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...
Mikurajima
Mikurajima: The Izu Island Where the Ferry Often Cannot Dock and You Need a Booked Bed to Land
A round, cliff-walled island about 200 km south of Tokyo with one small village, old-growth fores...
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Postwar Japanese Art in a Glass Hall at the Edge of Kiba Park
Tokyo's public museum of contemporary art, opened in 1995 on the north edge of Kiba Park, with ab...
Nippara Limestone Cave
A Limestone Cave Inside Tokyo, Two and a Half Hours from Shinjuku
A lit limestone cave at the far end of the Nippara valley in Okutama, a Tokyo natural monument th...
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...
Shibuya Sky
An Open-Air Roof 229 Meters Above Shibuya, Booked in 20-Minute Slots
The open-air rooftop of Shibuya Scramble Square, 229 meters above Shibuya Station, with an indoor...
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 ...
Suitengu
Nihonbashi's Safe-Childbirth Shrine, Busiest Every Twelfth Day
Tokyo's best-known shrine for safe childbirth, a minute from Suitengumae Station, rebuilt in 2016...
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...
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...
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...
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Japan's First Public Art Museum, Where Each Show Has Its Own Ticket
Opened in 1926 as Japan's first public art museum. There is no permanent collection display: the ...
Zojo-ji
Six Shoguns' Graves Directly Beneath Tokyo Tower
The Tokugawa family temple in Shiba, with Tokyo Tower rising right behind the main hall. The grou...
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...
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...