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The graphic Fuji TV building in Odaiba

BEYOND

THE CENTER

Must See Greater Tokyo, home to an astonishing 35 million
1 Toyosu Fish Market people, is by far the biggest urban area on the
planet. The districts beyond the center of Tokyo
Experience More are some of its most characteristic – whether it
2 Gotoh Museum is the new pop cultural hotspot of Ikebukuro,
3 Japan Folk Crafts Museum the manmade islands of Tokyo bay, or the hip
4 Ikebukuro District neighborhoods of Ebisu, Daikanyama, and
5 Arakawa Tram Line Meguro on the west side. Here, too, you’ll
6 Ebisu District find some of the city’s most exciting develop­
7 Sengaku-ji ments, such as Toyosu, the location of one of
8 Ghibli Museum Tokyo’s largest shopping malls, and the vast
9 Rikugi-en Garden fish market. Nearby, futuristic Odaiba and
0 Ryogoku District its surrounds are a breath of fresh air from
q Odaiba the frenetic inner city.

0 km 3 N
NERIMA
0 miles 3 Ikebukuro
District Rikugi-en
KAMI- Garden
SHAKUJI EGOTA
IGUSA NORTHERN
TOKYO
KICHIJOJI ASAGAYA Arakawa ASAKUSA
NAKANO Tram Line
Ghibli
Museum SHINJUKU Ryogoku
OMIYA CENTRAL District
HONAN TOKYO
MITAKA EXPWY NO. 4 WESTERN
TOKYO
AKASAKA GINZA
SHIMOKITAZAWA AOYAMA
CHOFU Japan Folk SHIBUYA SHINBASHI
Crafts Museum
Toyosu
Ebisu District Fish Market
DAIKANYAMA
SETAGAYA Sengaku-ji
EXPWY NO. 3
KOMAE EXPWY NO. 1
Gotoh TOGOSHI Odaiba
Museum
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