Best Visiting Spot List

Watch Performers Dancing to the Beat of Drums and Shamisens in Koenji’s Streets

A wide variety of plays such as kabuki, comedy, modern, and melodramatic shinpa can be enjoyed in the theater. It is also an ideal theater to feel close to the Japanese traditional performing arts.

Family piste, great for kids!

Currently under renovation, and plans to reopen in the autumn of 2016. One of the few museums worldwide focusing on photography and film.

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

An art center open to all where you can enjoy exhibitions, workshops, and a variety of other events.

Purported to be the most beautiful of all bridges on the Sumida River. Characterized by its elegant silhouette.

Strong Chinese influence, rare in Kitano

An alley roughly 300 metres from Ningyocho, named Amazake Yokocho after a shop selling sweet sake.

Watch 100 Portable Shrines Being Carried Around Asakusa

This is an art gallery established in 1926, located in the Meiji Jingu Gaien Park. About 80 masterpieces of Japanese and Western paintings are displayed in chronological order.

The park has facilities such as fountains and a cycling course, and part of the park is dedicated to a bird sanctuary. There are many families and couples who visit the place during the weekends.

A wholesale district with a variety of specialty shops selling everything from traditional Japanese dolls, to displays for shop windows, toys and stationery.

This huge 12-meter tall model of ”Godzilla” was established as the symbol of Kabukicho, Shinjuku.

This is a large garden full of tropical atmosphere on Enoshima Island. It was loved by the British import-export merchant Samuel Cocking.

Indoor ski & snowboard park open throughout the year!

This is the third (and oldest existing) underground mall in Japan.

This observation deck lies at the southern tip of Shionomisaki. The seventh and eighth floors, which are 100 meters above sea level, are observation galleries, commanding a magnificent view of the Pacific Ocean. On a fine day, the vista even takes in the distant Mt. Nachi. On entering the deck, you'll receive a certificate for visiting the southernmost point of Japan's main island as proof of your visit to Shionomisaki. The grasslands at the tip of the cape, called “Boro no Shiba,” stretch out over 100,000 square meters. A restaurant there serves a variety of dishes using locally sourced ingredients.

A garden commemorating the discovery of Omori Shell Mounds, the birthplace of Japanese archaeology.

Harbor View Park, or Minato-no-mieru-oka Koen is located on the hillside of the city, overlooking Yokohama Harbor and the Bay Bridge. It is a popular sightseeing course in Yokohama.