Here is a listing of some of the more “unusual” places to visit on your trip to Tokyo.
Meguro Parasite Museum
The Parasite Museum in Meguro is probably better visited before lunch. The museum features over 300 species including a mammoth 30 foot tape worm was found in the stomach of an unsuspecting man.
Address: 4-1-1 Shimomeguro Tel: 3716-1264
Hours: 10a.m. to 5p.m.
Closed: Mon.(the following day if Monday is a national holiday) and from December 29 to January 4.
Nearest station: Meguro
Admission is free of charge
Capsule Hotels
Unique to Japan, capsule hotels are cheap hotels mostly for Japanese business men who have missed their last train home. The sleeping space is not larger than the size of a coffin, but can sometimes include a small TV. Not for the claustrophobic!
If you would like to experience a night in a capsule hotel, the Capsule Inn Akihabara accepts online bookings. You can stay for more than one night, but you still need to checkout each day at 10 AM. The Capsule Inn Akihabara accepts both men and women.
