Best Visiting around Tokyo and Surroundings Spot List

Impressive snow at an altitude of 2,000m!

The bridge stretching over the Sumida River was a favorite motif of Ukiyoe artist, Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858) of the end of the Edo period (1600/1603-1868).

It is a romantic park with the view of Yokohama Bay Bridge and passing ships.

This is one of the three greatest commemorative ships in the world. It has been preserved as a symbol of the nation’s pride that attained the victory in the naval battle for defending national independence.

This art museum, which opened its doors in 1983, is out of ordinary among other museums in Tokyo. Located in the middle of the city, the museum harmonizes its art exhibitions, which utilize the former official residence of Asaka-no-miya (a branch of the Japanese Imperial Family) constructed in the early Showa period employing an Art Deco style, and the lushly green garden. After improvement of the old building, and an extension for a gallery and a cafe was added, the museum was re-opened in November 2014. In front of the art museum, there is a wide spread of lawn. You can put down a mat and eat your meal on this lawn.

A bridge built over the Sumida River after World War II with a panoramic view of skyscrapers in Tokyo.

The History of Tsukiji Lives On

This is where Michizane Sugawara, the god of learning and study, is enshrined. You can enjoy flower festivals, too; there are flowers blooming all year round.

A bridge with a beautiful rectilinear design listed in ”100 Views of New Tokyo.”

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

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.

This is an art gallery established in 1926, located in the Meiji Jingu Gaien Park. About 80 masterpieces of Japanese and Western paintings are displayed in chronological order.

Main priests' residence of Senso-ji complex where the Three Buddha Statues of Amitabha are enshrined. The temple also houses ancestral tablets of Tokugawa Shoguns.

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.

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.

Enjoy nature all through the seasons! A whole family can enjoy the day camping and outing by the riverbank.

A wide variety of plays such as kabuki, comedy, modern, and melodramatic shinpa can be enjoyed in the theater. It is also an ideal theater to feel close to the Japanese traditional performing arts.

A Western-style residence commissioned by former Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama. Various flowers such as roses bloom beautifully from season to season.

It is a poetic monument of the Namagumi Incident also known as the Richardson Affair, which took place in 1862, retelling the story of the death of an Englishman.

It's an ideal place for beginner climbers and as a day trip. While slowly climbing the mountain, you can enjoy abundant nature throughout the year.