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)
Legoland: Open every day, 10:00 – 18:00, Sat & Sun 10:00 – 19:00
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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
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Legoland
Tokyo Legoland never disappoints—it’s got famous Tokyo landmarks that change with the seasons, sumo matches and baseball games, and a Godzilla that rises from a Shibuya skyscraper when you push the button! The only catch is that you do need to be accompanied by an under-16 child in order to buy tickets, thus turning this into one of those rare outings that make parents with kids the hottest date in town.
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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
