Things to Do in Kanto, Japan

Azabudai Hills

Lawns, a Food Market and Galleries Under the 330-Meter Mori JP Tower

Mori Building's 8.1-hectare district between Kamiyacho and Roppongi-itchome, opened in November 2...

Doai Station

Doai Station: 462 Steps Up from a Platform Inside a Mountain Tunnel

An unstaffed JR Joetsu Line station whose down-line platform sits inside the Shin-Shimizu Tunnel,...

Edo-Tokyo Museum

A Life-Size Nihonbashi Bridge Inside a Museum on Four Legs, Reopened in 2026

Tokyo's history museum next to the Ryogoku sumo hall, back open since March 31, 2026 after a reno...

Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

Thirty Rescued Tokyo Buildings in Koganei Park, Ghibli Links Included

An open-air museum in Koganei Park where 30 historic buildings, from Edo-period farmhouses to a 1...

Hachioji Castle Ruins

The Unfinished Hojo Mountain Castle Whose 1590 Fall Doomed Odawara

The ruins of Hojo Ujiteru's mountain castle, stormed by the armies of Maeda Toshiie and Uesugi Ka...

Hie Shrine

Escalators Up One Side, a Red Torii Tunnel Up the Other

A hilltop shrine in Nagatacho that guarded Edo Castle for the Tokugawa. Free to enter, open 6:00 ...

Hoshi Onsen Chojukan

A One-Inn Hot Spring Where the Water Rises Through the Bath Floor, Four Buses a Day from Sarugakyo

Hoshi Onsen is a single wooden inn, Chojukan, at the foot of the Mikuni Pass. Its big bath, Hoshi...

Inokashira Park

Kichijoji's Pond Park, Where the Kanda River Begins

A park built around a long spring-fed pond five minutes from Kichijoji Station, opened in 1917 as...

Katori Shrine

A wooded shrine in Katori dedicated to Futsunushi, with a long approach and dark wooden sanctuary...

Kiyosumi Gardens

Stepping Stones Across a Pond Lined With Rocks Shipped by Mitsubishi

A Meiji-era stroll garden built by the Iwasaki family of Mitsubishi around a large pond with thre...

Michi-no-Eki Hachioji Takiyama

Tokyo's own roadside station, next to Hachioji IC

Opened in 2007 as the first michi-no-eki in Tokyo, about 500 m north of Hachioji IC on the Chuo E...

Michi-no-Eki Ogawamachi

Handmade washi and organic farm food in Ogawa

A Route 254 roadside station built around the Saitama Traditional Crafts Hall, reopened in May 20...

Michi-no-Eki Takumi-no-Sato

Craft workshops in an old Mikuni Kaido post town

A roadside station spread across a farming village in Minakami, where more than 20 small workshop...

Michi-no-Eki Tamatsukuri

Lake Kasumigaura views at the foot of the big bridge

A lakeside station at the eastern end of the Kasumigaura Ohashi bridge, next to the 60 m Rainbow ...

Michi-no-Eki Yunishigawa

A hot spring bath upstairs from a mountain railway station

A roadside station in the mountains of northern Nikko, joined directly to Yunishigawa-Onsen Stati...