. yikes, your billfold is bare, but you still need trinkets for a handful of family and friends. no worries. just stop into one of the 100 yen stores found in practically every shopping district in town (the one in shibuya rates 5 floors!) and pick up everything from chopsticks to origami paper for around a u.s. buck apiece.

» loic bizel’s shopping tours, www.tokyofashiontour.com
. fancy yourself a fashionista? french businessman loic bizel is touted worldwide as the guy who can guide you through tokyo’s veiled back alleys to find everything trendy. his full-day tour will cost you a whopping $300 per person or couple, but will also leave you with a list of stores that will have you scouring designer racks for days.

attractions
» ghibli museum, mitaka, www.ghibli-museum.jp. whether or not you’re a fan of japanese anime, the ghibli will soon have colorful cartoon characters dancing in your head. even the tickets (fyi: advanced purchase required) have a trio of film frames embedded in them.

» sanrio puroland, sanrio.co.jp/english/spl/spl.html>www.
sanrio.co.jp/english/spl/spl.html. you might think a hello kitty theme park would be just for kids, but we found, among other things, the cirque du soleil-style show (with performers in kitty costumes) quite amusing.