Tokyo Joypolis
ExploreJapanDaily Editorial Team · Last updated: August 28, 2026 · Facts verified: August 28, 2026
Visiting Tokyo Joypolis
Tokyo Joypolis is one of Japan's largest indoor amusement parks, featuring virtual reality rides, interactive attractions, and arcade entertainment spread across multiple floors inside the Decks Tokyo Beach shopping complex in Odaiba. Around 20 rides fill three internal floor levels, from a real roller coaster to VR and motion simulators, horror-themed walkthroughs, and licensed-franchise attractions.
Tokyo Joypolis opened to the public on July 12, 1996, as the flagship location of SEGA's Joypolis chain. Every other Japanese Joypolis, including the original 1994 Yokohama location plus Niigata, Fukuoka, Shinjuku, Kyoto, Okayama, and Umeda, closed between 2000 and 2018, making Tokyo the only Joypolis still operating in the country. The park is currently running a 30th Anniversary campaign from July 12, 2026 to July 11, 2027.
Because the whole park is indoors, it works as a reliable rainy-day or evening activity in Odaiba, an area otherwise built around outdoor waterfront attractions. It suits families with children roughly 7 and older who clear the park's height restrictions, and SEGA or anime-franchise fans drawn to licensed attractions like Attack on Titan THE ATTRACTION and HOUSE OF THE DEAD ~SCARLET DAWN~.
Deciding whether to visit largely comes down to two questions: whether your group's children clear the ride height minimums, most of which fall between 110cm and 130cm, and which ticket tier makes sense for how many rides you plan to take. Both are covered in detail below.
Things to Do at Tokyo Joypolis
How to Get to Tokyo Joypolis
Tokyo Joypolis occupies floors 3 to 5 of Decks Tokyo Beach, on the Odaiba waterfront in Minato City, and is reached by two nearby stations on two separate lines.
Odaiba-Kaihinkoen Station is the closer, officially recommended route; Tokyo Teleport Station is a workable alternative.
- •Nearest station: Odaiba-Kaihinkoen Station, Yurikamome Line (about 2 minutes walk)
- •IC cards (Suica, Pasmo, or ICOCA) are accepted on trains, subways, and buses throughout Japan. Tap in and out at every gate.
- •Avoid traveling during rush hour on weekdays: 7am to 9am and 5pm to 8pm. Trains are significantly more crowded.
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Best Time to Visit Tokyo Joypolis
Best time to visit Tokyo Joypolis: Weekday mornings for the shortest lines; weekends and holidays bring noticeably longer queues on headline rides. Weekday mornings are generally quieter than weekends and public holidays.
- •Best time to visit: Weekday mornings for the shortest lines; weekends and holidays bring noticeably longer queues on headline rides
- •Arriving on a weekday morning avoids the largest crowds. Weekends and public holidays are significantly busier.
- •Spring (late March to early May) and autumn (October to November) are the most popular seasons for visiting Tokyo.
- •Golden Week (late April to early May) is the busiest week of the year in Japan. Book accommodation and tickets well in advance.
Entry Fee & Hours
| Category | Price (JPY) | Approx. (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | ¥1,700 | ~$11 |
| Child | ¥1,400 | ~$9 |
| Category | Price (JPY) | Approx. (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | ¥6,000 | ~$40 |
| Child | ¥5,000 | ~$33 |
| Category | Price (JPY) | Approx. (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | ¥5,000 | ~$33 |
| Child | ¥4,000 | ~$27 |
| Category | Price (JPY) | Approx. (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | ¥29,000 | ~$193 |
| Child | ¥24,000 | ~$160 |
Children under 7 and seniors 60+ receive free general admission; rides are billed separately for children in this age group. USD amounts are approximate and change with the exchange rate.
- •The park is wheelchair accessible with elevators, ramps, multi-purpose toilets, and a stroller and wheelchair loan service. Staff support Japanese, English, Chinese (traditional), and Korean.
- •Coin lockers in three sizes are available near the entrance, with a larger-item counter at the information desk for anything that doesn't fit.
- •Before you go: verify current ticket prices, confirm your children's heights against the tallest ride restriction they'll want to try, bring coins or cash for arcade games and UFO catchers, and consider a weekday visit to avoid the longer weekend queues.
- •Restrooms and dining are on-site, though in-park food options are limited; Decks Tokyo Beach's wider restaurant floors offer more choice nearby.
Nearby Attractions
Combine with Tokyo Joypolis on the same day
Odaiba
teamLab Planets
Toyosu Market
Rainbow Bridge
Miraikan
DiverCity Tokyo Plaza
- •Odaiba (Same district, Joypolis is inside Decks Tokyo Beach): Odaiba is a futuristic artificial island in Tokyo Bay offering stunning views of Rainbow Bridge and the skyline, alongside shopping malls, teamLab digital art, and unique attractions.
- •teamLab Planets (Around 15-20 minutes by train): teamLab Planets is an immersive digital art museum in Toyosu where visitors walk barefoot through vast rooms of sensory light, water, and flower installations. It is one of Tokyo's most visually spectacular modern experiences.
- •Toyosu Market (Around 20-25 minutes by train): Toyosu Market is Tokyo's modern wholesale seafood market in Koto, the successor to Tsukiji's wholesale trading and tuna auctions since 2018. Visitors can watch the tuna auction from an observation deck, eat at relocated Tsukiji-area sushi restaurants, and browse the Uogashi Yokocho shops.
- •Rainbow Bridge (Around 10-15 minutes walk): Rainbow Bridge's free pedestrian walkway, the Rainbow Promenade, lets you walk across Tokyo Bay between Shibaura and Odaiba in about 25-40 minutes, choosing a North Route (Tokyo Tower and skyline) or South Route (Tokyo Bay and Odaiba) view.
- •Miraikan (Around 15-20 minutes by train): Miraikan, Tokyo's National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Odaiba, will be fully closed for refurbishment from October 1, 2026 to April 22, 2027. While open, it offers hands-on robotics, AI, and space exhibits centered on the Geo-Cosmos globe.
- •DiverCity Tokyo Plaza (Same district, short walk): DiverCity Tokyo Plaza is a free-to-enter shopping and entertainment complex in Odaiba, Koto, home to Gundam Base Tokyo and, until its confirmed removal on August 31, 2026, the life-size Unicorn Gundam statue. Roughly 150 stores, a food court, Round1 Stadium, and Zepp DiverCity fill its seven retail floors.
Suggested Itinerary
Pair Tokyo Joypolis with these nearby stops for a full day in Odaiba / Minato.
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