Enjoy an affordable tour in Tokyo!

Japan National Tourism Organization | JAPAN Monthly Web Magazine | Enjoy an affordable tour in Tokyo!

You think that a tour in Japan costs a lot, don’t you?
The JNTO web magazine editorial team recommends an “affordable tour in Tokyo.”

Get to know 400 years of Tokyo’s history in an hour (Ryogoku)

Edo-Tokyo Museum

Admission fee for Permanent Exhibition: 600 yen for adults, 480 yen for university students, 300 yen for people over 65 years old, junior high school and high school students, free for children under primary school age (120-yen discount when using discount coupons)
Opening hours: 9:30 AM-5:30 PM (Saturday until 7:30 PM)
Closed on Mondays (When a national holiday or its substitute falls on a Monday, the Museum is closed on the following day.)
1-4-1 Yoko-ami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo

Coupons for saving
Tokyo Handy Guide, Tokyo Handy Map
Tokyo Handy Guide which is available at the 150 tourist information centers, major hotels, major stations and museums in Tokyo enables you to get a discount at the tourist facilities in Tokyo including the Edo-Tokyo Museum.

Sumo Museum

Admission fee: Free
Opening hours: 10:00 AM-4:30 PM
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and New Year holidays (During the Grand Sumo Tournaments held at Ryogoku Kokugikan, the museum is open only to holders of sumo tournament tickets.) 
1-3-28 Yoko-ami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo (1/F Kokugikan)


Experience sumo wrestler’s lunch (Ryogoku)

Park with green and nature in the midst of Tokyo (Imperial Palace)

The East Gardens of the Imperial Palace

March 1~April 14 9:00 AM-4:30 PM (Last entry: 4:00 PM)
April 15~August 31 9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Last entry: 4:30 PM)
September 1~October 31 9:00 PM-4:30 PM (Last entry: 4:00 PM)
November 1~Last day of February 9:00 AM-4:00 PM (Last entry: 3:30 PM)
Closed on Mondays and Fridays

The town where the new and the tradition meet (Marunouchi)

Meiji Seimei-kan

Open to the public
Hours: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on every Saturdays and Sundays
Closed: December 31 – January 3
Closed irregularly for maintenance

Holiday light displays add colors to the winter town (Marunouchi)

The trees along the Marunouchi Naka-dori Street will be illuminated for 1.1 km from November through February 19. The champagne-gold colored lights will make you feel gorgeous and bright.

Inexpensive dinner in the neighborhood of Ginza (Yurakucho)

Map

http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/exotic/JapanesQue/1112/map_tokyo.html

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