Murray & his family go to Tokyo & do some things & here’s what you can do if you’re going there too.
Hey, what’s up everybody? My name is Murray and I make travel content. In the spring of 2025, me and my family and some friends spent a week in Tokyo, Japan. I put this video together because I like going back and looking at my trips. It brings back memories. But also, if you are looking for some things to do while you’re in Tokyo, then maybe this video is for you. So, if you’re planning a trip or you’re in Tokyo right now looking for some stuff to do with your family, then hit that like, share, save, or whatever, and watch this video, which I’m going to call Murray and his family, go to Tokyo and do some things. And here’s what you can do if you’re going there, too. Part one. One of the first things we did was the Meep Pig Cafe, Asakusa. So, it’s this place where you go and you sit down and there’s these cute little pigs that are running around in there and they come up to you. You can hug them. You can pick them up. You can pet them. Now, I heard from some folks that there are some ethical concerns about this. I don’t quite know what they are. I imagine maybe they’re not treating the pigs so well there. I don’t know. We didn’t know about that before we went there and uh maybe it is bad, but we still enjoyed it. So, I guess that would be up to you if you want to go there or not. And just a heads up, even though it’s called cafe, they don’t serve any coffee or food or anything like that. Strictly pigs. That’s it. Now, they say you’re supposed to make reservations, and it did get busier the longer we were there, but we just walked right in right when they opened. So, maybe you’ll luck out like we did. Anyway, check it out. Next up, one of the coolest art exhibits I’ve ever been to in my life. Team Lab Borderless. Seriously, if you aren’t into art or exhibits and that sort of thing, just go check this place out. It’s incredible. So, it’s this labyrinth of rooms that have digital art and sounds and smells, and you could honestly spend a couple hours here just looking around, being mesmerized at all the different ways they’ve manipulated light and mirrors and things like that. Honestly, I would have spent more time there, but the family got hungry and hunger prevailed. But I can’t recommend this place enough. Go check it out. I think there’s another one, Team Lab, something else planets or something like that. If I go back, I’m going to check out that one. But I hear this one is the winner. Up next, Tokyo Skytree. So, this is Tokyo’s tallest structure. And from what the internet has told me, this is the second tallest structure in the world. So, that’s something, right? The views up there are incredible, obviously. And there’s these rotating themes up there to keep it interesting. Plus, there’s the skywalk thing where you can scare the beevers out of yourself if you like, but you can skip the skywalk if you’re a big scaredy-cat. That’s fine. No one’s going to judge you. I won’t. And you should also go when the sun sets, so you get both daytime and nighttime if possible. I’ve been told that you can go into some tall buildings for free and get some views that way, but this is something we wanted to check out and I think it was worth it. Up next is Asakusa and Seno G Temple. So, our Airbnb was actually in Asakusa. So, we spent a lot of time here. There’s tons of shopping in Asakusa. Lots of street vendors and always something interesting to look at. It’s also home to SenoG Temple, which is Japan’s oldest temple. So, you can go there, do your sightseeing, and they have an incense tradition that you waft onto your face for good luck and good fortune and things like that. So, we took part in that. And the street food. Oh my goodness, there’s such good food there and it’s affordable. Do not skip that. Get yourself some good old eats. Tokyo Zoo. Let’s try that again. Tokyo Zoo. We wanted to go to the zoo to see the panda bears, but the lineup was super long and we were going to be standing there all day, so we actually skipped the part that we wanted to see. Rest of the zoo was pretty good, though. Um, really wish we saw the panda bear, though. It had other animals, food here. There’s a panda bear. Yeah, I would say if you’re going to go to this one, plan it out more than we did, get there early. If you want to see that good old panda bear and it was dirt cheap, so it’s a really good way to spend a day there. As long as you just plan it out. The world famous Shabuya Scramble Crossing. So, this is a place you see in all the movies and superhero shows. I think it might be on Tokyo Drift. I don’t know. I’d say it was worth it to check it out and cross the street and see what’s happening there. There’s tons of restaurants nearby and stuff, so it’s kind of something you want to spend, I don’t know, half an hour at move on. We really wanted to do the Mario cart tour thing, but our kids weren’t old enough and we didn’t have