Best around Tokyo and Surroundings Spot List

Experience the Oku-Nikko loved by Sir Ernest Mason Satow

A shopping mall directly connected to JR Kawasaki Station, 23 minutes by train from Haneda Airport and 18 minutes by train from Tokyo Station.

A house built in late Taisho era, after the Great Kanto Earthquake, as a residence for foreigners.

Some of the most popular ramen noodle restaurants in Tokyo are gathered there. It is a ramen battleground accessible directly from the station.

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

The temple is the oldest one in Kamakura, founded by a high priest called Gyoki. Its principal image of worship is the three figures of eleven-faced Kan'non, and the temple ground is covered with various flowers throughout the seasons.

The Arahata Fuji Citizen's Forest is the first forest to have been designated as a citizen's forest. From the summit of Arahata Fuji, an artificial hill offers a grand view.

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

These thrilling falls run down a steep cliff some 97 meters high. Each season offers stunning views of the great outdoors.

A place to buy all the cosmetics that catch your fancy

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

This is an admission-free art gallery opened in the Ginza district by Pola Group, which is expanding its cosmetics business, to make this facility the information-dissemination center for art and culture.

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 museum were you can enjoy the modern works painted by the illustrators such as Takabatake Kasho who swept through the art publication world.

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

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.

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.

The National Film Center is the only national institution devoted to cinematography. It keeps movie films as well as many valuable materials related to movies. They are shown on the screens or displayed in the exhibition hall.

One-stop purchase of popular Japanese products.

Long-established lamb shabu-shabu restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo for over 25 years