Kabukicho

Tokyo’s red light district is not just sleaze—it’s also a great entertainment district.

Robot Restaurant

Show of lights, lasers, props, noise, more lights, scantily-clad women popular with foreigners.

Aqua City Odaiba

A 6-floor shopping complex with about 80 stores and a “Gourmet Zone” food court.

Decks Tokyo Beach

Another shopping complex on the beachfront. It includes Tokyo Joypolis (a Sega games arcade), Legoland Discovery Center, and Madam Tussauds.

Daiba Park

Daiba Park might not be the most spectacular of green spaces, but it offers one of the best views of Odaiba from its slopes. It is one of the remaining island fortresses, and you can still see the artillery emplacements (the cannons can be found at Yasukuni Shrine).

Odaiba Seaside Park

A narrow park with a beachfront onto Tokyo Bay. In the summer evenings you may be able to see yakatabune (lavish private boats from the Heian period) floating in the bay.

Market of the Sun

The capital’s largest regular farmer’s market takes place on the second weekend of each month near Kachidoki. About 80 vendors gather selling everything from bagels and speciality jam to fresh vegetables and coffee.

Tokyo City Flea Market

Large scale flea market held weekly near the Tokyo City racecourse. It has been held regularly since 1996 and sees over half a million visitors over the year.

Coredo Muromachi

Coredo Muromachi is a shopping complex made up of three buildings (Coredo Muromachi and Coredo Muromachi 2 &…

Mitsukoshi Nihombashi

The flagship store of Japan’s oldest department chain (dating back to 1673) is to Tokyo what Harrods is to London or Bloomingdale’s is to New York.

Aoyama Farmers Market

This organic farmer’s market takes place in front of the United Nations University in Aoyama every Saturday and Sunday. There are about 50 stalls with local producers selling fresh fruit, vegetables, and flowers.

Inokashira Park

Inokashira Park opened to the public in 1917 and is today one of Tokyo’s most spacious parks. It…