If you even remotely like Japanese ramen, this is a MUST VISIT!
Go to the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum and eat ALL THE THINGS!
http://www.raumen.co.jp/english/
For a small entrance fee of about USD 3.00 you can go to all the different ramen shops and sample a ton of diferrent kinds of ramen! You even get same-day re-entry! Need to take a break from stuffing your face full of noodles? You can! Come back later to resume the face stuffing!
While some people call this place a tourist trap, I call it a version of heaven. The whole restaurant area is made to look like 1950s Japan, there are store fronts and pathways that look like Japan did 60 years ago. Each one of the small restaurants has its own ramen it specializes in and all have various language menus near their food ticket vending machines. If you don't want to get a regular size bowl of ramen, you can get a small portion at each of the shops so you have room to sample them all! There is a requirement that each adult order at least one serving at each restaurant (it can be the small bowl version). There may be a line for some of the more popular restaurants but I don't remember waiting longer than about 15-20 minutes. Some tour buses do have this museum as a stop so it may be best to visit between meal times to avoid long lines. I'll let the video and photos speak for themselves, enjoy!
After the ramen museum, a walk around Yoyogi park. The park is quite large and not all paths are labeled frequently so, I recommend walking around there when you have some time:
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Time for sushi for dinner! This is an on-call sushi conveyor restaurant that I've enjoyed a few times when in Tokyo. You can order up to 3 plates at a time and it comes out on 3 different conveyor rail levels as seen in the picture below the ordering screen. The prices are very reasonable with most plates costing around USD 1.00!
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