Tokyo
Tokyo trip planning tool
Pick your month and your pace to get a recommended stay and a shape for the days.
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When are you going?
Moderate crowds and prices. Hot. Best enjoyed early or late.
August fit for Tokyo
Value in August60/100 OK markets and long lunches
Longer is better on every axis
July is 17% better value
A day here in August
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Morning 07:30–10:30
Outdoors, before the heat and the coaches
Meiji Jingu
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What's your travel pace?
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Your recommended stay
2 days
Balanced pace
Why this duration?
- Covers the 1 headline sights
- The centre spans 1.8 km, all of it on foot
Best destinations by month
Late March to early April is cherry blossom, and it is genuinely worth arranging a trip around — the city parks fill with people eating under the trees for the week or so it lasts. It is also the busiest and most expensive time.
October and November are the best months overall: dry, mild, clear, with autumn colour in the gardens through late November and very little rain.
May is pleasant, though the Golden Week holidays at the start of it fill everything.
June to mid-July is tsuyu, the rainy season — humid and grey.
Late July and August are hot and extremely humid, above 33°C with no relief at night, and typhoon season runs into September.
December to February is cold, dry and very clear, with the best chance of seeing Mount Fuji from the city.