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A guide to Tokyo's finest hotels — the Aman, the Ritz-Carlton, the Peninsula, the reopened Park Hyatt and more. Where each sits, what it's known for, and how to choose between the skyline suites and the Imperial Palace views.

A ryokan is a traditional Japanese inn — tatami rooms, futon beds, yukata robes, a multi-course kaiseki dinner and often a hot-spring bath. Here's what a stay includes, the onsen and tattoo etiquette to know, and how to book one.

Kura Sushi's famous ¥115 plate is real, but almost none of the stores tourists actually walk into charge it — Asakusa, Shibuya, Ginza, Dotonbori and Kyoto are all a higher tier. Here's the price by store, the booking that needs no Japanese phone number, and what five plates in the slot actually wins you.

A small hotel a five-minute walk from Kyoto Station's Shinkansen side — every room sleeps two, there's no breakfast by design, and it's surprisingly easy to book the wrong 'M's'. Here's how to get the right hotel and what the stay is actually like.

Tokyo Skytree tickets start from ¥3,000 for the combo deck, but the price shifts by date and the ticket counter adds ¥500 per person. Here's the real 2026 pricing, why the old 'Fast Skytree Ticket' is gone, and how to buy the cheap way.

Tokyo Disneyland typically runs 9:00–21:00 — but short days hide in the calendar, gates often open before the official time, and next month's hours aren't even fixed until the 8th. How to plan around all of it.

Tokyo Disney tickets slide by date (¥8,900–10,900 for adults on the summer calendar we pulled), the park ticket booths don't exist, and refunds don't either — even for typhoons. The full lineup including the September 15 evening-pass switch, the payment methods that actually work from abroad, and the hotel loophole for sold-out dates.

Twenty-five hotels sit around Tokyo Disney Resort in four tiers, and only the six Disney Hotels get early park entry. It is 15 minutes at Disneyland but 5 to 15 at DisneySea, it does not work on check-in day, and a deposit of up to ¥30,000 is due before your booking even counts.

Studio Ghibli officially refuses all studio visits — every 'Ghibli tour' is really the Mitaka museum or Ghibli Park. How each one sells out, the only tour with museum tickets included, and the official channels.

Hundred Stay Tokyo Shinjuku closed permanently on August 31, 2025 — official notice from its operator. Why booking sites still list it, and verified Tokyo alternatives with kitchens, laundry and family rooms.

Seven Shibuya ramen shops with every hour and rule checked against official pages: 24-hour Ichiran, cashless-only AFURI with real vegan ramen, a 3AM tsukemen bar, and the lunch-only counter locals guard.

Two minutes from Ueno Station with a free 100°C sauna and radium baths for guests — but tattoos are officially barred, breakfast is suspended, and four similarly-named Centurions share Ueno. The full rules.