tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209005202053831126.post2684455370447056188..comments2024-03-28T01:31:38.640-06:00Comments on Tokyo Excess: Tokyo 2013 Trip Highlights: Day 1 - Giant Gundam in Odaiba, Sumida River Cruise, and Tokyo SkytreeTostzillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16634576234681938788noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209005202053831126.post-47214311935927064932013-11-25T20:18:58.056-07:002013-11-25T20:18:58.056-07:00Someone asked me for the directions for this day f...Someone asked me for the directions for this day from Ikebukuro and I've posted them below.<br /><br />#1 Get a train pass so you can just scan through the turnstiles and not count change. Get either a PASMO or SUICA card. Getting to Ikebukuro using the NEX Express from Narita is a pain (depending when you arrive you might need to transfer to the Yamanote Line in Shibuya). Much simpler and quicker to use the other Keisei Skyliner to Nippori and then transfer to the Yamanote Line. But you get a better deal on the Suica NEX at the airport. The cards can be used on either train line.<br /><br />BTW, on the way back to the airport, get off the train to the Skyliner at Nippori again - do not go to Ueno as the stations are actually separated by city streets.<br /><br />http://www.ausbt.com.au/travelling-to-tokyo-grab-a-suica-or-pasmo-travel-card<br /><br />Sunshine City to Ikebukuro Station<br />Ikebukuro Station to take the Yamanote Line to Shimbashi.<br />At this station look for signs to the Yurikamome monorail towards Odaiba (Toyosu)<br />https://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=203034122747410647625.0004bc13c6611ec63b3af&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=m&ll=35.664218,139.760567&spn=0.003051,0.00456&z=17<br /><br />Get off at the Decks / Aqua City Mall / Fuji TV at Daiba Station.<br />Walk east past Fuji TV to Diver City. You will see the Gundam on the east side.<br />http://www.tokyoexcess.blogspot.ca/2012/02/gundam-front-tokyo-at-diver-city-in.html<br /><br />To get to the Skytree by Spaceboat. You need to go to the Aqua City mall. There is a walkway in the middle of it that crosses over to the shore where you can buy tickets for the boats down by the docks nearer the Decks Mall. Watch your times for them. <br />http://www.suijobus.co.jp/cruise/index.html<br /><br />The boats go to Asakusa. Here you can walk to the Skytree - it is a bit of an expedition, but I did it by using the Skytree as a landmark. You can take the Tobu Skytree Line subway from Asakusa Station to the Tokyo Skytree Station.<br /><br />Now you will need to queue for a time slot up on the 4th floor of the Solomachi Mall. It is a great mall to see as I showed in the travelogue as there are so many anime and other gift shops here. Once you have a time you come back then to buy tickets and ascend.<br /><br />After seeing the Skytree, take the Skytree Line back to Asakusa, transfer to the Ginza subway to get to Ueno Station and then the Yamanote Line back to Ikebukuro.<br />Tostzillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634576234681938788noreply@blogger.com