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Saturday, August 4, 2018

Odaiba: A Day in Tokyo's Futuristic District

MORI Building Digital Art Museum: EPSON teamLab Borderless (YouTube link)

Video 2.  Brand New Tokyo Digital Art Museum: teamLab Planets in Odaiba (YouTube link)

Without much ado, I'll recommend you to read a great article written by Raina Ong who has started her trip in Asakusa and taken the water bus down to Odaiba (お台場)⭐.

Places to Visit

  • MORI Building Digital Art Museum: EPSON teamLab Borderless (森ビル デジタルアート ミュージアム:エプソン チームラボ ボーダレス)
    • Watch above videos for introduction
    • Hours: typically 10:00 to 22:00
      • Hours of business may change with prior notice on the ticket purchase page.
    • Admissions: 
      • You can buy tickets on line here
        • If advanced tickets have sold out, there will be no same day tickets
          • To order online, you may want to plan it about 3 weeks in advance in high season.
        • Once ticket is bought, the general rule is that you cannot change or cancel it
  • Observation Vista Points
    • Fuji TV Building
      • Hours: 10:00 to 18:00
      • Closed: Mondays (or Tuesday if Monday is a national holiday).
      • Admission: Free (observation deck: 550 yen)
    • Telecom Center
      • Observation Deck:
        • 15:00 to 21:00 (weekdays)
        • 11:00 to 21:00 (weekends and national holidays)
        • Closed: Mondays (following day if Monday is a holiday)
        • Admission: 500 yen
    • PALETTE TOWN Giant Sky Wheel
      • Hours: 10:00 to 22:00 (until 23:00 on most Fridays, Saturdays)
      • Closed: No closing days
      • Admission: 920 yen (entire cabin: 3080 yen)
  • Landmarks
  • Showrooms
    • Toyota Mega Web
      • Hours: 11:00 to 21:00 (some attractions end 1-3 hours earlier)
      • Closed: Small number of irregular closing days
      • Admission: Free (test rides: 300 yen)
    • Panasonic Center
      • Hours: 10:00 to 18:00 (entry to Risupia until 17:00)
      • Closed: Mondays (or Tuesday if Monday is a holiday), New Year holidays
      • Admission: Free (Risupia: 500 yen)
Video 3.  Top 10 Things to DO in ODAIBA Tokyo (YouTube link)

Restaurants

Some restaurants are recommended below.  But you can find more restaurants using Tabelog web site which has an English version.

Hibiki (響 お台場店)
  • Categories: Dining bar, Japanese food (other), Bar
  • Locationアクアシティお台場 6F
  • Hours: 
    • Weekdays 11: 00-15: 00, 17: 00-23: 00
    • Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 11: 00 ~ 16: 00, 17: 00 ~ 23: 00
OCEAN CLUB BUFFET (オーシャンクラブビュッフェ デックス東京ビーチ店)
  • Categories: Buffet style
  • Locationデックス東京ビーチ シーサイドモール 5F
  • Hours: 
    • 11: 00 ~ 23: 00 until arrival at 21:30
    • Lunch from 11: 00 to 16: 00
    • Dinner from 16: 00-23: 00
Gen Chan Aqua City Odaiba (築地食堂源ちゃん アクアシティお台場店)
  • Categories: Seafood
  • Locationデックス東京ビーチ シーサイドモール 5F
    • Located in AQUA CiTY ODAIBA
  • Hours: 
    • 11: 00 ~ 23: 00 (L.O.: 22:00)
Video 4.  Visiting Asakusa from Odaiba via Water Bus (YouTube link)

Transportation


Tokyo Bay Shuttle Bus

Tokyo Bay Shuttle Bus runs in Odaiba Rinkai area, connecting numbers of tourist attractions in the area, including a museum, shopping malls and some hotels. It runs approx every 20 mins from 11:30 am to 19:30 pm.  See the map below (labels in Japanese):


Yurikamome Line

New Transit Yurikamome, formally the Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Waterfront Line, is an automated guideway transit service operated by the Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Corporation, connecting Shimbashi to Toyosu, via the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo, Japan, a market in which it competes with the Rinkai Line.


Rinkai Line

The Rinkai Line (りんかい線 Rinkai-sen) is a railway line in Tokyo, Japan. It is the only line operated by the third-sector company Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit. It connects central Tokyo to the artificial islands of Aomi and Odaiba. The line is served by some trains on the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Saikyō Line which continue on to Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, and Kawagoe.

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