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GMT: +9 Hours.
FLIGHT TIME: Approximately 12 hours.
CURRENCY: Japanese Yen.
CLIMATE: Winter months sometimes see temperatures drop below
freezing while spring brings pleasant, warm days.
Summer is hot and muggy with temperature and humidity
at their peak in August. After spring, autumn is the most
pleasant season.
TOKYO
DINING
From the futuristic new cityscapes of Odaiba to the busy shopping From steaming street stalls and local sushi houses to Japanese
centre of Shibuya, Tokyo’s high-energy, visual overload, makes banquets and Michelin star haute cuisine, Tokyo serves it all, and
even New York seem like a sleepy town. Very different to Western competition is fierce. As well as a meal that’s out of this world, the
capitals, what makes it is its people – a quarter of Japan’s entire pleasure of this city’s restaurants lies in watching its chefs at work, like
population jostling for space, day and night. those at Sushi Mizutani (three Michelin stars) in Ginza.
CULTURE
Tokyo is the best place in the world to experience Japanese
performing arts and to be part of a traditional tea ceremony. Almost
everything of interest to visitors lies either along or close to the Japan
Railway (JR) Yamanote line, the rail loop that circles central Tokyo.
SHOPPING
Tokyo’s most exclusive shopping area is Ginza, graced by chic
department stores, traditional shops, small galleries and showrooms
where you can test the latest technology.
GETTING AROUND
Public transport is fast, efficient, frequent, safe and clean. The main
services are JR trains, Toei (Metropolitan) subway lines, Tokyo Metro
subway lines, private railways, and buses. Subway lines are colour-
coded and most stations have a map and fare tables in English.
Trains and subways run from about 5am until around 1am.
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