Things to do:
1. Mickey House – English Conversation Lounge -
English conversation lounge Mickey House
Near Takadanobaba station on the Yamanote line
500 Yen to get in but that gets you your first beer or tea/coffee – hang out here for a couple hours in the evening after people get off of work and are coming from the office. A few good looking birds will come in to practice English. Choose a couple, establish rapport, and go out later with them, or if they are into it, have them be your guide to do the touristy stuff later in the week. Its nice to have a cute Japanese chick that speaks some English to show you around will make your stay easier. The gaijin dudes in there are pretty lame (mostly long term guys that have married a Japanese woman and stay there), so you will have easy pickings.
2. Tsukjii Fish Market – go out to Roppongi and hit the clubs til about 3 and take a taxi over and wander around.
The TSUKIJI MARKET.HOME
Try to get there before 5 and just wander around. Use the ugly American tactic and act naïve if they ask you why you are there. Now days, people line up before 5am to see the Tuna auction, but its not that big of deal. A lot of vendors may offer your something. Go solo or no more than 3 to avoid creating a scene and you should be fine. After the fish market, the subway should be open to get back home. Watch you don’t get run over by trucks and forklifts.
3. Meiji Shrine -
Meiji Jingu Official Website - (Harajuku station on Yamanote) an oasis in the middle of the city, and nice shrine. At the entrance is where the Cosplay girls hang out on the weekends. Also close walk is Yoyogi Park where a lot of the Olympic stuff happened in 1964 and will be the site for a lot of activities for the upcoming Olympics. Head there on a weekend and the freaks hang out at the park as well. From there, walk down Ometesndo street which is like 5th Avenue in NY with the Louis Vuitton store, etc. and check out Hatrajuku
4. Park Hyatt in Shinjuku -
5 Star Luxury Hotels in Shinjuku, Japan :: Park Hyatt Tokyo - have a drink at the New York Bar and enjoy the view. Sometimes they have some nice jazz going on as well. The best view in Tokyo in my opinion. Also where they filmed the movie Lost in Translation.
5. Izakaya – find a local to take you to a small Izakaya – maybe seating 10-15. Eat and drink for cheap. Try to go with a local to one in a neighborhood outside of the Yamanote line. The ones closer in such as in Roppongi, Gina, etc can be touristy.
6. Karaoke – again, hook up with some locals and have them guide you, but be prepared to hear Dancing Queen at least once during the night.
7. Yoshinoya (all over the city)– beef bowl – cheap hangover food but also filling before hitting the clubs.
8. Bic Camera and the area around there in Shinjuku – I like the stores around there better than the tourity Akihabara area.
9. Onsen – have a local take you out of the city to an Onsen. Relaxing
10. Kabukicho (Shinjuku) – walk around and look at the shops with all the girls pics displayed, cosplay etc. Probably won’t get into one since they are usually no gaijin and you will get the Ultraman X sign with their arms that you are not allowed.
11. The African guys in Roppongi advertising girls are a rip-off and scam. They will charge to take you inside to a karaoke place where the girls try to separate more money from you with outrageous drink prices. Mostly Phiilipino women and some Thai