Outskirts and side trips from Tokyo

Bandai Museum
official museum of Bandai (toy japanese giant) in the town of Mibu, Tochigi prefecture

Enoshima
an interesting island a few meters from the coast in the region of Shonan, near Kamakura

Hakone
popular tourist destination among the Japanese who want to escape the bustle of Tokyo for a few days, it is located near Lake Ashinoko and Mount Fuji, famous for its onsen and its natural beauties

Kamakura
a little Kyoto by the sea and a short distance from Tokyo, famous for its temples and shrines

Narita
small town near Tokyo Narita International Airport, where to spend the last night in Japan

Nikko
town in the mountains with some temples and shrines belonging to the UNESCO World Heritage sites

Odawara
the only city near Tokyo, near Hakone, where you can admire an example of a Japanese castle

Okunikko
an area rich of natural beauties and onsen, near Nikko

Saitama
a big city bordering Tokyo

Sanrio Puroland
a theme park owned by Sanrio, the creator of the famous Hello Kitty

Tokyo Disney Resort
Disneyland and Disneysea, two of the world's largest and most beautiful Disney theme parks

Yokohama
the second largest city in Japan, a few kilometers south of Tokyo, certainly it is worth a visit

Guided tours, activities and other things to do

If you are planning a trip to Japan and you want to do something more than just visiting famous places and monuments, we suggest you to use Rakuten Travel Experiences.

How to use Rakuten Travel Experiences

Rakuten Travel is a very useful website to enrich your travel experience, especially if you are going solo or it's your first time in Japan.
Because of the language barrier (and more), in Japan it is very difficult to interact with the locals and to get off the tourist track.
Thanks to Rakuten Travel you can find a lot of interesting and sometimes unique guided tours and activities all over Japan (and not only in Japan), that you would otherwise never be able to enjoy.
But there's more: on Rakuten Travel you can also buy tickets for several famous attractions, events, transportation and other useful services for tourists. Last but not least, you can reserve a table in hundreds of restaurants.

Some examples

• You can buy tickets in advance to visit some very popular attractions and skip the queue at the ticket office, such as the Tokyo Tower, the Tokyo Sky Tree, Tokyo Disneyland or Universal Studios Osaka
• You can book unique and funny tours and activities, like driving around Tokyo or Osaka on a go-kart dressed as Super Mario, or dueling with real Sumo Wrestlers
• You can learn about traditional Japan, for example by joining a tea ceremony in Kyoto or by attending a crash course on Japanese Calligraphy
• You can reserve your table in a lot of cafes and restaurants, for example one of the legendary 3-star Michelin restaurants in Japan, or crazy cafes like a unique Owl Cafe in Tokyo or one of the many and nowadays worldwide famous maid cafes
• ...

Take a look at Rakuten Travel Experiences

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