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- Country: Japan
- Governor: Shintaro Ishihara
- Language spoken: Japanese
- Population: 12,790,000 (October 2007)Tokyo Metropolitan Government: Tokyo's Population
- Currency: Japanese Yen
- Country code: +81Time and Date: Tokyo, Japan
- City code: +3Time and Date: Tokyo, Japan
- Time zone: JST (GMT/UTC + 09:00)Time and Date: Tokyo, Japan
- Airport code: NRT
- Advantages to tours: See many sites in a short time with less hassleFrommer's: Tokyo Escorted and Package Tours
- Disadvantages to tours: Strict schedule; lesser-known sites are often overlookedFrommer's: Tokyo Escorted and Package Tours
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Given its history, a suggested way to see many of Tokyo's attractions is on a guided tour.
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Tours
There are several groups that offer tours of Mount Fuji, Tokyo Tower, Tokyo museums and also excursions to Kyoto. Frommer's suggests General Tours and the Japan Travel Bureau (JTB) for tour packages.Frommer's: Tokyo Escorted and Package ToursWhen visiting the Imperial Palace, Fodor's recommends the free guided tours by the Imperial Household Agency.Fodor's: Imperial Household Agency Tokyo's official tourism website also offers free tours with volunteer guides.
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Tokyo Tours Questions
does Tokyo Disneyland have a hello kitty character? 1 AnswerThere is no Hello Kitty Character in Tokyo's Disneyland, as Hello Kitty is not made by Disney. There are several amusement parks however that support the Hello ... read more
Can you recommend a few contemporary (1990 - today) novels that are set in Tokyo? 5 AnswersMost of the novels by Haruki Murakami are set in (at least in part) in Tokyo and he has a nonfiction work, Underground, about the gas attack on the subway syste... read more
Is there a train that runs from Tokyo to Sapporo? How much does it cost? What are the times? 1 AnswerThere is a day train option: From Tokyo, take a hayate train on the JR Tohoku Shinkansen to its terminus in Hachinohe (3 hours). Then, take the JR Hakucho limi... read more
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