Better described as a Robot Caberet...food is a bento box (don't go here for DINNER). You pay for the SHOW. Be careful the beers though, only a few bathroom opportunities, lots of photo ops. Amazing!
You must book ahead online! Only ¥1500 to play with all the owls for 60 minutes. Probably my favorite thing in Tokyo! Definitely recommend!
Oh my Sweet Baby Jesus, if you are an old school video game nerd (NES, SNES, Sega, Turbo16) this is your mecca. Top floor has rows & rows of Famicom titles / posters / swag (and some SF2 machines!)
Whether or not you're into video games, at least take a lap. Watch girls play the claw-crane games. See chain-smoking fighting game fans. Seek out the play-your-card games. Play the urinal video game.
In our 8 days in Tokyo, we tried 9 diff ramens & THIS ONE was our favorite. (I wish we went back!) It's a short walk north of Shinjuku Station. Look for the 4-5 steps you gotta climb to get in.
Long story short: My buddy said this was the best pizza in the world. I doubted him. I was wrong. Best pizza I've ever had. Get the margarita pizza, skip the marinara. You need the cheese.
Stop whatever you're doing on Takeshita St & find this place (2nd or 3rd doorway on right, downstairs, after you walk under arch headed away from train station). Photobooths will turn you into anime!
I got Tsukemen, which has the noodles served to you cold and you dip them in hot broth. The machine's all in Japanese, but if you want what's below you're looking at もつつけめん.
Inside near Kitetsu exit is fun Musahi Sushi (mawaru or conveyer belt sushi) behind McDonalds. Near good souvenir shop. Pure Nail =. EXCELLENT nail salon. Near The Cube (Tons of souvenir s!)
If you want to avoid the throngs of tourists who are trying to get their Instagram shot go at 8:30am or earlier. It thins out as you go up though, which you should! It's super beautiful!
The Philosopher's Path. Free. Easiest entrance is to the right of the street leading to Ginkaku-ji. Not well marked, but you'll know you're in right spot when it's a 2-by-2 stone path along a stream.
