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Sightseeing
Spot the symbol of Tokyo
Constructed in 1958, this 333-metre-tall structure is easily one of the city’s most iconic landmarks. Its main deck at 150m can be ascended via a 600-step outdoor staircase, while near Hamamatsucho Station, you can catch glimpses of the tower’s silhouette from the Tokyo Panorama Line. Tokyo Tower 1-B
02 Art
Visit an artsy warehouse
Noted for its strong programme of special exhibitions, warehouse operator Terrada’s unique museum displays everything from paintings and sculptures to largescale installations, as well as pieces from collectors who store their art in Terrada facilities. The adjacent Archi-Depot, also open to the public, houses and displays over 800 architectural models. What Museum 3-B
03 Restaurant Wake up at the buffet
For a morning meal at Haneda Airport, there’s no beating the Hotel Metropolitan Haneda’s restaurant, open to non-guests from 6am daily. Its breakfast buffet encompasses some 50 options, including Japanese cuisine, congee, a daily selection of noodle dishes from across Asia and Italian favourites with a New York-style twist.
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Immerse yourself in art implements
This art supplies ‘laboratory’ stocks around 4,500 colour pigments, as well as a number of top-quality traditional tools. The over 200 ink sticks include antique rarities, while the selection of over 600 brushes will have painters in awe. The expert staff are happy to recommend products for specific creative needs.
04 Shopping Pigment Tokyo 3-B
05 Restaurant Have dinner with an airport view
Watch planes roll by right outside while you work on a hearty lunch plate, the daily cake-and-drink set during afternoon hours or, at dinnertime, Blue Corner’s signature yakisoba and an assortment of small booze-compatible bites. Be sure to ask staff for a window seat for the best views of the aviatorial action. Blue Corner 6-D
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06 Shopping Build your own Japanese castle
Based at Haneda Airport, Takumi deals in inventive puzzle sets designed by Japanese craftsmen, which you can construct into familiar anime characters, animals, vehicles and even famous landmarks. There are three main types of puzzles offered depending on the type of material: wooden ‘ki-gu-mi’, paper ‘si-gumi’ and bamboo ‘wa-gu-mi’.
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Accommodation
Fancy yourself a pianist
You need to think different to stand out among Tokyo’s multifarious luxury hotels, and Mesm in bayside Takeshiba sure has gone the extra mile by adding an 88-key digital piano to each of its 265 rooms. If you’d rather listen than play, check out the nightly ‘Showcase’ piano performance in the lobby lounge.
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08 Shopping
Pick up essentially Japanese treats
Your one-stop shop for Japan-only KitKats, Hi-Chew candy, rice crackers and all sorts of other snacks from across the country, TobiBito also carries a range of merch licensed by the Tokyo National Museum. We love the shrimp crackers and cookies printed with ukiyo-e artworks by Utagawa Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai. Tobi-Bito Sweets Tokyo 6-C
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Go for a late-morning pick-me-up
Get ready to rub shoulders with market workers over a cup of joe at this comfy coffee shop in Yatchaba Yokocho, the food alley at Ota Market. The toast set, served until 10am, sometimes comes with jam made in house from seasonal produce like rhubarb or apples, procured on the market floor.
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10 Restaurant Appreciate beer by the canal
Easily one of Tokyo’s favourite brewpubs, T.Y. Harbor produces a range of Californianstyle ales and porters, and the attached restaurant serves up great modern American cuisine. The main attraction is undoubtedly the picturesque canalside location – one of the few places in Tokyo where you can sit outside and drink right on the waterfront.
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Sightseeing
Eat breakfast at the market
Not keen on battling the tourist hordes at Toyosu? Visit Tokyo’s other sprawling, bustling wholesale market, where you can observe traders dealing in produce, seafood and flowers for free on five mornings weekly (closed Wed, Sun and most hols; peak business hours are until 9am). The many workmen’s caffs on the premises serve delicious, super-fresh fare for pocket change.
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Savour sushi by the bay
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Wash down skewered pork with sake
Standing on the main drag in Hamamatsucho, Akitaya is a landmark –an old-school stand bar founded in 1929, serving cheap beer and sake to go with charcoal-grilled organ meats. The building was redeveloped a while back, with Akitaya losing some of its retro patina – but none of its popularity. Cash only.
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Admire cutting-edge art
A standout among the art galleries that make up Terrada Art Complex II, Yukikomizutani spotlights the work of both up-and-coming and established artists with a strong voice and identity across its dynamic six-metre-high space. An essential stop for anyone looking to stay on the pulse of Japan’s contemporary art scene.
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Shopping
Get a taste of
island life
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For the ultimate seafood splurge, you can’t go wrong with an omakase sushi meal at Sushi Migiwa inside the Fairmont Tokyo hotel in Shibaura. This restaurant offers sweeping views of Tokyo Bay from its intimate six-seat counter, alongside fresh, seasonal fish crafted with meticulous precision and artistry. Private rooms are available, too.
