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Food & Dining
Ginza Tenryu Gyoza: Tabelog Top 100, Menu & Prices
Ginza Tenryu made Tabelog's Top 100 gyoza list twice. Eight big juicy grilled gyoza for 1,330 yen, 4F of Puzzle Ginza. Menu, prices and how to get there.
Events & Festivals
Miyashita Park Illumination 2024: Purple Rooftop Lights
The purple christmas illumination on the Miyashita Park rooftop garden in Shibuya: free entry, the music nights and the workshops.
Food & Dining
TsuruTonTan Roppongi: Menu & How the Queue Works
The Sanuki udon shop opposite Tokyo Midtown. How the numbered walk-in queue works, what to order, and where to go while you wait.
Shopping
Tokyo Skytree Pokemon Center: Hours & December Cards
Pokemon Center Skytree Town on 4F of Solamachi East Yard: hours, the direct route from Oshiage Station, store-only plushies and the new December cards.
Travel Guide
Ginza Six Rooftop Garden: Free Deck, Open 7am-11pm
The Ginza Six rooftop garden is a free observation deck over Ginza, open 7am to 11pm. How to reach the R floor and what is up there in winter.
Shopping
Pokemon Center Tokyo DX Nihonbashi: Hours, Access & Cafe
Pokemon Center Tokyo DX is 5 minutes from Tokyo Station, on 5F of Nihonbashi Takashimaya. Hours, subway access, cards and how to book Pokemon Cafe.
Shopping
Tokyo Station Pokemon Store: Hours, Access & Pikachu Cards
The Pokemon Store inside Tokyo Station: hours, how to walk there from the Marunouchi side, stationmaster Pikachu goods and the Pokemon card selection.
Food & Dining
Roppongi Tsutaya Share Lounge: Prices & Keyakizaka View
The Share Lounge on Roppongi Hills Keyakizaka: seat prices, the free drinks and snacks, and watching the illumination from indoors.
Food & Dining
Wadakura Fountain Park Starbucks: Night View by the Palace
A quiet night-view cafe beside Tokyo Station. Opening hours, when the fountain show runs, and the walk from Nijubashimae or Otemachi.
Events & Festivals
Marunouchi Illumination 2024: Super Mario & Ice Rink
The 2024 Marunouchi Street Park illumination near Tokyo Station: 820,000 champagne-gold LEDs, the Super Mario collaboration and the ice rink.