Things to Do in Kanto, Japan

Shinjuku Gyoen

Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden

Expansive national garden in central Tokyo blending Japanese, French, and English landscape styles.

Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama

An interactive museum dedicated to instant noodles where visitors can create their own custom Cup...

Ghibli Museum

Studio Ghibli Animation Museum

Whimsical museum dedicated to Studio Ghibli's animated films, featuring exclusive short films and...

Kencho-ji

Japan's First Zen Training Monastery

The first Zen training monastery in Japan, founded in 1253, and ranked first among Kamakura's Fiv...

Toyosu Market

Tokyo's Modern Wholesale Fish Market

The successor to the legendary Tsukiji inner market, Toyosu is the world's largest fish market wh...

Naritasan Shinshoji Temple

Naritasan Shinshoji Temple is a major Buddhist temple founded in 940 AD that draws over 10 millio...

teamLab Planets

A body-immersive museum where visitors wade barefoot through water and walk into massive digital ...

Hakone

Hot Spring Resort with Fuji Views

Mountain resort town offering hot springs, art museums, Lake Ashi cruises, and clear views of Mou...

Kegon Falls

One of Japan's three finest waterfalls, plunging 97 meters from the heights of Lake Chuzenji into...

Hokoku-ji

Kamakura's Bamboo Temple

The 'Bamboo Temple.' 2,000+ moso bamboo stalks behind the main hall. Small tea house inside the g...

Oya History Museum

A Cathedral-Like Underground Quarry Carved from Stone

An underground space carved out of Oya stone quarries, with soaring 30-meter ceilings reminiscent...

Nokogiriyama

Mount Nokogiri

Nokogiriyama ('Sawtooth Mountain') was once a quarry supplying stone for Tokyo's construction, an...

Tomioka Silk Mill

UNESCO World Heritage Meiji-Era Silk Factory

A UNESCO World Heritage Site preserving Japan's first modern silk reeling factory, a cornerstone ...

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

Kamakura's most important Shinto shrine, situated at the end of a grand tree-lined approach stret...

Kashima Shrine

Kashima Shrine is one of Japan's oldest and most venerated shrines, dedicated to the deity of mar...