Sengaku-ji
Where the 47 Ronin Lie Beside the Lord They Avenged
The Zen temple in Takanawa where the 47 ronin of the Chushingura story are buried beside their lo...
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...
Yasukuni Shrine
Tokyo's Official Cherry Tree and a 25-Meter Torii at Kudanshita
A large Shinto shrine at the top of Kudan-zaka, founded in 1869, that enshrines those who died fo...
Yayoi Kusama Museum
Kusama's Own Five-Floor Museum, Timed Tickets Only
The museum Yayoi Kusama founded in 2017 in a quiet corner of Shinjuku, showing her work in two ex...
Azabudai Hills
Lawns, a Food Market and Galleries Under the 330-Meter Mori JP Tower
Mori Building's 8.1-hectare district between Kamiyacho and Roppongi-itchome, opened in November 2...
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...
Hie Shrine
Escalators Up One Side, a Red Torii Tunnel Up the Other
A hilltop shrine in Nagatacho that guarded Edo Castle for the Tokugawa. Free to enter, open 6:00 ...
Izu Oshima
A Live Volcano and a Black Ash Desert, 1h45 by Jet Foil from Tokyo
The largest of the Izu Islands, about 120 km south of central Tokyo, built around Mt. Mihara (758...
Kan'ei-ji
The Shogun Temple That Lost Most of Its Land to Ueno Park
Founded in 1625 by the monk Tenkai as the 'Hiei of the east', Kan'ei-ji was the Tokugawa family t...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Tokyo Joypolis
Sega's Indoor Ride Park on Three Floors of an Odaiba Mall
Sega's indoor amusement park on the 3rd to 5th floors of DECKS Tokyo Beach in Odaiba, with simula...
Edo-Tokyo Museum
A Life-Size Nihonbashi Bridge Inside a Museum on Four Legs, Reopened in 2026
Tokyo's history museum next to the Ryogoku sumo hall, back open since March 31, 2026 after a reno...