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Odaiba Seaside Park

A narrow park with a beachfront onto Tokyo Bay. In the summer evenings you may be able to see yakatabune (lavish private boats from the Heian period) floating in the bay.

Aoyama Farmers Market

This organic farmer’s market takes place in front of the United Nations University in Aoyama every Saturday and Sunday. There are about 50 stalls with local producers selling fresh fruit, vegetables, and flowers.

Tokyo Midtown

Opened in 2007, the Tokyo Midtown complex contains offices, shops, restaurants, as well as the Suntory Museum of Art.

Roppongi Hills

Roppongi Hills is one of the most famous commercial complexes in Tokyo. It opened in 2003 to much fanfare and is today the centrepiece of the wider Roppongi re-development housing shops, restaurants, a cinema, the Grand Hyatt Tokyo, Mori Art Museum, and the Tokyo City View observation deck.

Odaiba Rainbow Winter Fireworks

Almost 2,000 fireworks will be launched over 10 minutes at 7pm every Saturday in December from Daiba Park,…

IREX International Robot Exhibition

Exhibition held every other year to showcase the latest in robotic technology. Most of the robots on display…

Summer Comiket

The Comic Market (“Comiket”) is an event held in August and December where groups and individuals can exchange…

Winter Comiket

The Comic Market (“Comiket”) is an event held in August and December where groups and individuals can exchange…

Tokyo International Film Festival

10-day film festival to promote new films and up-and-coming directors. Typically there have been about 1,500 entries from…

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

Art and design space/venue created by architect Tadao Ando and fashion designer Issey Miyake.

Old Shimbashi Station Museum

Museum that is a reconstruction of the Shimbashi-Teishajo Station that was the terminus between Shimbashi and Yokohama. Constructed in 1872, this was Japan’s first railway line and a key milestone in the country’s road to modernization.

Tokyo Trick Art Museum

Museum of 3D optical illusions some of which are large murals into which visitors stand and pose for photographs to make themselves part of the scene. Visitors are actively encouraged to bring their cameras.