Any more good things to do in Tokyo?

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1. Have you been to the Pokemon centre mega store ? Not sure if pokemon is under your anime list

2. Ueno Park (there are a bunch of museums), Design Sight 21_21, maybe walk the loop around the outside of the Imperial Palace grounds and check out the National Museum of Modern Art along the way, I’ve always thought it would be fun to go to Pigment in Tennozu and take one of their workshops, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, SCAI The Bathhouse, Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum. If i think of anything else I’ll let you know.

   I’ve always wanted to take a day trip from Tokyo to Mashiko to look at pottery. But that’s not Tokyo.

3. If you didn’t like Nakano broadway or Akihabara then I’m not sure how much you will like ikebukuro which is the other place I mentioned to people who like anime. There are some anime stores scattered about. A pokemon store etc. As an anime fan I loved going to Nakano broadway since most of my favorite anime are now considered retro. Sorry you didn’t enjoy it.

4. – ride harry potter train from Ikebukuro to Toshimaen and visit The Making of Harry Potter (you can’t buy entrance ticket on the spot tho, have to book months in advance)

   – i know Yokohama is not part of Tokyo, but still it’s quite close you can see Gundam statue in Gundam Factory

   – visit Tsukiji Outer Market (make sure to visit in the morning / before noon)

5. * Take a relaxing bath in a soapland in Yoshiwara.
   * Drink a bit before entering Hanayashiki, drink even more in Hanayashiki so that the whole experience becomes a lot of fun (even without drinking, it’s fun though)

   You like anime and you did not go to Akihabara… that’s a tough one to comment.

6. Akihabara isn’t dead (only has no real nightlife to speak of) but still has anime stuff. Can also check out Ikebukuro

   Digital art: https://naked.co.jp/works/19595 (it’s sfw lol)

7. Visit Takao-san

   [https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3029.html](https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3029.html)

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   Spend an afternoon at the Spa Laqua bathhouse at Tokyo Dome City. Not a bad option especially if you fly out late in the day since you can relax and refresh there before going to the airport.

   [https://www.laqua.jp/en/](https://www.laqua.jp/en/)

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   Use google translate and see if any of the Animate stores in Tokyo are hosting and events or popups you might be inetrested in from Anime, manga or games you enjoy

   [https://www.animate-onlineshop.jp/contents/fair_event/](https://www.animate-onlineshop.jp/contents/fair_event/)

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   Go to DisneySEA

   [https://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/en/tds/](https://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/en/tds/)

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   Go to Odaiba, there’s a few smaller theme parks like Legoland and Sega Joyopolis in case you just hit up TeamLabs and nothing else there

   [https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attractions-g298184-Activities-c52-zfn7278767-Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html](https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attractions-g298184-Activities-c52-zfn7278767-Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html)

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   And, if you are an Anime fan, just go to Akihabara. It’s silly not to if you’re already in Tokyo and are worried you’ve seen ‘all of Tokyo’ in three days.

8. Sunshine City – has a huge VR arcade, aquarium, and big Pokémon store that’s way less crowded than the one in Shibuya.

   Day trip to Enoshima – nice beach and lovely walk around the island.

9. Are you old enough to drink?

   Any interest in coffee?

   You could go see some actual locations used in famous anime, that’s a sort of popular “collecting” activity I’ve heard of people doing.

   You have absolutely not squeezed everything you could out of the city lol You could go back every year until you die and not do that.

10. Have you explored Odaiba at all? I know you went to Teamlabs but there’s also an indoor amusement park out there, the giant Gundam statue, a beach, Smallworld, a poop museum…

11. In what way did Akihabara seem “dead” to you? My husband is an avid gamer and likes to watch certain anime and he enjoys himself there. He can easily spend 1-2 days there browsing TCG and general anime shops.

12. If you’re not a foodie, not into shrines, not into fashion, not into shopping, didn’t like Nakano Broadway, not going to visit Akihabara/Harajuku, you may have tapped out. Only things left I can think of:

    * Various Aquariums around Tokyo, like the Sunshine Aquarium in Sunshine City.
    * Day trip to an onsen town
    * Visit Odaiba (see the giant gundam)
    * Visit Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea

13. Riding the tram on arakawa line was neat. I took some stops along the way, took pictures of the tram passing by on the stops, I rode it all the way down to Waseda University and walked around there.

