Best around Tokyo and Surroundings Spot List

Watch 100 Portable Shrines Being Carried Around Asakusa

100 minutes from Tokyo and 3km from the Minakami interchange on the Kanetsu highway! Late night skiing and free parking everday! !

Open air baths with an exhilarating view of the surrounding mountains and the night sky

The central bank in Japan. The public can visit the Main Building (Old Building), designated as a National Important Cultural Property, as well as part of the New Building. (Photo provided by: Bank of Japan)

The Ameyayo shotengai(shopping street) grew out of a black market that sprung up following the end of World War II. It is a shopping district that retains the good old feel of downtown Tokyo.

A reasonably priced hot spring where you can stop by on a day-trip

This is a sweets cafe that has been carrying on traditions for 160 years in downtown Asakusa. Its specialty is awa zenzai bean paste soup, the cafe's unchanged flavor.

One-stop purchase of popular Japanese products.

A community-based shopping mall crowded with shoppers and well-known for its Awa-Odori.

This is a large duty-free store that faces the Chuo-dori Street in the Akihabara area. It handles a wide selection of products, such as English-version PCs and digital cameras made according to overseas specifications.

Akihabara Gachapon Kaikan, with an array of approximately 500 gachaphon machines. Various events are also held.

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.

A tied-arch bridge that imitated the Ludendorff Bridge in Germany.

One of the nation's largest movable road bridges built over the mouth of Sumida River.

Enjoy nature all through the seasons! A whole family can enjoy the day camping and outing by the riverbank.

Yurakucho MULLION, famous for Mullion Musical Clock.

One-stop purchase of popular Japanese products.

One-stop purchase of popular Japanese products.

Right in front of Tachikawa Station! Enjoy one-stop shopping at our store which boasts a great selection of goods!

This is where Michizane Sugawara, the god of learning and study, is enshrined. You can enjoy flower festivals, too; there are flowers blooming all year round.