ChrisFL
Disney/Universal Fan and MALE
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- Aug 8, 2000
If you're looking for a simple, straight-forward way to enjoy the highlights of Tokyo, I wanted to share what I always do when I go...
I've been to Japan 5 times, and I always stay in the Shinagawa area of Tokyo. It is on the water, west of Odaiba and Tokyo Disney Resort area.
There is a large Shinagawa train station that is adjacent to Haneda Airport (There are two airports in Tokyo, though the bigger one, Narita is about an hour outside of the city). If you can get a ticket to Haneda, it will save you time and money, though Narita has an Airport Express (NEX) train that travels directly to Shinagawa and is a beautiful trip through the countryside.
It is on the Yamanote Train line which is the main train line that circles Tokyo and hits nearly every major area that you'd want to visit: Akihabara, Ginza, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Harajuku, Imperial Palace and others.
The station is also one of only two in Tokyo that has the Shinkansen Bullet Train, if you're planning to travel to other parts of Japan.
I personally stay at the Shinagawa Prince Resort, it's very nice but not too expensive, has lots of activities in the resort itself, including an aquarium and dolphin show, movie theater, bowling alley, indoor driving range, lots of shopping, several nice restaurants and is near familiar places like McDonald's, TGI Fridays and Outback if you really miss "western" meals while you're there. There's also a 7-11 right outside where you can use the ATM (for western credit cards) and lots of great, fresh and inexpensive food options (trust me, Japan's convenience stores have amazingly good food for low cost!)
It's also directly across the street from the west exit of the train station.
I will say it does take a couple of transfers to get to Tokyo Disney Resort, so plan for an hour or so to get there, but if you plan to visit the city for most of your trip, I hope this helps
I've been to Japan 5 times, and I always stay in the Shinagawa area of Tokyo. It is on the water, west of Odaiba and Tokyo Disney Resort area.
There is a large Shinagawa train station that is adjacent to Haneda Airport (There are two airports in Tokyo, though the bigger one, Narita is about an hour outside of the city). If you can get a ticket to Haneda, it will save you time and money, though Narita has an Airport Express (NEX) train that travels directly to Shinagawa and is a beautiful trip through the countryside.
It is on the Yamanote Train line which is the main train line that circles Tokyo and hits nearly every major area that you'd want to visit: Akihabara, Ginza, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Harajuku, Imperial Palace and others.
The station is also one of only two in Tokyo that has the Shinkansen Bullet Train, if you're planning to travel to other parts of Japan.
I personally stay at the Shinagawa Prince Resort, it's very nice but not too expensive, has lots of activities in the resort itself, including an aquarium and dolphin show, movie theater, bowling alley, indoor driving range, lots of shopping, several nice restaurants and is near familiar places like McDonald's, TGI Fridays and Outback if you really miss "western" meals while you're there. There's also a 7-11 right outside where you can use the ATM (for western credit cards) and lots of great, fresh and inexpensive food options (trust me, Japan's convenience stores have amazingly good food for low cost!)
It's also directly across the street from the west exit of the train station.
I will say it does take a couple of transfers to get to Tokyo Disney Resort, so plan for an hour or so to get there, but if you plan to visit the city for most of your trip, I hope this helps