Japan Rail

Subway

Tokyo Subway Map (FLASH Format)
There are two companies that run the Tokyo subway lines, Teito & Toei.  Transfers between the two companies' lines must be acquired at the time that we receive our tickets.TEITO RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Tokyo Metro All-Line Pass
The bearer of the pass has unlimited access to ride all Tokyo Metro lines within the period of validity.
One month: ¥16,820
Tokyo Metro All-Line Passes are sold at Pass Offices throughout Tokyo Metro's lines
We were unable to find out if the tickets are good for 30 days from date of purchase, or if they are only good during the calendar month when they are purchased.
One-Day Open Ticket
This ticket is good for unlimited use for one day, on Eidan (TRTA) lines only. It can be purchased on the day of use or in advance.  Tickets purchased in advance look nicer.
One Day: ¥710

Tokyo Station Guide
(The TRTA Pass Office in Tokyo Station is located at the RED Dot)



Standard ticket prices:

1-6km ¥160

7-11km ¥190

12-19km ¥230

20-27km ¥270

28-40km ¥3000

Toei Transportation

T-Card
The T-card is a common fare card that can be used not only on Toei and Eidan subway lines, but also on any private railway line that is associated with the Passnet system.  There are three types of T-cards(Pass net) : ¥1,000, ¥3,000 and ¥5,000 cards
If you board a train with your T-card(Pass net),you must put the same card into the automatic ticket gate at your final destination.If the station where you last got off is not recorded, you cannot use the card for the next ride. If there is not enough money left in your T-card(Pass net) for one ride, you can buy a ticket putting the card into the vending ticket machine and then paying the shortage.
 

Lines operated by TRTA (Teito): Chiyoda [Ayase~Yoyogi-uehara] [Ayase~Kita-ayase] Ginza [Asakusa~Shibuya] Hanzomon [Shibuya~Suitengumae] Hibiya [Kita-senju~Nakameguro] Marunouchi [Ikebukuro~Ogikubo] [Nakano-sakaue~Honancho] Namboku [Akabane-iwabuchi~Meguro] Tozai [Nakano~Nishi-funabashi] Yurakucho [Wakoshi~Shin-kiba]

Lines operated by Toei: Asakusa line  Mita line  Shinjuku line  Oedo line

Quick List:
Directions listed in black are Teito subway lines/walking directions
Directions listed in royal blue are Japan Rail lines Directions listed in purple are privately run lines
Directions listed in green are Toei subway lines
Prices listed are one-way, per person.

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Quick list:Tokyo Subway map http://www.japan.co.jp/~pbw/tokyosub.htm
Alternate map http://www.jtbusa.com/enhome/map/tokyosubway.htm
Tokyo Subway Map (FLASH Format)
Tokyo Metro English page

Japan Rail

Japan Train & Subway Route Planner/Fare Calculator

Trains routes that we will be using:
JR Narita Express a.k.a. N'EX (Goes from Narita airport to Tokyo Station)
JR Keiyo line (Goes from Tokyo Station to Kisarazu Station)
JR Keiyo line (Goes from Tokyo Station to Maihama Station)
JR Chuo line (Goes from Shinjuku Station to Mitaka Station)
JR Keihin-Tohoku line (Goes from Tokyo Station to Kawasaki Station)

 

Narita Express (called "N'EX") provides rapid, frequent, and comfortable service to passengers traveling between Narita International Airport and Tokyo Metropolitan areasN'EX takes just 53 minutes to cover the distance between Tokyo Station and Narita AirportThe N'EX line runs once every hour, and every 30 minutes at peak hours.

Tickets for the Narita Express are available from ticket machines at Floor B1, at both Narita station and Airport Terminal 2.
N.B.: Bold faced N'EX trains will separate at Tokyo Station. The first cars will go to Shinjuku, Ikebukuro and/or Omiya, and the last cars will go to Yokohama and/or Ofuna 

Tokyo Disney: Adventureland, Disneyland

Polynesian Terrace Restaurant (Disneyland*) AYCE Disney Lunch Tokyo Disney: Adventureland, Disneyland "A South Sea island-inspired buffet, which includes desserts" only for lunch

Sailing Day Buffet (Disney Sea*) AYCE Disney Dinner Tokyo Disney: American Waterfront, Disney Sea Buffet-style restaurant, cuisine unknown

Ginza, Tokyo

Daisaku (Ginza) Traditional Kanto-style Eel Restaurant #1 2-11-2 Ginza Tel: 3541-4668 Opened in 1894. Old and friendly place for eating eels. Very good.  Unagi-nakaire-don is a double sized una-don with kimo-sui, pickles and fruits are: ¥3,500. Simple una-jus are ¥1,600, ¥2,000, ¥2,500. Lunch and dinner.

