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Statues of foxes stand guard at Toyokawa Inari Shrine
Toyokawa Inari Shrine
6 ceramics, this small museum is
and Temple
one of the most ele gant in Tokyo.
MAP D5 • 1-4-7 Moto-Akasaka, Exhibitions change every few
Minato-ku • 3408-3414 months, highlighting a particular
A Zen temple with Shinto elements, craftsperson or a school of ceramic
the shrine is distinctive for its orange ware, such as Bizen or Raku.
banners, lanterns, and hundreds of
Tokyo Tower
statues of foxes representing the 8
bodhisattva Jizo (protector of children MAP K6 • 4-2-8 Shiba-koen,
and travelers), and Kannon, (the Minato-ku • 3433-5111 • Open
Goddess of Mercy). Behind the main 9am–10pm
buildings are forest-like paths lined When opened in 1958 as a
with senbon nobori stream ers hung by broad casting mast, this Eiffel Tower
devotees in the hope of fulfilling their clone was the tallest building in
wishes. Eateries inside the shrine Tokyo. Despite its shabby aquarium,
serve tasty oden (fish cake stew) and trick art museum, tacky waxworks,
kitsune soba (buckwheat noodles). and souvenir stores, it attracts many
visitors spurred by
Musée Tomo
7 nostalgia and the fame of a
2007 film of the same name.
MAP K5 • Nishi-Kubo Bldg,
4-1-35 Toranomon, Minato-ku • 5733-
5131 • Open 11am–6pm Tue–Sun Tokyo Tower
• Adm • www.musee-tomo.or.jp against the sky
Established in 2003 by Tomo
Kikuchi, a collector of contemporary
ROPPONGI STREET ART
Many world-class artists were asked to
create works on and around Roppongi
Hills. Louise Bourgeois’s huge spider
sculpture, Maman, is the most visible,
but there are also wall drawings, an
illuminated robot, a giant coffee bean
installation, digital screen models, a
3-D landscape painting, and waveform
furniture such as benches.

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