This quirky store carries produce and other merchandise from the Tokyo island chains of Izu and Ogasawara. Even if you don’t have time for a boat trip, you can bring a taste of the remote islands home with you by picking up some local sweets, freeze-dried soups or bottled craft cocktails. Tokyo Islands Shop 1-C
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16 Restaurant
Dive into Indian flavours
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A little slice of home for the sizeable Indian community in the Shinagawa Yashio Park Town housing complex, this charming restaurant offers an authentic taste of South India. Grab an affordable thali set for lunch or explore the considerable curry line-up in the evening – and leave room for the biryani and dosas, too.
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17 Leisure
Dip your toes into Haneda
The rooftop of the Haneda Innovation City complex is about the last place you’d expect to find a foot bath, but there it is. Free to use and open from 5.30am to 11.30pm, the petite pool combines a rejuvenating soak with superb airport views. DJ shows take place on the deck on select summer weekends. Footbath Sky Deck 6-B
18 Leisure Board your flight feeling fab
Need a proper pampering at the end of a draining trip? Make a beeline for this luxury spa at Hotel Villa Fontaine Premier Haneda Airport, the development of which was overseen by the lifestyle brand Elle. Besides a plentiful range of treatments, you’ll find private bathing areas featuring saunas alongside tubs filled with hot-spring water from the local onsen. Ellespa 6-C
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Drink some high art
Designed to resemble an artist’s atelier, the Mesm Tokyo hotel’s bar goes all in on the theme with a menu of mixology cocktails inspired by masterpieces from Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ to Warhol’s ‘Campbell’s Soup Cans’. The greatest work of art here, though, tends to be the view over Tokyo Bay at sunset.
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20 Restaurant Score a gourmetgrade snack
The generously sized rice balls from this specialist shop are in a league of their own. Choose from over 20 types of fillings – from beef sukiyaki to shredded baby sardines with shichimi pepper – or make it a flavour combo of your choice for an extra ¥150.
Onigiri Konga Haneda Terminal 3 6-C
21 Shopping Down some sake before takeoff
Drinking at the airport is usually liable to burn a hole in your pocket. Not so at the ‘one-coin’ standing sake bar tucked into a corner of this store specialising in edible gifts from all across Japan: ¥600 gets you three servings of sake or wine, while ¥1,100 is good for six cups. Haneda Sanchokukan 6-C
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Sightseeing Learn about local industry
Home to more than 3,000 manufacturing businesses, the Ota area – Tokyo’s southernmost special ward – is one of Japan’s leading hubs for making things. This informative facility at Haneda Innovation City showcases local ingenuity from advanced tech to products upcycled from Ota residents’ old clothes. Pio Park 6-B
23 Bar Schmooze on the waterfront
Bank30 is a proper multi-tasker: modern café by day, sophisticated cocktail lounge by night, alluring canalside terrace at all hours. The Art Deco-style interior offers a touch of Gatsby-esque glamour with velvet chairs and a gilded bar counter, while the terrace makes for an ideal spot to sip cool drinks on warm summer nights.
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24 Shopping Hunt for pre-loved treasures
Boasting around 700 vendors, what is by far Tokyo’s biggest flea market takes place nearly every weekend in the parking lot of the Oi Racecourse. Expect to find rare collector’s items, clothing, crafts, home décor, toys and even some antiques. Note that the market will be cancelled in the case of rain. Oi Racecourse Flea Market 4-B
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Symphony is not your standard tourist tootle out-and-back, but a relaxing sightseeing cruise that gives you a fresh perspective on the city. There are multiple sailings from morning to night, and the cruise can be turned into a waterborne meal at one of the boat’s restaurants; options range from French and Italian to sushi and afternoon tea.
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Showajima Station
Train geeks will want to keep their eyes peeled when passing by Showajima Station’s depot, which in addition to housing the monorail’s rolling stock provides a home to the bright-yellow maintenance vehicles tasked with repairing the tracks at night.
3 Ryutsu Center Station
Teeming with trucks all day long, Ryutsu Center Station is a hub for land, sea and air logistics. Heavy vehicles can be spotted crisscrossing the streets on both sides of the monorail tracks.
4 Oi KeibajoMae Station
The annual winter illuminations at the Oi Racecourse see the sprawling horse racing venue bathed in colourful lights. You can catch a glimpse of the dazzling scenery when the monorail passes by Oi Keibajo-Mae Station.
5 Tennozu Isle Station to Hamamatsucho Station
After passing Tennozu Isle Station, the waterfront
scenery shifts to the towering skyscrapers and condominiums of central Tokyo. You can admire reflections of the train in the glass facades and windows while surveying landmarks like the Rainbow Bridge and, near the end of the line, Tokyo Tower.
How to get on the Tokyo Monorail
at Haneda Airport
The Tokyo Monorail, also known as the Tokyo Panorama Line, connects Haneda Airport and Hamamatsucho Station and is one of the most convenient modes of transportation between the airport and central Tokyo. From Haneda, the journey to Hamamatsucho takes about 20 minutes. From there, transfer to the JR Yamanote Line for a 10-minute ride to destinations including Tokyo Station and Akihabara Station. Shibuya Station can be reached in 40 minutes from Haneda Airport.
