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...
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 ...
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...
Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
Thirty Rescued Tokyo Buildings in Koganei Park, Ghibli Links Included
An open-air museum in Koganei Park where 30 historic buildings, from Edo-period farmhouses to a 1...
Gotoku-ji
The Setagaya Temple Where the Beckoning Cat Got Its Start
The Ii family's Edo temple in Setagaya, where shelves of white beckoning cats surround the Shofuk...
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,...
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...
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...
Fukagawa Edo Museum
A Full-Size 1840s Fukagawa Street You Can Walk Into, for 400 Yen
A city museum that rebuilds a corner of Fukagawa Saga-cho as it looked in the Tenpo era (1830s to...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...