Timeless Tokyo: A Journey By way of Custom, Innovation, and Tradition in 48 Hours

To the discerned traveller, Japan will stand out as a vacation spot that seemingly exists previously, current and future. Particularly in Tokyo, historical shrines and pagodas are a part of the identical cityscape as modern buildings rising to dazzling heights throughout the town’s skyline. You’ll additionally discover small family-run eating places standing shoulder to shoulder with ones operated solely by robots, and hi-tec gaming arcades and digital actuality enclaves at a stone’s throw away from gardens and parks that enable you narrow off from expertise and join with nature.  

All of that is to say that irrespective of what number of adjectives you’ve got at your disposal, Tokyo is an enigma, an all-consuming expertise that can’t presumably be outlined in phrases. Whether or not you might be right here for 2 days, two weeks, two months and even two years, one will be formidable sufficient to attempt to uncover the essence of this place and nonetheless not scratch the floor. That is just because there may be a lot to see and do, and on this case, intention and a way of unbridled curiosity matter far more than the time you’ve got at hand.  

If 48 hours is all you’ll be able to spare in Tokyo earlier than you progress on to a different place in Japan or elsewhere, let Discova be your information in exploring its distinctive neighbourhoods that may mesmerise you with their historic, cultural, modern, quirky and even retro choices.   

On the primary day, we try key landmarks which hark again to historical instances and benefit from the dynamic metropolis which Tokyo has developed into. The primary cease on this four-hour tour is Asakusa, a historic leisure district, which is now residence to charming retailers and eating places, and the oldest temple within the metropolis, Sensoji.