Tokyo Go Kart: Asakusa, Skytree, and Akihabara **IDP MUST**

Tokyo has plenty of polished sightseeing, but this is gloriously odd: you drive a real go-kart through city streets dressed as a cartoon character. The route links Asakusa, Akihabara, Tokyo Skytree, Ryogoku, and Nihonbashi, giving you a street-level look at several very different parts of the city.

I like two things here. First, the guide leads the group, so you can focus on traffic, the scenery, and staying with the karts instead of studying a map. Second, the company takes photos during the ride and provides them afterward, along with a hard-copy printed photo. The main drawback is serious: you must bring the correct paper IDP, and not every international driving permit is accepted in Japan.

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