Best around Tokyo and Surroundings Spot List

The gateway to Mt. Fuji, this shrine lets you purify body and mind in an atmosphere both solemn and cooling (you might even get a chance to see Shinto ceremonies like festivals, benedictions, or weddings!)

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

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

A theater where you can appreciate various Japanese traditional performing arts such as kabuki (classical Japanese dance-drama) and bunraku (Japanese puppet theater).

Just steps from Kumamoto Station, offering the best in gear, apparel, and a cozy café.

Japan's first national art museum located next to the Imperial palace, and it houses more than 12,500 artworks.

A laid-back youth hostel where guests can feel at home. Leisurely enjoy a traveler’s spirit feeling the breeze on the cape.

A soto-zen Buddhist temple, better known as Toyokawa Inari, which had been worshiped by both the mighty warriors of each era and common people of Edo-Tokyo. You can make a pilgrimage to the seven lucky gods and enjoy viewing lit paper lanterns.

Built as Japan's first suburban park. Has a variety of attractions for a fun stroll including Inokashira Pond, Gotenyama, sports facilities and a park.

Odaiba landmark with 80+ shops and Gundam statue

Welcome to Duty-free shop ”LAOX”

A lake found at the opening of the Oku-Nikko region. Enjoy the changing of the seasons from the lakeshore at the foot of Mt. Nantai.

One of the most spacious ponds in metropolitan Tokyo and beloved as a cherry-blossom viewing site in Spring. The scenic pond was often the subject of ukiyo-e paintings in the mid-19th century.

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.

There are historical sites and ancient trees that date back to the Meiji period and also many sports facilities on this vast premises. The rows of ginkgo trees with their yellow leaves are also famous.

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.

A bakery that makes additive-free bread using natural yeast and sells Japanese-style breads and pastries.

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

Built in 1926, this was the residence of a silk yarn trader. You can have tea there while feeling the season.

Yamada Denki LABI Akihabara PC Store is located in front of the Akihabara Station. One of its attractions is that you can try each product to your satisfaction.