Japan: Four fun things to do in Tokyo

Tokyo is a massive city, so of course there are more than four fun things to do there. But here are four fun things we did in Tokyo during our Japanese adventure last year!

1. Get lost in art at teamLab Borderless
In the Azabudai Hills area, near Tokyo Tower, you'll find teamLab Borderless, an interactive digital art exhibition that's really quite something. It's a museum without a map, so you have to wander to see what you can find. We spent more time there than we thought we would and these photos do not do the breadth of it justice. Recommend!

    

    

Tickets cost about £26.15 on the Klook app and you need to book at least 3-4 weeks in advance, but the sooner the better really as this sells out quickly! (There's also teamLab Planets as well in Tokyo if you're struggling.)

2. See the city from above
Always something I like to do in a new city, we headed up Tokyo Skytree where from on a clear day you can see Mount Fuji. Unfortunately for us is was not clear, but we lucked out and saw cherry blossom in bloom here, which we weren't expecting. It's the tallest tower in the world, and the third tallest structure.

       

If you want to go to Shibuya Sky, you'll need to book those tickets in advance (ours cost £13.09 each on Klook). One of the best things about Shibuya Sky is watching people cross Tokyo's famous Shibuya Crossing but as it's an open observation deck at the top, you may not be able to access it all times. I can confirm, it's pretty windy up there! 

    

3. Get spotty
I'm a big fan Yayoi Kusama fan, which is one of the reasons I was so keen to go to Naoshima, so I made sure to book us tickets for the Yayoi Kusama Museum in Tokyo as you can't just show up there. There are a few permanent items there - including a giant yellow pumpkin - but the museum has two exhibitions each year to showcase the breadth of her work.

    

Whilst we were there our exhibition was Yayoi Kusama: Portraying the Figurative, which included one of her famous mirror rooms (top photo). Tickets cost us 1100 yen each, so around £5.50 at the time. It's a small museum so you won't be there very long, but worth going to if you're also a fan of Yayoi!

4. Admire the cherry blossom
If you're in Japan at the right time of year then you might be lucky enough to see the cherry blossom trees in bloom - we spotted our first blossom right by Tokyo Skytree, then saw some more at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. 

    

In fact, the gardens are so famous for their cherry blossom that you might actually have to book an advanced timeslot to enter the park if they are at peak bloom. We didn't think we'd see any so were thrilled that we caught the last of the blooms. 

    

The gardens have more than just cherry blossom trees in them though. Japanese gardens are quite something and Tokyo's biggest park, naturally, has a great representation of them. You do need a ticket to enter, but prices are low - currently 500 yen (around £2.50). x