Best Landmarks around Tokyo and Surroundings Spot List

Yamate 234 Ban-Kan, or the Yamate #234 Residence, is a Western-style mansion that served as an apartment building for foreign residents. The panel exhibits displayed on the first floor tell the history of the building.

Experience the history of Japan's nostalgic railways and the serene, beautiful ambiance of a mountain castle town.

View the spring cherry blossoms in full bloom from the Azuma-bashi bridge, or board the Waterbus for some sightseeing along the Sumida river.

Purported to be the most beautiful of all bridges on the Sumida River. Characterized by its elegant silhouette.

The gateway to Chichibu, where timeless Japanese scenery awaits just 80 minutes from Ikebukuro Station in central Tokyo.

The Moyai statue is well-known as a meeting place at the Shibuya Station. It is a unique stone sculpture that has different faces carved on the front and the back.

The skyscraper that stands 296 meters high. It's a spot full of attractions such as a large panorama that spreads from the observation floor on the 69th floor and shopping!

Your base for sightseeing in Kanazawa, a place packed with traditional crafts, delicious cuisine, and history.

Okinawa's maritime gateway, where many cruise ships dock. A shuttle bus trial currently runs from the port to the Naha city center.

A meeting place in Nishi-Shinjuku. A symbol of Shinjuku i-LAND and its message of love.

A convenient gateway to Shizuoka’s nature and cuisine, with close-up views of Mt. Fuji.

Newly renovated in 2002, it is an international passenger terminal that Japan boasts about to the world.

The ideal starting point for Mt. Fuji sightseeing and for enjoying historic landmarks and majestic views.

The Statue of Liberty in the Odaiba area is a replica molded from the Statue of Liberty in Paris, France.

This is the site where the revenge of the 47 Ronin (Ako-roshi) took place. On the same property is Matsuzaka-inari shrine, which enshrines Kira and the well said to have been used to clean his head.

Hikawa Maru, an ocean liner of Nippon Yusen (NYK Line or Japan Mail Shipping Line), is one of the historical cargo-passenger ships and was built in 1930 for the purpose of running a regular route to Seattle. Today, the liner is open to the public and the visitors can enter the guestroom, the dining room, wheelhouse, the engine room, and other areas.

Your base for sightseeing in Shodoshima Island, famous for its Setouchi art, olives, and soy sauce.

The bridge is called Kuramae (”front of warehouse”) since rice was stored in the area during the Edo period. Painted in bright yellow, the bridge reminds us of rice grains.

This chime keeps telling time and is a symbol of Kawagoe, a warehouse town brimming with Edo-era atmosphere.

It is a stone statue of an owl that was made into a landmark in the yard of the Ikebukuro Station when the JR (Japan Railways) was launched.