Layover in Tokyo

I had planned to explore Yokohama during our layover, but those plans were shelved when we landed at a cold and rainy Haneda Airport. I didn’t have a Plan B, so on the fly I decided to go to Ramen Street in the basement of Tokyo Station as the entire journey would be under shelter.

Tokyo Station was far more crowded than I expected, and it seemed as if the entire city went underground to avoid the rain. We later learned it was a long weekend, which explained the crowds and all the children around on a Monday.

We had a tasty lunch at Ramen Street, which is a collection of eight award winning ramen stalls. After lunch, we wandered the malls around Tokyo Station before we decided to give up on sightseeing and return to Haneda. When we got to Haneda, we explored the recently opened Haneda Sky Garden Mall adjacent to Terminal 3 before we resigned ourselves to a long wait in the lounge.

In hindsight, I should have had a Plan B for rainy weather. In future, I will spend my layovers at the Mori Art Museum in Roppongi if it is rainy.もっと詳しく