What not to Miss in Tokyo
 

I will be in Tokyo for 2 and a half days . One full day is a Sunday. What should I not miss?

Yasakuni Shrine. P

I would pick the Meiji Jingu Shrine--Meiji Jingu Treasure Museum, which houses personal items that belonged to Emperor Meiji, is north of the shrine. <BR>From Harajuku Station, take the south exit and turn right over the bridge. <BR> <BR>Also, the Edo-Tokyo Museum is very interesting. Visual displays portrays Tokyo through the centuries; the only drawback is that the descriptions are in Japanese. Admission 600 Yen, Sundays open from 10am to 6pm. It's at Ryogoku Station on the JR Sobu Line.

all the little shops in the back lanes.it is like a different country in the back lanes.if you can catch the tuna auction at tsukiji market at 5am (not on sun tho)where a tuna goes for US$10K a fish.then stay for b'fast for the freshest fish!

First, pick all the information you can at the TIC (tourist information center) at the airport (next to the train station) or downtown Tokyo (Intl Forum center in front of Yurakucho station on JR Yamanote line). They hand free maps, leaflets, know everything about what's on, and will give you the address and plans for almost anything you might be interested in. <BR> <BR>Yasukuni shrine is not uninteresting, although you have to pay to enter the best part. Right across it is the Budokan, venue for martial arts tournaments and rock concerts, and part of the outside gardens of the Imperial palace. <BR> <BR>Meiji Jingu is better, and you should go on Sunday, so you can have an idea of how Tokyo youth spends its free time. You can visit the Oriental Bazaar on nearby Omotesando avenue for some good (and less good) souvenirs, second hand kimonos, some real antiques, books. <BR> <BR>Edo-Tokyo museum is one of my favorite. Buy one of the booklets in English or rent one of the earphones. Don't miss the opportunity to stroll in the streets nearby, you might meet some sumo wrestlers on an errand, and the area is packed with traditional shops and small craft "museums" (look for a list in "Tokyo for Free" by Susan Pompian, published by Kodansha). <BR> <BR>For back streets, there's Asakusa, lined with shops selling mostly traditional ware (20 min on foot from Ueno station, lined by antiques shops, or by subway Ginza line, Asakusa station), or Yanaka, a traditional area that didn't burn during the war, full of old wooden houses, gardens, temple, shopping streets, art galleries (JR Yamanote line, Nippori station, then cross the tracks and go through the temple and cemetery or by subway Sendagi station) <BR> <BR>You will find details and maps at www.jnto.go.jp (Japan national tourist organisation)