Tokyo · Nature

Best Beach & Waterfront in Tokyo

11 places, each checked by our team.

• Hamura Intake Weir 羽村取水堰Hamura — Historic weir on the Tama River that has fed the Tamagawa Josui aqueduct since 1653, with cherry-lined banks and tulip fields in spring.
• Harumi Futo Park 晴海ふ頭公園Harumi — A rebuilt waterfront park at the tip of Harumi pier, with a wide lawn, timber shelters made from the Tokyo 2020 Athletes Village and a front-row…
• Hyogojima Park (Futako-Tamagawa Riverside) 兵庫島公園Futako-Tamagawa — A grassy island-like park where the Noge River meets the Tama River, five minutes from Futako-Tamagawa Station, where locals paddle in the shallows,…
• Kasai Kaihin Park West Nagisa 葛西海浜公園 西なぎさKasai — Tokyos own sandy beach: a man-made island of sand off Kasai Rinkai Park, reached by a footbridge, where the city runs a summer "sea bathing" season…
• Lake Okutama (Ogouchi Dam) 奥多摩湖（小河内ダム）Lake Okutama — Mountain reservoir formed by the 149 m Ogouchi Dam, one of Japan's largest drinking-water reservoirs, with a lakeside walking road.
• Odaiba Seaside Park お台場海浜公園Odaiba — A crescent of sandy beach on Tokyo Bay with the best ground-level view of Rainbow Bridge, the Statue of Liberty replica and the city skyline,…
• Omori Furusato no Hamabe Park 大森ふるさとの浜辺公園Omori / Heiwajima — A man-made sandy beach and tidal flat on the old Omori shore, with beach volleyball courts, rock pools for crab hunting and Haneda-bound jets…
• Shiokaze Park 潮風公園Odaiba — A long, breezy bayside lawn on the southern edge of Odaiba with a seawall promenade facing Rainbow Bridge, Tokyo Tower and the Shinagawa skyline,…
• Sumida River Terrace (Kiyosubashi to Kuramae) 隅田川テラス（清洲橋～蔵前）Nihonbashi-Nakasu / Ryogoku — A continuous riverside walkway along the Sumida, passing beneath a run of historic steel bridges between Kiyosubashi and Kuramae, with Skytree…
• Takeshiba Waterfront Deck 竹芝ふ頭 ウォーターフロントTakeshiba — The open-air timber deck around Takeshiba Passenger Terminal, where ferries leave for the Izu and Ogasawara islands, with benches facing Rainbow…
• Tennozu Canal Boardwalk 天王洲 ボードウォークTennozu — A timber boardwalk along the Tennozu canal in Shinagawa, lined with a brewery restaurant, art galleries and a floating restaurant barge, and lit up…