Hirai (Ginza*) Traditional Kanto-style Eel Restaurant #2 3-4-18 Ginza Tel: 3567-7001 Small and familiar place for frequenters. An una-ju ¥1,400 is good, but try to have UNA-TORO-DON ¥1,300. Roasted eel in grated yam with wasabi-spice on rice. Extraordinarily tasty, but if you have an allergy to grated yam,avoid it. Open 11:30am-1:45pm and 5:30pm-8:45pm Mon-Fri, 11:30am-7pm Sat, closed Sun and holidays. Review in Japanese

Kandagawa (Ginza*) Traditional Kanto-style Eel Restaurant #3 8-14-5 Ginza B1F Tel: 3541-5401 Lunch time una-ju is ¥1,600. A large bowl una-don is ¥2,600. An eel-cook does his job at each time after orders come in. So take time. Lunch 11:00 - 14:00 Dinner 17:00 - 21:30

Nabeya Izuei (Aoyama*) Traditional Kanto-style Eel Restaurant #4 No.2 Miyachu Bldg. B1, 3-8-37 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku Tel: 3408-2889 Review in English Hours: Weekdays: 11:30 - 22:00   Closed between lunch & dinner from 14:30 - 17:00 on weekdays Closed Saturday Sundays & National Holidays: 11:30 - 21:00 Lunch is served between 11:30 - 14:30 Nearest subway station: Gaienmae Station (Ginza line) 5 min. walk

Chanko Kita-no-Fuji (Nakano*) Chanko Nabe Restaurant Nisshin Bldg B1, 1-50-4 Higashi Nakano, Nakano-ku Tel: 3362-1261 Named after the great yokozuna Kita-no-Fuji, this restaurant boasts seven different types of chanko. Kujui chanko is a must-try: 19 different ingredients such as salmon, oysters, chicken, crab, meatballs, Chinese cabbage, carrots and radish in one huge pot. The stock is made fresh every day by simmering suppon (snapping turtle or soft-shelled turtle) for more than five hours and adding nine different spices for just the right taste. Open 5-11pm daily.

Chanko Tomoji (Ryogoku*) Chanko Nabe Restaurant 3-24-4 Ryogoku, Sumida-ku Tel: 3631-4889 The soup made from miso and sesame oil makes this chanko really special. Some regular customers finish off the whole pot of soup before they finish eating the food! Open 5-10pm Mon-Sat, closed Sun and national holidays. ちゃんこ 友路 Nearest stn: JR Ryogoku, east exit.

HYOTAN-YA (Ginza) Traditional Kanto-style Eel Restaurant 1-5-13 Ginza Tel: 03-3561-5615 The authentic eel restaurant of old time. Small and familiar place. Lunch time una-ju is ¥1,200 and ¥1,500 by size of eel.

MIYAGAWA-HONTEN (Ginza) Traditional Kanto-style Eel Restaurant 3-6-1 Ginza, on 7th FL of Matsuya Department store in Ginza. Easy to eat solo.

Shinjuku UN Japanese/Korean/French fusion food Recommended by Choeki Misuzu Bldg 1F, 7-8-3 Nishi-Shinjuku Nearest stn: Shinjuku Open: 11:30am-2pm (last orders 1:30pm) Mon-Fri, 5-11pm (last orders 10pm) Mon-Wed, 5pm-12am (last orders 11pm) Thur-Sat, closed Sun Menu: Japanese Tel: 03-5338-2922 Formal Review Choeki's Review: Ah, I have a restuarant you may want to go to when you're around Shinjuku It's Japanese/Korean/French fusion food.  Portions are a little small though.  Not a formal place, but you should probably dress nice Price ranges from ¥900 to ¥2,500 per dish, ¥600 to ¥900 yen for hors de ouvres, & ¥500 yen cocktails Pretty reasonable for a "fancy" restuarant in Tokyo.  You should make reservations for a table

