Long distance birthday gift for your partner in Tokyo when you are in London

8 long distance gift ideas for your partner in Tokyo

1. A pixel game you can play together over a call Our product

   oin turns your story into a small 2D pixel game with them as the main character, generated from an authorized photo, plus two custom NPCs made from authorized photos with consent. Two letters from you open and close it, a 5-question quiz about your life apart and together rewards flowers for correct answers, and the final level is set in Almaty, Kazakhstan; New York and Tokyo are coming soon. It plays in a browser with no install, is usually emailed within an hour and costs $29.90. See how it works →

2. A booked visit

   A flight or train booking for the next visit, wrapped in a card. It gives both of you a date to look forward to. Around $80-900.

3. A Wi-Fi photo frame

   A frame you can send photos to from your phone, so a new picture appears on their shelf every day. Brands such as Aura and Skylight make them. Around $100-200.

4. A subscription box

   A monthly box of tea, snacks or books sent to their door, so there is something to look forward to every month. Around $20-50.

5. A film night on a call

   Pick a film, press play at the same time and talk through it. Streaming services each have a watch-together option or you can use a screen share. It costs little.

6. A shared playlist

   A playlist where each of you adds a song every week, and you listen to it on a call. It costs nothing.

7. A book for two

   Buy the same book, read a chapter a week and talk about it on a call. An e-book arrives instantly. Around $10-30.

8. A countdown to the next visit

   A shared countdown on your phones, with a small surprise to open at each milestone. It costs nothing.

London to Tokyo: the time difference

Tokyo is about 9 hours ahead of London, so 8 pm in Tokyo is roughly 11 am in London. The gap shifts by an hour for part of the year when the clocks change.

You are on opposite sides of the day, so a call means one of you is up early or late. Choose a weekend and tell them the exact hour in their own time.

What a parcel across the border costs you

A parcel from London to Tokyo crosses a border, so allow one to three weeks and check customs rules for food, liquids and anything with a battery. A digital gift has none of that.

Buying for your partner

Gifts for a partner work when they reflect the way the two of you live. Notice routines, shared jokes and plans you have made together.

If you are unsure of a taste, an experience for two is safer than an object.

If the birthday is tomorrow

Leaving it late is easy to fix: Gift cards, flowers and a personalized game arrive fast, and an oin game is usually emailed within an hour of payment. Add a cake or a card for the table.

Birthdays have a clock, so order anything that ships at least a week ahead and keep the digital gifts for the day itself. A card with a specific memory beats a long message.

Opening it together on a call

Pick a slot when you are both free, send the link and stay on the call while they play. The quiz makes a good conversation, because only the two of you know the answers.

The final level you can play today is set in Almaty, Kazakhstan; a final level in New York or Tokyo is coming soon.