Tours & Experiences · Tokyo
A considered collection spanning Skytree and teamLab Planets, a genuine sumo stable at morning practice, hands-on craft in Asakusa, Shinjuku’s eating districts after dark, and full days beyond the city to Mt Fuji and Nikko — each with a clear, direct booking route.
Planning the wider stay
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A city of quiet ritual and sudden scale
Tokyo rarely announces its contrasts; it simply lets them sit beside one another. A sumo stable in Ryogoku runs its morning practice much as it has for generations, a few train stops from a digital art museum in Toyosu that did not exist a decade ago. Asakusa keeps kimono fittings, sword lessons and matcha ceremonies within a few streets of Skytree’s 350-metre view over the whole city. Nothing here is staged for the moment a visitor arrives; it is simply what the neighbourhood does on an ordinary day.
That same range extends beyond the centre. Shinjuku’s Omoide Yokocho and Golden Gai turn a single evening into thirteen dishes and four very different rooms, while Mt Fuji and Nikko each offer a full day genuinely away from the city — a private driver reading the weather for the mountain, or a UNESCO shrine complex under cedar forest two hours north. These selected experiences are ways into that range, chosen so a stay can hold Tokyo’s ritual, its craft and its scale in the same trip.
Direct partner options for a Tokyo stay: Skytree and teamLab Planets, a real sumo stable at morning practice, a hands-on samurai lesson or a kimono fitting in Asakusa, Shinjuku after dark, and considered days beyond the city to Mt Fuji and Nikko.
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Tiqets
Direct entry to the Tembo Deck, 350 metres above Sumida — the clearest self-paced view of Tokyo, and of Mt Fuji on a clear day.
From €12
Price is for a timed direct-entry slot to the Tembo Deck; live availability and the current price are shown on Tiqets.
GetYourGuide
A barefoot, full-body digital art museum on the Toyosu waterfront — a knee-deep water room of drifting koi, a mirrored orchid garden, and light that shifts with the people inside it.
From €23
Price is for a timed entry ticket; live availability and the current price are shown on GetYourGuide.
GetYourGuide
A working sumo stable in Ryogoku, opened for one morning practice — wrestlers training up close, with a guide’s explanation of the sport’s ranks and rituals. Not a staged show.
From €89
Price varies by the meeting point and option selected. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
GetYourGuide
A hands-on katana lesson in full hakama and armour, followed by a guided tour of the Samurai Ninja Museum and a shuriken-throwing activity.
From €69
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Reserve now, pay later.
GetYourGuide
A hands-on class near Tokyo Skytree — learn to roll maki and shape nigiri with English-speaking local staff, then sit down to eat everything you made.
From €51
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Reserve now, pay later.
GetYourGuide
A traditional houseboat dinner cruise past the Rainbow Bridge and a lit-up Skytree — a full Japanese course meal with unlimited drinks, from Shinagawa.
From €104
Price includes the full course dinner and unlimited drinks. Free cancellation up to 11 days before.
GetYourGuide
A full kimono fitting near Sensō-ji, a matcha tea lesson, then the rest of the day free to explore Asakusa in kimono before returning it by evening.
From €49
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Reserve now, pay later.
GetYourGuide
A guided walk through the real Kichijoji and Mitaka streets connected to Studio Ghibli’s history and Spirited Away, finishing with a Totoro-shaped sweet from Miyazaki’s brother’s shop.
From €80
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Reserve now, pay later.
Viator
A guided evening through Omoide Yokocho, Kabukicho and Shinjuku Golden Gai — thirteen dishes at four local eateries, with two drinks included.
From €74
Price includes all tastings and two drinks. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Viator
A private guide for your group alone, building a personalised day from Tokyo’s major sights and neighbourhoods — history, food or pop culture, entirely to your pace.
From €125
Price is a starting rate for a shorter private booking; longer days cost more. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Viator
A private car and English-speaking driver-guide for the day, with a flexible route around Mt Fuji and Hakone built to the weather and your group’s interests.
From €445
Price is per group, up to 5 guests, not per person. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Viator
A full day beyond Tokyo to Nikko’s UNESCO shrine complex, Kegon Falls and Lake Chuzenji, with a bilingual guide and lunch included from Ginza.
From €97
Price includes lunch and shrine entrance. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
A few more Tokyo essentials
A few further direct entry tickets — kept separate from, and non-overlapping with, the reviewed experiences above — that you can walk straight into on your own schedule. Updated automatically.
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