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Long calls — three Tokyos in one honest loop. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~8.5h door to door7 stops8 hours or more ashore
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Photo: Bob Owen / CC BY
Door to door
~8.5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
8 hours or more
Long calls — three Tokyos in one honest loop
What it costs
rail ~¥800–1,200 pp across the day; entries per your picks
Transport spend: rail ~¥800–1,200 pp across the day; entries per your picks.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Rail to Asakusa — temple + Nakamise early

    Beat the 10am tide

    What you will see here →Full guide: Senso-ji →
  2. +2:00
    Ginza line across town to Shibuya

    One line, no transfers, ~35 min

    What you will see here →Full guide: Shibuya Crossing →
    Photo: 2benny / CC BY
  3. +2:45
    The Crossing + Hachiko + one department basement

    Depachika lunch upstairs-downstairs

    What you will see here →Full guide: Shibuya Crossing →
    Photo: espinr / CC BY
  4. +4:00
    Walk/train to Meiji Shrine forest

    The city goes silent in 400 meters

    What you will see here →
  5. +5:15
    Harajuku Takeshita-dori sugar rush

    Crepes are the law here

    What you will see here →
  6. +6:00
    Rail back to the terminal — allow 70 min

    Rush hour swells from 17:30

  7. +7:30
    Back at the gangway
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Tokyo, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Hiroshige woodblock print of Nihonbashi bridge in Edo
Hiroshige woodblock print of Nihonbashi bridge in EdoPhoto: Utagawa Hiroshige / Public domain
A woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers facing off with a referee
A woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers facing off with a refereePhoto: Utagawa Kuniyoshi / Public domain
Nigiri sushi on a wooden counter
Nigiri sushi on a wooden counterPhoto: kantokuruza / CC BY-SA
The main hall of Senso-ji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo
The main hall of Senso-ji temple in Asakusa, TokyoPhoto: Supanut Arunoprayote / CC BY 4.0
The Kabuki-za theatre in Ginza, Tokyo
The Kabuki-za theatre in Ginza, TokyoPhoto: Tak1701d / Public domain
Tsukiji Outer Market
Tsukiji Outer MarketPhoto: Big Ben in Japan / CC BY-SA
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Tokyo

The rainy-day TokyoA wet day · ~6hWet weather — go underground and stay thereThe terminal island2–3 hours · ~2.5hEmbarkation eve or short windows — Odaiba without trainsThe Asakusa classic4–6 hours · ~5.5hOne district done well — the oldest Tokyo there is
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