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CONTENTS

Introduction: TOKYO AND ITS HERITAGE

CHAPTER 1: CENTRAL TOKYO

Walking Tour 1

MARUNOUCHI, THE IMPERIAL PALACE AND HIBIYA PARK: Within the Moat, the Blue-eyed Shogun, the Imperial Palace, the “Hall of the Cry of the Stag,” and the Imperial Hotel

Tokyo Station, Imperial Theater/Idemitsu Art Museum, The Imperial Palace Outer Garden, Hibiya Park, The Imperial Hotel

Walking Tour 2

OTEMACHI, IMPERIAL PALACE GARDENS, AND YASUKUNI SHRINE: a Flying Head, the Shogun’s Castle, a Cultural Oasis, and the Japanese Valhalla

The Hill of Masakado’s Head, Statue of Kiyomaro, The Imperial Palace East Garden, Kita-no-maru Park, Yasukuni Shrine, Chidorigafuchi Water Park, JCII Camera Museum (diversion)

Walking Tour 3

NAGATACHO AND AKASAKA: High Culture, the Law, Politics, an ancient Shrine, Commercial Palaces, and the Shadow of geisha Times

Hanzo-mon to Nagatacho, National Diet Building, Kasumigaseki and Toranomon, Ark Hills and the Okura Museum (diversion), Hie Shrine, Akasaka Mitsuke Area, New Otani Art Museum, Toyokawa Inari Shrine, Akasaka Detached Palace, Sogetsu Kaikan, The Meiji Outer Garden (diversion)

Walking Tour 4

TSUKIJI AND TSUKISHIMA: The Harvest of the Sea, the Shrine of the Fishermen Spies, the Foreigners’ Enclave, and dutch Learning

Tsukiji Market, Hama Detached Palace Garden, Tsukishima Island, Dutch Learning Area, Tsukiji Hongan-ji Temple

Walking Tour 5

NIHOMBASHI TO GINZA AND SHIMBASHI: The Quarter Where Pleasure Can Be Had, a Shopper’s Paradise, kabuki, and a New City “Where the Tide Ends”

Nihombashi: The Bridge of Japan, Chuo-dori: Tokyo’s High Street, Yaesu and Tokyo Station, Ginza Shopping District, A Walk Through the Ginza, Kabuki-za Theater, Shiodome New City, Yurakucho, Tokyo International Forum

Walking Tour 6

EAST OF NIHOMBASHI TO FUKAGAWA AND NINGYOCHO: The Bridge of Japan, a kite Museum, the Shrine of the golden Helmet, the Low City recalled, Sumo, and Doll Town

The Kite Museum, Kabuto Shrine and the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Fukagawa Fudo-do Temple, Tomioka Hachiman-Gu Shrine and Sumo, Fukagawa Edo Folk Museum, Kiyosumi Gardens, Sumo Stables and the Basho House Site, Doll Town Pleasure District, Suiten-gu Shrine, Mitsukoshi Department Store, Bank of Japan and Currency Museum

CHAPTER 2: EASTERN AND NORTHERN TOKYO

Walking Tour 7

ASAKUSABASHI, RYOGOKU AND YANAGIBASHI: a geisha Quarter, the World of Toys, an Earthquake Memorial, Sumo Wrestlers, and Lord kira’s demise

Doll Town and Toy Town, Earthquake Memorial Park, Kyu-Yasuda Teien Gardens, Edo-Tokyo Museum, Sumo Stadium, Museum, and Stables, Eko-in Temple, Site of Lord Kira’s Villa, Yanagibashi, Willow Tree Bridge

Walking Tour 8

ASAKUSA, KAPPABASHI AND MINOWA: Tokyo’s Oldest Temple, the Street of Inside Shops, a golden Buddha, Plastic delights, and a Famed Pleasure Quarter

Tokyo Sky Tree (diversion), Senso-ji (Asakusa Kannon Temple), Senso-ji Temple Festivals, Asakusa District, Kappabashi-dori Plastic Foods, Jokan-ji Temple, Toden Arakawa Tram Line

Walking Tour 9

UENO AND NEZU: The Park Where Culture abides, the Low City remembered, a Shogun’s Shrine, and Two artists’ residences

