Weekday Morning Slot
The 9am to 11am window on a Tuesday is a different venue from Saturday at 3pm. Same price, half the people.
JP¥4,600 Check availability →
teamLab Planets — Worth it? 
What to Book in Tokyo
Tokyo is easier than it looks. Two things genuinely sell out, one day trip gets ugly in cherry blossom season, and the rest you can sort out over breakfast on the day.
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Almost nothing in Tokyo needs booking. The exceptions are teamLab Planets and Shibuya Sky, both of which run fixed-capacity time slots and both of which vanish weeks ahead in spring and autumn. Mount Fuji day trips are the third thing worth locking down, purely because the good ones fill and the bad ones are eight hours of coach. Everything else, including the single most famous temple in the city, is walk-up.
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Book ASAP teamLab Planets
Sells out weeks ahead. Timed slots, hard cap.
From JP¥4,200 Worth it? →
Book ASAP Shibuya Sky
Sunset slots gone in days. Set a reminder.
From JP¥2,600 Worth it? →
Book Ahead Mount Fuji Day Trip
Good tours fill fast in blossom season.
From JP¥9,800 Tour or solo? →
Worth Booking Tokyo Food Tour
Book a week ahead. Weekends go first.
From JP¥9,800 Tour or solo? →
Worth Booking Tokyo Skytree
Rarely sells out. Book ahead only to skip the queue.
From JP¥2,400 Worth it? →
No Booking Sensō-ji Temple
Free and always open. Go before 7am.
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Our top picks for Tokyo
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Sunset Time Slot
The one worth setting an alarm for. Aim for the slot starting 40 minutes before sunset and you get both versions of the city.
JP¥3,400 Check availability →
Shibuya Sky — Worth it? Full-Day Group Tour
Chureito Pagoda, a 5th Station stop and the lake, in one coach day. The default for good reason.
JP¥15,500 Check availability →
Mount Fuji Day Trip — Worth it? Common questions about booking in Tokyo
What sells out first in Tokyo?
teamLab Planets, comfortably. Slots go on sale roughly two months out and weekend afternoons disappear within days of release. Shibuya Sky sunset slots are next, though tickets there only open about 30 days ahead, so there is a limit to how early you can be.
Do I need to book Tokyo attractions before I fly?
Book two: teamLab Planets and Shibuya Sky. Add a Mount Fuji day trip if you are travelling between late March and mid-April. That is the whole list. Skytree, temples, markets and shrines can all wait until you are there.
When is Tokyo busiest?
Late March to mid-April for cherry blossom, and November for autumn colour. Golden Week in early May is a domestic-travel wall, and mid-August is hot enough that indoor attractions get a second peak.