Things to Do in Kanto, Japan

Meiji Shrine

Tokyo's Most Important Shinto Shrine

Shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken, set within a 70-hectare evergreen forest in...

Kabukicho

Shinjuku's Neon-Lit Entertainment Quarter

The name is a leftover from a plan that never happened. After the 1945 firebombing flattened this...

Shibuya Crossing

The World's Busiest Pedestrian Crossing

The world-famous scramble crossing where up to 3,000 pedestrians cross simultaneously from all di...

Komachi-dori

Kamakura's Main Shopping Street

Kamakura's lively main shopping street running from JR Kamakura Station toward Tsurugaoka Hachima...

Tokyo National Museum

Japan's Largest Art Museum

Japan's oldest and largest national museum with over 110,000 objects including 89 National Treasu...

Yokohama Landmark Tower

Yokohama's Tallest Skyscraper with Panoramic Observatory

Yokohama's tallest building at 296 meters with the Sky Garden observatory on the 69th floor offer...

Ueno Park

Tokyo's Cultural Park with Major Museums

A sprawling public park home to Tokyo's finest museums, a zoo, historic temples, and over 1,000 c...

Ameyoko

A bustling open-air market street near Ueno Station with bargain goods, street food, and lively e...

Railway Museum

The Railway Museum

You get in through an automatic ticket gate, exactly like a station, which is the first joke and ...

Kamakura Daibutsu (Kotoku-in)

The Great Buddha of Kamakura

The Great Buddha of Kamakura. 13.35 meters tall, 121 tons, cast in 1252. The original temple hall...

Engaku-ji

A Grand Zen Temple with a National Treasure Reliquary

Ranked second of Kamakura's Five Great Zen Temples, founded in 1282 to honor soldiers from the Mo...

Tokyo Tower

Tokyo's Red Tower

333-meter communications tower modeled on the Eiffel Tower, with two observation decks for views ...

Ichiran Shinjuku

Japan's Most Famous Solo-Dining Tonkotsu Ramen

Ichiran's whole design exists so that you never have to speak to anyone. Buy a ticket from the ma...

Fuunji

Tokyo's Best Tsukemen: Rich Fish-Based Dipping Ramen

A narrow counter with about ten stools, a few minutes from Shinjuku's south exit, and a queue out...

Imperial Palace

The primary residence of the Emperor of Japan, set within vast gardens and moats in the heart of ...