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Best Photo Spot in Tokyo

96 places, each checked by our team.

• Adachi City Hall Observation Room 足立区役所 展望室Chuohoncho — A free observation room on the top floor of Adachi City Hall with wide views of Tokyo Skytree, the Arakawa River and, on clear days, Mount Fuji.
• Akabane Hachiman Shrine Shinkansen View 赤羽八幡神社 新幹線ビューAkabanedai — A hilltop shrine built directly above the Shinkansen tracks, where you can photograph bullet trains disappearing beneath the shrine grounds.
• Aoyama Cemetery Cherry Avenue 青山霊園 桜並木Aoyama / Nogizaka — Central avenue of Japan's first public cemetery, covered by a tunnel of cherry blossoms with Roppongi towers beyond.
• Asakusa Hare Terrace (EKIMISE Rooftop) 浅草エキミセ 屋上Asakusa — The free rooftop of the Tobu Asakusa Station building, with a straight-on view of Tokyo Skytree and Tobu trains crossing the Sumida River.
• Asakusa Nishi-sando Arcade 浅草西参道商店街Asakusa — A covered Edo-style shopping arcade leading to the west side of Senso-ji, with red lanterns, wooden signs and the Rokku entertainment district at…
• Cat Street (Ura-Harajuku) キャットストリートHarajuku — A winding car-free lane between Harajuku and Shibuya built over a buried river, lined with street-fashion stores, murals and young creatives.
• Crystal View (Kasai Rinkai Park) クリスタルビューKasai Rinkai Park — A glass-walled observation pavilion on the seaward edge of Kasai Rinkai Park: a free, airy box framing Tokyo Bay, perfect for silhouette shots at…
• Denboin-dori Edo Shopfronts and Shutter Art 伝法院通りAsakusa — An Edo-style shopping street crossing Nakamise near Senso-ji, with wooden facades, rooftop figures and painted shutters that appear after closing…
• Ebisu Garden Place Clock Square & Chateau 恵比寿ガーデンプレイス 時計広場とシャトーEbisu — A European-style plaza where the brick arcade leads to a French chateau-style restaurant, famous in winter for its giant Baccarat chandelier.
• Edo Sakura-dori Cherry Avenue 江戸桜通りNihonbashi Muromachi — A short avenue of cherry trees between the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi and Coredo Muromachi blocks that turns into a pink tunnel lit by lanterns in spring.
• Eitai-bashi Bridge at Night 夜の永代橋Shinkawa / Eitai — A powerful 1926 steel arch over the Sumida, lit blue at night with the towers of Okawabata River City 21 shining behind it, one of Tokyo's best…
• Former Anamori Inari Great Torii 旧穴守稲荷神社大鳥居Haneda / Tenkubashi — A lone vermilion torii on the riverbank by Benten Bridge, the last relic of the shrine and village cleared for Haneda Airport, framed by landing…
• Former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen Station 旧博物館動物園駅Ueno — A closed Keisei Line station in Ueno Park whose stone 1930s entrance pavilion, topped with a small dome, looks like a tiny mausoleum.
• Fuji Television Building フジテレビ本社ビルOdaiba — Kenzo Tange's 1996 Fuji TV headquarters, a gridded steel frame with a 32 m titanium sphere wedged between its towers, is Odaiba's most futuristic…
• Futako Tamagawa Rise Rooftop Garden 二子玉川ライズ 屋上庭園Futako-Tamagawa — A free rooftop garden above the Futako Tamagawa Rise shopping centre where sunsets over the Tama River and, on clear days, Mount Fuji come into view.
• Ginza 4-chome Crossing & Wako Clock Tower 銀座四丁目交差点と和光時計塔Ginza — Ginza's most famous corner, where the 1932 Wako clock tower rises over the city's grandest intersection; shoot it from the opposite corner with…
• Ginza Chuo-dori Pedestrian Paradise 銀座中央通り 歩行者天国Ginza — On weekend and holiday afternoons Ginza's main street closes to cars, so you can stand in the middle of the road and shoot the department-store…
• Gojikken-bana Spit 五十間鼻Haneda — A narrow spit at the mouth of the Ebitori River in Haneda, where a tiny Buddhist hall faces the airport and the Tamagawa Sky Bridge.
