Hotel New ?tani Japanese Garden
Roppongi, Akasaka & Around
Nonguests are welcome to visit Hotel New ?tani's beautiful 400-year-old Japanese garden, which once belonged to a Tokugawa regent. Including vermilion¡
Must-see attractions in Tokyo
Ueno & Yanesen
Japan¡¯s oldest zoo, established in 1882, is home to animals from around the globe, but the biggest attractions are the giant pandas from China, R¨© R¨© and¡
State Guest House, Akasaka Palace
Roppongi, Akasaka & Around
Check online for the opening schedule and somewhat complex admission details for this imperial palace and garden. Outside it's a dead ringer for London's¡
Harajuku & Aoyama
This is Tokyo¡¯s famous fashion bazaar. It's an odd mixed bag: newer shops selling trendy, youthful styles alongside stores still invested in the trappings¡
Shinjuku & Northwest Tokyo
Shinjuku-gyoen was designed as an imperial retreat (completed 1906); since opening to the public in 1951, it has become a favourite destination for¡
Tokyo
Guarded by bronze lions and dragons, this handsome 1911-vintage granite bridge over the Nihombashi-gawa is partly obscured by the overhead expressway¡
Roppongi, Akasaka & Around
Designed by Kurokawa Kish¨, this architectural beauty has no permanent collection, but boasts the country¡¯s largest exhibition space for visiting shows,¡
Ginza & Tsukiji
When Tsukiji's shrine was first built in the mid-1600s it was on the edge of the water ¨C that's how much land reclamation has happened since. The name,¡
Ueno & Yanesen
One of Tokyo's few remaining open-air markets, ´¡³¾±ð²â²¹-²â´Ç°ì´Ç³¦³ó¨ got its start as a black market, post-WWII, when American goods (which included ameya ¨C candy¡
Shibuya & Shimo-Kitazawa
Okamoto Tar¨'s mural, Myth of Tomorrow (1967), was commissioned by a Mexican luxury hotel but went missing two years later. It finally turned up in 2003¡
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Tokyo
This covered market, with low ceilings and lots of aka-ch¨chin (red lanterns), began as a black market in the post-war days. these days the tenants are¡
Odaiba & Tokyo Bay
This is truly an only-in-Tokyo sight: a 19.7m-tall model of an RX-0 Unicorn Gundam from the wildly popular Mobile Suit Gundam anime franchise. It¡
Ueno & Yanesen
Yanaka Ginza is pure, vintage mid-20th-century Tokyo, a pedestrian street lined with butcher shops, vegetable vendors and the like. Most Tokyo¡
Roppongi, Akasaka & Around
An exhibition and discussion space dedicated to all forms of design, the 21_21 Design Sight is a beacon for local art enthusiasts, whether they be¡
Ueno & Yanesen
One of Tokyo¡¯s largest graveyards, Yanaka-reien is the final resting place of more than 7000 souls, many of whom were quite well known in their day. It¡¯s¡
Tokyo
Tokyo Station celebrated its centenary in 2014 with a major renovation and expansion. Kingo Tatsuno's original elegant brick building on the Marunouchi¡
Tokyo
Designed by husband and wife Arakawa Sh¨±saku (1936¨C2010) and Madeleine Gins (1941¨C2014) and completed in 2005, this housing complex certainly strikes¡
Harajuku & Aoyama
Had enough of the Harajuku crowds? Exit, stage right, for Cat Street, a meandering car-free road with a mishmash of boutiques and a little more breathing¡
Shibuya & Shimo-Kitazawa
From below, Shibuya Sky, the rooftop observatory atop Shibuya's newest tower, Shibuya Scramble Square, looks like one of those harrowing infinity pools ¨C¡
Roppongi, Akasaka & Around
The cherry-tree-lined paths of Japan¡¯s first public cemetery are used by locals as shortcuts through the neighbourhood and as a place for picnics during¡
