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...
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...
Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Nikolai-do)
A Green Byzantine Dome Two Minutes from Ochanomizu Station
The main cathedral of the Orthodox Church in Japan, a Byzantine-style church with a 35-meter gree...
Kanda Myojin
Akihabara's Guardian Shrine, Where Masakado Sits with Daikoku
A shrine of about 1,300 years' standing, moved to its hill above Akihabara in 1616, with Daikoku,...
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 ...
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...
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...
Nezu Shrine
Seven Edo-Era Buildings, 3,000 Azaleas and a Tunnel of Red Torii
A gongen-style shrine finished in 1706 whose seven main structures are all Important Cultural Pro...
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 ...
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
Prince Asaka's 1933 Art Deco Mansion and Its Lawns, Seven Minutes from Meguro
The 1933 home of Prince Asaka, with main rooms by the French Art Deco designers Henri Rapin and R...
Tokyo Sea Life Park
Bluefin Tuna Circling a Ring Tank Under a Glass Dome on Tokyo Bay, for 700 Yen
Tokyo's public aquarium in Kasai Rinkai Park, open since 1989 under a glass dome by architect Yos...
Tsukiji Hongan-ji
An Indian-Style Temple with a Pipe Organ and an 18-Dish Breakfast
A Jodo Shinshu temple whose 1934 main hall, designed by Ito Chuta, looks like ancient Indian Budd...
Aogashima
A Village Inside a Double Caldera, Three Hours of Open Sea Past Hachijojima
The southernmost inhabited island of the Izu chain, a volcano with a second cone sitting inside i...
Tokyo Dome City
No Gate Fee, a Coaster Through a Building and an All-Night Spa
The leisure district around Tokyo Dome, with about 20 pay-per-ride attractions including the Thun...
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