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When it rains · Tokyo

The rainy-day Tokyo

Wet weather — go underground and stay there. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~6h door to door5 stopsA wet day ashore
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Photo: Big Ben in Japan / CC BY-SA
Door to door
~6h
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — go underground and stay there
What it costs
~¥1,200 pp
Transport spend: ~¥1,200 pp. Museum entry ~¥1,000.
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
    Train in from the terminal

    Photograph your return connection before you start

  2. +0:45
    Tokyo National Museum, Ueno

    The largest collection of Japanese art anywhere, and entirely indoors

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  3. +2:45
    Depachika lunch at a department store food hall

    A basement the size of a supermarket, all of it prepared food

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  4. +4:00
    Ginza arcades and the Kabuki-za

    A single-act ticket runs 60–90 minutes and is sold on the day

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    Photo: OiMax / CC BY
  5. +5:15
    Head back

    Rain slows Tokyo trains; leave earlier than feels necessary

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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
Shibuya Crossing
Shibuya CrossingPhoto: Benh LIEU SONG / CC BY-SA 2.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Tokyo

The 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 isThe first-timer's Tokyo8 hours or more · ~8.5hLong calls — three Tokyos in one honest loop
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