Off an alley parallel to Yasukuni-dōri, this wonderfully retro cafe plays old tango tunes on the sound system and serves blends such as Kilimanjaro coffee (¥650) as well as a selection of beers from around the world.
Milonga Nueva
Kōrakuen & Akihabara
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
1.84 MILES
If you visit only one museum in Tokyo, make it the Tokyo National Museum. Here you'll find the world's largest collection of Japanese art, including…
10.66 MILES
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3.11 MILES
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4.18 MILES
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17.91 MILES
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2.54 MILES
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0.98 MILES
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2.44 MILES
Tokyo’s most visited temple enshrines a golden image of Kannon (the Buddhist goddess of mercy), which, according to legend, was miraculously pulled out of…
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This Russian Orthodox cathedral, complete with distinctive Byzantine-style architecture, was first built in 1891 under the supervision of English…
0.43 MILES
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This side gate to the San-no-maru (third compound) of the castle was used mainly by maidservants.
4. National Museum of Modern Art (MOMAT)
0.47 MILES
Regularly changing displays from the museum's superb collection of more than 12,000 works are shown over floors 2 to 4; special exhibitions are mounted on…
0.48 MILES
Featuring a wide selection of exhibits aimed primarily at children and teenagers, the Science Museum has little in the way of English explanations, but…
0.5 MILES
Established in 1691 and later used as a school for the sons of the powerful during the Tokugawa regime, this is one of Tokyo’s handful of Confucian…
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Operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, TOKAS (short for Tokyo Arts and Space) comprises three floors of galleries with the aim of promoting new…
8. National Shōwa Memorial Museum
0.51 MILES
This museum of WWII-era Tokyo gives a sense of everyday life for the common people: how they ate, slept, dressed, studied, prepared for war and endured…