Best Visiting around Tokyo and Surroundings Spot List

A garden which received the Award of Garden Excellence at the 17th World Convention of Rose Societies (2015). It is a garden where you can appreciate 10,000 roses of 1,500 varieties.

The Higashi-yamato Municipal Folk Museum has ”the Sayama Hills and life” as its theme. The museum has a planetarium equipped with a Megastar projector, which casts images of stars.

The Matsuchiyama Shoden Honryu-in Temple close to Senso-ji Temple, is recognized as a ”power spot” by the common people. On this spot they pray for the material benefits in this world. With Y-shaped daikon radishes and kinchaku (Japanese traditional style pouch) people pray for finding a suitable marriage partner and for matrimonial happiness.

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This is a famous spot on the Nikko Kaido, called ”Soka Matsubara” or ”Senbon Matsubara” since the Edo Period.

Located on the former site of Hakone-Rikyu Palace. You can enjoy splendid views of Lake Ashinoko and Mt. Fuji.

A Tokyo Metropolitan Park in Sayama Hills in northwestern Tokyo. You can enjoy the untouched landscapes of forests and fields, the chirping birds and views of the seasons.

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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.

A 670-meter-long shopping street with a variety of small shops.

A museum specializing in nihonga (Japanese paintings) with a collection of about 1,800 works consisting mainly of modern and contemporary Japanese paintings. It holds various special exhibitions as well.

Lake Yamanakako is the largest and highest of the Fuji Five Lakes, and the closest one to Mount Fuji.

You can experience the world of Mitsuo Aida, a poet and calligrapher who emphasized the preciousness of life with his own phrases and unique styles of calligraphy.

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

It has over 5,000 pieces of Japanese and Oriental antique art. The building in the shinden-zukuri aristocratic architectural style (developed between the late 7th to early 11th century) and the Japanese garden are worthy of a viewing.

This museum exhibits academic specimens and research materials owned by the University of Tokyo. It is a museum where brings an academic heritage into creation of a new culture and design.

At Japan Sake and Shochu Information Center , you can look, touch, and experience Japanese sake, authentic shochu, awamori and so on.

Hie-jinja Shrine has a history of more than 600 years. The Sanno Festival, one of the three biggest Japanese festivals, is held in June.

The Science Museum allows people of all ages to see, touch, and experience science. A variety of workshops held every day are also appealing.

Located at the southeastern part of Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture, this food-lover's destination brims with local foods such as fresh tuna and farm vegetables.