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ChibaHistoric Districts

Kyonan

Hota Banya

A canteen run by the fishing co-operative. What came ashore that day is what is served.

TokyoFestivals

Chiyoda

Kanda Matsuri

One of the three great festivals of Japan. It was a tenka matsuri, allowed to enter the grounds of Edo Castle.

TokyoHistoric Districts

Taito

Nakamise

One of the oldest shopping streets in Japan, lined with shops since the Edo period.

TokyoNature & Scenery

Ogasawara

Ogasawara Islands

Islands inscribed as World Natural Heritage. They belong to Tokyo, yet lie about 1,000 kilometres from the mainland.

TokyoFestivals

Taito

Sanja Matsuri

Asakusa in May. Three great portable shrines cross the town.

TokyoGardens

Shinjuku

Shinjuku Gyoen

A Japanese garden, a formal garden and a landscape garden share one site. It was once a daimyo residence.

TokyoArchitecture

Bunkyo

Rikugien

A stroll garden that reproduces places celebrated in waka poetry. Made by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu.

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Chuo

Hamarikyu

A tidal pond fed with seawater. The view changes with the tide.

TokyoMuseums

Sumida

Edo-Tokyo Museum

It reproduces Nihonbashi at full size.

TokyoArchitecture

Chuo

Kabukiza

The home of kabuki. A single-act seat costs only around a thousand yen.

TokyoHistoric Districts

Koto

Toyosu Market

The wholesale market moved here from Tsukiji. The tuna auction can be viewed.

TokyoHistoric Districts

Chuo

Tsukiji Outer Market

The wholesale market moved away, but the outer shopping street stayed exactly where it was.

TokyoHistoric Districts

Bunkyo

Yanesen

Lanes and row houses that escaped the war. The shopping street runs down from Yuyake Dandan.

TokyoMuseums

Sumida

Tokyo Skytree

Six hundred and thirty-four metres tall. The idea of the central pillar of a five-storey pagoda was applied to its damping system.

TokyoArchitecture

Bunkyo

Koishikawa Korakuen

The garden of the Mito Tokugawa. Much of its design reproduces celebrated places in China.

TokyoNature & Scenery

Hachioji

Mt. Takao

An hour from the city centre. Its yearly number of climbers is said to be among the highest in the world.

TokyoGardens

Mitaka

Inokashira Park

The source of the Kanda river, and the first suburban park in Japan.

TokyoHistoric Districts

Katsushika

Shibamata

The setting of the Tora-san films. Kusa-dango shops line the street.

KanagawaCastles & History

Hakone

Hakone Checkpoint

The hardest stretch of the Tokaido. The stone paving and the cedar avenue survive.

KanagawaNature & Scenery

Hakone

Lake Ashi

A caldera lake. An inverted Fuji and the Torii of Peace reflect on its surface.

KanagawaHot Springs

Hakone

Owakudani

The scar of a steam explosion 3,000 years ago. The black eggs are boiled in the hot spring.

KanagawaCraft Experiences

Yokohama

Yokohama Red Brick

Bonded warehouses turned into a commercial complex.

KanagawaArchitecture

Yokohama

Sankeien

The silk merchant Hara Sankei moved seventeen old buildings here from Kyoto and Kamakura.

KanagawaNature & Scenery

Fujisawa

Enoshima

An island joined to the shore by a sandbar. Sea caves and a lookout lighthouse.