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Originally Posted by Bigtime
Things we hit up in Tokyo as a family with kids aged 13 and 10:
-Teamlab Planets Tokyo
-Harajuku
-Imperial Palace grounds
-Shopping/taking in the urban sights of Shibuya and Shinjuku areas, and Tokyo station area
-neat little tiny alley restaurants in Omoide Yokocho next to Shinjuku station
-Senso-ji buddhist temple (near the Skytree area)
-Cafe Capyba, a Capybara cafe near Skytree
We spent a lot of time simply wandering around from main station areas and seeing what we could discover too. Stayed in an AirBnB near Shin-Okobu station, which has the JR Yamanote line that does a great circle around a lot of Tokyo, so a great jumping off point to get around.
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I'll vouch for Teamlab Planets, it was so much fun. My daughter is 5 and she loved it but it was cool for us adults as well.
We were in Tokyo for 5 days. Not enough time (I don't know if anything is enough time, it's so amazing). It's super easy to get around but there's so much there. I'd plan to go to a specific area and spend your day in that area.
Not sure if going with kids, but this is a great guide on playgrounds:
https://bestlivingjapan.com/top-10-r...arks-in-tokyo/
For food, almost anything is great but if you want to really hone in on great food, the website
https://tabelog.com/en/ is great. Even if you notice a place, just Google "Ippudo roppongi tabelog" or whatever and it'll tell you everything you need to know about the place. Japanese are very honest reviewers and a place that's 3.5 stars out of 5 will be excellent (4 stars and up will generally be a Michelin Star restaurant).