• Gyoko-dori Avenue 行幸通りMarunouchi — The ceremonial boulevard from Tokyo Station to the Imperial Palace, lined with ginkgo trees and granite paving, gives the perfectly symmetrical…
• Hamamatsucho Station Manneken Pis 浜松町駅 小便小僧Hamamatsucho — A small Manneken Pis statue on the Hamamatsucho Station platform that local volunteers dress in a new costume every month, one of Tokyo's quirkiest…
• Haneda Airport Terminal 1 Observation Deck 羽田空港第1ターミナル 展望デッキHaneda Airport — The JAL-side rooftop deck of Haneda's domestic Terminal 1, looking across the A and C runways towards Tokyo Bay, with sunset views towards Mt Fuji…
• Haneda Airport Terminal 3 Observation Deck 羽田空港第3ターミナル 展望デッキHaneda — A free, 24-hour rooftop deck on the 5th floor of Haneda's international terminal, overlooking a runway and dozens of long-haul jets, with Mount Fuji…
• Haneda no Watashi Ferry Site 羽田の渡し跡Haneda — A Tama River embankment marker where a ferry once linked Haneda with Kawasaki Daishi, now a wide riverside spot for sunsets and plane spotting.
• Harakado Rooftop Terrace 東急プラザ原宿「ハラカド」 屋上テラスHarajuku — The free rooftop terrace of Tokyu Plaza Harajuku 'Harakado', looking down on the Jingumae crossing, Omotesando's zelkova trees and the Omokado…
• Hatonomachi-dori Shopping Street 鳩の街通り商店街Higashi-Mukojima — A slow, winding old shopping street in Higashi-Mukojima where tiled 1950s facades, faded shop signs and tiny cafes survive from a former post-war…
• Itchodaira Cherry Trees (Mt. Takao) 一丁平の桜（高尾山）Mt. Takao — Ridge beyond Mt. Takao's summit lined with about 1,000 cherry trees, blooming weeks after central Tokyo, with Mt. Fuji views.
• Kabukicho Ichibangai Gate & Godzilla View 歌舞伎町一番街アーチと ゴジラヘッドShinjuku — Stand at the red neon Kabukicho Ichibangai arch on Yasukuni-dori and Godzilla glares down at you over the street from the Toho building at the far…
• Kaminarimon at Night 夜の雷門Asakusa — After the day crowds leave, the Thunder Gate's 3.9 m red lantern glows under spotlights with almost no one around, and taxis on Kaminarimon-dori…
• Kanamachi Water Intake Towers 金町浄水場 取水塔Shibamata / Kanamachi — Two Western-style intake towers standing in the Edogawa river near Shibamata, the older one from 1941 with a copper-domed cap: an unmistakable river…
• Kappabashi Giant Chef Head (Niimi Building) ニイミ洋食器店 ジャンボコック像Kappabashi — A giant chef's head with a tall toque on top of the Niimi tableware building, the landmark that marks the southern entrance of Kappabashi Kitchen…
• Kita-Senju Shukuba-machi Street 北千住 宿場町通りKita-Senju — The old Nikko-kaido post-town street in Kita-Senju, where the Edo-period Yokoyama merchant house and old shopfronts stand among modern shops.
• KITTE Garden Rooftop KITTE屋上庭園 KITTEガーデンMarunouchi / Tokyo Station — A free lawn terrace on the 6th floor of KITTE that looks straight across at the domes of Tokyo Station's red-brick Marunouchi building and down onto…
• Kiyosumi Shophouse Row (Former Tokyo City Shophouses) 旧東京市営店舗向住宅Kiyosumi — A row of 1928 concrete shophouses on Kiyosumi-dori, built after the Great Kanto Earthquake, now home to cafes and small shops in an atmospheric…
• Kogesawa Plum Grove 木下沢梅林Ura-Takao / Hachioji — Hillside grove of about 700 red and white plum trees in Ura-Takao, opened to walkers for only about two weeks each March.