Zagat Website (includes Tokyo listings)

Snacks @ Tokyo Disney Resort - see Disney Resort listing in the Attractions section

Tokyo Convenience stores

Mini Stop Stores in Tokyo (Translation via Babelfish)	Lawson Station	Family Mart
Save On ¥100 onigiri specials (Translation via Babelfish)	Seven Eleven	Three F Co.
Poplar	AMPM	Sunkus
	Circle K

Attractions

Ghibli Museum*

http://www.beochan.com/guides/tokyo/stores/ghibli_museum.html

Tickets must be purchased in advance and tend to be sold out a month or so in advance. This is especially true if you want to visit on a weekend.The only way (currently) to get tickets is to buy them in person at a Lawson store, using the Loppi ticket purchasing terminal. Lawson convenience stores are located throughout Japan, which isn't very helpful unless you also happen to be currently located in Japan. As of this writing (December 2001), there is no mechanism set up for buying tickets outside of Japan (although they claim to be working on such a system). Your best bet is to find someone in Japan who will buy the tickets for you and mail them to you (this is what I had to do).
To determine which dates still have tickets available, you can visit the Ghibli Museum Ticket Calendar on the Lawson website. The museum is closed every Tuesday (火 曜 日), and the yellow circles on the calendar mean that the day is already sold out. Note that the calendar starts each week with Monday (月 曜 日).
Note that the tickets that you get are all timed, which means that you need to arrive at the museum at the time indicated on your ticket. Tickets are sold for 10:00, 12:00, 2:00 and 4:00. Once you get in the museum you don't have to leave until it closes (at 6:00), which means that the earlier tickets are much better than the later tickets since you have more time to browse through the museum. However, you must arrive within 1/2 hour of time indicated on the ticket, so for a 10:00 ticket you must arrive between 10:00 and 10:30.
Tickets are ¥1000 for adults, ¥700 for high school and middle school students, ¥400 for elementary school students, and Ñ100 for children over 4 (but not yet in school). Children under 4 are free.
You can get up-to-date ticket info from the ticket page on the Ghibli Museum website.
So, what can you do if you don't have tickets? Not much. The entire place is fenced off and the cafe and gift shop are not accessible unless you have tickets for the museum.
How to get to the Ghibli Museum

Take the JR to Mitaka...From Mitaka Station
When you exit Mitaka station to the south, you will find yourself on an expansive walkway one story above street-level. Immediately below you is a bus terminal and a little bit off to your left (on the ground floor) is where the Mitaka City Bus stop is located. If you go over to this bus stop, you should see little signs for the bus to the Ghibli Museum. Tickets are ¥300 (round-trip)/¥200(one-way) for adults, and ¥150/¥100 for children.

Another way to get there from Mitaka station is to walk the 1.1km to the museum. When you leave the train station, go down to the ground floor and head over to your left. You'll need to find a narrow road that squeezes between the train tracks (on your left) and the buildings (on your right). If you're not sure, just watch the City Busses and see which way they go. After the road squeezes through the opening, it splits into two separate roads (one for each direction) with a small wooded stream in the middle. If you stick on the right side, there will be a brick path that runs alongside the road. Follow this until the road ends, cross the street ahead of you and continue down the road to your right (there will be a sign to point you the correct direction). The museum will be on your left.
The advantage of walking is that you get to see the special Ghibli Museum bus stop and direction signs along the way. There aren't that many of them (I believe that I counted 3), but they're kinda cute. The funny thing about the Totoro decorated bus stop sign (shown on the left) is that if you got on the bus at that point, the bus would be taking you away from the museum.

This bus information is given in the How To Go page on the Ghibli Museum website. On this webpage, you can see one of the Mitaka City Busses painted with special designs for the Ghibli Museum. There is, indeed, a bus that is painted like that, but the majority of the busses are rather drab looking.

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Aquariums & Zoos

Shinagawa Aquarium 10:00-17:00, closed Tuesdays ¥1100 for adults Address: Shinagawa Kumin Park, 3-2-1 Katsushima, Shinagawa-ku Telephone 03-3762-3431 5 min. from Omori Kaigan Stn. on the Keihin Kyuko Line. About 15 min. from Omori Stn. of the JR Keihin Tohoku Line.

