Best 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.

Set in a relaxing atmosphere reserved for adults where a peaceful stay can be enjoyed all year round, this inn also boasts cuisine offered to you from an open kitchen.

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.

Relax in a guest room brimming with Japanese charm

Live performances of Atami’s traditional music and dances

About 400 shops handling food products, such as fresh seafood and produce, are gathered in this market. It is a very popular spot for visitors from in and out of the country.

A museum inside the building of Tokyo University of the Arts, the best out of all the art universities in Japan. It stores approximately 29,000 items of mainly Japanese modern arts.

Yamate 111 Ban-Kan, or the Yamate #111 Residence, is a Spanish-style mansion with red roofing tiles and white exterior walls built inside the Harbor View Park.

Located in the prestigious shopping district of Ginza, Mitsukoshi Ginza is a renowned department store popular with LIVE JAPAN readers. As one of Tokyo's premier luxury shopping destinations, it offers a wide range of products, from fashion to daily essentials and groceries. You'll find a dedicated tax-free counter and support services tailored to international visitors. Ginza is a well-known landmark that attracts many foreign tourists, and a visit to Mitsukoshi Ginza is definitely worth your while.

A shrine that has a beautiful vermilion-lacquered shrine pavilion from the Edo period. It is also called Sanja Gongen (in honor of three men who founded the temple), and the Sanja Matsuri held in May is one of the Three Great Festivals of Edo (now Tokyo).

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.

Known as the shinto shrine related to Yoshida Shoin, a samurai clan member of the Choshu Domain who had enormous influence on the movement to topple the Edo Shogunate during the mid-19th century. Now deified, he has become popular as a god of academic success.

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

A place to buy all the cosmetics that catch your fancy

Lake Yamanakako is the largest and highest of the Fuji Five Lakes, and the closest one to Mount Fuji.

A unique back street of Akihabara Electric Town, full of stores selling PC peripherals.

A unique art museum displaying future works and commanding a magnificent view of Lake Ashino-ko in Hakone.

The Kirifuri-kogen Highlands is a plateau with an elevation of about 1,200 meters on the slopes of Mt. Akanagisan. Its scenery and leisure facilities make it a popular destination.

A multi-use building connected to Tokyo Station that has as its slogan, ”fantastic times”.

A guardian shinto shrine in northern Shinagawa-shuku. Best known for its portable shrines during the annual Shinagawa Shrine Festival in June.