• Koshu-kaido Ginkgo Avenue (Hachioji) 甲州街道いちょう並木Hachioji / Takao — About 4 km of national highway lined by 763 ginkgo trees planted in 1929, turning brilliant gold in late November.
• Marunouchi House Terrace (Shin-Marunouchi 7F) 丸の内ハウス テラス（新丸ビル7階）Marunouchi / Tokyo Station — The open-air terrace that wraps around the 7th floor of the Shin-Marunouchi Building looks down on the roofs and domes of Tokyo Station, a free,…
• Marunouchi Naka-dori Avenue 丸の内仲通りMarunouchi — A tree-lined, stone-paved boulevard between the Marunouchi towers that looks like a European high street, especially when the trees glow champagne…
• Meiji Jingu Gaien Ginkgo Avenue 明治神宮外苑 いちょう並木Aoyama / Jingu Gaien — Four rows of towering ginkgo trees that turn brilliant gold in late November, planted in tapering heights so they draw the eye toward the domed…
• Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower モード学園コクーンタワーNishi-Shinjuku — A 204 m skyscraper wrapped in a white lattice 'cocoon' beside Shinjuku's West Exit, one of Tokyo's most photographed modern towers and a perfect…
• Mt. Mitake Rengeshoma Colony 御岳山 レンゲショウマ群生地Ome / Mt. Mitake — Forest slope near Mt. Mitake's cable car station with about 50,000 rengeshoma plants, said to be Japan's largest colony.
• Nakano Sun Mall Arcade 中野サンモール商店街Nakano — A long covered arcade from Nakano Station to Nakano Broadway, its glass roof and lit shopfronts making a perfect symmetrical tunnel.
• Namiyoke Inari Shrine Lion Heads 波除稲荷神社 獅子頭Tsukiji — A small Tsukiji shrine guarded by two enormous carved lion heads, a striking and slightly surreal close-up next to the outer market.
• Nerima City Office Observation Lobby 練馬区役所 展望ロビーNerima — A free 20th-floor observation lobby at Nerima City Office with sweeping views west toward Mount Fuji and east to the Shinjuku towers.
• Ningyocho Karakuri Clock Tower 人形町からくり櫓Ningyocho — A mechanical clock tower on Ningyocho-dori whose doors open through the day to reveal Edo-period figures acting out scenes, a charming retro shot in…
• Nittele Ohdokei (Ghibli Giant Clock) 日テレ大時計Shiodome — A steampunk giant clock designed by Hayao Miyazaki, bolted to the side of Nippon TV Tower in Shiodome; several times a day it springs to life with…
• Omokado Mirrored Entrance (Tokyu Plaza Omotesando) 東急プラザ表参道「オモカド」 エントランスHarajuku — The kaleidoscope-like mirrored escalator entrance at the Omotesando-Meiji-dori crossing, one of Harajuku's most photographed spots.
• Omotesando Zelkova Avenue 表参道 けやき並木Omotesando — The broad avenue from Harajuku to Aoyama lined with old zelkova trees and architect-designed flagship stores, a classic Tokyo boulevard shot in…
• One Ryokudo (Machida Ridge Path) 尾根緑道Machida — Ridge-top path in northern Machida whose cherry trees form a long pink tunnel in spring, with autumn colours later in the year.
