Tokyo, the weekend after your meetings
You're in Tokyo for work and the meetings end Friday. This is the weekend extension: two efficient days near the rail spine, the essential sights without backtracking, and dinners worth staying for. Real business trips don't need a two-week itinerary — they need this.
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Tokyo Station & Marunouchi — a shopping day
The polished business core: the restored red-brick Tokyo Station, tree-lined Naka-dori boutiques, the KITTE and Marunouchi buildings, and the moats and lawns of the Imperial Palace East Gardens just west. Smart, central and superbly connected.
- 11:0011:451Shopping丸の内仲通り
An elegant tree-lined avenue of boutiques, cafés and public art between Tokyo Station and the palace — pedestrianised at lunch and on weekends. Pleasant stroll, smart shopping.
boulevardboutiquesartcafes - 11:45 ~5 min walk · route
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- 12:3013:102Food東京ラーメンストリートeat
A basement row of branches of famous Tokyo ramen shops inside Tokyo Station's Ichibangai — easy, varied and right by the trains. Expect lunch queues.
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- 13:5514:553ShoppingKITTE 丸の内
A stylish mall in the old central post office building, with Japanese-design shops, restaurants and a free rooftop garden looking straight onto Tokyo Station. Good rainy-day browsing.
malldesignrooftop viewpost office - 14:55 ~5 min walk · route
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Landmark東京駅 丸の内駅舎The restored 1914 red-brick station facade — floodlit and photogenic at night from the Marunouchi plaza. A vast retail/dining warren (and the Shinkansen) lie inside.
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Roppongi — shopping morning, food afternoon
Tokyo's art-and-nightlife district: the Mori Art Museum and Tokyo City View atop Roppongi Hills, the design-led Tokyo Midtown and Suntory Museum, teamLab Borderless at Azabudai Hills, and after dark a dense run of bars and clubs. A culture-by-day, lights-by-night neighborhood.
- 11:0012:301Shopping東京ミッドタウン
Design-led complex of boutiques, the Suntory Museum of Art and the 21_21 Design Sight gallery, wrapped around a green lawn that becomes an illumination in winter. Restaurants stay open later than the shops.
malldesignparkdining - 12:30 ~15 min walk · route
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- 13:1514:452Food権八 西麻布eat
The towering wooden izakaya whose interior inspired the 'Kill Bill' showdown set, serving soba, kushiyaki and sake under lantern light. Atmospheric and tourist-friendly; book a table for evenings.
izakayasobayakitorikill bill - 14:45 ~10 min walk · route
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The landmark Mori Tower complex of shops, restaurants and cinemas, marked by Louise Bourgeois's giant 'Maman' spider out front. The base of the Mori Art Museum and a natural Roppongi starting point.
malllandmarkdiningspider sculpture - 17:00 ~5 min walk · route
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- 17:4519:154Museum森美術館・東京シティビュー
Contemporary-art museum on the 53rd floor of Roppongi Hills, paired with the Tokyo City View indoor observation deck — one of the city's best skyline panoramas, open late. Exhibitions rotate; the museum closes earlier on Tuesdays.
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