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Dick Locke wrote:

The train takes only an hour, and puts him pretty much where he wants
to be in Tokyo (if I were him, I'd take Keisei Skyliner to Ueno).

I second that. It's in an older and more picturesque part of Tokyo.
Just north of the station is the national art gallery, sitting in a
nice park. Take the Ginza line subway a few stops east and you're in
Asakusa, home of the major tourist attraction temple.

Or, better yet, walk all the way through Ueno Park to Yanaka and the
old neighborhoods near the Sendagi station to get a taste of old Tokyo.
Quieter and less touristy than Asakusa, plenty of temples, fairly
authentic if you are into authentic-Japan stuff. Good tsukudani to
smuggle home. In any case, anything in Tokyo would be better than
marinating one's brains in the duty-free shop for 9 hours.

If you take the Keisei limited express (learn the Japanese characters
for "Limited Express") it's about a quarter the price of the Skyliner
and you get a slice of real Tokyo life during the trip.

I haven't taken the Limited in quite some time, but I think it's Y1000
vs. Y1920 for the Skyliner.