koko
Gets on trains, explores new areas and rarely ends the day where they originally expected.
Curious, active and constantly looking for the next interesting thing. You like Tokyo as a starting point: get on a train, get off somewhere new, and see what happens.
Your four letters
OffbeatDiscovery
Prefers local, niche, unexpected or lesser-known experiences.
The other side is C, Classic.
SpontaneousPlanning
Likes flexibility, improvisation and changing plans.
The other side is P, Planned.
RoamRange
Happy travelling across the city or beyond for something worthwhile.
The other side is N, Near.
Tokyo, for an OSBR
Where to stay
Ueno or anywhere on the Chuo line. Cheap beds, fast trains, no commitments.
The Chuo line, stop by stop
Nakano, Koenji, Kichijoji. Get off wherever looks interesting from the window.
Kamakura and Enoshima
Temples, a beach and an island in one unplanned day.
Kawagoe or Mount Takao
Under an hour out. Decide which one at the station.
What to skip
Booking dinner in advance. You have no idea where you'll be.
Your people, and your problem
MICHIKUSA道草
“The detour is usually the point.”
Michikusa literally means eating the grass by the roadside: what a horse does when it wanders off the route. Michikusa travelers treat the plan as a suggestion and the side street as the destination.
How to travel: Book the bed and almost nothing else. Pick a station you've never heard of, get off, and walk. Tokyo is one of the safest and densest cities on earth to be aimless in.
Not sure this is you?
Two minutes, no wrong answers. Koko works out your four letters and picks places in Tokyo to match.
Take the quiz