Best Visiting around Tokyo and Surroundings Spot List

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.

Amuse Museum is an art complex where a museum of the textile culture and ukiyoe (paintings of everyday life in the Edo period 1603 – 1868), a select shop of Japanese-style products, and an event hall are combined.

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.

This is a museum where you can learn the aesthetics of the samurai spirit. You can experience being a samurai warrior wearing kabuto (a helmet) and yoroi (an armor) and take commemorative photos as well.

The first large cultural-arts complex in Japan. A creative and sophisticated space packed with culture.

Edo Wonderland is a huge theme park with a realistic simulation of a town from the Edo Period.

The interior, including the stained glass, is kept in the original state. Even today, this historical building is still in use as an academic building of Seisen University.

See a Tree Lined Road Turned into a Tunnel of Light!

The building and garden represent the modern Japanese architecture in a semi-Western style.

A huge mural by Taro Okamoto which was returned from Mexico.

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

Shinjuku Gyoen is one of the few landscape gardens in Japan. The garden is a popular spot where you can enjoy the skillfully arranged gardens as well as historical buildings.

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

It is an art museum in Marunouchi that holds Japanese contemporary art oriented exhibitions.

Enjoy Shopping and Gourmet Food!

Lake Ashinoko is surrounded by the mountains of Hakone. You can go for a drive or take a stroll, and you can also take the Pleasure Cruise to enjoy the splendid view from the lake.

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 exhibits precious fossils of prehistoric life and a large diorama replicated the forests of Saitama. It is a museum where you can learn the 300 million years of the natural history of the prefecture.

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

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).