the pond in Machida Yakushiike Park Shikisai no Mori appear in the anime.
🎬 1 placeTokyo & Around ・ Hino City, Tokyo
A surreal comedy about a high school girl hiding her delinquent past behind a model-student image and a transfer student with deer antlers who turns her life upside down. Hino City in Tokyo, where the story is set, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🏛️ FacilityTokyo & Around ・ Setagaya, Tokyo
An annex of the Hasegawa Machiko Art Museum, opened to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Machiko Hasegawa, creator of Sazae-san. It introduces her major works, such as Sazae-san, Apron Obasan and Ijiwaru Baasan, along with her life. It is selected as a facility in the 88 Anime Spots.
🏛️ FacilityTokyo & Around ・ Jinnan, Shibuya, Tokyo (Shibuya MODI 2F)
A hub in Shibuya run by The Association of Japanese Animations and Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) to share Japanese anime culture with the world. It has anime exhibitions and a shop, and is selected as a facility in the 88 Anime Spots.
🏛️ FacilityTokyo & Around ・ Suginami, Tokyo
Japan's first facility where you can learn comprehensively about animation, from the history of Japanese anime to how it is made. Located inside the Suginami Kaikan building, it has hands-on exhibits such as voice-dubbing (after-recording) experiences, a library and a theater. It is selected as a facility in the 88 Anime Spots.
🏛️ FacilityTokyo & Around ・ Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo
The very first store of animate, the anime, comics and games specialty chain, and its Ikebukuro flagship, known as one of the largest anime shops in the world. It is selected as a facility in the 88 Anime Spots.
🏛️ FacilityTokyo & Around ・ Toshima, Tokyo
A facility in Ikebukuro that showcases the appeal of Japanese anime. It holds special exhibitions on popular titles, screenings and workshops, and has a large collection of materials such as animation cels, scripts and film. It is selected as a facility in the 88 Anime Spots.
🏛️ FacilityTokyo & Around ・ Minami-Nagasaki, Toshima, Tokyo (inside Minami-Nagasaki Hanasaki Park)
A museum recreating Tokiwaso, the apartment building where Osamu Tezuka and other manga artists who later became famous lived in their early years. Toshima City built it to pass on manga culture, and it is selected as a facility in the 88 Anime Spots.
🏛️ FacilityTokyo & Around ・ Nerima, Tokyo
A museum inside Toei Animation's Oizumi Studio, a place tied to the birth of Japanese anime. It displays materials such as storyboards and animation cels, and lets you enjoy opening and ending sequences from past series on touch-screen monitors. It is selected as a facility in the 88 Anime Spots.
🏛️ FacilityTokyo & Around ・ Fuda, Chofu, Tokyo (Tenjin-dori Shopping Street)
Chofu in Tokyo, where Shigeru Mizuki, the manga artist known for GeGeGe no Kitaro, lived for many years, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots as "the town where Mizuki manga was born." Spots connected to Kitaro are scattered around Chofu Station.
🏛️ FacilityTokyo & Around ・ Tama, Tokyo
A theme park where you can meet Sanrio characters such as Hello Kitty and My Melody. Enjoy attractions, shows, parades and food inspired by the characters. It is selected as a facility in the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 6 placesTokyo & Around・Chubu & Hokuriku ・ Ochiai, Miyagawa, Hida City, Gifu・Kamikita, Furukawa, Hida City, Gifu・Honmachi, Furukawa, Hida City, Gifu
Makoto Shinkai's anime film about a high school boy living in Tokyo and a high school girl living in a mountain town who begin switching places in their dreams. The Hida Furukawa area of Hida City, Gifu Prefecture, is introduced on Hida City's official tourism site as the town that served as a model for the film, and Shinjuku City introduces the Otokozaka stone steps at Suga Shrine as a place that appears in the film.
⛩️ ShrineTokyo & Around ・ Chiyoda, Tokyo
A shrine near Iidabashi Station that enshrines the deities of Ise Jingu. It is known for blessings of matchmaking, and the official website of the Chiyoda City Tourism Association introduces it as a "Chiyoda power spot" bustling with visitors hoping for a good match.
⛩️ ShrineTokyo & Around ・ Shibuya, Tokyo
A shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken, spreading out right next to Harajuku Station in Tokyo. It is wrapped in a deep forest that is hard to believe exists in the city center, and the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) introduces Kiyomasa's Well (Kiyomasa-no-ido) in the Inner Garden as a power spot visited by people seeking energy to heal body and mind.
