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.

Main priests' residence of Senso-ji complex where the Three Buddha Statues of Amitabha are enshrined. The temple also houses ancestral tablets of Tokugawa Shoguns.

The temple hall is classified as an Important Cultural Property, modeled after Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto Higashiyama. The gorgeous vermillion facade fascinates visitors.

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

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

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

This chime keeps telling time and is a symbol of Kawagoe, a warehouse town brimming with Edo-era atmosphere.

A five-story traditional Japanese building, towering in the lush woods, you are sure to find while walking in Ueno Park. It is a National Important Cultural Property.

This shrine is mentioned in the ancient book Nihongi

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The Suiten-gu Shrine is a historical shrine where a god of easy child delivery is enshrined and has been widely worshiped since the Edo period (1603-1868).

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

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

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

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 bridge is called Kuramae (”front of warehouse”) since rice was stored in the area during the Edo period. Painted in bright yellow, the bridge reminds us of rice grains.

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.

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.