House of Taikan Yokoyama, Ameyoko Shopping Street, Shitamachi Museum, Benten-do, Ueno Park, Kiyomizu Kannon-do, Ueno Royal Museum, Tosho-gu Shrine, Ueno Zoo, Tokyo National Museum Complex, Kan’ei-ji Temple, Jomyo-in Temple, Yoshida-Ya Sake Shop Museum, Asakura Sculpture Museum and Garden, Daimyo Tokei Clock Museum, Nezu Shrine, Tokyo University

Walking Tour 10

YUSHIMA, KANDA, JIMBOCHO AND AKIHABARA: Shrines to a Chinese Sage and a rebel, the Bibliophiles’ Paradise, Wholesaling run rampant, and Pleasure deferred

Yushima Tenjin Shrine, Kanda Myojin Shrine, Hijiribashi Bridge and Century Tower, Nikolai Cathedral, Meiji University Museum and Criminal Materials Exhibition, Jimbocho Bookstore Area, Koishikawa Korakuen Garden, Akihabara District

Walking Tour 11

IKEBUKURO: a Shopper’s Paradise, the City within a City, the Writers’ Final resting Place, and a Classic Stroll garden

Ikebukuro Shopping, Sunshine City, Zoshigaya Cemetery, Rikugi-en Garden

CHAPTER 3: SOUTHERN TOKYO

Walking Tour 12

ATAGO HILL, TOKYO TOWER, AND SHIBA PARK: a Hill of Lost Causes, the Shoguns defiled, Tokyo’s Eiffel Tower, and a Former Nobleman’s garden

Atago Shrine, NHK Broadcast Museum, Zojo-ji Temple, Tokyo Tower and World Trade Center, Shiba Detached Palace Gardens

Walking Tour 13

ROPPONGI AND AZABU: The Last Samurai, Beverly Hills Transplanted, roppongi Hills and Tokyo Midtown, and a Statesman’s garden

Nogi Shrine, Tokyo Midtown, National Art Center, Roppongi Crossing, International House of Japan, Striped House Museum of Art, Roppongi Hills, Prince Arisugawa Memorial Park

Walking Tour 14

DAIKANYAMA, EBISU AND MEGURO: Fashionable Living, a Beer Museum, a Nature Preserve with an art deco Villa, and Buddha’s Early disciples

Daikanyama, Yebisu Garden Place, Institute for Nature Study, Four Temples, Buddha’s Early Disciples, and the Great Priest Ennin

Walking Tour 15

SHINAGAWA: an ambassador ambushed, the Finale to the 47 ronin, a Bauhaus Museum, and a garden Beautiful from any angle

Sengaku-ji Temple, Tozen-ji Temple, Happoen Garden, Hatakeyama Kinenken Museum, Prince Takeda Mansion, Takanawa-mon Checkpoint on the Tokaido Road, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (diversion)

Walking Tour 16

ODAIBA: The City in the Sea, a Ferris Wheel, Classic Cars, Science Centers, Beaches, Hot Springs, and Maritime displays

Tokyo Beach and Joyopolis, Fuji TV, Science, and the Statue of Liberty, Telecommunications and Hot Springs, a Ferris Wheel and Automobiles, Tokyo Big Sight, Fashion Town, and the Panasonic Center

CHAPTER 4: WESTERN TOKYO

Walking Tour 17

SHINJUKU: a district of Skyscrapers, City Hall, a Central Shopping area, the red-light district, and an Imperial garden

Shinjuku Skyscraper District, Tokyo City Hall, Park Hyatt Hotel, Tokyo Opera City, Japanese Sword Museum, East Shinjuku, Hanazono Shrine, Kabukicho and Golden Gai, Shinjuku Gyoen Garden, National Noh Theater (diversion)

Walking Tour 18

HARAJUKU, OMOTESANDO AND AOYAMA: The Emperor’s Spirit Enshrined, the Tokyo Olympics, a Japanese Champs-Elysées, and “Blue Mountain” Chic

Meiji Shrine, Yoyogi Park, Togo Shrine, Ota Museum of Ukiyo-e Prints, Omotesandodori, Aoyama, Nezu Museum, Tepia and Aoyama Fashion, Festivals

