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Exploring Tokyo  ❮❮  7


                                       Key
    0 km 0 km  1  1  Yanak
                     Yanakaa
                                          Two-day itinerary
    0 mile   1  1                         Four-day itinerary
     0 mile
                     Tok Tokyo Nationalyo National
                     Museum
                      Museum
                              Senso-ji
             Ueno P          Senso-ji
               Ueno Parkark
                            temple
                              temple
                                          Tokyo
                                        Tokyo
     Koishikawa
   Koishikawa        Amey               Skytree
                      Ameyokooko
                                          Skytree
                             Asakusa
    Korakuen         Mark   Asakusa
     Korakuen
                      Marketet
     Garden
    Garden
                            Sumida
                           Sumida
                            River River
 SUBWAY                     WATER BUS WATER BUS
 SUBWAY
   SUBWAY             SUBWAY
    SUBWAY
                       SUBWAY
 Kabukicho     SUBWAY  SUBWAY
 Kabukicho
         National
 Golden Gai
 Golden Gai   National
       Museum of     SUBWAY SUBWAY  Edo Edo-Tokyo-Tokyo
         Museum of
       Modern Art
         Modern Art
  Crafts                      Museum
                               Museum
    Crafts
 SUBWAY
 Shinjuku
 Tokyo
 Tokyo  Shinjuku  SUBWAY  Gallery
   Gallery
 Metropolitan
 Metropolitan
 Government
 Government  Imperial
      Imperial
 Building
 Building   SUBWAY  Palace
       Palace
     Grounds   Tokyo
      Grounds
                 Tokyo
 SUBWAY
               Station
                 Station
           Tokyo
          Tokyo                 Odaiba
                                 Odaiba
        International
 Meji Shrine
                                 Island
 Meji Shrine  International     Island
           Forum
 Takeshita-
 Takeshita-  Forum                     Ueno Park is a green
 dori  dori             WATER BUS WATER BUS  oasis overlooked by
           Kabuki-zai-za
          Kabuk                        modern towers.
 Tokyo     Theat
 Tokyo
            Theaterer
 Midtown
 Midtown         Tsuk Tsukiji Outeriji Outer
                 Mark         Tokyo International Forum (see p82)
                  Market et
 Omotesando
 Omotesando  Roppongi
 Roppongi
  Tok Tokyoyo         Sumida  and the grand early 20th-century
                       Sumida
 Nezu Nezu  Tow Towerer  River River  Tokyo Station (see p76).
 Museum
 Museum   Roppongi  Hama      AFTERNOON
 Roppongi
             Hama
 Hills Hills  Rikyu
             Rikyu
  Zojo Zojo-ji-ji  Gar Garden den   Meander around the lovely
  Temple                      17th-century Koishikawa Korakuen
    Temple
               Tok Tokyo Bayyo Bay  Garden (see pp28–9). Catch the sunset
                              from the free observation deck of
     Day  2                   Tokyo Metropolitan Government
     MORNING                  Building (see p109) in Shinjuku, and
     Pay your respects at Meiji Shrine    then hit the Kabukicho (see p106)
     (see pp30–31), and then browse   enter tainment area and the warren of
     quirky styles on Takeshita-dori    drinking dens in Golden Gai (see p107).
     (see p56) and high fashion along
     Omotesando (see p101). Cross town   Day  4
     for lunch in Asakusa and to view the   MORNING
     sights around Senso-ji (see pp14–15).  Get acquainted with the shrines,
     AFTERNOON                temples, and traditional shops of
     Ascend Tokyo Skytree (see p89),   Yanaka (see pp32–3). Afterwards,
     learn about the city’s history at the   check out the collection at the Tokyo
     Edo-Tokyo Museum (see pp18–19),   National Museum (see pp24–7) and
     and sail into Tokyo Bay on a cruise   stroll around Ueno Park (see pp20–21).
     down the Sumida River (see pp16–17).  AFTERNOON
                              Ride the train to Odaiba Island (see
     Day  3                   pp34–5) to marvel at robot technology
     MORNING                  at the fascinating National Museum
     Tour the grounds of the Imperial   of Emerging Science and Innovation
     Palace (see pp12–13) and then visit   (see p35). Finish your day at the
     the Marunouchi district, home to the   extraordinary bathhouse Oedo
     contemporary architecture of the   Onsen Monogatari (see p34).
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