Odaiba & Tokyo Bay
Part of the re-fashioning of the Tenn¨zu Isle warehouse district, this charcoal-grey warehouse contains six contemporary galleries: Kodama Gallery (www¡
Roppongi, Akasaka & Around
Enshrining the deity of sacred Mt Hiei, northeast of Kyoto, this hilltop shrine has been the protector shrine of Edo-j¨ (Edo Castle), now the Imperial¡
Asakusa & Sumida River
Founded in 1627, this shrine is famous as the birthplace of the sumo tournament. Around the back of the main building is the yokozuna (sumo grand¡
Roppongi, Akasaka & Around
Bring photo ID, sign in and take the escalator up to the entrance of the Canadian embassy, which is fronted by this stark and brilliant stone sculpture¡
Shibuya & Shimo-Kitazawa
The mingei (folk crafts) movement was launched in the early 20th century to promote the works of artisans over cheaper, mass-produced goods. Central to¡
Roppongi, Akasaka & Around
This shrine honours General Nogi Maresuke, a famed commander in the Russo-Japanese War. Hours after Emperor Meiji's funerary procession in 1912, Nogi and¡
Shinjuku & Northwest Tokyo
Lucky are the girls who attended the Frank Lloyd Wright¨Cdesigned 'School of the Free Spirit' (Jiy¨± Gakuen; ×ÔÓÉѧˆ@). Built in 1921, ²Ñ²â¨²Ô¾±³¦³ó¾±°ì²¹²Ô functioned as¡
Ueno & Yanesen
This grand residence offers a Western-style mansion designed by Josiah Conder in 1896, connected to a Japanese house built by ?kawa Kijuro at the same¡
Harajuku & Aoyama
This boulevard inside Jing¨±-gaien (the public outer gardens of Meiji-jing¨±) is lined with gingko trees. For a couple of weeks around late November and¡
Tokyo
This section of the moat surrounding the Imperial Palace is one of the city's most popular hanami (cherry blossom viewing) spots. There's a 700m-long¡
Shibuya & Shimo-Kitazawa
The narrow streets of ¡®Shimokita¡¯, barely passable by cars, create a streetscape like a dollhouse version of Tokyo. It¡¯s been a favourite haunt of¡
K¨rakuen & Akihabara
This exhibition centre and workshop is dedicated to the quintessential Japanese art of origami, which you can learn to do yourself in classes here. There¡
Roppongi, Akasaka & Around
Since its original 1961 opening, the Suntory Museum of Art has subscribed to an underlying philosophy of lifestyle art. Rotating exhibitions focus on the¡
Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioi-ch¨
Roppongi, Akasaka & Around
This mixed-use development, on the site of the old Akasaka Prince Hotel and opened in 2016, is best visited for its pleasant surrounding gardens and¡
Shinjuku & Northwest Tokyo
Kusama Yayoi (b 1929) is one of Japan's most internationally famous contemporary artists, particularly known for her obsession with dots and pumpkins. She¡
Ueno & Yanesen
Not only is this one of Japan's oldest shrines, it is also among the most beautiful ¨C a tough call in a district packed with attractive, historic¡
Tokyo
Benzaiten, one of Japan's eight lucky gods, is actually the octet's sole goddess; she's also the Japanese incarnation of the Hindi goddess Sarasvati and a¡
K¨rakuen & Akihabara
Most history museums in Japan skirt the issue of WWII or focus on the burden of the common people. Not so here: ³Û¨±²õ³ó¨±-°ì²¹²Ô begins with Japan's samurai¡
Ginza & Tsukiji
When this impressive branch of the mother temple in Kyoto fell victim to the Great Kant¨ Earthquake of 1923, it was rebuilt in a classical Indian style,¡
Ginza & Tsukiji
On the 8th floor of the French luxury goods boutique is a spacious, light-filled gallery that hosts around three different contemporary art shows per year¡
