Best Architecture Spot List

A masterpiece of bank architecture from the early 20th century, stately but elegant

Tour a drama set and sense the humanity in its construction

Check out the mighty trees and zoo around this shrine

A contemporary western-style hall reminiscent of the early 20th century

The biggest dome in Hokkaido, and most northern in Japan

A breakwater in the globally uncommon half-arch shape

Noboribetsu's animated statue of King Enma

The past glory of herring fishing can still be sensed here

A Zen temple associated with warlord Date Masamune. Visit the main hall, which is a designated national treasure, and the architectural masterpiece that is the Kuri (kitchen building).

Kinomiya Shrine, along with a towering 2,000 year old sacred tree on site, has been worshiped as a god of Atami since ancient times.

A shrine with 2,400 years of history and the largest shrine gate, symbolizing Yahiko.

A shrine of nearly 1300 years of history enshrining Asakusa Meisho Shichifukujin, Jurojin (the seven lucky gods of Asakusa’s famous shrines)

The former residence of the Japanese diplomat, Jiro Shirasu, and his wife and essayist, Masako. He was a liaison officer with the occupying forces after the war, and instrumental in drafting the Constitution of Japan.

The Kototoi Bridge with its beautiful rectilinear shape is built over the Sumida River. It is a perfect place to see cherry blossom trees lined up at the banks of the river.

Newly renovated in 2002, it is an international passenger terminal that Japan boasts about to the world.

A soaring five-story pagoda at Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa with magnificent nighttime illumination.

This is a historical iron bridge that was illustrated in nishiki-e (multi-colored woodblock print) by an ukiyo-e artist, Hiroshige Utagawa.

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

The Statue of Liberty in the Odaiba area is a replica molded from the Statue of Liberty in Paris, France.

Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine is the largest shrine in Edo. Its grounds contain 17 small shrines for gods such as the founder of sumo wrestling and those of travel.