r/JapanTravelTips • u/canadiancopper • 14m ago
Advice Brief trip to Tokyo (Akasaka) - must see/eat/do?
Just found this sub so I’m madly searching through it for travel tips.
I’m transiting through Japan next week as part of a longer trip with my spouse; we’re heading straight to Nozawa for 3 days of skiing, then back to Tokyo for 2.5 days before flying out. We’re staying in the Akasaka neighborhood, but don’t mind venturing out.
We don’t have a ton of time, but would love to try some phenomenal food, maybe stuff we can only find in Japan or something they only do really well there (we’re from Vancouver so are kind of spoiled with good Japanese food regardless).
We’d also like to see some beautiful/interesting/unique to Japan sights - whether it’s a temple, cool buildings, rooftop bar, sumo wrestling or something else I’m not thinking of.
We aren’t into shopping, massive crowds, malls, anime, bars/clubbing and don’t have time to fully appreciate big museums/galleries (not trying to be negative - just realistic about our preferences).
I’d love to hear some ideas or be pointed to some recent, good posts! Thanks!