Best Visiting around Tokyo and Surroundings Spot List

This is an auspicious shrine because of the kanji characters that are used for writing its name Hodosan can also be read as ”climbing a mountain of treasures.” The deities who protect people from fire, thefts, and other disasters are enshrined there.

The museum houses 900 drums, including Japanese drums and others from all over the world. Visitors can touch and play the drums.

A unique hexagon-shaped art museum that houses some 2,000 ceramics, Japanese lacquerwares, and tea kettles.

This is a mansion built by Masatomo Hotta (1851－1911), the last feudal lord of the Sakura Domain. The residence is designated a National Important Cultural Property and the garden a National Place of Scenic Beauty.

An indoor theme park where you can meet Sanrio characters such as Hello Kitty.

It is the palace where the generations of Emperors and Empresses of Japan have lived starting in the Meiji era (1868-1912) to this day. You can visit the palace site as long as you obtain prior permission.

It is a 106-meter-long zenpo-koen-fun that is a mound shaped like a keyhole. This tumulus is the largest in Tokyo and is said to have been built in the 5th century.

Observe how sturdy silk fabrics are produced

This is a psyllium penlight-specialized store that is located in the New Akihabara Center building. This shop displays and sells official, unedited photos of media idols.

A house built in late Taisho era, after the Great Kanto Earthquake, as a residence for foreigners.

Lake Kawaguchiko is known for offering the one of the best views of the beautifully symmetrical Mount Fuji.

Foreign Visitors WELCOME! SENTO. This establishment warmly welcomes international tourists.

A unique back street of Akihabara Electric Town, full of stores selling PC peripherals.

A soto-zen Buddhist temple, better known as Toyokawa Inari, which had been worshiped by both the mighty warriors of each era and common people of Edo-Tokyo. You can make a pilgrimage to the seven lucky gods and enjoy viewing lit paper lanterns.

An open-air museum where historical buildings having high cultural value are restored and displayed on a large site.

A museum that displays precious references to sumo wrestling — a form of traditional culture dating to the era of Japanese myths.

A complex with a tree-like architecture combining public and private facilities.

Yushima-tenjin enshrines Amenotajikarao-no-mikoto, the god of better fortune and sports, and Michizane Sugawara, the god of learning and study. A number of famed scholars and writers visit this shrine.

Experience the Oku-Nikko loved by Sir Ernest Mason Satow

This museum owns over 38,000 artifacts relating to the culture and history of tobacco and salt both from Japan and overseas.