# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Meiji Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/meiji-shrine): Tokyo, Shrine. Shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken, set within a 70-hectare evergreen forest in central Tokyo.
- [Kabukicho](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kabukicho): Tokyo, Neighborhood. The name is a leftover from a plan that never happened. After the 1945 firebombing flattened this corner of Shinjuku, the rebuilding scheme included a kabuki theatre as the centrepiece. The theatre was never built. The name stuck to the entertainment district that filled the space instead. What grew there is roughly 35 hectares of bars, hostess clubs, karaoke, cinemas, love hotels and pachinko, packed into a grid dense enough that the neon reflects off the wet street in every direction. The Godzilla head mounted on the eighth floor of the Toho building has become the standard meeting point, and it roars on the hour. Kabukicho Tower opened in 2023 at the western edge, 225 metres of hotel, live music venue, arcade and a themed food hall that draws a younger and calmer crowd than the streets below. Robot Restaurant, which was in every guidebook for a decade, closed for good and did not come back after the pandemic. Do not go looking for it. A practical note, because it matters here more than anywhere else in Tokyo. Touts on the street offering cheap drinks or a free look at a club are the setup for a bill of tens of thousands of yen, and the police have been running campaigns about it for years. Nobody legitimate needs to stop you on the pavement. Ignore them, keep walking, and the district is as safe as the rest of Tokyo, which is very. There is a koban right at the main entrance. The good eating is in the side lanes rather than the main drag. Golden Gai, a five-minute walk east, is six alleys of tiny bars that seat six people each, many with a cover charge of 500 to 1,500 yen posted on the door. Omoide Yokocho on the far side of the station does grilled offal and beer under low ceilings. Ramen shops here run until dawn, which is the actual reason a lot of people are still out at four in the morning.
- [Shibuya Crossing](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/shibuya-crossing): Tokyo, Landmark. Shibuya's scramble crossing, where traffic stops every couple of minutes and people cross from all four corners at once, diagonals included. A local shopping-street association puts it at up to 3,000 people on one green light at peak.
- [Tokyo Imperial Palace East Gardens](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tokyo-imperial-palace-east-gardens): Tokyo, Garden. The beautifully maintained former inner citadel of Edo Castle, now open to the public with Japanese gardens, seasonal flowers, remnants of castle walls, and moats.
- [Fuunji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/fuunji): Tokyo, Restaurant. A narrow counter of fifteen seats, a few minutes from Shinjuku's south exit, and a queue outside it for most of the hours it is open. This is Fuunji's original shop, and it has been on Tokyo tsukemen lists for years. Tsukemen means the noodles and the broth arrive separately. Here the noodles are thick, cold and firm, and the dipping broth is a gyokai tonkotsu: pork and chicken bones cooked down and then loaded with dried sardine and bonito powder until it is closer to a paste than a soup. It is intensely savoury and it clings to the noodles rather than running off them. The standard order is the tokusei tsukemen, which adds extra chashu and a marinated egg. Finish the noodles, then ask for soup-wari. Staff top the remaining broth with light stock so you can drink it, and skipping this step wastes the best part of the meal. Practical things. Buy a ticket at the machine before joining the queue, which is the local rule and not obvious to first-timers. Expect thirty to sixty minutes at peak, less if you arrive right at opening or in the mid-afternoon before the evening service. The shop is open every day, with a break from 15:00 to 17:00, and closes early once the soup runs out. Portions are large and the default noodle amount defeats a lot of people. Bring cash: the ticket machine is how you order, and cards are not accepted. If the queue is beyond your patience, Fuunji has two more shops, in Tokyo Ramen Yokocho under Tokyo Station and near Yokohama Station, both open until 23:00. Shinjuku also has several hundred other ramen shops, though very few of them do this particular bowl as well.
- [Tokyo National Museum](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tokyo-national-museum): Tokyo, Museum. Japan's oldest and largest national museum with over 110,000 objects including 89 National Treasures.
- [Ueno Park](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ueno-park): Tokyo, Park. A sprawling public park home to Tokyo's finest museums, a zoo, historic temples, and over 1,000 cherry trees that make it one of the city's top hanami spots.
- [Ameyoko](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ameyoko): Tokyo, Market. A bustling open-air market street near Ueno Station with bargain goods, street food, and lively energy.
- [Tsukiji Outer Market](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tsukiji-outer-market): Tokyo, Market. The outer market stayed when the wholesale moved to Toyosu in 2018. Tiny sushi counters, grilled seafood skewers, tamagoyaki made in front of you. Most stalls close by 2pm, so arrive before 10am.
- [Senso-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/senso-ji): Tokyo, Temple. Tokyo's oldest and most visited temple, where a 700-kilogram red lantern marks the entrance to centuries of Buddhist tradition in the heart of Asakusa.
- [Shibuya Sky](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/shibuya-sky): Tokyo, Landmark. The open-air rooftop of Shibuya Scramble Square, 229 meters above Shibuya Station, with an indoor gallery on the 46th floor. Every ticket is for a 20-minute entry slot, sold up to two weeks ahead; adults pay 2,700 yen online before 15:00 and 3,400 yen from 15:00. Bags are not allowed on the roof.
- [Akihabara](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/akihabara): Tokyo, Neighborhood. Tokyo's legendary electronics and otaku district, packed with multi-story anime shops, retro game arcades, maid cafes, and electronics stores from cutting-edge to vintage.
- [Shinjuku Gyoen](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/shinjuku-gyoen): Tokyo, Park. Expansive national garden in central Tokyo blending Japanese, French, and English landscape styles.
- [Tokyo Station](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tokyo-station): Tokyo, Landmark. Red brick station from 1914, restored in 2012. Ramen Street in the basement, Character Street for shopping. The Marunouchi side at night is the money shot.
- [Ginza](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ginza): Tokyo, Neighborhood. Tokyo's most prestigious address dazzles with flagship department stores, haute couture boutiques, and Michelin-starred restaurants occupying every gleaming block. The district's wide boulevards become pedestrian-only promenades on weekend afternoons, perfect for window shopping past the latest collections at Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and legendary Japanese stores like Mitsukoshi. By night, Ginza transforms as businesspeople fill intimate wine bars, sushi counters, and the glittering hostess clubs that define this sophisticated playground.

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Last updated: 2026-11-12