Eat & Drink Ginza’s Corridor Gai Very popular strip of restaurants that sit underneath the rail tracks.
Viewing Decks Bunkyo Civic Center Described as a giant Pez candy dispenser, the Bunkyo Ward municipal building houses an observation deck on the…
Shrines & Temples Kanda Myojin Beautiful 1,300 year-old shrine where two of the Seven Gods of Fortune are enshrined (Daikokuten and Ebisu) and the home of the Kanda Festival.
Shopping Akihabara Radio Center Warren of booths under the rail tracks selling retro gadgets and electronic components that is an icon of Akihabara.
Gardens & Parks Yoyogi Park Large park west of Shibuya ward especially popular during the cherry blossoms which also served as an Olympic Village for the 1964 Tokyo games.
Gardens & Parks Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden One of the most famous gardens in central Tokyo covering an area of almost 60 hectares. It opened to the public in 1949 and today is home to three gardens (traditional Japanese, French formal, English landscape) and a rock-landscaped greenhouse.
Gardens & Parks Rikugien Gardens 300 year old garden designed by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu and based on the “six tenets of poetry”.
Gardens & Parks Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden (旧芝離宮, Kyū Shiba Rikyū) was, like Rikugien and Koishikawa Korakuen, once a private garden of…
Gardens & Parks Koishikawa Korakuen Garden Dating back to the early 17th century, Koishikawa Korakuen is one of Tokyo’s most spectacular gardens. Designed by…
Gardens & Parks Koishikawa Botanical Gardens Operated by Tokyo University, Koishikawa Botanical Gardens are really for the avid horticulturalist: over 4,000 species of plant…
Gardens & Parks Imperial Palace East Gardens Opened to the public in 1968, the Imperial Palace East Gardens (皇居東御苑, Kōkyo Higashi Gyoen) sit at the…
