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- Home: all seven ways up compared, the direct timed ticket from $17.70, what each option includes, the yen price ladder, the map and the questions people ask before booking.
Ways up the tower
- Direct admission tickets: the timed-entry ticket most people buy, 4.7 across 45,800 reviews from $17.70, plus the version bundled with a 24-hour subway pass at $43.98.
- Guided tours with deck entry: three walks that carry their own reserved admission, $85 to $119, from a two-hour crossing and Hachiko route to a half day through Harajuku and Meiji Shrine. 341 reviews between them.
- Sunset and night entries: the two bookings that hold a golden-hour or after-dark slot for you when the 14-day release has already emptied the calendar, $94 and $98, both cancelling free 24 hours ahead. 144 reviews between them.
Guides
Long-form, evergreen answers on buying, timing, the view and the district. Hub: all guides.
- How to buy, and when the calendar opens: the 14-day release at midnight Japan time, what to do when your date is already inside the window, and the routes that still work.
- What it costs, tier by tier: every price in yen and dollars, online against the counter, the counter-only child ticket, and where a bundled option is actually cheaper.
- Sunset, month by month: what time the sun actually goes down over Tokyo through the year, which slot to aim for and how early to be up there.
- What the deck is really like: the three zones, the escalator ascent, the rooftop corner, how long people stay and what the rules stop you bringing.
- Photography: rules, spots and the shots that work: what is banned at the gate, where the good angles are, and how to shoot the crossing from 229 metres up.
- Shibuya Sky against Tokyo Skytree: height, price, crowd and the view itself, compared honestly, with the case for each.
- Every Tokyo observation deck compared: the paid decks, the free one at the city hall, what each costs and which view you are actually buying.
- Seeing Mount Fuji from Tokyo: the months and hours when it genuinely shows, the weather that hides it, and where to stand.
- Things to do in Shibuya: the district around the tower, mapped by a guide who works it, from the crossing and Hachiko to the streets worth an hour.
Answers
Direct answers to the questions people type before they book, and to the ones they ask afterwards. Hub: all answers.
- Is Shibuya Sky really worth it?
- Is it cheaper to book Shibuya Sky online?
- How long do you usually spend at Shibuya Sky?
- Do you need tickets to Shibuya Sky?
- Is it worth it to go up the Tokyo Skytree?
- Why is Shibuya Crossing so famous?
- What is the Shibuya Scramble Square famous for?
About this site
- About and method: who checks these listings, how the seven were chosen, and the three things this site will not do.
- FAQ: how the site is funded, where the ratings and prices come from, and what happens when the rooftop closes.
- Contact.
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- AI: learn about us: the machine-readable summary.
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