Perfect Day in Tokyo #4

Unforgettable Only-in-Japan Experiences

TeamLab Planets: Open every day, 9:00-22:00
Small Worlds Miniature Museum: Open every day, 9:00-19:00
Tokyo Trick Art Museum: Open every day, 11:00-20:00 (21:00 on weekends)
Giant Gundam robot: Can see it 24 hours a day, lights up from 19:30-21:30

Here’s what to see and why you might want to see it

TeamLab Planets

This Teamlab site features a literally immersive digital experience, with fish and flowers swimming/floating all rond you as you wade in a knee-deep digital pond. It’s also got a crystal LED infinity maze…

A color-changing bouncy ball room…

…and lots more fabulous digital/sensory entertainment.

There’s also a vegan ramen restaurant in a hut outside that surrounds you with an ever-changing calligraphy landscape as you eat…

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Small Worlds Miniature Museum

If you think Japan might be the best place in the entire world to see a model train museum, you would be right. Not only is this one HUGE, it’s got insanely detailed models of scenes from all over the world, plus scenes from famous anime movies/manga, rocket ships that blast off and planes that fly.

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Tokyo Trick Art Museum

Pose yourself in crazy situations in these eye-fooling scenes that defy both gravity and belief. They change all the time, with a mix of super-Japanese scenes and crazy situations from elsewhere and beyond.

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1960s Souvenir Street

The DECKS shopping mall has an entire floor dedicated to old-timey souvenir shopping, with vintage goods and snacks from times gone by

Giant Gundam Robot

And since you’re in the neighborhood, swing by the giant Gundam Unicorn outside the Divercity shopping complex to catch a glimpse of it all lit up at night and take in one of the (free) shows that happen every half hour from 5:30 on.

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Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Japan, produces the monthly e-magazine Japanagram, and blogs at Only In Japan and The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had

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