Travel Tips
Transport · Weather · Practical info
🚃 Getting Around
🎫Get a Suica or Pasmo IC card — works on almost all trains and buses
✈️Haneda → Asakusa: Keikyu Line ~45 minutes
🎡Disneyland: JR Musashino Line from Shinjuku to Maihama Station
⚡Harry Potter: Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro to Toshimaen Station
🏘Kawagoe: Tobu Tojo Line Express from Ikebukuro ~30 minutes
🌸Showa Kinen Park: JR Chuo Line to Tachikawa Station, 10-min walk
🌤 April Weather
🌡Average temperature 12–20°C · Cool mornings — bring a light jacket
☔Occasional spring rain — pack a compact umbrella
👕Light layers work best · Apply sunscreen for outdoor activities
💴 Money & Payments
💴Cash is still widely used in Japan — carry enough yen
🏧7-Eleven and Japan Post ATMs accept foreign cards
💳Major stores accept cards · Small stalls and shrines are cash only
🛍 Shopping Recommendations
💊Drugstores: Matsumoto Kiyoshi, SUNDRUG, Ainz & Tulpe
🍫Souvenirs: Shinjuku Takashimaya B2, Tokyo Station "Tokyo Okashi Land"
👗Fashion: Omotesando, Harajuku Takeshita Street, Shinjuku Isetan
📦Ask your hotel about Takkyubin luggage forwarding service to the airport
📱 Useful Apps
🗺Google Maps — most accurate for transit directions
🚃Norikae Annai (乗換案内) — Japanese train route planner
🎡Tokyo Disney Resort App — purchase DPA, check wait times
🌐Google Translate — use camera mode to translate Japanese menus instantly