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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We just came from spending time in Tokyo and Osaka last week. I only have a few recommendations, but to be honest, I didn't find it that expensive. In fact, we found food to be much cheaper there than here at home.

As for recommendations, set a price alert on Google and watch flight prices. Also, we found it cheaper to book the flight there and home separately, which is unusual. We ended up American the entire way but on two separate reservations.

We've been to Tokyo twice. The first time we stayed at Hotel Groove Shinjuku, which was an amazing hotel with an awesome view, but there weren't that many places to eat, especially with kids, in walking distance.

This past time, we stayed at Karaksa Tokyo Station Hotel, which had a ton of stuff within walking distance, especially in Tokyo Station itself. We much preferred the location. We even let our 15-year old teenagers go walk around the neighborhood and Tokyo Station on their own to get food, go to 7/11, shop at Character Street, etc.[/quote]

Thanks for your detailed response!

How long were you in Tokyo?

On both trips, we did 3 nights in Tokyo itself. On our first trip, we also did 3 nights (including the night we arrived, so that day was lost) at Disney. My 15-year old daughter is a HUGE kawaii/Hello Kitty fan, so she just loved all the shopping. She also loves cosmetics and J-Fashion. So she loved just exploring all the stores, including Shibuya 109, which is 9 stories of J-fashion. We also loved Don Quixote, but it is VERY overstimulating but has tons of cute stuff. She also loved all the gacha capsule machines

My 15-year old son loved all the Pokemon centers (as did my DD and 12 year old DS and 7 year old DS), the various aquariums, the Samurai museum, and trying new foods. They both loved picking stuff out from 7/11. Our most recent trip was very low-key and we didn't do as much as we hoped b/c half of us ended up getting sick. DH did take DS1 and DS3 to the zoo and natural history museum in Ueno Park, and he said both were very underwhelming, especially compared to what we have here in DC.

We also did 4 nights in Osaka. We did 1.5 days (actually 1 full day and a late afternoon and evening) at Universal, our arrival day at the Osaka Aquarium and Universal CityWalk, and 1 day at Osaka Castle and Dontonburi/the main shopping area. I would have liked more time in Osaka and to go to Kyoto and Nara, but not enough time on this trip.

The other thing that was cheaper in Japan was Disney and Universal. The tickets to the parks are a LOT cheaper than Florida, and we've been to WDW a lot. However, they were also unbelievably crowded. Our first day at Universal was crazy with the number of people, like wall to wall, the most humanity I've seen in one place. You 1,000% need express passes b/c the Japanese think nothing of waiting 3-5 hours in line for rides. We also were there at the probably absolute busiest time of the year, so that didn't help. I'm sure results would differ if you went another time.

Did you visit anywhere else?

What did your teens enjoy most? [/quote][/quote]

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