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Idemitsu Museum
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of Arts
MAP M3 • Teigeki Bldg, 9F, 3-1-1
Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku • 5777-8600
• Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sun (to 7pm
Fri) • Adm • www.idemitsu.co.jp/
museum
As petroleum tycoon Sazo Idemitsu’s
fortune increased, so did his passion
for collecting Japanese and Asian
art. Opened in 1966, the museum
bearing his name displays a div erse,
eclectic collection of artworks, which
includes paintings, bronzes, ceramic
ware, ukiyo-e prints, lacquer, and
rare gold-painted screens. Its
calligraphy holdings include the
world’s largest collection of works by
the Zen monk Sengai. Works from
China, Korea, and the Middle East
are also periodically dis played.
The room containing pottery shards
Interior of Tokyo International Forum affords tremendous ninth-floor views
of the Imperial Palace grounds.
Tokyo International
5 Hama Rikyu Garden
Forum
MAP M6 • 1-1 Hama Rikyu
MAP M3 & M4 • 3-5-1 Marunouchi, 8
Chiyoda-ku • 5221-9000 • www. Teien, Chuo-ku • 3541-0200 • Open
t-i-forum.co.jp/english 9am–5pm • Adm
One of the city’s architectural wonders, The younger brother of shogun
the majestic Tokyo International Ietsuna had parts of the bay filled
Forum was designed by Rafael Viñoly in and a villa built here in 1654.
and completed in 1996. It functions as Completed by a later shogun, Ienari,
a premier culture convention center, the basic design and balance of the
with four graduated cubes encased garden remain gloriously intact.
in granite, abutting a high, tapering The highlight is a large tidal pond,
trajectory of glass and steel, aptly with a small tea pavilion, and islets
named Glass Hall. Crossing connected by wooden bridges. Over
the skywalks among the glass and 600 species of peony, in addition to
girders at the transparent apex of the crepe myrtle, cherry, iris, bamboo,
building, above cantilevered areas and plum, grow in the garden today.
and atria, is like walking across a
crystal suspended above the city.
Tsukiji Outer Market
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MAP F6 • Tsukiji, Chuo-ku
Even though the old fish market
has departed for new premises in
Toyosu, the old food businesses of
the outer market remain and make
for mouth-watering browsing.
There’s ample chances for grazing
on street food, buying souvenirs such
as crockery, tea, and kitchen knives,
and discovering Tsukiji Uogashi,
the new center for food vendors. Tranquil Hama Rikyu Garden

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