Best Visiting around Tokyo and Surroundings Spot List

It is a museum where the Japanese maritime history can be learned from videos and valuable displays. The NYK Maritime Museum widely introduces the history of marine vessels along with the history of Nippon Yusen as a company. (NYK stands for Nippon Yusen Kaisha, a shipping company.)

The museum has the ancient Orient as its theme. Visitors can learn about the hunting and gathering life of 5,000 years ago as well as the invention of writing.

Enshrines Heihachiro Togo, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy, who defeated the Baltic Fleet.

Enoshima is an island in Fujisawa City in Kanagawa Prefecture that is connected to the mainland by a bridge. The island has an observation deck, shrines and restaurants. You will enjoy strolling along the entrance path to the shrine.

Hibiya Park is Japan's first modern, Western-style park with a large symbolic fountain. It provides an oasis for the business people who work in the Ginza or Kasumigaseki business districts.

Founded as a private garden and created by notable writers and artists during the Edo period (1603–1868). The garden's biggest draw is its 30-meter tunnel lined with bush clover.

Jindai Botanical Garden, located in Chofu city, boasts 100,000 trees from 4,800 species.

This is an area where you can find all kinds of antique books. There are shops with new books as well.

Yushima Seido is a temple whose traditions as a place of study have been handed down to posterity. It is well-known as the birthplace of modern Japanese education.

Specializing in Nogaku (Noh and Kyogen), a traditional Japanese performing art.

Takarazuka is a revue composed solely of unmarried women, and it has been popular since its first performance in 1914. This theater acts as its base in Tokyo.

Daimyo Tokei Hakubutsu-kan, or Daimyo Clock Museum, is the museum of the Edo period's art and craftwork, daimyo clocks (Japanese clocks), and is located in the popular Yanaka area in the shitamachi (the geographically lower side) of Tokyo.

A charming shitamachi (downtown) shopping street lined with takeout shops, candy shops, izakaya (bars) and more.

This art museum is located in the residential area of Shoto, Shibuya Ward. It features a unique, beautiful facade by architect Seiichi Shirai.

A garden commemorating the discovery of Omori Shell Mounds, the birthplace of Japanese archaeology.

The Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is designated as a National Special Historic Site and Special Place of Scenic Beauty. Highlights of the garden include a lake, a hill, a river, and a pastoral scenery that resembles the scenic beauty from various places in Japan.

This is the third (and oldest existing) underground mall in Japan.

Torikoe Shrine has over 1,360 years of history. It is an old, historical shrine that receives many visitors at its traditional events such as the Tondo Yaki ceremonial burning and the Torikoe Festival.

The Suiten-gu Shrine is a historical shrine where a god of easy child delivery is enshrined and has been widely worshiped since the Edo period (1603-1868).

A Shinto shrine known for Zeniarai Spring, one of five ”remarkable waters” in Kamakura, where it is said that visitors can multiply their money by simply washing it.