First Time in Japan !! Tokyo 6 Days 11/8-11/13

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1. The Cup Noodle Museum is actually a pretty fun place. You get to make your own actual cup noodle, it does cost an additional 500 yen for the actual cup noodle. My wife made a Hello Kitty Gundam to commemorate the Gundam Factory Yokohama which was pretty hilarious. It also comes with like this ‘air bag’ kind of thing that you use to keep it safe. Though we ended up using it more to protect other stuff in our luggage later, haha

   Also not sure how flexible you are, but if you reverse your Yokohama itinerary you can hit the Manyo onsen that’s basically next to the Cup Noodle Museum

   [https://www.manyo.co.jp/mm21/language/?mode=en](https://www.manyo.co.jp/mm21/language/?mode=en)

   I think you have the Gundam on the 11th according to your itenarary? Just checking because its closed from the 6th-10th for maintenance.

   As an FYI the gundam yokohama factory has a store outside the venue too. Its super weird as it looks like a tiny trailer and not an actual store. Also once you get inside, GO TO THE STORE IMMEDIATELY. Because people tend to swarm the store after the timed show happens. So its much better to hit the store before the show starts. If you want a commemorative plastic bottle, inside the cafe it costs 1400 yen and comes with a drink. But inexplicably you can get the exact same thing in the outdoor food truck for cheaper. It was super odd but hey I got one!

2. Not sure what animal cafe you’re intending to go to but I wanted to let you know that most of them are super unethical and cruel. Not only that, if it’s a puppy or kitty one those animals usually come from animal mills. If it’s an exotic one, most of those animals are not treated well at all. Not to mention, most of the exotic animals are brought over here by illegal wildlife trading where they’re literally separated from their mothers as babies.

3. A couple suggestions for Tsukiji market. You might want to try Onigiri and Tamagoyaki on stick (it isn’t really on stick.) Of course lots of fish choices too.

4. Why not go to Tsukiji market before Teamlabs? They’re relatively close.

5. nice, but I recommend the Zauo Shibuya instead of Meguro as they have english speaking staff

6. Enjoy yourself. I leave in less than 12 hrs for my first trip there. May we both have the time of our lives!🥂

7. Is there a particular reason you want to go to Sunshine City? It seems like a waste of time to go to from Tokyo station to Ikebukuro then back to Shinagawa. I would go somewhere closer to Tokyo station and Shinagawa, for instance Ginza if you want to shop or Tokyo Tower if you want to sightsee.

8. Nakamise street – most shops open up around 10 ish or so. Keep that in mind.