Sunshine City Aquarium World Import Mart Building 10F in Sunshine City (Namja Town & Gyoza Stadium are also in this building) Telephone: 03-3989-3466 Hours: 10:00 - 18:00 Sundays and Holidays: 10:00 - 18:30 July 20 - August 31: 10:00 - 20:30 Tickets are sold until 30 minutes before closing. Entrance fees: (Adults ages 16 and up, Children ages 4-15, children under 4 are free) Adults Children Aquarium only: ¥1,600 ¥800 Planetarium only: ¥800 ¥500 Observatory only: ¥620 ¥310 Aquarium and Planetarium: ¥2,100 ¥1,100 Aquarium and Observatory: ¥1,900 ¥1,000 Aquarium, Planetarium and Observatory: ¥2,400 ¥1,200 Planetarium and Observatory: ¥1,200 ¥700 Located in the Sunshine City complex in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, on the 10th floor of the "World Import Mart" (color coded pink on the maps that you can find inside the building), this aquarium is a little different from the other two Tokyo aquariums located in Odaiba and in Shinagawa. It has the easiest train access and the choice of visiting a planetarium. The observatory is a look-out like Tokyo Tower, 240 meters tall but you stand at 227 meters.

Tokyo Sea Life Park Aquarium* If they look tasty, you've been in Japan too long Open: 9:30-16:00 (doors close at 17:00) Closed: Monday Admission: ¥700 (adult), ¥250 (middle school), free (senior & child) Access: 5 min on foot from Kasai Rinkai Koen Station (JR Keiyo Line); also accessible by water bus from Hinode near Hamamatsucho Station (JR Yamanote Line) Typical Tokyoite visitors: School groups, families Best time: A clear day, for views over the Bay What to bring: Binoculars

Itabashi Ward Children's Zoo/Children's Zoo & River-water Aquarium* (within Higashi-Itabashi Park) 3-50-1 Itabashi, Itabashi-ku Tel: 3763-8003 The park which we like near to our home is the Higashi-Itabashi Park consists of Children's Zoo & River-water Aquarium which is open free to the public. We have been there almost every week. Emiri likes animals very much. The nearest train is from Itabashi-kukyakushomae which on Toei Mita Line. About 10 minutes walking distance from the station. Children's Zoo(within Higashi-Itabashi) Open: March to November: 10:00A.M. to 4:00P.M., December to February: 10:00A.M. to 4:00P.M. Closed from December 28 to January 4. This zoo has animals like ponies, goats, sheep, etc. which children are allowed to touch them, but not to feed them. There is a small pond where fishes like carps, turtles and ducks. Next to this pond there is a hamster's corner. Children are allowed to carry, stroke & play with them. They are open during these hours 10:45 to 11:15, 1:30 to 2:00 P.M. and 2:30 to 3:00 P.M. Higashi-Itabashi Park: Itabashi-ku, Tokyo Toei Mita subway line, Itabashikuyakushomae station. (10 min. walk) / 7 minute walk from Itabashi Kuyakushomae Station on the TOEI Mita line (crosses the JR Yamanote line at Sugamo station.) Higashi-Itabashi Park - Three outdoor pools for children of varying ages an sizes open from about July 21 to about August 28. CLOSED FOR ALL OR PART OF OBAN HOLIDAYS so call and check! 10:00 - 16:00. Entrance is FREE. 3-50-1 Itabashi, Itabashi-ku Tel: 03-3962-8419 (Japanese only)

Museums

Japanese Sword Museum 9:00-16:00, closed Mondays Admission: ¥525 Telephone 03-3379-1386 Address  4-25-10 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku Pamphlets are available: "Manual of how to handle and take care of swords" and "Manual for appreciating the Japanese sword" 10 min. from Sangubashi Stn. on the Odakyu Line. 10 min. from Hatsu-dai Stn. on the Keio New Line.   Possible travel route: 1) Walk from hotel to Nezu station 2) Nezu to Otemachi via Chiyoda line 3) Otemachi to Aoyama-itchome via Hanzomon line 4) Aoyama-itchome to Yoyogi via Toei Oedo line

