City guide

Things to do in Tokyo 東京

1605 places our team picked in Tokyo, by category.

• Museum 101
• Art & Exhibits 16
• Shrine 64
• Temple 26
• Castle & Palace 9
• Landmark & Tower 35
• Statue & Monument 19
• Bridge 28
• Vista & View 28
• Photo Spot 96
• Camera Store 60
• Park 95
• Garden 29
• Nature & Hike 11
• Beach & Waterfront 11
• Theme Park 7
• Zoo & Aquarium 10
• Pokémon & Character Store 10
• Anime & Otaku 9
• Activities & Experiences 33
• Movie Theaters 22
• Shows & Entertainment 21
• Live Music & Karaoke 21
• Arcade & Games 5
• Sports & Sumo 8
• Mall & Department Store 16
• Unique Store 84
• Shopping Street 23
• Market 3
• Restaurant 26
• Breakfast & Brunch 1
• Ramen & Noodles 133
• Sushi & Seafood 77
• Café & Sweets 33
• Izakaya 19
• Bars & Nightlife 78
• Onsen & Sento 13
• Stay 48
• Local Secret 72
• Transit Hub 28
• Luggage Storage 132
• Tourist Info 45

Top sights

• Musashi Mitake ShrineShrine · Ome / Mt. Mitake — A mountaintop shrine at 929 m on Mt. Mitake in the Okutama hills, reached by cable car and a walk through a pilgrim village, beloved for…
• Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art MuseumMuseum · Shirokanedai — A 1933 Art Deco mansion built for Prince Asaka, with René Lalique glass doors and Henri Rapin interiors, now a museum hosting design and…
• Yushima TenmanguShrine · Yushima / Ueno — Tokyo's best-known shrine for exam success, dedicated to the scholar-god Sugawara no Michizane, walls of wooden ema from hopeful students,…
• Okunitama ShrineShrine · Fuchu — Western Tokyo's grand ancient shrine in Fuchu, founded in the first century and once the capital shrine of Musashi Province, reached via a…
• Meiji JinguShrine · Harajuku — A hushed 70-hectare forest shrine steps from Harajuku, dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken, enormous cypress torii, a wall of…
• Kanda MyojinShrine · Akihabara / Ochanomizu — A 1,300-year-old shrine to business luck and prosperity a few minutes from Akihabara, beloved by Edo merchants, salarymen blessing their…
• Senso-jiTemple · Asakusa — Tokyo's oldest temple (founded 628) and its most electric: pass under the giant red lantern of Kaminarimon, run the snack gauntlet of…
• Fuchu Kyodo-no-mori MuseumMuseum · Fuchu — An open-air museum park on the Tama River where historic Fuchu buildings, a Meiji town hall and old farmhouses stand among a huge plum…
• Tokyo Station Marunouchi BuildingLandmark & Tower · Marunouchi — Tatsuno Kingo's grand 1914 red-brick station, restored in 2012 with its twin domes and ornate plaster ceilings, a working hub and Tokyo's…
• Tsukiji Outer MarketMarket · Tsukiji — When the wholesale market moved to Toyosu, the outer market stayed: 400-odd shops and stalls selling tamagoyaki, grilled scallops, fresh…
• Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting CenterLandmark & Tower · Ginza / Shimbashi — Kenzo Tange's 1967 Metabolist tower in Ginza: a single cylindrical core with office boxes cantilevered off it, still standing beside the…
• Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, TokyoMuseum · Marunouchi — A faithful reconstruction of Josiah Conder's 1894 red-brick Mitsubishi office in Marunouchi, now an intimate museum for late-19th and…