Dark times
When Tokyo Night Falls: What Time It Gets Dark, Month by Month
Sunset moves two and a half hours through the year, from 16:28 in early December to 19:01 at the turn of June and July. What that means for a 5:30pm start.
Tokyo Night Tours Blog
Short answers to the questions people ask before an evening out in Tokyo. When does it get dark? How late is the lit tower open? Planning among Tokyo Night guided tours? The fares sit side by side there.
Start with the dark times if you are choosing a month or a start time, then the lit tower, which is open later than most people expect. The other three go deeper: the car meet on the expressway, the rules in Shinjuku's tiny bar lanes, and how to get back once the trains stop. Longer planning pieces are in the guides.
After dark
The Red Lattice Tower After Dark: Tokyo Night Hours and Lights
The deck stays open until 23:00, with last entry at 22:30, and the lights run from sunset to 22:00. What a night visit costs, and how to fit it round an evening out.
Car culture
The Expressway Car Meet: A Tokyo Night Among the JDM Cars
Why you need a car to get there, what can close it without notice, and what the drives promise and what they leave out.
On foot
The Rules in Shinjuku's Tiny Bar Lanes on a Tokyo Night
Where the camera goes away, why you carry cash, bars with a handful of seats, and how to walk in without a guide.
Getting back
The Last Train Home After a Tokyo Night Out
Trains stop from about 12:30am to 4:30am. How to plan the ride back, and the evenings that drop you at your hotel instead.
The practical answers are in the visitor guide and the FAQs, and every tour is compared on Tokyo Night Tours.