    Kawagoe, it’s an old edo style town.

14. Like I said on your previous post, you need to think of stuff you’re interested in at home and find stuff, even tangential, that’s related and go check that out.

    Surely you’re into _something_. Beer, coffee, music, sports.

    Do you bike? Rent a bike and go riding around Tokyo.

    Do you enjoy peaceful walks? Go to one of the smaller, quieter neighborhoods like Tsukishima and spend a couple hours walking through the quiet alleyways.

    Train museum. Art museum. Baseball museum. Ramen/Cup Ramen museums in Yokohama. Car museums.

    I think you need to stop asking here because only you know what you’re into and stuff you might find yourself getting into if you try it.

15. Here’s a selection from my list of things I want to do in Tokyo, that you might enjoy?

    – day trip to Hakone on the Romancecar train in the good seats at the front if possible, see Mt Fuji if it’s clear, ride on a pirate ship, do the climbing course
    – Betty Smith jeans making experience (you get to rivet the rivets onto your jeans)
    – go to Kappabashi to Ganso Shokuhin Sample-ya to see and buy fake food
    – Baseball
    – Gotokuji temple – waving cats
    – Omoide Yokocho – Piss Alley bars
    – Shinogurui – personal stamp store

16. Small Worlds Museum!

17. Have you been to Tokyo Dome City yet?
    Also have you been to RED° TOKYO TOWER?

18. The anime landscape has changed a bit since Covid. Akihabara still has a fair few bit of anime stores, but a number of them have either closed or moved to Ikebukuro. The newly renovated Animate in Ikebukuro is a sign of that. But Ikebukuro was always more otome-centric and it still very much feels like that (judging from the floor layout of Animate Ikebukuro).

    In terms of figurines, I think Akihabara is still worth visiting. But for anime merchandise and doujinshi, I prefer Ikebukuro. I can easily burn a whole day going spelunking for preloved merchandise in K-Books and Lashinbang.

19. Tsukishima monja street

20. Galleries, museums, bars, parks, various arcades, water parks, hakone, brewery tours, amusement parks, hikes/walks that are short trips out of the city, some kind of performances/shows etc.

    If you eat to survive and are only really into cartoons and cartoon related things then you might find anywhere a bit lacking after a couple days.

21. If you’re looking for an amusement park, Fuji Q is pretty good! It’s a little out of the way but they have buses that can get you there!

22. >Or did I squeezed everything i could from this city?

    idk what to tell you bro, but you could live in Tokyo your whole life and still find new and interesting things, it is quite literally the largest city on earth by population and maybe 2nd? by area

    you’re hitting all the most basic tourist attractions and calling it ‘done’ like it’s a checkbox, and you seem kinda young, maybe it’s just a mindset thing?

23. Akihabara is not dead, I just spent two whole days there and it’s very much alive. Just don’t go there at 1:00am thinking you’re going to find Shinjuku.

24. We have exactly opposite interests in terms of travelling. I love everything you don’t lol. Idk if you like working out, but if you do I wonder if you’d be interested in the Muscle Girl bar in Ikebukuro. A muscle mommy will inject a tequila shot in your mouth and you can also buy the experience of one of them squatting you or fireman carrying you.

    There’s also a One Piece themed gym called One Piece Braggmen that you can go work out in and then slam some protein drinks at a 7/11 after.

25. Rent a relaxation room in Shinjuku

26. I wouldn’t call Akihabara dead, just very commercial nowadays. If you’re looking for big box anime stuff it might still be fun: Animate, Radio Kaikan, Kotobukiya, Surugaya, Gamers, Mandarake just to name a few major shops

27. Japanese gardens are beautiful and relaxing. There are many to choose from using google map.

28. I just got back from Tokyo a week ago and Akihabara was certainly not dead. Be sure to put in some effort in your journey, don’t just look at the stores you see on you tube videos. Get adventurous, check out buildings, explore, I spent an entire day in Akihabara, then came back another day and found things I missed, then came back a third evening and found more things I missed, just by walking down a different street and popping into different places. Same goes for every other area. Of course, and I dread to say this, but it could be that Tokyo just isn’t what you thought it would be. Grass is greener situation. If so, that sucks, but not everyone likes the same stuff and sometimes we find out the things we long for aren’t the things we really want. /shrug

29. Yep. You did everything. Time to go home!