Must-see attractions in Ginza & Tsukiji

  • Tokyo, Japan - October 3, 2016: View at modern skyscrapers and  Hamarikyu Gardens in Tokyo. It is a public park opened April 1, 1946.
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    Hama-rikyū Onshi-teien

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    This beautiful garden, one of Tokyo’s finest, is all that remains of a shogunate summer villa next to Tokyo Bay. There's a large pond with an island,…

  • A chef at a street kitchen on the famous fish market Tsukiji in Tokyo, Japan, preparing seafood on a grill
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    Tsukiji Market

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    Tokyo's main wholesale market may have moved to Toyosu, but there are many reasons to visit its old home. The tightly packed rows of vendors (which once…

  • Advertising Museum Tokyo

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    If you see advertising as art, this museum is a spectacle. Run by Dentsu, Japan’s largest advertising agency, this fine collection runs from woodblock…

  • Namiyoke-jinja, Torii gate at the entrance to the shrine, Ginza & Tsukiji.

    Namiyoke-jinja

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    When Tsukiji's shrine was first built in the mid-1600s it was on the edge of the water – that's how much land reclamation has happened since. The name,…

  • Tsukiji Hongwan-ji

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    When this impressive branch of the mother temple in Kyoto fell victim to the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923, it was rebuilt in a classical Indian style,…

  • Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    On the 8th floor of the French luxury goods boutique is a spacious, light-filled gallery that hosts around three different contemporary art shows per year…

  • Ginza Sony Park

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    Up until just after the 2020 Olympics, this corner of the Sukiyabashi crossing will be an innovative public space. At ground level greenery flourishes as …

  • NI-Tele Really Big Clock

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    Studio Ghibli's animation director Miyazaki Hayao collaborated with sculptor Kunio Shachimaru on this fantastic, steampunk-style timepiece beside the…

  • Hibiya-kōen

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    Built around the turn of the 20th century at the height of the Meiji era, this leafy block was Tokyo’s first European-style park complete with fountains…

  • METoA Ginza

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    Mitsubishi Electric showcases some of its latest technologies, including robotics, in inventive collaborations with artists at this showroom on one corner…

  • Ginza Graphic Gallery

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    This gallery features monthly changing exhibits of graphic arts – focusing on advertising and poster art – from mostly Japanese artists but with the…

  • Shiseido Gallery

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    The cosmetics company Shiseido runs its experimental art space out of the basement of its Shiseido Parlour complex of cafes and restaurants. An ever…

  • Hibiya Godzilla Square

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    Godzilla's assault on Tokyo continues apace: first there was the Godzilla Head that appeared on the Toho building in Shinjuku; and now a 3m-tall statue…

  • Kabukiza Gallery

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    If you have a ticket to see a show at the Kabukiza theatre, you get a ¥100 discount on entry to this small gallery displaying stage props, scenery and…

  • Young Clock Tower

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    Okamoto Tarō created this sculptural clock tower four years before his famed Tower of the Sun for the 1970 expo in Osaka. It stands in Sukiyabashi-kōen, a…

  • Sumiyoshi-jinja

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    This small shrine is dedicated to the protection of fishermen (look for the detailed wooden carvings of them on the building's beams). It was originally…

  • Tsukudako-bashi

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    This tiny, picturesque bridge with attractive red rails spans a tidal inlet and is a popular filming location for TV shows and movies.

  • Kachidoki-bashi

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    Built in 1940, this is the only drawbridge over the Sumida-gawa, but it hasn't been raised since 1970.

  • Asahi Shimbun

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    Get an insight into how newspapers are produced on a free tour of the Tokyo headquarters of this national newspaper. Reserve two days in advance; English…

  • Tsukuda Ohashi

    Ginza & Tsukiji

    Linking Tsukiji to the island of Tsukishima, this was the first bridge to be built over the Sumida-gawa after WWII.