11 best things to do at Haneda Airport Garden, the new lifestyle complex at Haneda T3

Izumi Tenku no Yu is a 24-hour spa directly connected to Haneda Airport Terminal 3, featuring around a dozen hot springs and baths. Relax in the outdoor bath while watching planes come and go, and even catch a glimpse of Mt Fuji on clear days. There are also plenty of couches and reclining chairs, plus dry, steam and stone saunas. 

It costs ¥4,800 for adults (¥4,000 between 1am to 5am) and ¥2,000 for primary school students and under. The admission fee includes a face towel, bath towel and access to the entire facility. Those staying at Hotel Villa Fontine receive a ¥2,000 discount (¥1,000 for children).

Do note that baths are not available between 10am to 1pm daily, and that hotel guests have priority entering Izumi Tenku no Yu if the facility reaches capacity.

Enjoy one last filling meal before you fly out of Tokyo at Japan Loves Curry. This space actually houses two curry restaurants: Kanazawa-born chain Go Go Curry and Pakistani venue Siddique.

Go Go Curry’s most popular dish is the sirloin steak curry (¥2,400) served over white rice and with a side of shredded cabbage. Siddique, meanwhile, is well known for its vegetarian saag paneer (¥1,200), chicken biriyani (¥1,200) and kebab curry rice (¥1,100), which are all halal certified.

Japanese Tea Kimikura from Shizuoka prefecture sells a wide selection of tea leaves, teaware and antique tableware. The Haneda-exclusive Art Print Package Teabag Collection makes for a nice souvenir; it's available in six flavours including matcha and hojicha. You’ll also find rare selections of tokoname and nabeshima pottery teapots and teacups as well. 

Fukui Yougasa has been selling handmade umbrellas since 1972 in Fukui prefecture and stocks an impressive range at this store. You can choose from six kinds of products including a compact umbrella that easily fits in a handbag, parasols that protect you from UV rays and a completely water-resistant umbrella that doesn’t collect raindrops.  

Customisation is also possible. You can pick out your favourite fabric, colour, design, size, handle and even the angle of the canopy to make your own personal umbrella.

Takumi has opened its first physical store inside Haneda Airport selling its popular puzzle sets. Each set comes with a series of pieces designed by Japanese craftsmen, which you can construct into useful boxes, characters, animals, vehicles and even famous landmarks.

There are three main types of puzzles offered depending on the type of material –  the wooden ‘ki-gu-mi’, paper ‘si-gu-mi’ and bamboo ‘wa-gu-mi’. These sets don’t require any additional tools to assemble, but the ‘eugy’ wooden series comes with glue to stick the pieces together.

Ebisu Mamezono confectionery store specialises in kintsuba, a red bean paste block covered in a thin layer of batter made with flour and water. The kintsuba here have flavours infused into the batter and are sweetened with sudaki cane sugar.

You’ll find traditional Japanese flavours like black bean, matcha, sweet potato and black sugar, as well as more Western flavours like double chocolate and rum raisin. 

Keep an eye out for seasonal offerings like cherry, chocolate orange, blueberry, chocolate banana, muscat grape and coffee as well. While this sweet treat pairs well with a warm cup of green tea, it also goes nicely with sake.

The wrapping paper featuring Mt Fuji and cherry blossoms are designed by Morio Nakajima, a bathhouse muralist. After you eat your kintsuba, you can use the wrapper to make origami paper cranes. 

Long-established tableware store Kichijoji Kikuya has been selling traditional Japanese glassware, lacquerware and kitchen sundries since 1949. Here you’ll find beautiful rice bowls, cups, saucers and sake sets with intricate Japanese illustrations of cherry blossoms and Mt Fuji. There are also traditional regional crafts like Nanbu tekki teapots, iron kettles and Arita-yaki porcelain pottery.

It can be quite pricey shopping here, but there are budget-friendly gifts in the form of chopstick rests and manekineko (beckoning cat) figurines.

This Edo-themed Oedo Food Hall is the place to enjoy your favourite Japanese food before you fly out. There’s a mouthwatering array of options including cold soba noodles with shrimp tempura, kaisendon (sashimi over rice) with generous slices of tuna sashimi, shoyu (soy sauce) ramen, and a 100 percent beef hamburg steak with grated daikon. You won’t leave Japan feeling hungry.

Tobi-Bito Sweets Tokyo don't just offer souvenirs from Tokyo. Here you’ll find KitKat, Hi-Chew candy, rice crackers and all sorts of other regional snacks from around Japan. 

You can even get a range of goods licensed by Tokyo National Museum, including postcards, folders and other stationery items. But we highly recommend getting the shrimp crackers and cookies printed with ukiyo-e artworks by Japanese artists Utagawa Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai, or the kompeito (Japanese sugar candy) and chocolates in artistic packaging.

The socks at Ande Tokyo are handcrafted in Japan using linen yarn and Mino Japanese washi paper yarn. This paper yarn is known for being tough, waterproof and for having antibacterial properties. It’s also much lighter compared to cotton and provides good ventilation for the feet. 

The socks come in different lengths ranging from ankle socks to those that go up to your calves. You can choose a simple mono-colour that goes with just about any outfit, or pick something with a funky design. 

The red and white packaging features the Japanese flag and is made entirely with recycled paper, making a pair of these socks a perfect souvenir from your trip.

Hotel Villa Fontaine at Haneda Airport is separated into two different sections. The Grand Hotel has several types of Western and Japanese-style rooms, plus wheelchair-accessible options. What’s more, this hotel has a rooftop hot spring with panoramic views of the city.

The Premia Hotel, on the other hand, has 160 guest rooms that come in six different types. It’s conveniently connected to Terminal 3 and you can enter the hotel with your baggage carts. The hotel also has two restaurants and a bar with views of the Tama River.