Best around Tokyo and Surroundings Spot List

The Railway Museum displays 37 real railway cars and lets you try out rail car operations yourself.

This is a grand-scale building that stands on a corner of the land where the Sakura Castle used to be. The museum's exhibition is presented so that visitors can easily understand Japanese history.

One-stop purchase of popular Japanese products.

A museum located in Ueno Park. Visitors can enjoy a variety of artworks including ones designated as Important Cultural Properties.

A store specializing in nostalgic secondhand games and consoles such as the Super NES.

Zojo-ji is one of the seven Daihonzan (head temples) of Jodo-shu Buddhism and contains many designated Cultural Properties. It is also where the souls of the Tokugawa clan are mourned.

Relax in a guest room brimming with Japanese charm

Fully equipped to accommodate international visitors. Offers cashless payment options, towel rentals, and discount coupons specifically for travelers from abroad.

The Naritasan Shinshoji Temple has attracted many worshipers for more than 1,000 years. There are many assets designated as an Important Cultural Properties on its vast temple grounds.

A multi-purpose complex town with an abundance of greenery

A shopping center operated by Japan Post. A grouping of some 100 stores including specialty shops and restaurants from around the country.

It succeeds in recreating the model of railway trains down to the last detail by utilizing authentic railway technology. The museum of Nobutaro Hara's model railway and his collection.

This is an extensive rock formation where you can view layered rocks that cover the entire area as tatami mats cover the floor. The attraction is located in Nagatoro, Saitama Prefecture. The elevated crystalline schists created by the currents of the Arakawa River are awesome.

This art museum has the longest history in the Hakone area. On the premises, there is a tea ceremony room from which you can enjoy the landscape of each season.

A charming resort hotel with many facilities

An entertainment hall, which holds popular entertainment such as rakugo (traditional Japanese comic storytelling), manzai (comic dialog), rokyoku (traditional reciting) and kodan (vaudeville sotrytelling). One of its appeals is that the audience is up close to the performers.

Experience the Earth. A guest house where children’s talents are cultivated.

Hakone Garasunomori Museum, or the Venetian Glass Museum in Hakone, is the first museum of this kind in Japan. The glass exhibitions that change each season are worth seeing.

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

Spacious condominium-style guestrooms