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...
Miraikan
A 6-Meter Glowing Globe and Science in Progress in Odaiba
Japan's national museum of current science, opened in Odaiba in 2001 and known for Geo-Cosmos, a ...
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,...
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...
Meguro Parasitological Museum
An 8.8-Meter Tapeworm and 300 Jars of Parasites, Free in Meguro
A small private museum devoted to parasites, founded in 1953 by the doctor Satoru Kamegai. About ...
Mori Art Museum and Tokyo City View
Contemporary Art on the 53rd Floor, Open Until 22:00 Most Nights
A contemporary art museum on the 53rd floor of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, with exhibitions that c...
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...
MOMAT (National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
Japanese Art Since Meiji, With a View Over the Palace Moat
Japan's first national art museum, opened in 1952 and in Kitanomaru Park since 1969. The MOMAT Co...
Tsukishima
Monja on Reclaimed Land: About 50 Griddle Shops Off One Street
A Meiji-era island of reclaimed land at the mouth of the Sumida River whose main shopping street,...
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...
Tokyo Big Sight
Tokyo Big Sight: Japan's Largest Convention Centre
The inverted pyramids on Tokyo Bay. Japan's biggest exhibition venue, and the home of Comiket.
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...
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...
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...