Best Architecture Spot List

View the spring cherry blossoms in full bloom from the Azuma-bashi bridge, or board the Waterbus for some sightseeing along the Sumida river.

A temple of flowers, with a circuit-style garden

It was build at the former school building of Jiyugakuen. It was designated as a National Important Cultural Property in May of 1997.

It is one of the largest mosques in Japan. The interior of the building is furnished with beautiful decorations, including stained glass mounted windows.

Hijiri-bashi is a bridge over the Kanda River. Its three-dimensional piers are beautiful.

Famous for the Great Buddha of Kamakura which weighs 121 tonnes, Kotoku-in is a Buddhist temple of the Jodo-shu sect.

The bridge stretching over the Sumida River was a favorite motif of Ukiyoe artist, Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858) of the end of the Edo period (1600/1603-1868).

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

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

Reconstructed in Takada Park, the Sanju Yagura houses a gallery of artifacts and an observation room

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

A bridge built over the Sumida River after World War II with a panoramic view of skyscrapers in Tokyo.

The bridge carrying traffic from Kasuga-dori Street over the Sumida River. One of the viewing areas for the fireworks festival is near this bridge.

A vault of many national cultural artifacts from the Nara period

A bridge with a beautiful rectilinear design listed in ”100 Views of New Tokyo.”

The shrine was established by the then Shogun, Tokugawa Ienari. It is also known as an old Kanto Inari Sotsukasa shrine (the top Kanto area shrines enshrining the Inari.)

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

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.

This is a branch temple of the Naritasan Shinshoji Temple on the land of Kawagoe and is famous for its goma-kito (a ritual of consecrated fire) and the flea market on the 28th of every month.

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.