A reconstruction of the Shinbashi passenger terminus, part of the first railway in Japan, which ...

Japanese and foreign films – 19,000 of them – star at the country’s only national facility ...

Daimyo feudal lords were the only people who could afford the clocks displayed here. Before ...

This wooded hilltop park was once the estate of Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), president of ...

The absence of anything relating to modern crime-fighting might alarm more than reassure ...

Kume Kuchiro was one of the first Japanese artists to embrace the Impressionist style. This ...

A primeval forest in central Tokyo? Yes, it’s a remnant of the ancient Musashino plain. ...

This museum was founded by Soetsu Yanagi in 1936 and has a wide variety of mingei (folk crafts) ...

Koishikawa Korakuen was first laid out in 1629. It’s now only a quarter of its original size, ...

When Emperor Meiji died, on 13 September 1912, General Nogi Maresuke and his wife proved their ...

The art of porcelain is the focus of this quiet museum. Its 11,000 antique Chinese and Japanese ...

This unusual venture was opened in 1953 by Kamegai Satoru, a doctor whose practice was ...

A few doors from Kyubei – one of Tokyo’s most famous (and famously expensive) sushi restaurants ...

Part of the huge Palette Town development that opened in 1999, Mega Web certainly lives up to ...

Few homes of early foreign Tokyo residents have escaped the ravages of time. This one, built in ...

This museum is currently closed for renovation, and will open again in November 2015.Run by the ...

With a clay drum from Mexico, an udekki from Sri Lanka and hundreds of other drums from around ...

This majestic, temple-like building is one of the most attractive sento in Tokyo. Cleaner than ...