Let’s have a great time in Tokyo!

Here are some excellent things to do while you’re in Tokyo for our wedding!

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Would you rather DIY? Here are…

52 Great Things To Do In Tokyo

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1: See the Giant Buddha and go inside it
2: Only-in-Japan cocktails
3: Shop for traditional papers and prints
4: The big red underwear store
5: Banish evildoers from your life at the dish-breaking shrine
6: Art Aquarium
7: Tobacco & Salt Museum
8: The shops that sell plastic food models
9: Drink a bowl of tea and walk through a bamboo forest
10: Neon Tokyo after dark
11: Dahlia Expo at the Ueno Toshogu Shrine
12: Museum where you can see the REAL stuffed Hachiko
13: The shrine where anime artists pray for success
14: Wade into an immersive digital environment
15: The electronics district
16: The best-dressed nude statue in all of Tokyo
17: Origami Center
18: Oct 11-13—The Festival of 10,000 Lanterns
19: Tokyo’s biggest temple lit up at night
20: Make a wish on dissolving paper at the dragon fountain
21: The lucky cat matchmaking shrine
22: The most magnificent imperial shrine in Tokyo
23: Where they sell the world’s most beautiful lollipops
24: The hall of 10,000 Buddhas
25: Museum filled with Yayoi Kusama art
26: Garden with a beautiful orange bridge
27: Shop for the world’s sharpest knives
28: Tokyo Tower lit up at night
29: Museum of Japanese WWII artifacts
30: Traditional shopping street with food stands
31: Where the REAL 47 rōnin are buried (and the well where they washed Lord Kira’s head)
32: Walk through a tunnel of torii gates
33: Park with 27 traditional thatch-roofed farmhouses
34: Killer selection of Japanese robots, stuffies & toys at Yamashiroya
35: The most beautiful gold and cedar shrine
36: Stroll through a Japanese garden
37: The eleven strangest shrines in Tokyo
38: A trail with miniature fox villages
39: The most beautiful red & gold shrine
40: Walk across the Rainbow Bridge
41: Garden with nice bridges and stepping stones
42: Buy fridge magnets
43: Shop for traditional handmade gifts from every prefecture
44: Take pictures in crazy situations at the Trick Art Museum
45: Hundreds of Jizo figures with pinwheels
46: The Hedgehog Cafe
47: Get blessed by fire and taiko drums at a fire ceremony
48: Insanely detailed train model museum
49: The 5-story Gundam that lights up and moves
50: The Lucky Cat shrine
51: Department store food hall
52: Museum that’s a life-size samurai-era town

And finally, here are some of our favorite places to eat and drink!

Favorite Eateries
Favorite Drinkeries
Travel tips & tricks

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If you’d like to browse all the gardens or shrines or individual neighborhoods in Tokyo, links are on The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had

and if you’d like to discover super quirky things to do, do a search at Only In Japan

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