Miyake-jima
Walk Past a School Buried by Lava on a Still-Active Volcano Island
A round volcanic island about 180 km off Honshu whose 2000 eruption and the gas that followed emp...
Tama Zoological Park
Tokyo's Hillside Zoo Without Cages, Four Times the Size of Ueno
A zoo spread over more than 50 hectares of the Tama Hills, opened in 1958 as Japan's first zoo de...
The National Art Center, Tokyo
A Wavy Glass Facade, 14,000 m² of Galleries and No Collection
A national art center in Roppongi with no collection of its own, only temporary exhibitions in 12...
Ueno Zoo
Japan's First Zoo, Split Between a Hill and a Lotus Pond
Japan's oldest zoo, opened in 1882 inside Ueno Park, with about 3,000 animals of some 300 species...
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...
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...
Kozu-shima
Mount Tenjo's Azaleas and Tokyo's First Dark Sky Island
An Izu island reached by jet ferry from Takeshiba in about 3 hours 45 minutes or by a 45-minute f...
Kyu-Furukawa Gardens
A Conder Stone Mansion Above a Rose Garden and a Kyoto Gardener's Pond
A Western-style stone mansion finished in 1917 to a design by Josiah Conder, with a sloping rose ...
Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa
A Dolphin Show in a Round Arena, Two Minutes From Shinagawa Station
An indoor aquarium inside the Shinagawa Prince Hotel, about two minutes from Shinagawa Station, w...
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...
Mount Mitake
A Cable Car, 330 Steps and a Wolf Shrine Above Ome
A 929 m mountain in Ome topped by Musashi Mitake Shrine, reached by a 6-minute cable car and abou...
Niijima
6.5 km of White Sand and a Free Seaside Onsen Open All Night
A surf island about 160 km south of Tokyo, where Habushiura's 6.5 km of white sand faces the open...
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...
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
Free Views From 202 Meters, With Mt. Fuji on Clear Winter Days
Two free observation decks on the 45th floor of Tokyo's city hall in Nishi-Shinjuku, 202 meters a...
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