1. Daiba Itchome Shotengai
Step back in time at this weird but wonderful Japanese retro-kitsch theme park in Odaiba. Visitors will enter a scene straight out of the 1950s, with old-school eateries, an arcade lined with vintage carnival games (try your hand at throwing a ninja star), a fortune-telling shop and even vintage sweet shops. Classic vehicles and scenes from the past also line the time-warped shopping street.
2. Daiwa Sushi
If you’re going to queue an hour, then the restaurant better be worth it. Once housed in the Tsukiji Market and now relocated to the new Toyosu Market, the 10-seater Daiwa Sushi definitely is. After eating catch the market action at the famous fish auctions – if you’re there early enough – order the omakase menu, a glorious sushi set which includes mouth-watering fatty tuna, sourced just metres away.
6-3-2, Toyosu, Koto 135-0061, Tokyo prefecture
3. Jicoo The Floating Bar
Revel in the scenic city views onboard Jicoo, a floating boat-bar that makes Captain Nemo’s Nautilus look like a bathtub toy. The sleek spaceship-submarine, designed by manga master Leiji Matsumoto, is the perfect vessel for a cruise round Tokyo Bay, cocktail in hand. Jicoo runs between Hinode Pier and Odaiba every half-hour from Thursday to Saturday.
