Date night in Tokyo

Top spots in Tokyo

• Shibuya Scramble

  Culture

  Shibuya

  The crossing — go to Shibuya Sky for the rooftop view at dusk.

• TeamLab Planets

  Culture

  Toyosu

  Immersive digital-art installation — book weeks ahead.

• Yanaka

  Outdoors

  Taito

  Old-Tokyo neighbourhood that survived the bombings — cats, temples, sento baths.

• Tsukiji Outer Market

  Food & Drink

  Chuo

  Tamagoyaki, uni rice bowls and tuna jerky at 8am.

• Shinjuku Gyoen

  Outdoors

  Shinjuku

  144 acres of formal gardens — peak in cherry blossom and autumn.

Best date-night spots in Tokyo

12 curated picks — from candlelit dinners to sunset views.

• Sukiyabashi Jiro

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  Restaurant · Ginza

  Jiro Dreams of Sushi — the temple of sushi.

• Den

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  Restaurant · Jingumae

  Two-Michelin-star playful kaiseki, World's 50 Best.

• Tokyo Tower view from Park Hyatt

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  View · Shinjuku

  Lost-in-Translation New York Bar.

• Shibuya Sky

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  View · Shibuya

  Open-air rooftop above Shibuya Crossing.

• Kanda Yabu Soba

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  Restaurant · Kanda

  1880 wooden soba house, time-machine date.

• Roppongi Hills Mori Garden

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  Walk · Roppongi

  Quiet Japanese garden in the heart of Tokyo.

• Bar Benfiddich

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  Cocktail bar · Shinjuku

  Hiroyasu Kayama's farm-foraged cocktails.

• Higashiya Ginza

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  Restaurant · Ginza

  Modern wagashi + sake in a tea-house setting.

• Meguro River cherry blossoms

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  Walk · Meguro

  Lantern-lit sakura walk in spring.

• Blue Note Tokyo

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  Live music · Aoyama

  Premier jazz club, international acts.

• L'Effervescence

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  Restaurant · Nishiazabu

  Two-Michelin French-Japanese tasting.

• Hama-rikyu Gardens tea house

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  Experience · Tsukiji

  Matcha and wagashi on an island in the pond.

Where to eat

• Sukiyabashi Jiro Roppongi

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  Sushi · Roppongi

  The Roppongi outpost (the main shop stopped taking foreigners) — book through hotel concierge.

• Den

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  Modern kaiseki · Jingumae

  Zaiyu Hasegawa's playful tasting — Dentucky fried chicken in a real bucket.

• Ichiran Shibuya

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  Ramen · Shibuya

  Solo-booth ramen — order via vending machine, customise everything.

• Narisawa

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  Innovative tasting · Minato

  Forest-on-a-plate tasting — bread that bakes at the table.

• Tonkatsu Maisen Aoyama

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  Tonkatsu · Aoyama

  Former public bathhouse turned tonkatsu temple — get the kurobuta loin.