Sumo MuseumSumo Hakubutsukan 1-3-28 Yokoami, Sumida-Ku Tokyo Phone: (81) 3622 0366 10:00AM - 4:30PM Monday through FridayRYOGOKU sta.: JR 1-min. walk Possible travel route: 1) Walk from hotel to Nezu station 2) At Nezu station, pick up the Chiyoda line (heading towards Yushima) and go to Otemachi station 3) At Otemachi station, pick up the Tozai line (heading towards Nihombashi) to Monzen-nakacho station4) At Monzen-nakachoe station, transfer to the Toei Oedo Line (heading towards Kiyosumi-shirakawa) to Ryogoku station ¥170

Amusement Parks

Asakusa Hanayashiki* 2-28-1 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo (03-3842-8780)This is one of the oldest amusement parks in Tokyo, but is still popular and fun. It's not so large and is less expensive compared to other amusement parks. Although the attractions are relatively compact, the atmosphere is cheerful and fun. Stop by if you are visiting the nearby Asakusa Senso-Ji temple with your kids. Access Less than 10 min. walk from Asakusa station  (Tokyo Subway Toei Asakusa line or Ginza line) Hours 10:00-18:00(17:00 in winter) Closed on Tuesdays. Tickets Admission only: Adult ¥900/ Child (5~12) and Adult (65~) ¥400 Free ride pass: (Weekdays) Adult ¥1600/ Child ¥1400 (Sundays and Holidays) Adult ¥2200/ Child ¥1900	Korakuen* 1-3-61 Korakuen, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8575  03-3817-6098 03-3817-6185(fax)Korakuen is located in the center of Tokyo and is easy to access. It's part of Tokyo Dome City, where professional baseball games and many other exhibitions/shows are held. There are many thrilling attractions. Access 1 min. walk from any of the followings: JR Chuo line Suidobashi station/Tokyo Subway/Marunouchi line or Nanboku line Korakuen Station/Tokyo Subway Mita line Suidobashi station Hours 10:00(9:30)-18:00(19:00) changes daily Tickets Admission and all rides: Adult ¥4100/Child (over 3) ¥3200
Sanrio Puroland Tama-city, Tokyo  042-339-1111This is an all-indoor theme park by Sanrio. Sanrio characters such as Hello Kitty take you to the dream world! Little children should enjoy this amusement park. Access Keio Train or Odakyu Train Tama Center Station Map is here Hours Weekdays 10:00-17:00/Holidays 10:00-20:00 Calendar is here Tickets Passport (advanced): Adult (18 years & up) ¥4,000/Youth (12-17 years) ¥3,700/Junior (11 years and under) ¥3,000 Passport (purchased in the same day): Adult ¥4,400/Youth ¥4,000/Junior ¥3300	Sega Joy Polis Takashimaya Times Square 10F-11F Sendagaya, 5-24-2, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo  03-5361-3040/ 03-5361-3044(fax)This amusement park is suitable for older children, especially for teenagers who love video games. There are many virtual reality attractions such as Sega Rally (auto race), Aqua Nova (3D motion ride), and Virtualon Special (robot shooting game). Stop by after shopping or dinner at Shinjuku. Access JR Shinjuku station/ Tokyo Subway Shinjuku 3 chome Hours 10:00~24:00 Tickets Admission only: Adult(15~) ¥300/Child(7~14) ¥100 Passport: (~17:45) Adult ¥2,900 /Child ¥2,800 (18:00~) Adult ¥2,500/ Child ¥2,400
Tokyo Yomiuri Land Yanoguchi 3294 Inagi-shi, Tokyo (044-966-1111 )This is located the suburban area in Tokyo, so it takes about one hour from the center of Tokyo. Along with many exciting attractions, it is known for the giant gondola-like ferris wheel ride. If the weather is good, you can see Mt. Fuji!. During the summer, the Yomiuri land opens their Water Amusement Island with 6 swimming pools. It's a fun place to visit during summer, although it's very crowded. Access The Keio Train to Keio Yomiuriland station/ The Odakyu Train to Yomiuriland-mae station. Hours 10:00-17:00 (16:30 in winter)/ Holidays 9:00-17:00/Closed on Tuesdays Tickets Admission only: Adult ¥1600/Child ¥800 One day pass: Adult ¥4800/Child ¥4000. Parking ¥1000 per day.

