15 minutes airborne· 3 seats· Loop flight, lands where it took off
Skytree by day · 15 minutes above Tokyo
How would you like to fly?
Fifteen daylight minutes from Tokyo Heliport, flown north up the Sumida river towards Tokyo Skytree before turning back over the bay. The tower reads very differently from the air than from its observation deck — you see how far it stands above everything around it, with Asakusa, the old low-rise wards and the river bends spread out below. Three seats, one private cabin, and enough time for the photographs the 10-minute flight does not give you.
What this flight gives you
- Tokyo Skytree from the air, plus the Sumida river and Asakusa
- Departs Tokyo Heliport in Shin-Kiba and returns to the same pad
- Private charter for up to 3 passengers
- Daylight flight — readable ground detail and workable light for photos
- 15 minutes airborne; allow extra time on site for check-in and the safety briefing
✓ Who this suits
Photographers, first visits to Tokyo, and anyone who wants Skytree to be the clear subject of the flight rather than one landmark among many.
✕ Who this is not for — read before you pay
Daytime only, so there are no city lights and no illuminated towers. The route stays over the eastern half of the city — Shinjuku, Shibuya and Tokyo Tower are not on it. Mt. Fuji is not part of this flight and would appear only on unusually clear days, if at all.
- minutes airborne
- 15
- seats
- 3
- On the route
- Tokyo Skytree · Sumida river · Tokyo Bay
- Aircraft
- The aircraft type may change from day to day because of high demand. Seats, flight time and price stay as booked.
Flight course & highlights
- Tokyo Skytree
- Sumida river
- Tokyo Bay
The line on this map is a guide, not a promise. On the day, the pilot may change the route with the wind direction and air-traffic control instructions, so sights can come in a different order or from a different angle. Around Tokyo Bay, one common reason is keeping clear of Haneda Airport's approach paths.
🧭 About the route: Haneda Airport has opened new flight paths, so the sightseeing route may change with the wind direction on the day. The landmarks you see may come in a different order or from a different angle than described.
Flight conditions — read before you book
⚖️ Weight limits on this flight
120 kg/ per person220 kg· Combined weight (3 seats)
🧳 Luggage: The weight limit includes luggage. There is no baggage compartment on board; bags can only be held on your lap.
🌧️ Bad weather: when the operator decides and tells you
- Departure time 09:00–12:00
- Email decision by 18:00, the evening before
- Departure time 12:30+
- Email decision by 10:00, on the day of the flight
- Departure time 16:30+
- Email decision by 15:00, on the day of the flight
☁️ Flights still go ahead in cloudy weather when the pilot judges it safe. Only weather that makes flying unsafe cancels a flight.
🧾 Cancelling yourself: fee by notice given
- 8 to 10 days before the flight
- 20% Fee
- 2 to 7 days before the flight
- 30% Fee
- The day before the flight
- 40% Fee
- On the day of the flight
- 50% Fee
- After the flight has started, or no-show without notice
- 100% Fee
- 🌧️ Cancelled for bad weather (the operator's call): 100% refund, or a free move to another date
- 100%
🚁 Aircraft: The aircraft type may change from day to day because of high demand. Seats, flight time and price stay as booked.
- The whole aircraft is yours
- Unless a product says it is sold by the seat, you charter the whole helicopter: nobody in the cabin but your party and the pilot. We show a per-person figure so you can compare, but what you actually pay is for the flight — fly with fewer people than there are seats and the charter price does not drop, so the real per-person cost rises above the figure on the card.
- Weight and balance
- Each seat carries up to 120 kg. Total passenger weight is capped at 220 kg on a three-seat helicopter and 330 kg on a five-seat one. This is not paperwork: the pilot works out the aircraft's centre of gravity from exactly these numbers, which is why we ask every passenger for a real weight at booking. Understate it by a few kilos and the flight is cancelled at the pad.
- Cancelled or delayed by weather
- The weather decides the flight, and the decision reaches your inbox at a fixed hour: departures between 09:00 and 12:00 are settled by 18:00 the evening before; departures from 12:30 by 10:00 on the day; departures from 16:30 by 15:00 on the day. If weather cancels the flight you choose between a full refund and a free move to another date. Nobody keeps your money.
- Changing the date yourself
- Give us four days' notice or more and you may move the date once, free. Inside three days a change counts as a cancellation and the cancellation fee applies — not out of strictness, but because by then the aircraft and the pilot are held for your flight and cannot be sold to anyone else.
- Insurance
- Every flight already includes third-party liability cover and passenger cover, held in the operator's name. There is nothing extra to buy in order to fly.
- What we need when you book
- For every passenger the operator needs three things before departure: the full name exactly as printed on your ID, your nationality, and your exact weight in kilograms. Miss one of the three and the pilot cannot complete the load sheet, which means the flight is not cleared to take off.
- Passport number — we never ask for it on this site
- The booking form has no field for a passport number, and we do not write one into our order file. That is deliberate: the order file is a text log on a server, not a place to keep identity-document numbers. The operator does need the number before you fly — once your booking is in, we contact each traveller privately and collect it through a secure channel.
Departs from
Tokyo Heliport
4-7-28 Shin-Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo — 5 minutes by car from Shin-Kiba station
🚉 Getting there: Nearest station: Shin-Kiba (JR Keiyo Line, Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line, Rinkai Line). From the station it is about 5 minutes by taxi or bus. Postal code 136-0082. Directions to the heliport entrance are sent after your booking is complete.
📍 Open in Google Maps →Arrive before your flight at the time stated in the confirmation for the passenger weigh-in and safety briefing.
Private charter — the cabin is never shared with strangers
Add-ons you can choose when booking
Booked alongside the flight — write it in the message box and we confirm the final price before taking payment.
A bouquet of 108 roses for the proposal
¥210,000
A hundred and eight roses, made up and delivered to the helipad at the moment you choose — handed over before boarding, or waiting when you land.
Terms: Order at least 3 days ahead. Flowers cannot be arranged for a flight tomorrow.
A large or seasonal bouquet
¥14,000 – ¥42,000
A seasonal bouquet, with the size and the flowers up to you — which is what the price range reflects.
Terms: Cannot be arranged for a flight the next day. Order together with the flight, as early as you can.
Alphard transfer between the city and the helipad
¥49,000
An OlaChill driver collects you at your hotel, runs you to the helipad and waits to bring you back.
Terms: Cancelling the car after 18:00 on the day before the flight: the transfer is not refunded. If the flight itself is cancelled for weather, the transfer is refunded in full.
A private photographer with you, before and after the flight
¥15,000
Video of the day, edited into a short film
¥15,000
👥 Group bookings
More people than one aircraft can seat? Message us on LINE or WhatsApp. Depending on availability, several aircraft can be scheduled in the same time slot so the whole group flies close together.
💳 Payment
Pay by international card (Visa, Mastercard, JCB) or by bank transfer / QR code. Charged in Japanese yen; the currency switch on this page is for reference at today's rate only. No payment is taken at the heliport.
Who runs this trip, and on what terms
- Minimum passengers
- 1
- seats
- 3
This trip is arranged and booked by MIA Co., Ltd. (MIA株式会社), a company registered in Osaka, Japan. The flight itself is operated by a licensed Japanese helicopter operator, with the pilot and liability insurance in that operator's name. Confirmation, pre-flight support and same-day support in multiple languages are handled by OlaChill.
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