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27 Incredible Places You Must Visit In Tokyo

27 Incredible Places You Must Visit In Tokyo

Published on Apr. 7, 2007 by

Tokyo is undeniably my favorite city for entertainment. Many years of planning went into my first trip to Japan and it was worth every penny, these are my 27 best places and events you have to see upon your first visit to Tokyo.

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The city of my dreams. Many times I considered visiting this fantastic city but never had the guts to actually do it.

Places

  • 1. Comiket

    Attend the biggest comic book festival in the world

  • 2. Robot Restaurant

    Watch scarcely dressed girls and robots while you have dinner

  • 3. Zojoji Temple

    Famous temple in the Tokyo city center

  • 4. Shinjuku

    Checkout my favorite spots for the Shinjuku business district

  • 5. Harajuku

    Youth fashion madness, a must-see district!

  • 6. Tsukiji Fish Market

    Biggest fish market in the world!

  • 7. Studio Ghibli Museum

    Who doesn't know Ghibli anime, entire museum dedicated to Hayao Miyazaki

  • 8. Shibuya

    My favorite district in the world, where fashion meet sexiness

  • 9. Tokyo Game Show

    Most popular video game event in Japan

  • 10. ParaPara Event

    Dance synchronize to fast Eurobeat & Hyper Techno music

  • 11. Ueno Zoo

    Largest zoo of Tokyo and oldest zoo of Japan

  • 12. Odaiba

    Entertainment island in the bay of Tokyo

  • 13. Kabukicho

    Red light district of Tokyo

  • 14. Asakasa Samba Festival

    Annual samba parade with a huge crowd

  • 15. SEGA Joypolis

    Play the latest and most insane video games

  • 16. Akihabara

    Electronic town for the nerds, geeks and maid cafes

  • 17. Yasukuni Shrine

    Controversial shrine commemorating the soldiers who died in the Japanese wars

  • 18. Yokohama

    Checkout my favorite spots for Yokohama

  • 19. Awa Odori

    Attend an annual Matsuri street festival

  • 20. Edo-Tokyo Museum

    History of Tokyo in a museum that looks like a spaceship

  • 21. DisneySea

    Unique Disney theme park in the world

  • 22. Tokyo Tower

    Popular tower with mesmerizing views of Tokyo and the bay

  • 23. SONY Building Ginza

    Headquarters and museum of SONY

  • 24. Shinagawa Aquarium

    Huge aquarium with a mesmerizing dolphin show

  • 25. Miraikan Museum

    National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Odaiba

  • 26. Onsen Monogatari

    Relax at this giant hot spring spa in the center of Tokyo

  • 27. Sukiyabashi Jiro

    Most amazing sushi you will ever eat, but it comes at a price

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Years of planning went into this trip and it was worth every penny. More than 35 million people live in this metropolis where space comes at a high price.

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It was a rainy day but that didn't stop me from trying to visit every hot spot in downtown Tokyo. Sakura was everywhere, also known as cherry blossoms, which only blossom at the end of April.

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First I stopped at Hibiya park before I made my way through Ginza towards the Emperor's palace and Tokyo Tower.

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To summarize a few scenes from the video: Imperial park, BIC camera, cute cats in the park, cool vending machines, Tokyo Tower, Zoioji Temple

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Tokyo (東京), literally meaning "Eastern Capital", is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area in the world.

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It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family. Tokyo is in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu.

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Tokyo is often mistaken as being a city and thus is commonly referred to as a "metropolitan prefecture". The Tokyo metropolitan government administers the 23 Special Wards of Tokyo (each governed as an individual city), which cover the area that was formerly the City of Tokyo before it merged and became the subsequent metropolitan prefecture.

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The prefecture is part of the world's most populous metropolitan area with upwards of 35 million people and the world's largest urban agglomeration economy with a GDP of US$1.479 trillion at purchasing power parity, ahead of the New York City metropolitan area in 2008. The city hosts 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, the highest number of any city. Tokyo has been described as one of the three "command centers" for the world economy, along with New York City and London.

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