TRoyGO™ Travel Guide
Tokyo Travel Guide
Ancient temples beside neon skyscrapers, and the gateway to Japan’s Golden Route through Kyoto and Osaka. Here's what Tokyo is like right now, and everything you need to plan a trip.
Tokyo Today
Friday, 18 September 2026 · Tokyo local timeLive weather sourced from Open-Meteo; sunrise/sunset from sunrise-sunset.org. Updated hourly.
Mostly clear · feels like 21°C
Sunrise 5:24 am
Sunset 5:46 pm
12h 22m of daylight
Right now
Autumn
Mild and comfortable, with autumn foliage (koyo) peaking through November — typhoon risk is higher in September.
What's On in Tokyo
Tokyo's recurring annual festivals and events. Exact dates shift year to year — confirm current listings before you travel.
Cherry Blossom Season (Hanami)
Late March – early April
Parks across the city fill with picnickers under blooming sakura trees — Tokyo’s single busiest tourist window.
Sanja Matsuri
Mid-May
One of Tokyo’s largest and loudest Shinto festivals, centred on Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa with portable shrines carried through the streets.
Sumida River Fireworks Festival
Late July
A huge fireworks display over the Sumida River, one of the oldest and most popular fireworks festivals in Japan.
Comiket (Comic Market)
August & December
The world’s largest comic/doujinshi convention, held twice a year at Tokyo Big Sight.
Autumn Foliage (Koyo)
November
Gardens like Rikugien and Shinjuku Gyoen turn red and gold — a quieter, equally photogenic counterpart to cherry blossom season.
Hatsumode (New Year Shrine Visits)
1 January
Millions visit shrines and temples across Tokyo in the first days of the new year to pray for good fortune.
Top Things to Do in Tokyo
Senso-ji Temple, Asakusa
Tokyo’s oldest temple, entered through the giant red Kaminarimon lantern gate and a market street (Nakamise-dori) leading up to it.
Shibuya Crossing
The world’s busiest pedestrian crossing — up to 3,000 people cross at once when the lights change.
Meiji Shrine
A Shinto shrine set inside a 700,000-tree forest right next to Harajuku, dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken.
Tokyo Skytree
At 634 metres, the tallest structure in Japan, with two observation decks looking out over the whole city.
Tsukiji Outer Market
The old fish market’s retail and restaurant street lives on here, even though the famous wholesale tuna auction moved to Toyosu Market in 2018.
teamLab Digital Art Museums
Immersive, borderless digital art installations (teamLab Planets and Borderless) that have become one of Tokyo’s most talked-about attractions.
Akihabara
Tokyo’s electronics and anime/manga district — multi-storey stores, arcades and maid cafes packed into a few blocks.
Hakone (day trip)
A popular escape from the city for hot springs, a Lake Ashi cruise and, on clear days, views of Mt Fuji.
Best Time to Visit
Spring (March–May) is Tokyo’s most popular season, driven by cherry blossoms in late March/early April — book well ahead.
Autumn (September–November) offers comparably mild weather and vivid foliage with fewer crowds, while winter is cool, dry and quiet, and summer is hot, humid and includes the rainy season.
Getting to Tokyo
Tokyo is served by two airports — Narita (NRT), further from the city with more international long-haul routes, and Haneda (HND), closer in and increasingly well-connected internationally.
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