A One Week Itinerary for Tokyo with Teens

We took our 13 and 15 year old boys to Japan on vacation. Tokyo is a huge city with over 9 million people. Even after being there a week we still felt like we didn’t even see close to everything.

In this post, I am going to share our process of exploring the city and give you some ideas of things your teens may like too.

The number one question you’ll probably have is how in the world do you move around Tokyo? Easy my friend! The Tokyo metro is pretty easy to navigate. The lines are color-coded and the stops are numbered.

How to Get Around

You can purchase a PASMO card at any station. There is a 500 yen deposit on the card and then you just charge it as you go. It is so easy to use and you can charge it at any stop and either on entering or exiting the station.

We arrived at Narita Airport which is quite a distance from Tokyo proper – about an hour drive! On our way home, we did use the train and found it fairly easy to use. Depending on which station is closest to you, it will vary how you get there.

Getting from the airport to the city

We stayed near this area of Tokyo at the start of our trip and we really liked it. We liked this neighborhood because it was a quiet residential area, but it was a very short walk to the Ueno Night Market as well as to the Asakusa.

What to see?

Ueno

Ueno Park is particularly nice in springtime due to the numerous cherry blossom trees. One thing that we picked up on quickly was that there are temples EVERYWHERE!

Near Ueno Park you can also visit the Nezu Shrine. Ameyoko Shopping Street was another highlight for us. On our second night in Tokyo, my husband and I went out in search of some food for everyone. We literally just happened to stumble on this area.

There were so many different restaurants that we had a really hard time deciding where we would eat. But, finally, we chose to try Japanese barbecued meat – we didn’t go for wagyu beef and I can’t even imagine how good it must be.

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