Matt Hannan · lives in Tokyo
Your ticket to the Tokyo I show my friends
The bars, local spots and manners from 10 years of traveling to Japan and 3 years of living in Tokyo.
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Every guide is open below. The ticket comes with you now and picks up a stamp at each stop.
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Your whole Tokyo trip, sorted
The days, the map and the nights, built from my own spot list. Trip Plans and Map Packs open the moment you order.
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Tokyo Trip Plans
Two ready-made Tokyo plans, one for a first trip and one for when you've been before, laid out day by day for 3, 5 or 7 days. Every stop opens in Google Maps.
$29
Get Tokyo Trip PlansReady the moment you order. Your order email has the link to open it, on your phone or laptop.
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Tokyo Map Packs
My spots sorted into packs by type and neighborhood, so wherever you are you can see what's near you. Every spot opens in Google Maps.
$19
Get Tokyo Map PacksReady the moment you order. Your order email has the link to open it, on your phone or laptop.
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Tokyo Night Rules
How Tokyo nights actually work, the bars I go to, and how not to get ripped off. The first chapter opens the moment you order.
$37 until Tue 15 Dec, then $47
Get Tokyo Night RulesPre-order. I'm finishing it now and it opens in your library by Tuesday 15 December 2026. If it isn't there by then, I refund you in full. You don't have to ask.
All three in one
The Tokyo Pack
Your whole Tokyo trip, sorted: the days, the map and the nights. My Trip Plans, Map Packs and Tokyo Night Rules, all in one.
$67
Get The Tokyo PackPre-order. Trip Plans, Map Packs and the first Night Rules chapter are ready the moment you order, and your order email has the link. The rest of Night Rules arrives by Tuesday 15 December 2026. If it isn't there by then, you get a full refund for the whole pack. You don't have to ask.
Right now I can only sell this outside the EU and the UK. If that's you, I'm sorry. I'll email the list when that changes.
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Every free guide · open the moment you claim
Free guides
Don't Fly to Japan Without This
The stuff nobody tells you until you've already wasted money figuring it out. eSIM, cash strategy, apps, packing.
The Optimal First Trip to Tokyo
Bars, local spots, manners, and zero tourist shit. Everything I wish someone handed me before my first trip.
Tokyo Neighborhoods Guide
Where to actually go vs where every blog tells you to go. Google Maps links included.
The Unwritten Rules of Japan
Eight social customs, invitations, small favors, and useful Japanese.
Japanese Manners Cheat Sheet
For real chillers only. The moves that actually matter so you don't embarrass yourself.
Japanese Slang Cheat Sheet
20 words and phrases you’ll hear in conversation, dating talk and the comments. Romaji, meanings and examples.
Tokyo Golf Guide
The complete guide to a legendary golf day with the boys. I promise this will ruin golf everywhere else.
Japanese Fashion
What makes it so distinctive: silhouette, material, craft, community and curation, plus a reading list and the Casanova Vintage documentary.
Next stop · your trip plan
Your trip plan
My ready-made 3, 5 and 7-day Tokyo plans are ready now for $29. A plan built around your own dates is coming next. Tell me when you're going and I'll email you when it opens.
See my trip plans →Where the ticket goes · 5 stops
Five stops, five stamps
Your ticket picks up a red stamp at each stop, like the ink stamps Japanese train stations keep for travelers. Get all five and the stub tears off, so you keep the half with your name on it.
- Your free guidesThe bars, the local spots and the manners stuff.Stamp: 案内 annai, “guide”
- Your trip planReady-made 3, 5 and 7-day plans. $29.Stamp: 旅 tabi, “journey”
- NeighborhoodsNakano, Shimokitazawa and more on the way.Stamp: 街 machi, “town”
- NakanoMy #1 neighborhood, 4 min from Shinjuku.Stamp: 中野 Nakano, the place name
- Tokyo BibleStill being written. Join the waitlist.Stamp: 本 hon, “book”
From the gang
People who used the guides
They used these guides in Tokyo and came back to tell me.
"I really enjoyed the bar suggestions… the highlight was Music Bar in Shibuya, I would never find it without your guide :D Place is lit"
"Because of matt we're staying in Nakano, eating at tiny izakayas in the backstreets, celebrated our 1-year wedding anniversary at Grandfather's."
"Matt's guide helped me finding great authentic spots in Tokyo. It was super useful saving the spots on Google Maps to help me walking around Tokyo."
"We discovered The Bellwood from matt's guide. It was a great experience."
"I went to the thrift shops and coffee places matt recommended - the trip was absolutely incredible."
"I used matt's guides to help build my own japan itinerary for me and my friends."
"I really loved reading all those helpful sheets you made. They are a valuable piece of my trip preparation… a big plus are your Tokyo bar recommendations as I usually avoid the hyped places to find the normal life."
Thinking about staying longer?
Make the move to Japan.
Your move worked out around your budget, with schools, housing and emails ready to use. Then make the most of your first month in Tokyo: eat cheaply, meet people and go on dates.
See the Japan Move Plan $9.99 once → Or use the free guide →The Tokyo Bible
The guides above cover the basics. This is everything else: scams to avoid, budget breakdowns by the yen, a Google Maps layer you load on your phone and just walk, daily cheat sheets and my own rotation of spots.
Preview & join the waitlistPreview the guide and sign up to hear when it’s live. No charge now.
10 years of traveling to Japan and 3 years of living in Tokyo, and here's what I learned: everyone recommends the same 10 places and everyone shows up to the same 10 places. I've spent years farming the most unique and interesting experiences in this city - and I've laid them all out in these guides because I want you to have the same life-changing experience in Tokyo that I first had that made me want to move here.
- Matt