MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
The pick of the collection, reviewed.
A hand-picked shortlist of the 8 tokyo museum tours travellers rate highest, with the prices, the run times and who you actually book each one through.
teamLab Planets TOKYO is interactive digital art shaped by your presence, with light, sound, and water rooms. Timed, barefoot entry.
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Tokyo’s Samurai Ninja Museum guided tour blends armor exhibits, English storytelling, shuriken throwing, and samurai dress-up for $27.
“Nami our guide was fantastic and shared lots of information on samurai and ninjas and life in japan. throwing shiruken and dressing as a samurai was an added bonus.”
A family-friendly ninja adventure at Samurai Ninja Museum TOKYO with dress-up photo ops, hands-on weapon practice, and a ninja treasure hunt.
“Fun hands on experience! Got Ninja training and learned about samurai’s and robins, as well as seeing authentic weapons and armor! Kids has a blast!”
A guided Studio Ghibli day trip from Shinjuku: Hotel Gajoen buffet lunch, Edo-Tokyo architecture, and Mitaka museum time.
“Our guide was awesome, we basically got off our flight and did this trip and it was great. Super informative and lovely. Will remember it for a long time”
Train in basic iaido like a real samurai, enjoy a samurai and ninja museum ticket, and finish with safe sword sparring in Asakusa.
“Ryo-sensei taught our group a kata and then had us fight each other with foam swords. Had a blast and would love to learn more about swordsmanship!”
Suit up in samurai gear, learn katana basics, tour a Samurai and Ninja museum, and try shuriken. English guide, 2 hours, $63.
Art Aquarium Museum GINZA inside Ginza Mitsukoshi—goldfish in light, music, and scent. Photo friendly, about 1 hour.
Dress as a samurai, learn safe katana moves, try ninja weapons, then tour the Samurai and Ninja Museum in Asakusa.
“We had a great time learning about the Samurai and their training. The history of the Samurai and Ninja has always fascinated me since I was a kid.”
