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The Peace Memorial Museum now opens at 7:30 — but the first hour is online-reservation only, a system most guides haven't caught. Admission remains ¥200, the Dome is viewed from outside at any hour, and the park asks of visitors what its inscriptions promise the dead. Hours, access and the survivor-testimony program, from official sources.

The hard news first: Ueno Zoo has zero giant pandas — the last two left for China in January 2026, per the zoo's own director. What remains is Japan's first public park (1873): a ¥600 zoo, three national museums from ¥500, swan boats on a lotus lake, a ¥700 gilded shrine and the 400-shop chaos of Ameyoko. All hours and prices from official pages.

Kamakura's 11.3-meter bronze Buddha costs ¥300 to visit — not the ¥200 in old guides — plus ¥50 to step inside the statue itself. The temple's own history says storms and a 1498 earthquake took its hall (not the tsunami of internet legend), the handwritten goshuin desk closes at 15:00, and one famous 'sight' left for Korea in 2025. From official sources.

Meiji Jingu has no fixed opening hours — its gates track sunrise and sunset, shifting by up to 2.5 hours across the year (August 2026: 5:00–18:00). The famous sake barrels are empty, the wine barrels are a French tribute to an emperor's taste, the great torii is a 13-ton second generation, and the inner garden costs ¥500. The full forest, from the shrine's own pages.

Tokyo's oldest temple closes its main hall at 17:00 — not the 18:30 many guides claim — then lights its pagoda and gates until about 11 p.m. The Kaminarimon lantern weighs about 700kg, the goshuin desk isn't in the main hall, and the famously plentiful 'bad luck' fortunes are, per the temple itself, the ancient deck unchanged. From official sources.

teamLab Borderless left Odaiba years ago — it's now a permanent museum under Azabudai Hills, with dynamic pricing (¥3,600–¥5,600 for adults), same-day tickets that cost ¥200 extra at the door, and closures on specific Tuesdays only. And no, you don't walk through water — that's Planets. Every rule from teamLab's own pages.

Tokyo DisneySea's Frozen-Rapunzel-Peter Pan land opened in 2024 behind a notorious entry-pass system — and that system is gone. The current official FAQ says it plainly: anyone in the park can walk in, every attraction takes the regular line. Here's how the area actually works in 2026: the four rides, the paid-skip reality, the hotel-gate privileges and the Mobile Order restaurants.

Kamakura packs a 750-year-old bronze Buddha (¥300, plus ¥50 to climb inside), a 2,000-stalk bamboo garden with ¥600 matcha, a money-washing shrine and a beach into one day trip — and almost every English guide quotes prices one or two revisions old. Here's the current official sheet, the ¥800 Enoden day pass, and what the 'no eating while walking' rule really says.

Tokyo's bay comes in every budget: futuristic water buses from ¥600, the Symphony's white-tablecloth dinner cruises from ¥15,000 under Rainbow Bridge, and yakatabune party boats. Also, two things most guides haven't noticed: the Mizube Line water bus has been suspended all year, and the famous red Atakemaru's website has gone dark. The 2026 state of the bay, from official sources.

Twenty-six minutes from Ikebukuro sits a town that kept the Edo skyline Tokyo burned away: clay-walled warehouse streets, a 16-meter bell tower that still rings four times a day, a candy alley, and a shrine strung with two thousand wind chimes each summer. Here's the day trip by official sources — including the discount passes that actually still exist in 2026.

USJ is a park of systems — timed Nintendo World entry, Express Pass tiers, gates that open before the published hour. This hub links Honto's USJ guides into one plan, plus how the park fits an Osaka leg of a Japan trip.

Tokyo Disney rewards homework: variable ticket prices, tiered hotels with early entry, and a vacation package that's a guarantee, not a discount. This hub sequences Honto's five Disney guides into one planning path, plus the two dated 2026 changes to know.