• Rainbow Bridge from Daiba Park 台場公園（第三台場）からのレインボーブリッジOdaiba — The grassy island of an 1853 gun battery sits right under the Rainbow Bridge, giving a low, close angle on the bridge's towers and cables with the…
• Rainbow Bridge Promenade レインボーブリッジ遊歩道（レインボープロムナード）Shibaura / Odaiba — Walk the free 1.7 km footpath slung under the road deck of the Rainbow Bridge and you get Tokyo Tower, the bay and Odaiba from mid-air, best at…
• Sayama-Sakai Ryokudo 狭山・境緑道Higashiyamato / Kodaira — Straight 10 km green path along a buried water main to Lake Tama, with long cherry tunnels in spring and hydrangeas in June.
• Senso-ji Five-Storey Pagoda at Night 夜の浅草寺五重塔Asakusa — The 53 m five-storey pagoda glows red and gold under floodlights beside the Hozomon gate, a calm, almost empty night scene in the heart of Tokyo's…
• Shakujii River Cherry Blossoms (Itabashi) 石神井川の桜（板橋・加賀）Kaga — A long stretch of the Shakujii River in Itabashi where hundreds of cherry trees arch over the water, lit up at night in peak season.
• Shibamata Edogawa Riverbank (Tora-sans Riverbank) 柴又の江戸川河川敷Shibamata — The grassy Edogawa embankment behind Taishakuten, where nearly every Tora-san film opens with him strolling home; wide skies, the Yagiri ferry and…
• Shibuya Center Gai Gate 渋谷センター街 アーチShibuya — The neon arch at the entrance to Center Gai, Shibuya's youth shopping street, glowing above the crowds a few steps from the Scramble Crossing.
• Shibuya Crossing from MAG8 Rooftop CROSSING VIEW & ROOFTOP LOUNGE MAG8（MAGNET by SHIBUYA109 屋上）Shibuya — The rooftop of MAGNET by SHIBUYA109 hangs directly over the north corner of Shibuya Scramble, giving the classic top-down shot of thousands of…
• Shibuya Crossing from the Myth of Tomorrow Passage 渋谷マークシティ連絡通路（明日の神話）Shibuya — The free classic: the glass-walled corridor between JR Shibuya and the Keio Inokashira Line, home to Taro Okamoto's 30 m mural Myth of Tomorrow,…
• Shibuya Fukuras Rooftop 渋谷フクラス 屋上Shibuya — A free rooftop garden on top of Shibuya Fukuras (Tokyu Plaza Shibuya) with a close-up view over the station tracks to Shibuya Scramble Square and…
• Shimbashi SL Square 新橋 SL広場Shimbashi — The square outside Shimbashi Station's west exit with a preserved C11 steam locomotive, a salaryman meeting point and an only-in-Tokyo scene after…
• Shinagawa Station Central Free Passage (Commuter Rush) 品川駅 中央自由通路Shinagawa / Konan — The wide concourse linking Shinagawa Station's Takanawa and Konan sides, where a river of suited commuters pours toward the Konan offices every…
• Shinjuku 3D Calico Cat Billboard 新宿東口の猫（クロス新宿ビジョン）Shinjuku — The giant 3D cat that appears to lean out of a curved screen above Shinjuku Station's East Exit plaza, a must-shoot for video and reels.
• Shinjuku Southern Terrace 新宿サザンテラスShinjuku — A wide wooden boardwalk south of Shinjuku Station where the clock-faced NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building looms over trees and cafes like a Tokyo Empire…
• Shinjuku Suehirotei Facade 新宿末廣亭Shinjuku 3-chome — The wooden facade of a traditional rakugo comedy hall, hung with paper lanterns and performer name boards, an old-Tokyo frame in modern Shinjuku…
• Shinkawa Senbonzakura and Fire Lookout Tower 新川千本桜・新川西水門広場 火の見櫓Funabori / Shinkawa — A 3 km canal promenade lined with around 700 cherry trees of 21 varieties, wooden bridges and a climbable 15.5 m Edo-style fire lookout tower:…
• Shinobazu Pond & Bentendo 不忍池と弁天堂Ueno — An octagonal Buddhist hall on an island in Ueno's Shinobazu Pond, surrounded in summer by a sea of lotus leaves taller than people, with modern…
• Shiodome Italia-gai 汐留イタリア街Shiodome — A small district of Italian-style buildings, cobbled streets and arcades in Shiodome, popular for portraits, cosplay and pre-wedding shoots.