March
AprilTokyo & Around ・ Central Tokyo
Usually around April 1–30 (the 55th festival was held April 1–30, 2026). Peak bloom is usually mid- to late April
MayTokyo & Around ・ Central Tokyo
Usually mid-May, on the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday around the third Saturday of May (May 15–17 in 2026, with the ceremony to install the deities in the mikoshi on the Thursday evening before)
JulyTokyo & Around ・ Central Tokyo
Usually the last Saturday of July (19:00–20:30)
JulyTokyo & Around ・ Central Tokyo
Every year on July 9 and 10
Every year on July 9 and 10 (same dates in 2027)
AugustTokyo & Around ・ Central Tokyo
Usually the last Saturday and Sunday of August (around 17:00–20:00)
NovemberTokyo & Around ・ Central Tokyo
Usually on the Days of the Rooster in November (2–3 days, 12 days apart). At Otori Shrine in Asakusa, it runs from midnight to midnight (0:00–24:00) on each Rooster Day
2026: two days, Ichi-no-Tori on Nov 7 (Sat) and Ni-no-Tori on Nov 19 (Thu) (no market on the days in between)
November–FebruaryTokyo & Around ・ Central Tokyo
Usually mid-November to mid-February of the following year (about 3 months)
2026: Nov 12 (Thu) – Feb 14, 2027 (Sun)
DecemberTokyo & Around ・ Central Tokyo
Every year December 17–19 (Senso-ji explicitly states "the three days from December 17 to 19")
2026: Dec 17 (Thu) – Dec 19 (Sat)
Studio tourTokyo & Around ・ Central Tokyo
This indoor walk-through attraction takes you behind the scenes of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts film series. It opened in June 2023 on the former site of Toshimaen. There are no rides; instead, you explore sets, props, and costumes on foot at your own pace.
Theme parkTokyo & Around ・ Tokyo / Tama
A fully indoor theme park where you can meet Hello Kitty, Cinnamoroll, and other Sanrio characters. Parades, musical shows, rides, and character greetings are packed into a four-story building, so you can enjoy a full day regardless of the weather.
ExperienceTokyo & Around ・ Tokyo / Toyosu
An immersive museum by the art collective teamLab where you walk barefoot into the artworks. It's a series of vast spaces, including works you wade through water to experience, where your whole body becomes one with the art. It's scheduled to run until the end of 2027.
ZooTokyo & Around ・ Tokyo / Ueno
Japan's oldest zoo, located inside Ueno Park. With affordable admission, it's a central Tokyo zoo that's easy to combine with Ueno's art galleries and museums.
AquariumTokyo & Around ・ Oshiage / Tokyo Skytree Town
An urban aquarium on the 5th and 6th floors of Tokyo Skytree Town Solamachi. It's entirely indoors and directly connected to the station, so you can drop by whatever the weather. It stays open into the evening, making it easy to pair with the Skytree observation decks or sightseeing in Asakusa.
Amusement parkTokyo & Around ・ Inagi
An amusement park in Inagi, Tokyo, with something to enjoy year-round: pools in summer and illuminations in winter. Inside the park is PokéPark KANTO, an area where more than 600 Pokémon live. It's about 10 minutes from Keio-yomiuri-land Station by the Sky Shuttle gondola.
AquariumTokyo & Around ・ Ikebukuro
An urban aquarium on the roof of the World Import Mart Building in Ikebukuro's Sunshine City. Themed as an oasis in the sky, it consists of indoor exhibits on two floors and the outdoor Marine Garden. It's within walking distance of Ikebukuro and Higashi-Ikebukuro stations, making it easy to drop by between other Tokyo sightseeing.
RiversideTokyo & Around ・ Central Tokyo
🌸 Typical peak: Late Mar – Early Apr
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GardenTokyo & Around ・ Central Tokyo
🍁 Typical peak: Late Nov – Early Dec
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🎆 JulyTokyo & Around ・ Taito-ku and Sumida-ku, Tokyo
🎆 Usually in late July (July 25 (Sat), 2026)
🎆 AugustTokyo & Around ・ Edogawa, Tokyo
🎆 Usually early August (Saturday, August 1 in 2026)
✈ HNDTokyo & Around ・ 6 destinations
Tokyo Station / Shinjuku / Shibuya / Asakusa / Yokohama Station / Narita Airport (transfer)
🚄 JR
🚇 SubwayTokyo & Around ・ 24, 48 or 72 hours from the time you first pass through an automatic ticket gate (expiry printed on the back)
From ¥1,000
🚄 JR
Fastest: Approx. 1 hr 30 min (example timetable: Hayabusa 5)
Fastest: Approx. 1 hr 20 min (example timetable: Kagayaki 501)
Fastest: Approx. 4 hr (example: Nozomi 89, dep. Tokyo 20:00 → arr. Hiroshima 23:54)
Monthly temperatures, rain and what to wear are in our weather guide.
Itineraries, intercity routes and travel passes that cover several prefectures are listed under each of them.
