Hachijo-jima
Climb 1,280 Steps up Hachijo-Fuji, 55 Minutes by Plane from Haneda
Two volcanoes joined by a strip of flat land, about 55 minutes by ANA from Haneda. Climb 1,280 st...
Jinata Onsen
A Free Hot Spring in the Sea Rocks of Shikinejima, Timed by the Tide
Rock pools at the foot of a narrow cleft on Shikinejima's south coast, where iron-rich spring wat...
Jindai-ji
Soba Lunch and an Asuka-Era Bronze Buddha on Tokyo's Western Edge
A temple founded in 733 in wooded Chofu, ringed by soba shops and home to the oldest National Tre...
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...
Okunitama Shrine
Musashi's Old Provincial Shrine and Its Lights-Out May Festival
The soja, or combined shrine, of old Musashi Province, five minutes from Fuchu Station, reached b...
Rainbow Bridge
Walking 1.7 km Across Tokyo Bay on the Rainbow Bridge Promenade
A free 1.7 km walkway on the lower deck of the 1993 suspension bridge between Shibaura and Odaiba...
Showa Kinen Park
180 Hectares of Flower Fields on a Former Air Base in Tachikawa
A 180-hectare national park built on the site of the former US Tachikawa air base, with seasonal ...
Hanazono Shrine
Shinjuku's Guardian Shrine, Steps from Golden Gai
Shinjuku's guardian shrine since before 1603, squeezed between Yasukuni-dori and the bars of Gold...
Ikegami Honmon-ji
Where Nichiren Died, and 300,000 People Come on One October Night
Head temple of the Nichiren school on a hill in Ota Ward, built where Nichiren died in 1282. Free...
Mount Kumotori
Tokyo's Highest Point at 2,017 m, Best Done with a Night in a Hut
At 2,017 m on the border with Saitama and Yamanashi, Kumotori is the highest point in Tokyo and o...
Sunshine City
Ikebukuro's Observatory, Rooftop Aquarium and Pokemon Center in One Complex
A big Ikebukuro complex built around the Sunshine 60 tower, with two shopping malls, the Sunshine...
Tomioka Hachimangu
Where Edo Sumo Began and Crowds Soak the Mikoshi Bearers
Founded in 1627 and known locally as Fukagawa no Hachiman-sama, the shrine where Edo's ticketed s...
Asakusa Hanayashiki
Japan's oldest amusement park, squeezed in behind Sensoji
A tiny park a few minutes' walk from Sensoji that began as a flower garden in 1853. Its 1953 roll...
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...
Hama-rikyu Gardens
A Seawater Pond and a Teahouse Below the Shiodome Towers
A former shogunal villa on Tokyo Bay whose main pond still fills and drains with the tide, the on...
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