Walking Tour 19

SHIBUYA: The Faithful dog, Teen Trends, and Museums Traditional and Offbeat in the Valley of Shibui

Hachiko Statue, Shibuya Shopping, Tobacco and Salt Museum, NHK Broadcasting Center and NHK Hall, Japan Folk Crafts Museum

CHAPTER 5: YOKOHAMA AND POINTS SOUTH

YOKOHAMA OVERVIEW: Three Easy Excursions In and Around the Old Port City of Yokohama

Walking Tour 20

OLD AND NEW YOKOHAMA: The Foreigners’ Enclave “Inside the Checkpoint,” a New Vision for an Old Port, and “Beyond the Checkpoint”

Chinatown, Hepburn Memorial Marker and The Yokohama Doll Museum, Kaigan-dori (Shore Drive) and Yamashita Park, Yokohama Park, Minato Mirai 21 Complex, Kangai (Beyond the Checkpoint), The Kanagawa District and Yokohama Station, Festivals in Yokohama

Walking Tour 21

YAMATE-CHO: The yamate Bluff—a Haven for Westerners on Higher ground

Motomachi and the Italian Garden, the Foreigners’ Cemetery, Harborview Park and French Hill

Walking Tour 22

SANKEI-EN GARDEN AND HASSEI-DEN FOLK MUSEUM: a Classic garden Filled with Teahouses, and the Hall of the Eight Sages

Sankei-en Garden, Honmoku Civic Park, Hall of the Eight Sages

KAMAKURA OVERVIEW: Visiting the Famous Temples and Shrines of the Ancient Minamoto Capital

Walking Tour 23

KAMAKURA AND HASE: The Famous Temples and Shrines of Central and North Kamakura and a great Bronze Buddha

Hongaku-ji Temple, Wakamiya Shrine, Wakamiya Jinja, Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu, Shirahata Shrine and Yoritomo’s Grave, Egara Tenjin Shrine, Kamakura-gu, Annual Events in the Central Kamakura Area, Kencho-ji Zen Temple, Enno-ji Temple and the Kings of Hell, Tokei-ji Temple (the Divorce Temple), Engaku-ji Temple, Festivals at Engaku-ji, Zeniarai Benten Shrine (diversion), Komyo-ji, the Great Buddha of Kamakura, Hase-dera Temple

Walking Tour 24

KATASE AND ENOSHIMA ISLAND: a Surly Monk, a Legendary kannon, and a Famed Nude goddess

Nichiren and the Kamakura Execution Grounds, Enoshima Island

Walking Tour 25

YOKOSUKA: a Japanese admiral, an English Sailor, and an american Commodore

Mikasa Park and Battleship Mikasa, Sarushima Island (Monkey Island), The Grave of William Adams, Yokosuka City Museum

CHAPTER 6: POINTS WEST, NORTH AND EAST OF TOKYO

Walking Tour 26

THE HAKONE REGION: Mountains, Spas, and Thermal Eruptions

Odawara, Hakone-Yumoto, Miyanoshita, Gora, The Hakone Ropeway, Togendai on Lake Ashinoko, Hakone-machi, Moto-Hakone, Festivals

Walking Tour 27

MOUNT FUJI: Climbing the Sacred Mountain

Climbing Mount Fuji, Sengen Shrine, Lake Kawaguchi

Walking Tour 28

KAWAGOE: Little Edo—a Vision of Old Tokyo

Yamazaki Art Museum and Kameya Sweet Shop, Choki-in Temple, Chuo-dori, Kawagoe City Museum, Kita-in Temple, Festivals

Walking Tour 29

NARITA: Shinsho-ji Temple in Narita and the National History Museum in Sakura

Shinsho-ji Temple, National Museum of Japanese History, Festivals in the Narita Region

Appendices

TOKYO GENERAL INFORMATION

Getting to Tokyo, Transportation from Narita into the City, Transportation within Tokyo, Shopping, Eating Out, Entertainment and Culture, Tokyo’s Traditional and Modern Faces, Holidays and Festivals in Tokyo, Day Trips by Train

Index