Plan My Japan review: how its Odaiba guide holds up

Plan My Japan is one of the independent guides you’ll find when searching for things to do in Odaiba. It’s run by two people: Caroline, a designer and photographer, and Neil, who has spent 18 years in travel marketing. Its Odaiba article, “30 Things To Do”, is long, readable and written from a traveller’s point of view.

We compete with it for the same searches, so read this review with that in mind. We’ve tried to be specific about what it does well as well as where it has fallen behind.

How the site works

Plan My Japan is open about how it earns money. Its About page lists sponsored posts, press trips, social campaigns, Amazon Associates and affiliate links, and the Odaiba article carries an affiliate disclosure. We make money the same way, through Klook and GetYourGuide commissions, so we see no problem with that model as long as it is disclosed.

The Odaiba article links to a wide spread of brands: Klook, Viator, GetYourGuide, KKday, Trip.com, Booking.com, Agoda, Expedia, Stay22, Airalo and Discover Cars. That covers tickets, hotels, eSIMs and car hire in one place.

What it does well

Several ticket sellers side by side. Linking Klook, Viator, GetYourGuide and KKday lets you compare sellers without leaving the article. For readers who already have a favourite platform, that is convenient.

Trip planning beyond tickets. Hotel, eSIM and car-hire links make it a one-stop page for someone planning a first Japan trip.

A long list. Thirty items give you plenty to choose from, which suits a first read when you don’t yet know what interests you.

Honest disclosure. The affiliate notice is on the article itself, not buried elsewhere on the site.

What changed after its last update

The Odaiba article was last updated on 15 January 2026. Odaiba has changed a lot since then. Here is what happened after that date, as a checklist to read alongside any guide from before it:

We are not saying the article gets each of these wrong. It was written before they happened, so it can’t cover them. The one we checked directly is the Gundam statue.

The Unicorn Gundam gap

Plan My Japan’s article still gives show times for the life-size Unicorn Gundam statue outside DiverCity Tokyo Plaza. Those times were correct when the article was last updated. The statue had been on show since September 2017, the farewell ceremony took place on 29 August 2026, and the display ended on 31 August 2026. No replacement has been announced for the plaza.

This is an easy gap to fall into. The statue was one of Odaiba’s best-known sights for almost nine years, and an article updated in January had no reason to expect it to go. For a reader arriving at DiverCity expecting a transformation show, though, it matters. We’d expect the article to be corrected at its next update.

What is still there:

• THE GUNDAM BASE TOKYO, DiverCity 7F. Free entry, hours following the mall (10:00–21:00). On weekends, holidays and new-kit release days, entry may need a web numbered ticket or a lottery, so check the official notice page first.
• Unko Museum, DiverCity 2F, a paid photo museum that suits children.
• New Gundam Base branches are announced for Shibuya (November 2026) and Osaka (February 2027), neither of them in Odaiba.

Our Gundam Base page covers the visit in detail.

Three more to recheck

Miraikan is closed from 1 October 2026 to 22 April 2027 and reopens on 23 April 2027. Any guide that recommends it as a rainy-day stop is out of date for that period. ASIMO demonstrations ended in March 2022, so don’t plan around the robot even after it reopens. Details are on our Miraikan page.

Tokyo Aqua Symphony opened on 28 March 2026 and is free. It is a fountain about 170 m offshore in Odaiba Marine Park, 3 minutes from Daiba station, with shows running from mid-afternoon into the evening. No reservation is needed. A guide from before March 2026 can’t include it, so if you’re planning a sunset on the beach, add it yourself.

The water bus from Asakusa. Two operators used to sail to Odaiba. Tokyo Mizube Line has been suspended since 19 January 2026, four days after the article’s last update, and no restart had been announced when we checked. Tokyo Cruise still runs from Asakusa to Odaiba Seaside Park, about 50 minutes on Himiko, for ¥2,000 per adult one way. If a guide suggests a water bus, make sure it’s one that is sailing. Our getting there guide has the details.

Using Plan My Japan alongside us

Read Plan My Japan for its personal tone and for planning the rest of a Japan trip: hotels, eSIM, car hire. For Odaiba itself, check the list against our closed attractions page and our things to do guide, which carry dates for every opening and closure.

If a ticket is on both sites, the seller is the product, not the guide. A Klook ticket is the same Klook ticket whichever site you clicked through. What matters is whether the attraction is open on your date. For a comparison with a larger, corporate-backed guide, see our LIVE JAPAN review.

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