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The terminal island

Embarkation eve or short windows — Odaiba only; add teamLab in Toyosu only with a timed ticket and a call of 5 hours or more. Timed from the gangway and back.

2 hr 30 min door to door3 stopsNeeds a 4.5-hour call
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Photo: Luke Ma from Taipei, Taiwan ROC / CC BY 2.0
Door to door
2 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 4.5-hour call or longer
Embarkation eve or short windows — Odaiba only; add teamLab in Toyosu only with a timed ticket and a call of 5 hours or more
Room to spare
None
Fits a 4.5-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
~¥400–600 pp
Rail ~¥400–600 pp for the loop.
Booking
Book ahead
At least one step needs booking before you sail: the steps below say which

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

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
    Odaiba seaside park walk from the terminal area

    Rainbow Bridge arcs home; Liberty poses for the gag

    What you will see here
  2. +0:50
    Only on a call of 5 hours or more: teamLab Planets, with a timed ticket bought online

    It is in Toyosu: Yurikamome from the Cruise Terminal to Shin-Toyosu (¥330) or taxi (~4.6 km); closed 5 Nov and 3 Dec 2026 · tickets are sold online only, never at the door

    What you will see hereFull guide: teamLab Planets
    teamLab Planets, Tokyo
    Photo: Sasa0403 / CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. +2:20
    Return walk/shuttle

    One short Yurikamome ride, no train changes

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, Tokyo
Hiroshige woodblock print of Nihonbashi bridge in EdoPhoto: Utagawa Hiroshige / Public domain
A woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers facing off with a referee, Tokyo
A woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers facing off with a refereePhoto: Utagawa Kuniyoshi / Public domain
A plate of nigiri sushi at Tsukiji, Tokyo
A plate of nigiri sushi at Tsukiji, TokyoPhoto: Dale Cruse - 12M views / CC BY 2.0
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: dozodomo / CC BY-SA 2.0
Tsukiji Outer Market, Tokyo
Tsukiji Outer MarketPhoto: Dale Cruse - 12M views / CC BY 2.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Tokyo

The rainy-day TokyoA wet day · ~6hWet weather — go underground and stay thereThe Asakusa classicNeeds a 7.5-hour call · ~5.5hOne district done well — the oldest Tokyo there isThe first-timer's TokyoNeeds a 10.5-hour call · ~8.5hLong calls — three Tokyos in one loop
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