Travelling to Tokyo next month... suggestions of places to visit?

Hello, everyone! It's me, the crazy paraguayan resurrecting an old 308 GTBi: http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/308-328/359739-chassis-37313-resurrection-308-gtbi.html

Anyways, I'll be visiting Tokyo next month, as part of a business trip, and I'd love to visit some car museums/collections in the city; I've heard that the Matsuda collection is quite interesting... can anyone offer some insight?

Any tip will be appreciated!

 

Nice suggestion! I'll try to squeeze that one in the schedule! ;-)

 

Anybody ever heard about this place?

Motorcar Museum of Japan

Looks promissing!

EDIT:

Forget about it, it's on the other side of the island, sadly :-( Just looked it up on Google Maps

 

Dale, Nick; te aviso de lo que consiga!

Saludos,

Daniel

 

Hello everyone!

Well, sad to report that the Matsuda Collection is nowhere to be found... I also inquired about the Abarth Museum, but nobody knew anything about it as well.

Car-wise, Odaiba is the best choice; the Megaweb Toyota store is amazing, lots to see and do... even test-drive some cars and race on kartings (sadly, I didn't get to try the kartings as I was with a rather large group and had to "go with the flow" with their planned activities)

History Garage is excellent! The quality of the displays and the level of the cars shown there is superb! Highly recommended! And there's a very neat "automobilia" store downstairs where you can find... well, almost anything you want for your garage, or your scale-model collection. Prices are high, though... if you look most of the ítems on other stores, you might find better deals.

Brian; your suggestion for the Tamiya Plamodel Factory was right on the spot! Not only did I find an elusive model for my scale car collection (Senna's McLaren MP4/7) but the dioramas and models shown are VERY impressive! A must-see, really.

I must conclude, however, that Tokyo is not THE best place for car-freaks. Sure, there are many amazing cars on the streets... I've been passed by a caravan of 4 Aventadors one time (not enough time to get my camera ready, sadly) and was able to spot a Porsche 918 and a Gallardo on the streets of Ginza, but there aren't places "devoted" to car enthusiasts. I've been told that on the weekends, Ropongi is where the car-scene develops... but I've been here on weekdays, and there really wasn't much to see.

On the other hand, there's like a million interesting places to get to know... all of them very extense. If you plan to go shopping, the Ueno market is the place to go for toys, clothing... even for sex toys! If technology and electronics are your theme, then Akihabara is a must-go. For expesive stuff, like Prada, Dior, Tiffany's and sorts... then Ginza. The Tokyo Skytree is an amazing place... highest place in Tokyo, unless you're taking a helicopter! The Aquarium underneath is very interesting, and the Ueno Zoo is pretty nice as well.

Anyways, still wasn't able to download all the pictures to my computer, I'll do that as I return to Paraguay. In the meantime, I'll be in Tokyo until Wednesday, and plan to do some shopping still...