• Skytree & Asahi Flame from Azuma-bashi 吾妻橋からのスカイツリーとアサヒビール本社Asakusa — From the Asakusa end of the red Azuma Bridge you get Tokyo's most famous odd couple, Philippe Starck's golden 'flame' and the beer-glass Asahi…
• Skytree from Genmori-bashi 源森橋からのスカイツリーMukojima / Oshiage — A small bridge over the Kitajukken River where Skytree towers over the water and Tobu trains rumble across the neighbouring railway bridge, the…
• Skytree from Kuramae-bashi 蔵前橋からのスカイツリーKuramae / Ryogoku — The yellow arch of Kuramae Bridge, lit warm at night, with Skytree glowing upriver, a lesser-known Sumida River composition that is easy to get…
• Skytree from Sakura-bashi 桜橋からのスカイツリーAsakusa / Mukojima — An X-shaped pedestrian bridge spanning the Sumida between two banks of cherry trees, with Skytree rising downriver: Tokyo's best sakura-plus-Skytree…
• Spain-zaka Stairway スペイン坂Shibuya — A short, narrow stepped lane off Center Gai lined with Spanish-style shopfronts, one of Shibuya's most charming small framings.
• SunnyHills Minami-Aoyama (Kengo Kuma Lattice) サニーヒルズ南青山Minami-Aoyama — Kengo Kuma's pineapple-cake shop wrapped in a three-dimensional timber lattice, an architecture favourite on the quiet backstreets of Minami-Aoyama.
• Toden Tram and Sunshine 60 at Higashi-Ikebukuro-yonchome 東池袋四丁目停留場 都電とサンシャイン60Higashi-Ikebukuro — A train-view spot where the retro single-car Toden Arakawa Line tram rolls past with the Sunshine 60 tower looming behind.
• Toden Tram Street Section at Asukayama 都電荒川線 飛鳥山の併用軌道Oji — The only stretch where the Toden Arakawa Line runs in the road with cars, climbing and curving up a slope beside Asukayama Park.
• Tokyo Big Sight 東京ビッグサイト（東京国際展示場）Ariake — Four inverted pyramids balanced on slender legs above the bay, plus a giant saw sculpture biting into the ground, make Japan's biggest convention…
• Tokyo Camii 東京ジャーミイ・トルコ文化センターYoyogi-Uehara — Japan's largest mosque, an Ottoman-style jewel box in a quiet Shibuya street with a soaring dome, Turkish tiles, chandeliers and stained glass that…
• Tokyo Gate Bridge from Wakasu Seaside Park 若洲海浜公園からの東京ゲートブリッジWakasu — The 'dinosaur bridge', a 2.6 km truss bridge shaped like two facing dinosaurs, seen from Wakasu's seawall, where on clear winter evenings Mount Fuji…
• Tokyo International Forum Glass Hall 東京国際フォーラム ガラス棟Yurakucho / Marunouchi — A 60 m-high glass atrium shaped like a ship's hull, crossed by floating skybridges and held up by a steel keel-like roof truss, Tokyo's most…
• Tokyo Midtown Hibiya Park View Garden 東京ミッドタウン日比谷 パークビューガーデンHibiya — A free 6th-floor terrace garden at Tokyo Midtown Hibiya that looks straight down on Hibiya Park, the Imperial Palace moat and the Marunouchi skyline.
