When To Go

Tokyo enjoys fairly manageable temperatures and weather conditions. Winter sometimes dips below freezing, and the height of summer (August) can make some feel a tad frustrated in terms of heat and humidity, but generally, the entire year is reasonable. Springtime, with its warm, dry days, is particularly popular.

Top 5 Places To Stay

• The Peninsula Tokyo

  Located in the prestigious business district of Yurakucho, many of The Peninsula’s spacious rooms have views of the nearby Imperial Palace or Hibiya Park. All rooms and suites feature the latest luxurious amenities including marble bathrooms, soundproofing, internet, black-out drapes and bedside controls.

• Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel

  The 40-storey hotel features a jazz club, traditional Noh drama stage, spa & fitness centre, indoor pool, 40th floor bar, cigar shop and numerous restaurants. Rooms have fabulous views of the cityscape, tempur soft foam, feather and buckwheat husk-filled pillows.

• Celestine Hotel Tokyo

  All guestrooms in the Celestine Hotel Tokyo feature Simmons mattresses and feather, bead, or soba husk pillows. The 17-storey hotel – which is one-kilometre from Tokyo Tower – also has an open-air garden and patio on floor 14.

• The B Roppongi

  This contemporary and relaxing nine-story hotel is only two blocks from Roppongi crossing, the centre of Tokyo’s trend-setting nightlife district. Furnished in light wood, the 65 guestrooms offer complimentary internet, desks, coffee tables and satellite TVs.

• Pearl Hotel Kasai

  Three-kilometres from Disneyland, this hotel is linked to downtown Tokyo by the Tozai subway line. All guestrooms include internet access, electric tea makers with Japanese green tea, slippers and cotton pyjamas. A restaurant serving French set meals is also on site.

Top 5 Things To Do On Your Visit

• The Ginza

  Shopping paradise, you can literally spend days swanning around the Ginza, checking out the most expensive shops Tokyo has to offer. The Sony Building is also here too, with numerous floors of jaw-droppingly cool technology.

• International Aquarium

  Certainly, the International Aquarium is in a unique setting – at 300m up into the sky, it’s the highest in the world! All manner of weird and wonderful sea life lives here, from electric eels to seahorses.

• Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

  With a traditional Japanese garden, tea house, and décor designed by the French artists Rene Lalique and Henri Rapin, the Teien Art Museum provides a heady mixture of culture. Prince Asaka originally lived in the house.

• Ueno Park and Zoo

  Home to a number of museums, monuments and animals (including giant pandas), Ueno also features traditional clown and balloon performances, as well as tours focussing on Japanese history from the late 19th century.

• Tsukiji Fish Market

  Ready for business 24-hours a day, this open-air retail and wholesale market has been making profits since the 1500s. You’ll be hard pushed to find better tasting – or fresher – sushi anywhere else in the world!