teamLab Planets and Asakusa Tour: 4 Hours with a Guide, $152

What the booking covers

It covers a private guide for 4 hours, entry to teamLab Planets and a guided walk through Asakusa. You meet at Shin-Toyosu Station and start in the museum, walking barefoot through the water and light works. Then the guide takes you across Tokyo by subway to Asakusa. There you pass under the Kaminarimon gate with its giant red lantern, walk down Nakamise-dori, the shopping street, and reach Senso-ji, which the operator describes as Tokyo's oldest temple, with its five-story pagoda. The tour ends at Asakusa Station, so you can stay on in the area.

• teamLab Planets — About 100 minutes inside, with the guide
• Subway transfer — About 40 minutes from Toyosu to Asakusa
• Asakusa — About 80 minutes: Kaminarimon, Nakamise-dori, Senso-ji

Whether teamLab Planets entry is included

Yes. The listing names "Entrance ticket to teamLab Planets TOKYO" as one of its two inclusions, next to the local guide. Nothing else is listed: no food, and no subway fare between Toyosu and Asakusa, so bring a transit card or cash for it. Inside the museum the usual rules apply: you go barefoot, the water reaches knee height for adults, and lockers and rental shorts are free.

What it costs against buying separately

Buying separately costs from ¥3,800 (about $24) for the adult museum entry at the official Ticket Store, plus your own subway fare. Against $152 for the tour, about $128 pays for 4 hours with a private guide and the route between two areas that are far apart. That is the most of any guided tour here, so the value depends on how much the guiding and the saved planning matter to you. Doing it alone is simple enough with a map; our Asakusa and teamLab Planets day plan covers the order and the transport.

How long it takes

The tour takes 4 hours, split roughly into 100 minutes in the museum, 40 minutes on the subway and 80 minutes in Asakusa. The operator warns that time at each place is limited, since the two sites are far apart. Start times are on the booking calendar. One practical point from the listing: many shops on Nakamise-dori close around 5 PM, so an earlier start leaves more of the street open when you get there.

Who it suits

It suits travellers with only half a day who want both a modern and a traditional side of Tokyo, with someone to handle the subway. Six of the 10 latest reviews name their guide, and one mentions the guide taking photos for the group. It suits people less well if they want long, slow time in either place, or if they are staying near Asakusa and can easily do it alone. Compare it with the other guided options on the teamLab Planets tickets page.