Amusement Parks (outside of Tokyo)

Wild Blue Indoor Water Park, Yokohama* Tsurumi-Ku, Heian-Cho 2-28-2 Open: 10:00AM - 9:00PM Closed: Fridays Review Alternate Review   Take the JR Keihin-Tohoku line to Kawasaki station. Go to the east exit. There you will find bus stop #2 on platform #14. Wait for the Wild Blue Yokohama Express bus, or if your Japanese language skills are up to snuff, and you don't feel like waiting for the express, you could also take any one of the other buses that come to bus stop #2 and listen carefully for the instructions on where to transfer. Tel (English?): 045-511-2323 Tel: (Defunct phone number?): 045-506-5527 ¥6,000 - ¥10,000 / person, depending on what equipment we rent

Seagaia Ocean Dome http://www.seagaia.co.jp/amusement_e.htm

Miyazaki Prefecture Ocean Dome - Review http://www.gluckman.com/IndoorBeach.html

Miyazaki Prefecture Ocean Dome - Review http://home.netvigator.com/~pchk/Miyazaki.html

Tokyo Dome City

Tokyo Dome City* 1-3-61 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8562 Tokyo Dome City shelters more than 10 restaurants and souvenir shops inside and outside of the main building. 1 min. walk from any of the following: JR Chuo line Suidobashi station/Tokyo Subway/Marunouchi line or Nanboku line Korakuen Station/Tokyo Subway Mita line Suidobashi station Korakuen Amusement Park La Qua Amusement Park w/ Shops Shops & Restaurants in English

Daiso 100 Yen Plaza* Udagawacho 27-4, Shibuya-ku 03-5459-3601 Open daily 11am-11pm. Walk up Dogenzaka from Shibuya station, turn right at 109 and walk toward Tokyu Honten. 100 Yen Plaza is on your right. Shibuya Savvy tourists and long-time residents are heading to 100 Yen Plaza in Shibuya for all their souvenirs. On the 3rd floor of this ultra-cheap department store you can find wabi-sabi ceramics, ramen bowls, lacquerware miso-soup bowls, fancy chopsticks, traditional toys, good-luck cat figures, paper lanterns, even fake cherry blossoms. All the exotic things you need to buy for those obscure relatives or unexpected friends you run into on a trip home. Any day of the week, the store is full of Russian and Taiwanese tourists stocking up on the good stuff because it's so cheap. The 100 Yen Plaza is a bargain department store. There are five floors of goods, arranged like a classy Ginza department store: plastics on the 4th floor, gardening goods (flowerpots, lattice frames, even bags of soil!) on the 3rd, kitchenware on the 2nd, etc. And just like Isetan, the food floor is in the basement. The "plastic" floor has stationery and kitchenware in a rainbow of pastel shades and clear plastic. The huge stationery section has ring binders, folders, and multi-sleeve photo holders in all sizes from postcard to A4 - stuff that retails for 5 times the price in regular stores. They also have plastic kitchen containers and bento boxes in a range of acid colors. Other floors are similarly well stocked. The first floor carries party goods and games, accessories and cosmetics. Here's your chance to pick up party masks of disgraced presidents and horror film characters. Local teenage girls load up their shopping baskets with essential makeup products like fake tear drops, tattoo transfers and stick-on eyelashes in Yves Klein blue. Why pay many times the price for the same stuff in trendy stores - when you can find the real generic no-brand version at 100 Yen Plaza?

Animate* 3-2-1 Ikebukuro, Toshima-Ku Animate is located in Ikebukuro near the Sunshine 60 building Anime events @ Animate (Babelfish translation)  Web Store: http://www.animate-shopping.co.jp/

Toys "R" Us

Yamashiroya* Near the Ueno JR Station Tel: 3831-2320 Address ends with 6-14-6 Nearest station: Ueno (TRTA Hibiya line) If you don’t want your significant other watching what you buy at Yamashiroya, let them wander around the Ameya Yokocho shopping district. Ameya Yokocho has everything from dried fish to expensive wallets.

