Tokyo Hop On Hop Off Bus Tickets (1day or 2days)
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Good to try before The visiting plan to see Tokyo
Reviewed by: Kris, 2020/02/26Bus easy to find, coming on time. The translator should be improved. Its good to try before The Tokyo visting to recognize the most interesting places or to correct the plan of The Tokyo exploration
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2019/07/06 |
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Good overview but not very interesting
Reviewed by: Trudy, 2019/07/05We've enjoyed hop-on hop-off busses in other cities and decided to give it a try in Tokyo. There are two loops so we decided to do the longer loop (90m) and cone back the next morning for the shorter loop (60m). Your pass is good for 24 hours which is very nice. The bus we were on was not a double decker, but it has a see through roof. Unfortunately it is weathered and dull so you can see ok but it is not good for taking photos. You are given headphones and you plug into a soundtrack that narrates the trip. There are several languages to choose from. This is efficient but not very interesting. The narration directed us to look at things that were not always in our direct line of site, but rather tucked behind other buildings. We really just wanted to go for a ride and not hop off. If we'd gotten off we could see more so basically it is just a bus ride, not really a great tour. We opted not to come back the next day for the second loop.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2019/07/03 |
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Excellent tour but poor service by staff at Tokyo Skytree Station
Reviewed by: Wendy, 2019/04/19The tour itself was an excellent way of seeing some landmarks in Tokyo if you are short of time. We highly recommend online booking before you turn up at one of stations. Although the sign at the station states you can purchase tickets on the bus, at the counter, and sales offices, and no reservations required, when we turned up at the Skytree Station on 15 April, the lady at the ticket booth insisted that the buses are full and there are no seats available. She told us even if we waited for the next buses, there were no guarantee there would be seats. I went outside, booked and paid for 2 same day tickets via Veltra, went back inside the ticket office, gave the lady my booking reference number, got my tickets straight away and got on the next bus. I didn't understand why she was adamant she couldn't sell us tickets and the buses were all full when we first went in. As we were leaving Tokyo the next day, we almost missed out on experiencing the bus tour if I had not tried getting the tickets via Veltra. To avoid same experience, we highly recommend booking via Veltra.
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| Attended as: | Friends |
| Activity Date: | 2019/04/15 |
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Just So-so...
Reviewed by: Julie W, 2019/04/17Staff was very friendly but the overall experience didn't compare with other open air bus trips in other major cities. The monotone English audio was minimal and mostly uninteresting. Lots of room for improvement there. Not many stops and gap time between stops is quite long. I agree with other reviewers- spend your money on a cab.
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2019/04/15 |
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Ok but not great.
Reviewed by: Alex, 2019/01/11We were glad to learn our bus was a fully roofed bus in the red route. In January Tokyo can be cold and being open air is a hard pill to swallow.
The blue route was open roof, but they provided blankets so it wasn't as bad as expected.
The routes were just ok. The red one is good, but the explanation on the audioguide was limited. Too much music and too little insight information. However the blue line had no information at all and the route was a waste. It's short (53 minutes) and only two stops before going back home, missing all the important points of the city.
It's kind of expensive for what they give you, compared to other cities in the world.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2019/01/11 |
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convenient way for a quick Tour of Tokyo
Reviewed by: Travel with elderly, 2018/08/19Hop on/off bus offer convenient way for quick sightseeing. Bus schedule is on time. Be aware there is no lower deck seating. Passenger need to be able to ascend steep steps to upper deck.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2018/07/26 |
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HOT!
Reviewed by: Travelers , 2018/07/25The day was hot as hades. There is no cover, we were told not to go downstairs and we were also told not to use umbrellas to help with the sun. It would be nice to add 2 more busses on the Roppongi loop, there is way too much time between busses.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2018/07/23 |
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Good service but could do better
Reviewed by: Varzavand Debara , 2018/06/22It's a good service if you are short on time but want to experience Tokyo.
The staff was helpful and the service started promptly.
The issue I faced was, the audio commentary and the location I was viewing was different.
If this could be coordinated, it would be worth it.
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2018/06/20 |
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バスの数が少ない
Reviewed by: アルビン, 2018/05/2130分単位でバスがこれば良いなと思います。
I think it would be better if the bus arrives every 30 mins.
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| Attended as: | Friends |
| Activity Date: | 2018/04/26 |
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OK
Reviewed by: amb, 2018/04/23Not enough stops, not enough pick-up points.
English narrative was good.
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| Attended as: | Friends |
| Activity Date: | 2018/03/29 |
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Hop on and off bus.
Reviewed by: RITA L OSBORN, 2018/04/20WE returned our tickets, as it was inconvenient to use , it was raining and we were too tired.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2018/04/13 |
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Tokyo versus Hong Kong Hop-On Hop-Off Double Decker Bus services
Reviewed by: Alexander,Ukraine, 2018/04/18It is worse than a similar service in Hong Kong by three criteria:
1) Flexibility for Hop-On and Off users
Purple and Red paths differ only by 3 stations. A short (3-stops) Purple extension to the Red one would be a better option for covering all sites.
2) Usage as an all-weather carrier from point A to point B.
No sitting places on the lower deck is a serious disadvantage on rainy or too sunny days.
3) No Russian language in the list. Adding this option is cheap and will draw more customers from CIS countries like myself (My wife does not speak English and I had to translate for her)
4) The good news is that Tokyo service is organized better than that in Kyoto :)
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2018/04/16 |
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2018/03/19 |
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Nice on a sunny day, but the audio stream is a waste of time.
