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80  T OK Y O AREA B Y AREA

THREE GUIDED WALKS

For all its cosmopolitan sprawl and Yamanote hills, past Shinto and Confucian
congestion, Tokyo is a feet-friendly city. institutions to the bustling plebian
Its streets, slopes, temples, shrines, cubby- districts of Ochanomizu and Jimbocho.
hole stores, parks and gardens, and The second walk is a step back in time
architecturally stunning buildings are best to the stone courtyards of garden temples,
experienced on foot. From modern, man- craft shops, and the crumbling tombs of
made, sea-facing expanses, and spacious Yanaka, one of the best-preserved older
boulevards to the narrow streets of the past, quarters of Tokyo. The final walk introduces
the walks in this book have been designed useful vantage points from which to take
to maximize time and space by directing in the monumental scale and novelty
you through a concentration of sights, of the artificial island of Odaiba. Food
each route presenting different facets of and refreshment recommendations
the city’s vibrant character. The first walk are factored into each itinerary providing
guides you from the high ground of the enjoyable stopping-off points.

Key
Walk route

Yanaka
(pp82–3)

The tranquil interior of Yushima Tenjin shrine
High to Low
City (p81) Northern Tokyo

Western Tokyo Central Tokyo

Odaiba
(pp84–5)

0 kilometers 2
0 miles 2
Buddhist statue, Tenno-ji
temple, Yanaka

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