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The sightseeing bus tour is one of the best ways to see the Japanese capital for the first time.
With few days in Tokyo you will be hard-pressed to see the major sites by foot, train or car. But hop on a bus tour and you’ll check off all the destinations on your must-see-list, and be back for the tea. Besides, some courses in addition to the standard tourist spots also include popular hotel buffets and stage performances. Here are some of the services convenient for sightseeing in Tokyo. |
Sky Hop Bus - Ueno Area
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Sky Bus Tokyo operates stylish red open-top double-decker which is a good option to take a quick tour around the city center.
The 50 minutes bus ride on a open-top double-decker will take you around the Imperial Palace via Ginza and Marunouchi District, showing the highlight of Tokyo's shopping and business center. Few other bus courses are offered, including a night trip to Odaiba. You can borrow a multi-language voice guide system free of charge upon purchasing a ticket. |
Sky Bus Tokyo
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The Hop Bus provides a great introduction and helps get orientated with the main tourist areas of Tokyo. With Hop Bus you can get off or just by showing your pass to the crew hop on at any bus stop on the tour's route.
No reservations for Sky Hop Bus are required. On any given day simply show up at one of the clearly marked stops and hop-on. The rest of your itinerary is up to you. Just keep in mind that you may not be able to board if the bus is full. Tickets can be purchased at Marunouchi Mitsubishi Building - Sky Bus Ticket Counter, or in the bus. |
Sky Bus Tokyo Cabin
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Sky Duck the 3.7-meter-tall amphibious bus takes visitors past the Tokyo Skytree tower and other popular sites before descending a ramp into the Kyu-Nakagawa River in Tokyo’s Koto Ward.
After navigating the roads, the tour comes to a climax when the bus makes the transition from land to water, a process nicknamed "splash point". The thrill of entering into the water carries the same intensity and excitement as an amusement park attraction. For Sky duck tours reservations are required. It is a fun ride even though foreign language tour guidance is not available. |
Sky Duck
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Hato Bus is an organizer of bus tours that offers a variety of courses from brief 1 hour trips around Tokyo to full-day tours. Its "O Sola mio" open-top double-decker buses offer remarkable views of landmarks and places which are popular with locals and tourists alike.
The sightseeing tours circle a maximum number of sites and involve a minimal amount of walking. So you’ll get where you want to go and you can spend your energy on what you came for – exploring those historic landmarks, not dragging yourself around the city. This is ideal for anyone who wants to visit all the major sites on their personal itinerary but also need a bit of information to truly appreciate each site. Stop by Tourist Information Center and pick up a city guidebook. |
Hato Bus - Tokyo Station Neighborhood
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To make reservation for your future activities, you can also use multilingual websites like Voyagin and Viator which not only make the booking much easier, but their cancellation policy is also clearer; for a full refund, cancel 48 hours in advance of the start date of the activity.
On Voyagin, you can book two sightseeing tours in open-top buses; Panoramic Tokyo Drive Tour (60 minutes), and Omotesando & Shibuya Drive Tour (90 minutes). Hop onto a Double-Decker bus to see Tokyo’s best sites; all the spots will be viewed on board, no hop-off. The Viator, offers a pass valid for 24 hours which holds the power to let you to hop on or hop off at numerous different popular sightseeing spots in Tokyo. Click on the links to see more information about these activities. |
Sky Bus Tokyo
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Sky Bus "Ticket Counter" - Marunouchi Mitsubishi Building, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
