Rainy Day & Indoor Activities in Tokyo.

Body-immersive digital art museum where visitors walk barefoot through water and floating gardens

An internationally celebrated museum created by art collective teamLab in Toyosu, teamLab Planets invites visitors to take off their shoes and walk barefoot through colossal multi-sensory digital installations. Highlights include walking through water filled with swimming digital koi fish, an infinite crystalline light chamber, and a dome filled with floating living orchids.

Tokyo's oldest Buddhist temple and spiritual heart in historic Asakusa

Founded in 645 AD, Sensō-ji is Tokyo's most ancient and revered Buddhist temple dedicated to Kannon Bodhisattva. Visitors enter through the colossal Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate) with its iconic giant red lantern, stroll along the bustling Nakamise-dori shopping street lined with traditional snacks and crafts, and cleanse at the central incense burner before reaching the majestic main hall and five-story pagoda.

Serene Shinto sanctuary surrounded by a tranquil 170-acre sacred evergreen forest

Nestled adjacent to bustling Harajuku, Meiji Jingu is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. The shrine is enveloped in an enchanting forest of over 100,000 trees donated from across Japan, entered via towering cypress torii gates and lined with ceremonial sake barrels, offering a deeply peaceful spiritual oasis in the urban core.