Tokyo is one of the busiest cities in the world, its streets seem filled every minute of the day or night. No visit to Japan should go without a visit to Tokyo. Tokyo has everything to offer the tourist, from quirky suburbs selling nothing but the latest gadgets to historic temples full of culture.
Akihabara
Akihabara Electric Town is a Tokyo suburb with is streets lined with shops that are dedicated to all the latest modern gadgets, music, anime and…
Asakusa
Asakusa is a historic temple town which dates back over 1000 years, today it is one of Japan’s few traditional quarters and is a hugely…
Disney Resort
The Tokyo Disney Resort comprises of two theme parks Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea as well as 7 large hotels. Disneyland is styled after Disney’s…
Ginza
Ginza is everything elegant and stylish; it’s the place for sophisticated Tokyoites. This retro modern precinct is home to the world’s leading brands. Cartier, Sony,…
Ikebukuro
Ikebukuro is home to many of Japan’s large department stores and is also home to a large shopping centre known as Sunshine City that houses…
Marunouchi
Marunouchi is the main commercial district boarded by the Tokyo station, Imperial Palace and the Tokyo International Forum to the south in Yurakucho. The Marunouchi…
Odaiba
Odaiba is a large man made island in Tokyo Bay; originally constructed during the Edo period as a fortress, the once derelict site has been…
Roppongi
Roppongi is best known for its night-life and as a hangout for western tourists and expatriates as most of its restaurants and nightclubs cater for…
Shibuya
Once the location of the Tokyo Olympics, Shibuya is a commercial and entertainment district in Tokyo and as such it is popular amongst the Japanese…
Shinjuku
Shinjuku is a large business, entertainment and shopping district and is home to most of Tokyo’s Skyscrapers, with so many people working or visiting the…
Shiodome
Shiodome is a new suburb right in the centre of Tokyo bordering the Ginza district. Once the site of a rail yard this area has…
Ueno
Ueno is Tokyo’s cultural capital, it is home to the National Museum of Western Art, the National Science Museum, the Tokyo National Museum, the National…
Chuo Line
The Chuo Main Line is operated by JR and crosses across Tokyo’s centre. There are two types of train which operate on this line, the…
Getting Around Tokyo
Public transport is the best way to get around Tokyo, as the city has one of the world’s largest rail networks. The city’s rail networks…
Ginza Line
The Ginza Line was the first underground railway system in Asia. It was developed after a businessman called Noritsugu Hayakawa visited London and thought it…
Haneda Airport
Haneda is officially known as Tokyo International Airport (due to it being Tokyo’s first airport), but for a long amount of time it handled mostly…
Keihin Tohoku Line
The Keihin Tohoku line runs parallel to the Yamanote Line around central Tokyo, but continues on to Yokohama and beyond in the south, and Saitama…
Keisei Electric Railway
The Keisei Electric Railway is a private railway best known for their Keisei Main Line and Narita Sky Access line that goes from Ueno through…
Narita Express
The Narita Express is an express train connecting several major JR stations in central Tokyo to Narita Airport in just under an hour.
Tokyo Map
Below is a map of Tokyo with all the popular tourist suburbs pinpointed along with Narita and Haneda Airport.
Tokyo Narita Airport
Tokyo has two major airports, Haneda, which handles mainly domestic traffic and Narita, which is the major international airport. Rather confusingly, Haneda is often called…
Yamanote Line
For the tourist to Tokyo, the JR Yamanote Rail line is probably the most useful of Tokyo’s rail network. The line goes in a circle…