Fodor's Expert Review Decks Tokyo Beach

Overlooking the harbor, this six-story complex of shops, restaurants, and boardwalks is really two connected malls: Island Mall and Seaside Mall. For kids (or nostalgic adults), check out the Lego Discovery Center, Joypolis mega-arcade, Trick Art Museum, and Madame Tussauds Tokyo. At the Seaside Mall, a table by the window in any of the restaurants looks out to a delightful view of the harbor, especially at sunset, when the yakatabune (traditional-roofed pleasure boats) drift down the Sumida-gawa from Yanagibashi and Ryogoku. You can also try shopping at the equally large Aqua City mall next door.