Travelling to Tokyo next month... suggestions of places to visit?

Hello, everyone! It's me, the crazy paraguayan resurrecting an old 308 GTBi: http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/308-328/359739-chassis-37313-resurrection-308-gtbi.html

Anyways, I'll be visiting Tokyo next month, as part of a business trip, and I'd love to visit some car museums/collections in the city; I've heard that the Matsuda collection is quite interesting... can anyone offer some insight?

Any tip will be appreciated!

 

If you're into models, hit the Tamiya Playmodel Factory in Shimbashi. I loved it. Lots of T-shirts (even vintage style F1 shirts) and large format Tamiya stickers.

Not much else car stuff that I know of in Tokyo proper. Seems most of it is outside...the Honda Museum at Twin Ring Motegi. Matsuda collection is a bit over an hour away from Tokyo. Mazda is in Hiroshima...quite far away.

Otherwise, I don't know of any car stuff there. I will say there is a Toyota museum there locally that has a car section. It's called Toyota Megaweb. Over in Odaiba.

Have fun!
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Search on Google, I'm sure there are hundreds of car guys out there who have asked and recieved reply to the same question

Please post pictures of car stuff when you come back.

 

Nice suggestion! I'll try to squeeze that one in the schedule! ;-)

 

Anybody ever heard about this place?

Motorcar Museum of Japan

Looks promissing!

EDIT:

Forget about it, it's on the other side of the island, sadly :-( Just looked it up on Google Maps

 

What about the Matsuda Collection today? Does it still has lots of Fcars, or the biggest part of the collection is gone? Anyway, is there any chance to go? Or is it closed?
Im also travelling to Tokio soon and would love to know that.

Btw, Matu, también chequeá el Abarth Museum, donde descansa la 33 Stradale Double Headlight. Si consigues la dirección y sabes como ir, por favor cuéntame, ya que me interesa por demás, pero hay poca info. en la web.

Nick.

 

Dale, Nick; te aviso de lo que consiga!

Saludos,

Daniel

 

I see ferrari represented pretty well all over tokyo. Head to shinjuku, it's pretty impressive.

 

Hello everyone!

Well, sad to report that the Matsuda Collection is nowhere to be found... I also inquired about the Abarth Museum, but nobody knew anything about it as well.

Car-wise, Odaiba is the best choice; the Megaweb Toyota store is amazing, lots to see and do... even test-drive some cars and race on kartings (sadly, I didn't get to try the kartings as I was with a rather large group and had to "go with the flow" with their planned activities)

History Garage is excellent! The quality of the displays and the level of the cars shown there is superb! Highly recommended! And there's a very neat "automobilia" store downstairs where you can find... well, almost anything you want for your garage, or your scale-model collection. Prices are high, though... if you look most of the ítems on other stores, you might find better deals.

Brian; your suggestion for the Tamiya Plamodel Factory was right on the spot! Not only did I find an elusive model for my scale car collection (Senna's McLaren MP4/7) but the dioramas and models shown are VERY impressive! A must-see, really.

I must conclude, however, that Tokyo is not THE best place for car-freaks. Sure, there are many amazing cars on the streets... I've been passed by a caravan of 4 Aventadors one time (not enough time to get my camera ready, sadly) and was able to spot a Porsche 918 and a Gallardo on the streets of Ginza, but there aren't places "devoted" to car enthusiasts. I've been told that on the weekends, Ropongi is where the car-scene develops... but I've been here on weekdays, and there really wasn't much to see.

On the other hand, there's like a million interesting places to get to know... all of them very extense. If you plan to go shopping, the Ueno market is the place to go for toys, clothing... even for sex toys! If technology and electronics are your theme, then Akihabara is a must-go. For expesive stuff, like Prada, Dior, Tiffany's and sorts... then Ginza. The Tokyo Skytree is an amazing place... highest place in Tokyo, unless you're taking a helicopter! The Aquarium underneath is very interesting, and the Ueno Zoo is pretty nice as well.

Anyways, still wasn't able to download all the pictures to my computer, I'll do that as I return to Paraguay. In the meantime, I'll be in Tokyo until Wednesday, and plan to do some shopping still...

 

Can someone kindly type this in Japanese and I can cut and paste ?

I do not have a Japanese keyboard.

Thank you.
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If you see any aircooled Porsche with low miles let me know Commission paid!

 

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@ O.P., How long will you be in Japan? Kyoto is just a short bullet train ride away and there's a lot more to see and do there, beautiful this time o' year.

Akihabara for sure, although it isn't quite what it used to be. The Yamanote train will get you there and back from almost anywhere in the city.

 

Got to watch Sumo at Ryogoku last May. Very interesting cultural experience to put it mildly. The normally reserved Japanese get really animated during the matches.

If you like sushi, take a cab to the Tsukiji fish market in the morning and go find the row of small sushi bars in there. Sushi as fresh as can be. Just be careful not to get run over by thhos electric fish carts.

 

Find a way to go to the meeting spot at Daikoku Parking Area.

Daikoku PA Archives - Speedhunters

 

Not to side track too much but Akihabara has a great musical instrument area, quite an impressive amount of great guitars. There is even a store that just has ukuleles.