Toys "R" UsShop listings (in English) There are few foreign residents of Tokyo unfamiliar with the format of the world's most famous toy store chain. Its irresistible formula of all imaginable playthings under one roof at hard-to-beat prices has established Toys "R" Us as a firm favorite of Joe Public on this side of the Pacific, too. Recently the chain has been making a big push into the collectors' market, but it took striking exclusive deals with domestic toy manufacturers and importers and collaborating on special models to finally make the grade with toy nerds in Japan. With 42 stores in the Kanto region there's sure to be one these massive warehouses within easy access. The Isogo and Minato Mirai branches also contain Studio Alice photo studios where you can get all that sweetness and light dolled up (traditional Japanese costumes are available) and captured on celluloid. Toys "R" Us, Sunshine City Ikebukuro* 3-1, Higashiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0013 Tel: 03-3983-5400 Toys "R" Us, Odaiba* 1-7-1, Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 135-8707 Tel: 03-5564-5011

CuSO₄'s Tokyo Anime/Manga Shopping Guide

Shops by location	Map	Open Hours / Rest Days				Journal
Akihabara(ab)	Akihabara	11-19	11:00-19:00	Sa	Saturday	ab	Anime Books	fg	Figure
Ikebukuro(ib)	Ikebukuro	103-203	10:30-20:30	Su	Sunday	ac	Anime Cels	gk	Garage Kit
Nakano (nn)	Nakano	M	Monday	TFS	Th, F, and Sa	as	Anime Soft (CD/DVD/LD/etc)	ic	Internet Cafe
Shinjuku(sj)	Shinjuku(East)	Tu	Tuesday	FS	F and Sa	cc	Cosplay Cafe	ko	Karaoke
	Shinjuku (West)	W	Wednesday	SH	Su and Holiday	cg	Character Goods	mg	Manga
Shibuya(sy)	Shibuya	Th	Thursday	SSH	Sa, Su and Holiday	cp	Cosplay
		F	Friday	3rd W	Third W of the month	ds	Doujinshi

Department Stores

Department StoresKyoko strongly recommends that we check out their food courts.   =)

Daimaru http://www.daimaru.co.jp/english/tokyo.html http://www.daimaru.co.jp/english/ Located adjacent to Tokyo Station To Get Consumption Tax Exemption On the day of your purchase, please take the receipt for the goods purchased at Daimaru Tokyo store on the same day and your passport to the Tax Exemption Counter on the 7th floor. Please note that consumption tax cannot be refunded on consumable goods such as foods, cigarettes, cosmetics, films, dry batteries and medicines and goods totaling 10,000 yen or less, tax excluded. For diplomats, a Tax Free Card is required.	Mitsukoshi http://www.mitsukoshi.co.jp/ Locations in Ginza near Kabuki-ZA, Ikebukuro, Nihombashi/Kyobashi (adjacent to Mitsukoshimae subway station) Visit the food department in the basement of Japanese department store, Kyobashi Mitsukoshi. The whole floor showcases cooking ingredients, prepared foods, baked goods and sweets to beverages, all of which are popular daily items in Japan. Among these food items, you will find Chinese, Italian, French, Indian, and Southeast Asian, as well as a huge variety of Japanese dishes.
ROX http://www.rox.co.jp Located in Asakusa Open from 10:30AM - 9:00PM everyday	SOGO http://www.sogo-gogo.com/ Located in Ginza, near Yurakucho station (see mini-map)
	Tobu http://www.tobu.co.jp/depart/ Locations in Ikebukuro (see map)
	Takashimaya http://www.takashimaya.co.jp/ Located in Nihombashi (see subway book)
	Hankyu http://www.hankyu-dept.co.jp/ Locationed in Ginza near Yurakucho station (see mini-map)
Seibu http://www.seibu.co.jp/ Locations in Ikebukuro, Shibuya (see maps), & Ginza near Yurakucho station (see mini-map)	Loft http://www.loft.co.jp/ Located in Shibuya
Odakyu http://www.odakyu-dept.co.jp/ Located in Shinjuku (see Map)	Keio Department Store http://www.keionet.com/ Locations unknown
Matsuya http://www.matsuya.com/ Located in Ginza near Kabuki-ZA	ISETAN http://www.isetan.co.jp/ Located in Shinjuku (see Map)