- Download Tokyo Map for Offline use in Google maps
- Use Google Translte (check if it can do offline translate) 1.Get a suica card for transport and for paying
- DiDi Taxi App
- Try Tsukemen over Ramen
- Shimokitazawa (clothes + thrift) and Punyus
- Akihabara and Nakano Broadway for Anime stuff
- Book an AirBnB instead of a hotel (bonus if AirBnB gives out Portable Wifi)
- Buy data sim/portable wifi in the airport (expensive but useful if no other options).
- Try International data instead
Context: Family will be going to Tokyo this January 2024.
- I had only good and accurate experiences booking hotels and whole places on Booking.com.
- My sim card was through Sakura Mobile but I found its speed was bad around Tokyo. I had much better luck with iVideo pocket wifi rental.
- Buy a coin purse when you arrive, and keep cash on you.
- 100% try tsukemen over ramen, stuff was delicious!
- Comfy shoes – if you can fit them, pack two pairs. Switch them out each day so the foam decompresses.
- Take the train an hour or two out of Tokyo to somewhere like Kamakura or Hakone when you need a break from the city.
- Make time to visit a real onsen – it’s an experience you won’t get anywhere else!