Reviewed by: Josh, 2018/03/15Easy to buy tickets and very friendly staff, but the audio guide was really uninteresting, almost boring. Often landmarks were discussed after they had already passed out of view. Stops are spaced very far apart, and not necessarily where you would want to get off. It's a reasonable way to spend a sunny day but expect to take the subway to get where you want to go.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2018/03/13 |
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Commentary let it down.
Reviewed by: Andrew , 2018/02/10The bus and the route were good but the commentary was poor. There could have been so much more information provided, about the history of the city, interesting characters that have lived in Tokyo, about the design of the city, about the evolution of architectural styles, about how people lived 100, 200 years ago. I stead the commentary was dull. A pity.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2018/02/07 |
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A Pleasant Ride
Reviewed by: E. Moor, 2017/05/17Nice intro to the city, all for a very reasonable price. Seats were comfy and the sights were a delight. Barely used the audio guide, though.
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Not as good as I'd hoped
Reviewed by: dbuley, 2017/05/09All 3 trips are worthwhile and there's adequate English translation. However I found the time between pickups too long. It meant that if you got off at a couple of things you struggled to complete the loop. They need a few more buses to make the average waiting time 30 minutes, not 60 or 90 minutes.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2017/05/07 |
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Bus Tour
Reviewed by: Virgil, 2017/05/07Customer service was great other than you have long waits at bus stops which can range from hour and half to two hours until pick up time.
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2017/05/04 |
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Tokyo Blue and Purple bus route
Reviewed by: Chris, 2017/02/12Overall, I am happy we took your bus tour. We learned much about Tokyo and its history. However, when we got off for a cup of coffee on the Purple line we discovered that the next bus wouldn't be there for over 3 hours. Had to take a cab to get back to the hotel for our dinner reservation. Also, the taped message on the Blue line was not synchronized correctly and was off by several minutes. It was very difficult to place the narrative with the correct scenery.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2017/02/09 |
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Good tour experience
Reviewed by: May chan, 2016/12/15This is the first time we visited Tokyo with young children, we chose hop on hop off bus to get an overview of Tokyo. It's very easy for us to find their ticket office in Mitsubishi building, there are plenty of restaurants inside the building thus you can grab someting before boarding the bus. Bus arrival is super on time, clean and spacious. The route design also allow us to view most of the attractive places, bus attendants are helpful and polite.
There are three routes per day for travelers to choose, we managed to go blue & purple line within 24hours, I would strongly advise a well time planning is essential for you to finish all routes.
The disadvantage of the bus route is the bus didn't stop in front of the tourist places, e.g. Sensoji temple (Asakusa line) & Tsukiji fish market. There are about 10min walking distance, as I said, this is our first time in Tokyo, I need to remember where the bus stop is, so that I can find it after visiting the tourist places.
Besides, this is good to have Multilingual Audio Guide in English, Chinese, Korean and Japanese. However, the audio guide will suddenly switch to next introduction before ending the current one. I think this need improvement so that complete information is provided as described
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2016/12/10 |
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Ok but not amazing
Reviewed by: Kerry, 2016/10/30The bus ride is fine for a speedy trip through parts of Tokyo. We had good weather, but I would not do this in the rain. The guide was a bit out of sync at some points and cut the commentary short when you went past locations at higher speeds. It was a good intro to Tokyo, but I am not sure I would recommend it for the price.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2016/10/27 |
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Hop on Hop off in Tokyo
Reviewed by: Bobby, 2016/10/29Unfortunately, rain was pouring down this day. We got all wet on the bus. Can only visit Asakusa Temple. Not a memorable day to speak off.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2016/10/08 |
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Tokyo Open Top Bus Tour
Reviewed by: Mark Flamsteed, 2016/02/29Difficult to purchase correct ticket on internet. Ticket clerk totally inflexible when we requested travel on the non stop bus in stead of the hop on hop off. Same company, same busses, plenty of free seats on both busses but it was IMPOSSIBLE to change ticket. I think you need to be a bit flexible. Not sure I would recommend to a friend. I have used open top bus in London & New York. A lot more user friendly.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2016/02/27 |
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English language recording broke after the first stop.
Reviewed by: Meh, 2015/12/09I am very experienced with hop-on, hop-off tours, having taken them in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
The English language recording broke after the first stop. I don't think we missed much, as the recording mostly just explained some facts about the highway when it was working.
The Ueno and Akihabara stops are inconveniently located as they drop you several blocks from the main attractions (this might be true for all tour buses stopping at these locations).
There are three separate bus tour routes and they really should be combined into 1-2 routes. The buses go four to five stops on a given line, then the bus doubles back.
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| Attended as: | Friends |
| Activity Date: | 2015/12/08 |
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Fun but mixed
Reviewed by: Sarah Perl, 2015/11/10This was mostly a good experience. But there were some areas that needed improvement.
The audio was always "off." The announcements of the audio typically came after we had passed a location -- the audio was late or the driver was fast. In the beginning there was no info on the first 10 minutes of the trip at all. The ear plugs need to be up-graded. The style you have is very uncomfortable for some people, including me. Finally, the audio box for one of us (we were two travelers) was not working -- the volume could not go sufficiently high to hear.
There was an issue with whether the bus was stopping or not at the marked locations. For example, we would have wanted to get off at Asakusa to visit the market and the temple, but the bus did not stop there at all. The brochure indicated that the bus should have stopped there. But there was no announcement or offer to stop, and the bus did not stop. That was very disappointing to us.
We hope this info is useful and we appreciate the two-for-one offer in exchange for us providing this review. Please process the credit at your earliest convenience. Also, the ponchos were great and the woman at the Mitsubishi box office was super helpful.
Best
Sarah
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| Activity Date: | 2015/11/09 |
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