Our Tokyo babymoon would not have been complete without this tour on our first full day in the city. Our Japanese friend, Y, suggested a tour with Hatobus because he’d brought out-of-town friends on it before. After searching through their tour options, I decided on the full-day Dynamic Tokyo Tour for 12,000 Yen.

We visited the Tokyo Tower where Wen was fascinated by the mascot; the Tokyo Banana, and saw a foggy outline of Mt. Fuji which our tour guide promptly told us is a one in ten chance of seeing. Our tour continued to the Happo-en garden where we learned about the intricacies of a traditional tea ceremony, including turning the side of the cup with the flower design away from the mouth when sipping the tea.

The rest of the tour was pretty much as described on their website, although I felt cheated on the “Imperial Palace Nijubashi Bridge” portion. We walked about five to ten minutes just to take a photo outside the bridge when I would have rather used the time to walk around Senso-Ji Temple and Nakamise Street more leisurely.

But the best part of the tour was connecting with another couple from the Bay Area who were in Tokyo for their honeymoon. We exchanged email addresses and hopefully someday will reconnect again over good food.