Full Cost Breakdown | Sakura, Shibuya & Tokyo Nightlife Experience

Tokyo is a city where tradition and futuristic city life beautifully exist side by side. During our Japan trip in Sakura season 2026, we experienced one of the most memorable days of our journey — a full day exploring Tokyo’s iconic train routes, cherry blossoms, vibrant nightlife, anime culture, Japanese food and the electric energy of Shibuya.

This entire experience was captured for our BongInOz Japan Travel Series, completely in Bengali for our audience around the world which you can see at the end of the page.

Starting from Shinagawa Station

Our day started from the beautiful Shinagawa Station, one of Tokyo’s major railway hubs.

We boarded the famous JR Yamanote Line to travel towards Shinjuku.

Train Fare:

• 💳 IC Card Fare: 170 JPY
• 🎫 Paper Ticket Fare: 180 JPY

The trains in Japan are incredibly punctual, clean and quiet. Watching Tokyo slowly wake up through the train windows was a beautiful experience in itself.

Exploring Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden

From Shinjuku, we travelled to the breathtaking Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden — one of the best places in Tokyo to experience Sakura season.

The contrast between busy Tokyo city life and the peaceful Sakura-filled gardens was unbelievable.

Cherry blossoms covered the entire park while people sat under the trees celebrating Hanami with family and friends.

It truly felt magical.

Shinjuku Gyoen Ticket Price

Entry Fee:

• 👨 Adult Ticket: 500 JPY per person

The garden was extremely well maintained with:

• Japanese traditional gardens
• Beautiful lakes
• Sakura viewpoints
• Open picnic areas
• Café & food stalls

Sakura Ice Cream & Snacks Inside the Garden

Near the information desk area inside the park, we tried some delicious Japanese snacks and Sakura-themed food.

🍱 Food Cost:

• 🌸 Sakura Ice Cream × 2
• 🍛 Mackerel Curry Bread
• 🍗 6 pcs Japanese Chicken Nuggets

💴 Total Cost:

2500 JPY

We also separately tried the famous Sakura Ice Cream.

🍦 Sakura Ice Cream Price:

• 💴 600 JPY

The floral flavour combined with Tokyo’s cool spring weather made the experience unforgettable.

Travelling to Shibuya

After spending a peaceful afternoon surrounded by Sakura blossoms, we headed towards the energetic streets of Shibuya.

🚉 Train Route:

Shinjuku-Sanchome → Shibuya
via Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line

🚆 Fare:

• 💳 IC Card: 170 JPY
• 🎫 Paper Ticket: 180 JPY

Visiting the Famous Hachiko Statue

One of the first places we visited in Shibuya was the legendary Hachiko Statue.

Hachiko became famous for waiting at Shibuya Station every day for his owner, even after his owner passed away.

Today, Hachiko represents loyalty and love and has become one of Tokyo’s most iconic landmarks.

Experiencing Shibuya Crossing

Shibuya Crossing is one of the busiest pedestrian crossings in the world.

At night, the giant LED screens, colourful neon lights and the crowd together create a truly cinematic atmosphere.

Tokyo genuinely feels futuristic when standing in the middle of Shibuya at night.

Starbucks Shibuya Experience

We visited the famous Starbucks overlooking Shibuya Crossing.

Watching the crossing from inside Starbucks while enjoying coffee was such a memorable experience.

☕ What We Ordered:

• Hot Mocha with Oat Milk
• Iced Coffee with Skim Milk
• Strawberry Tart
• Croque Monsieur

💴 Total Bill:

2216 JPY

Anime Stores, Figurines & Dream Capsule

Shibuya is paradise for anime and collectible lovers.

We explored:

• Anime figurine stores
• Premium collectible shops
• Capsule toy shops
• Dream Capsule
• Rare figure displays including Astromax collections

The level of detail and creativity in these stores was incredible.

Tokyo Go-Karting Vibes

One of the craziest things we witnessed in Tokyo was people driving go-karts through the neon-lit streets of Shibuya.

Watching the colourful karts moving through Tokyo traffic beneath giant LCD screens felt like something straight out of a sci-fi movie.

Also, we saw another interesting thing which is unique to Japan. Every restaurant has model dishes outside their restaurants enclosed in glass. Although these model dishes are not edible but they look exactly the same as the original dish which gives a great insight to the customers what they are ordering for.

Searching for Authentic Yakitori in Shibuya

As night deepened, we started searching for one of Shibuya’s famous Yakitori restaurants — Tsukada.

The deeper we walked into the small alleys and narrow lanes, the more traditional Japan started revealing itself.

Small lantern-lit restaurants, smoky charcoal grills and cosy izakayas gave us a completely different side of Tokyo.

Incredible Dinner at Tsukada Yakitori

Dinner at Tsukada became one of the highlights of our Japan journey.

🍢 What We Ordered:

• Casual Course (5 Skewers)
• Potato Soup
• Chicken-shaped Rice Crackers
• Cold Sake Pitcher
• Additional Rice Crackers × 2
• 2 Sake Pitchers

Skewers Included:

• Kurisode
• Chicken Tender
• Vegetable Green Skewers
• Chicken Fry (Special)
• Chicken Sukune
• Chicken Thigh

Everything was grilled beautifully over charcoal and paired perfectly with cold sake.

Total Bill at Tsukada:

11200 JPY

The experience, atmosphere and flavours made every yen worth it.

Final Thoughts

This one day in Tokyo showed us so many different sides of Japan.

🌸 Peaceful Sakura gardens
🚆 Efficient train journeys
🌃 Futuristic nightlife
🎮 Anime culture
🍢 Authentic Japanese food
✨ Neon-lit city vibes

Tokyo constantly surprises you.

And perhaps that is exactly what makes Japan so magical.

Watch the Full Video on Bong In Oz

Our entire Tokyo experience is available on our YouTube channel BongInOz — completely in Bengali with detailed train guides, food exploration, travel tips and cinematic visuals from Japan .

If you would also like to read and watch our experience of Mount Fuji, please visit https://bonginoz.com/beautiful-mount-fuji-during-sakura-season/