• Tokyo Mizumachi Riverside and Skytree 東京ミズマチMukojima / Oshiage — A row of shops built into the Tobu railway viaduct along the Kitajukken River, with Tokyo Skytree towering directly overhead and trains rumbling…
• Tokyo Night & Light Projection Mapping from Tomin Plaza TOKYO Night & Light（都民広場から見る都庁プロジェクションマッピング）Nishi-Shinjuku — Every evening the 240 m east face of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building becomes a Guinness-certified projection screen, and the semicircular…
• Tokyo Tower from Akabanebashi Crossing 赤羽橋交差点からの東京タワーShiba / Higashi-Azabu — Step out of Akabanebashi Station and Tokyo Tower fills the sky above the intersection, the easiest no-climb, full-height view of the tower with…
• Tokyo Tower from Azabudai Hills Central Square 麻布台ヒルズ 中央広場からの東京タワーAzabudai / Toranomon — Azabudai Hills' green, sloping Central Square puts Tokyo Tower just across the valley above wavy Heatherwick-designed roofs and orchards, the newest…
• Tokyo Tower from Roppongi Hills Keyakizaka 六本木けやき坂通りからの東京タワーRoppongi — Look down the gentle slope of Keyakizaka from the top and Tokyo Tower closes the view, framed by zelkova trees, at its best in winter when the…
• Tokyo Tower from Zojoji's Sangedatsumon 増上寺 三解脱門と東京タワーShiba Park — Stand at Zojoji's 1622 vermilion gate and the 333 m Tokyo Tower rises directly behind the temple's main hall, the defining old-and-new shot of…
• Toshima City Office Rooftop Garden (Toshima no Mori) 豊島区役所 屋上庭園「豊島の森」Minami-Ikebukuro — A free rooftop forest garden on Toshima City Office in Ikebukuro, with a stream, trees and views toward the Ikebukuro skyline and Sunshine 60.
• Tsukiji Hongwanji 築地本願寺Tsukiji — A Buddhist temple that looks like it was flown in from ancient India: a 1934 stone hall with a domed roof, lotus motifs and stone elephants, monkeys…
• Tsukishima Back Alleys (Roji) 月島の路地Tsukishima — Narrow lanes branching off Nishinaka-dori where old two-storey wooden houses, potted plants and bicycles crowd together under the Harumi and…
• Tsukudako-bashi & Tsukuda Old Harbour 佃小橋と佃堀Tsukuda / Tsukishima — A small red bridge over the old fishing-boat channel of Tsukuda, with Edo-era tsukudani shops and moored boats in front and gleaming 50-storey…
• Unicorn Gundam Statue (DiverCity Tokyo Plaza) 実物大ユニコーンガンダム立像Odaiba / Aomi — A life-size, 19.7 m RX-0 Unicorn Gundam statue in front of DiverCity Tokyo Plaza that transforms with light and sound shows in the evening.
• Yanaka Fujimizaka Slope 富士見坂（西日暮里）Nishi-Nippori — A narrow residential slope in Nishi-Nippori that was once famous as the last natural Mount Fuji view in central Tokyo, still a lovely sunset frame.
• Yanaka Hebimichi (Snake Lane) へび道Yanaka / Sendagi — A narrow, snaking lane on the border of Yanaka and Sendagi that follows a buried river, lined with old houses, potted plants and tiny shops.
• Yanaka Himalayan Cedar Corner 谷中のヒマラヤ杉Yanaka — A huge Himalayan cedar towering over an old wooden house at a quiet Yanaka crossroads, one of the most loved scenes of Tokyo's old town.
• Yoyogi National Gymnasium 国立代々木競技場 第一体育館Harajuku / Yoyogi — Kenzo Tange's 1964 Olympic arena, with a sweeping suspension roof that rises to dramatic spines, is one of the masterpieces of modern architecture…
• Yurakucho Gado-shita 有楽町ガード下Yurakucho — Smoke from yakitori grills, red lanterns and beer crates under the 1910 brick railway arches just south of Yurakucho Station, the most atmospheric…
• Yuyake Dandan 夕やけだんだんYanaka — The 'sunset steps' at the top of Yanaka Ginza, where you look down the old shopping street as the sun goes down behind it, with neighbourhood cats…