Tokyo

Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis is both the capital and largest city of Japan. A megacity bursting with a seemingly limitless number of things to do. It is the most populous metropolitan area in the world. It is not only the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government, it is also home to many world-class art galleries and museums, staggeringly diverse nightlife options and cutting-edge technology. You'll never be stuck for things to do or places to go in Tokyo.

Asakusa

Asakusa is the center of Tokyo's shitamachi (literally "low city"), one of Tokyo's districts, where an atmosphere of the Tokyo of past decades survives.

Takeshita Street

Omotesando known as Tokyo's Champs-Elysees; Takeshita Dori is a center of youth fashion and counter culture found along a narrow street crammed with shops and cafes targeting the younger, teenage crowd.

Shinjuku Golden Gai

Golden Gai is an architectural wonder tucked away in a corner of the giant centre of commerce and entertainment that is Shinjuku. The twentieth century wasn’t an era that was kind to Tokyo’s architectural heritage – most buildings that didn’t fall down in the great earthquake of 1923, or....

Ueno Park

Ueno Park grounds were originally part of Kaneiji Temple, which used to be one of the city's largest and wealthiest temples and a family temple of the ruling Tokugawa clan during the Edo Period

Chidorigafuchi

Chidorigafuchi Moat is one of a total of twelve moats that surround the Imperial Palac. The sakura along Chidorigafuchi Moat are amongst the most famous in Japan. They are lush and towering. Late in the season the surface of the moat becomes almost completely covered in sakura petals.

Odaiba

Odaiba originated as a set of small man made fort islands which were built towards the end of the Edo Period.

Rikugien Garden

Rikugien is often considered Tokyo's most beautiful Japanese landscape garden alongside Koishikawa Korakuen. Built around 1700 for the 5th Tokugawa Shogun, Rikugien literally means

Ryogoku

Ryogoku is a district of Tokyo where the sumo stadium, many sumo stables, chanko restaurants and other sumo related attractions can be found. It is the center of the sumo world. Sumo events have been staged in this area since a long time before, but until the beginning of the 20th century, sumo tournaments were held outdoors at shrines and temples.

Ginza

Tokyo's premier upmarket shopping district, it features high end department stores, boutiques, art galleries and designer brand stores.

Imperial Palace Plaza

The large plaza with Kuromatsu pine trees in front of the Imperial Palace has a majestic atmosphere with historic buildings such as castle gates and moats. It has been Japan's leading tourist attractions. You can view the Nijubashi, two bridges that form an entrance to the inner palace grounds