international driver’s licenses, but we saw them go through here and that was kind of cool. Apparently, when we went, it wasn’t even that busy. So, you can just imagine what it would be like on a busy day. So, on our bucket list for Japan was to get served by robots. And we found this place, the Pepper Parlor Robot Cafe. So, the food was all right, and the robots were okay. Uh, the kids interacted with them, and they did games and they sang and told them jokes and things like that. I think aside from getting sat at our table, that was the only human interaction we had at that place. So, mission accomplished. There might be better robot cafes in Japan. I’m not sure. This one just happened to be right where we were at that time, and it was on our bucket list. So, we did it. Tokyo, Disneyland, and Disney Sea. So, if you know us, we are huge Disney fans, and this was a big draw for us going to Tokyo in general, and it did not disappoint. Disneyland and Disney Sea are exactly what you would expect them to be and maybe even a little bit more. The rides were all in great shape. The people working there were super friendly and the food was Disney food. What can I say? We did miss a couple of rides because we didn’t figure out the guests standby pass. So, that kind of sucked. I wish we had figured that out. And plus, we went during a very busy time, so there were super long lines. But other than that, it was Disney in Japan, which was pretty great. Our hotel was way more fancymancy than our Airbnb in Asakusa. And it was so nice to come home and relax after a long day of getting our steps in at Disney. Well, that’s what we did with our week in Tokyo. Hope you enjoyed this video and maybe it’ll give you some ideas of what you want to do when you go. And hey, if you found this helpful or entertaining, hit the like and subscribe button and check out my other stuff. and we’ll see you on the next video. [Music] [Music] Hey,
Things to do in Tokyo! 7 Day Itinerary Tokyo Vlog
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Here’s a list of the things in this video with some links to google maps:
Mipig+ Cafe
https://www.google.com/maps/place/mipig+cafe+%E6%B5%85%E8%8D%89%E5%BA%97%E3%80%90%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%96%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%80%91/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xc6675e10ff517464?sa=X&ved=1t:2428&ictx=111
Teamlab: Borderless
https://www.google.com/maps/place/teamLab+Borderless:+MORI+Building+DIGITAL+ART+MUSEUM/@35.6556289,139.7562177,15z/data=!3m1!5s0x60188b9741cfc0d3:0xc91c5c5975739ded!4m10!1m2!2m1!1steamlab+borderless!3m6!1s0x601889fad49a9443:0x5831aba3288d2651!8m2!3d35.6620689!4d139.7432671!15sChJ0ZWFtbGFiIGJvcmRlcmxlc3MiA4gBAVoUIhJ0ZWFtbGFiIGJvcmRlcmxlc3OSAQphcnRfbXVzZXVtmgFEQ2k5RFFVbFJRVU52WkVOb2RIbGpSamx2VDJ0S05GTllVa3RpU0dSTlZtNWFUMlZJVWtSa1dIQklWSHBXUkZGc1JSQULgAQD6AQUI0gIQPw!16s%2Fg%2F11ggvtjmjl?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Tokyo Skytree
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tokyo+Skytree/@35.710067,139.8081255,17z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x60188ed65efdab8f:0x73c3daecfb7877f2!4m6!3m5!1s0x60188ed0d12f9adf:0x7d1d4fb31f43f72a!8m2!3d35.7100627!4d139.8107004!16zL20vMDd0aGty?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Ueno Zoo
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ueno+Zoo/@35.7160196,139.7703071,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x60188c28f7766d7f:0x76b8b5efa1988ef4!8m2!3d35.7160153!4d139.772882!16zL20vMDN6Zm5t?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Shibuya Scramble Crossing
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shibuya+Crossing/@35.6594863,139.6979847,17z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x60188b57f546295f:0x486cece41a7b21b0!4m6!3m5!1s0x60188bcaeb0cd12b:0x20e563a2e0aec969!8m2!3d35.659482!4d139.7005596!16s%2Fg%2F11shy4scrj?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Pepper Parlor Robot Cafe
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pepper+Parlor/@35.6576588,139.6954405,17z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x60188b57985e3c21:0xfba1a609e6cc6e53!4m6!3m5!1s0x60188b68d1d6d0af:0x95292e05e8a71f04!8m2!3d35.6576545!4d139.7003114!16s%2Fg%2F11h92mhf32?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Asakusa & Sensu-Ji Temple
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sens%C5%8D-ji/@35.7147694,139.7940804,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x60188ec1a4463df1:0x6c0d289a8292810d!8m2!3d35.7147651!4d139.7966553!16zL20vMDNrOTg3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tokyo+Disneyland/@35.6298079,139.8801612,17z/data=!4m10!1m2!2m1!1stokyo+disneyland!3m6!1s0x60187d03114737b3:0xe4d93636d509d3cb!8m2!3d35.6328964!4d139.8803943!15sChB0b2t5byBkaXNuZXlsYW5kWhIiEHRva3lvIGRpc25leWxhbmSSAQp0aGVtZV9wYXJr4AEA!16zL20vMDQ0ejFu?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
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