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10 ❯❯ Top 10 Tokyo Highlights

Tokyo Highlights

The easternmost of the great Asian cities, Tokyo is a city of
perpetual change, and one that embraces transformation. More
interested in the future than the past, it never theless carries its YanakaYanaka
KOTOTOI - D O R I
history and traditions into the present. This intensely cultural KOTOTOI - D O R I
capital is one of the world’s most energetic and creative cities. UenoUeno KOTOTO I - D OR I R I
ParkPark
KOTOTO I - D O
The following ten sights are a must for any first-time visitor, but MatsugayaMatsugaya
AsakusaAsakusa
there is always something new to discover. UenoUeno A SA KUS A - D OR I R I E D O -DOR I E D O -DOR I
A SA KUS A - D O
BUNKYO-BUNKYO- TAITO-TAITO- KOKUSAI-DORI KOKUSAI-DORI
Imperial Palace Grounds KUKU KUKU SUMIDA-SUMIDA-
EXPRE S SWAY NO. 1
EX P R E S S WAY NO. 6
Part “Forbidden City,” part public EXPRE S SWAY NO. 1 TaitoTaito KUKU
park, the palace grounds are encircled YUSHIMA-ZAKA KURAMAEBASHI-DORI ORI EX P R E S S WAY NO. 6
KURAMAEBASHI-D
by moats, stone walls, ancient bridges, Fujimi Fujimi JinbochoJinbocho YanagibashiYanagibashi YokoamiYokoami
YUSHIMA-ZAKA
keeps, and gardens – elements in the IchigayaIchigaya E XPRESSWA Y N O.5 KandaKanda
K E IYO - D ORI ORI
history of the original city (see pp12–13). YA SU K U NI-DO R I I KajichoKajicho E DO - D OR I RyogokuRyogoku
K E IYO - D
E DO - D OR I
YA SU K U NI-DO R
E XPRESSWA Y N O.5
0 km0 km 1 1 SHINJUKU-SHINJUKU- Tatekawa
Tatekawa
KUKU Imperial Palace CH UO -D ORI CH UO -D ORI
Imperial Palace
SHINJUKU-DORI
SHINJUKU-DORI
0 mile0 mile 1 1 RokubanchoRokubancho East Gardens HamachoHamacho
East Gardens
Tokiwa
ShinjukuShinjuku SH I N J U K U-DO RI O RI Otemachi CHUO-KUCHUO-KU Tokiwa
HI B IYA-D O R I
SH I N J U K U-D
Senso-ji Temple YoyogiYoyogi Gyoen GardenGyoen Garden WakabaWakaba KioichoKioicho CHIYODA-CHIYODA- HI B IYA-D O R I Otemachi Nihonbashi Sumida R i ver Sumida R i ver
KUKU
Nihonbashi
The grounds of this SendagayaSendagaya CHUO-DORI CHUO-DORI EI TA I - D ORI
EXPRESSWAY NO.4
EXPRESSWAY NO.4
temple are packed with Marunouchi SHOWA-DORI SHOWA-DORI Shinkawa
Marunouchi
Shinkawa
EI TA I - D ORI
Nagatacho
attractions, beginning at YoyogiYoyogi KasumigaokamachiKasumigaokamachi Nagatacho HibiyaHibiya
Kaminari­mon (“Thunder ParkPark ParkPark Ginza Ginza 5 miles5 miles
AOYAMA -DO
Gate”) and the commercial ME IJ I -D O R I ME IJ I -D O R I AOYAMA -DORI RI Akasaka
Akasaka
JingumaeJingumae
Aoyama
Aoyama
corridor of Nakamise­dori SHIBUYA-SHIBUYA- Cemetery
Cemetery
KUKU
(see pp14–15). ShibuyaShibuya AoyamaAoyama
Sumida
River
An excursion
starting under its
famous bridges is
a journey through
the history and
development of the Edo-Tokyo
city (see pp16–17). Museum
Blending history, art, and
Ueno Park architecture, this stunning
A compendium of Japanese cultural museum traces the his­
history, this park contains mausoleums, tory of the city from Edo
temples, museums, a zoo, and a lotus pond. Castle to the 1964 Tokyo
With 1,000 cherry trees, the park is at its best Olympics (see pp18–19).
when blossoms are out in spring (see pp20–21).
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