Take Toei transportation and get to Odaiba Bay Area with Tokyo Ocean view♪

Last update : 8 Jun 2020

Written by GOOD LUCK TRIP

When traveling in Tokyo, it is convenient to utilize public transportation. If you use a discount service such as “Toei One-day Pass (Toei Marugoto Kippu)” that grants you unlimited access to Toei transportation (including Toei Subway, Toei Bus, Toei streetcar (Toden) and such) for 1 day, you will receive great amount of discount too.
In this article, we will tell you about a route that takes you to the popular Odaiba area using Toei Subway Oedo Line and Toei Bus.

Let’s go to the bay area overlooking Tokyo Ocean

What is the Toei One-day Pass?

Valid for one full day, you can hop on and off Toei subways, Toei buses (incl. the Tama area), the Toei Streetcar (Toden) Arakawa Line, and the Nippori-Toneri Liner freely and unlimitedly. By mastering the Toei lines, you can make your way smoothly without missing anything that Tokyo has to offer.

Price: Adult 700 yen, Child 350 yen
Sales locations: Ticket machines in all Toei subway stations and Nippori-Toneri Liner stations, and on Toei buses and streetcars. *Advance tickets are also available.

★Recommended route to get to the popular Odaiba using “Toei One-day Pass”★

Start!! 09:45 Kiyosumi-shirakawa station to Kiyosumi Garden

Your fun day is going to start at “Kiyosumi-shirakawa station” on Toei subway Oedo Line!
First of all, let’s go walk around the “Kiyosumi Garden”, which is about 3 minutes’ walk from the Kiyosumi-shirakawa station. This is a “stroll-style garden” with artificial hills and a dry landscape garden with rock and sand placed around a central pond. The garden offers different beauties in each season.

“Kiyosumi Garden”; a stroll-style garden around a big pond

Address: 2 and 3, Kiyosumi, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Tel: 03-3641-5892
Business Hours: 9:00-17:00 (Last admission 16:30)
Closed: December 29th through January 1st
Admission: ¥150, a child under an elementary school is free
URL (Japanese): http://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/format/about033.html

11:30 Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine

After taking a walk in Kiyosumi Garden, let’s get off from a Toei subway at “Monzen -nakacho station”, which is 1 station from Kiyosumi-shirakawa station on Oedo Line. Walk for 6 minutes from the station, and you will find “Tomioka Hachimangu” shrine built in 1627.

Tomioka Hachimangu with about 400 years of history

The annual festival at Tomioka Hachimangu; also called "Fukagawa Hachiman Festival" is one of the "3 most renowned festivals in Edo (Tokyo)”.
Every year, the festival is held around August 15th and the site of mikoshi bearers getting water splashed is definitely a must-see site! In 2017, there was hon-matsuri festival at the shrine, which is held once every 3 years. During the festival, 50-plus mikoshi palanquins paraded the area.

Hon-matsuri festival at Tomioka Hachimangu

Address: 1-20-3 Tomioka, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Tel: 03-3642-1315
URL (Japanese): http://www.tomiokahachimangu.or.jp/

13:00 TARLUM BIANCO Odaiba

After visiting “Tomioka Hachimangu”, let’s take a Toei Bus. “Monzen-Nakachō” bus stop is located about 2 minutes’ walk from the Toei Oedo Line “Monzen-nakacho” station. Get on “海01” Toei Bus for about 30 minutes and you will arrive at “Odaiba-Kaihin-Kōen Sta.” stop.

By then, it’s going to be around lunch time, so let’s walk for about 3 minutes from the bus stop and have lunch at a recommended “TARLUM BIANCO Odaiba”.♪

This is a seafood restaurant where you can have a meal while enjoying a view of Tokyo Bay spread in front of your eyes. We recommend you to try their lunch menu, which uses fresh seafood that the chef goes out to buy himself from the Tsukiji fish market!

Today’s Fish lunch ¥950　(includes an appetizer, soup and a drink)

Address: 2F Marine House, 1-4-1 Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Tel: 03-3529-4847
Business Hours: 11:30-15:00（L.O.14:30）, 17:00-23:00（L.O.22:00）
Closed: No scheduled holidays
Accepted credit cards: American Express/Diners Club/JCB/MasterCard/Visa
URL (Japanese): http://www.tarlum.jp/bianco/

17:00 Cafe de Miki with Hello Kitty

Next on the list, how about shopping at “DiverCity Tokyo Plaza”, which is about 10 minutes’ walk from “TARLUM BIANCO Odaiba”? ♪　If you get tired of walking around, get to “Cafe de Miki with Hello Kitty” on the 4th floor for a break!

Exterior of “Café de Miki with Hello Kitty”

This café is London-themed and that is because that’s where Hello Kitty was born. Try their sweets menu with Hello Kitty-themes. ♡ Their limited seasonal menu is also one-on-a-kind!

Fluffy Cream and Strawberry Ribbon pancakes ¥1,080, café latte ¥594

Address: 4F DiverCity Tokyo Plaza, 1-1-10 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Tel: 03-6426-0516
Business Hours: 10:00-21:00（L.O.20:00）
Closed: No scheduled holidays
Accepted credit cards: American Express/Diners Club/JCB/MasterCard/Visa/UnionPay
URL (Japanese): http://cafedemiki.jp

Goal!! 19:00 Odaiba Marine Park

10 minutes on foot from the DiverCity Tokyo Plaza, your last stop will be “Odaiba Marine Park”; one of the best night view spots in metropolitan Tokyo. The sand beach spread around the bay will welcome you, and you will also be able observe scenery from the observation deck and the sky-walk!

Rainbow Bridge at night (Photo offered by ⒸTokyo Port Terminal Corporation)

Address: 1 Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Tel: 03-5531-0852 (Odaiba Marine Park)
URL (English): http://www.tptc.co.jp/en/c_park/01_02

So, that was the recommended route to go over to the popular Odaiba area with “Toei One-day Pass”. Let’s fully explore and enjoy Tokyo in a reasonable and smart way. ♪