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TOKYO WALKS PAGE 1 / 10 PG-305 TOKYO WALKS 10th Fl., Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan Bldg., 2-10-1, Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006 Tel. (03)3201-3331 There are many ways to see Tokyo as it is a huge metropolis first-hand the pulse of one of the world’s most bustling cities. with a population of nearly 12 million where older traditions and Given herein are several recommended walking tours of Tokyo. newer fashions have been interacting harmoniously for four cen- If you wish more detailed information on each of the places of turies. One of the most recommendable ways, however, is to interest, please feel free to contact JNTO’s Tourist Information venture forth into the streets on your own so that you may feel Center. IMPERIAL PALACE AND KITANOMARU PARK Imperial Palace and Kitanomaru Park Yasukuni Shrine 靖国神社 Tourist Information Japan Railways (JR) H British Embassy National Shinkansen Theatre Diamond Hotel 国立劇場 Subway Lines TTayasumonayasumon Gate Moats 田安門 10 0 200m Hanzomon Gate Chidorigafuchi 7 半蔵門 9 Nippon 千鳥千鳥が淵が淵 Kitanomaru Budokan Hall Park 日日本武道館本武道館 11 北の丸公園 KKudanshitaudanshita Sta. Imperial Palace Crafts GallerGalleryy 九段下駅 皇居 東京国立近代美術館 工芸館 Subway Yurakucho Line 有楽町線 8 Science Museum 科学技術館 Subway Tozai Line 12 東西線 6 National Museum of Modern ArArtt Kita-Hanebashimon Gate 東京国立近代美術館 北桔橋門 Imperial Household 13 Sakuradamon Sta. Agency宮内庁 桜田門駅 Takebashi Sta. Sakuradamon Gate Higashi GyGyoenoen 竹橋駅 Metropolitan 桜田門 東御苑 Police Department Nijubashi Bridge 5 Mainichi NeNewspaperswspapers 3 二重橋 毎毎日新聞社日新聞社 Subway Hibiya Line HirakaHirakawamonwamon Gate 平川門 日比谷線 Sannomaru Shozokan 2 宮内庁三宮内庁三の丸尚蔵館の丸尚蔵館 y Hanzomon Line Imperial SubwaSubway Hanzomon Line Hibiya 半蔵門線 N Park Palace Plaza 日比谷公園 皇居前広場 4 Otemon Gate 大手門 Subway Toei-Mita Line Hibiya Sta. 都営 日日比谷駅比谷駅 三田 線 Subway Chiyoda Line Otemachi Sta. Otemachi Sta. Nijubashi-mae Sta. 大手町駅 千代田線 H 二重橋前駅 Otemachi Sta. TTokyookyo Narunouchi Bldg. Shin-Marunouchi YYurakuchourakucho 大手町駅 International 丸ビル Bld. 新丸新丸ビルビル Sta. FForumorum 有楽町駅 東京国際東京国際フォーラムフォーラム Otemachi Sta. Subway Marunouchi Line Tokyo Sta. Marunouchi Hotel 丸ノ内線 東京駅 丸ノ内ホテル JR YYurakuchourakucho Sta. 有楽町駅 1 H JR Tokyo Sta. 東京駅 JNTJNTO'sO's TTouristourist InformationInformation Center (10F,(10F, TTOKYOOKYO KOTSUKOTSU KAIKAN) H Like many Tokyoites including marathon lovers, you can enjoy the Imperial Palace’s abundant natural beauty, massive stone walls and quiet moats. You will be easily reminded of Japan’s earlier feudal times. ① - ⑬ correspond to those on the map above. 15 min. 10 min. 20 min. 10 min. ① Tokyo Sta. (JR or Subway Marunouchi Line) ............. ② Imperial Palace Plaza ............. ③ Nijubashi Bridge ............ ④ Otemon Gate...... 15 min. 5 min. ⑤ Higashi Gyoen......................⑥ Kita-Hanebashimon Gate ................ ⑦ Kitanomaru Park (⑧Science Museum, ⑨Nippon Budokan Hall) 15 min. 5 min. 5 min. 30 min. (along the moat 15 min., inside Park 15 min.) ..............Tayasumon Gate...............Yasukuni Shrine.............. ⑩ Chidorigafuchi .................................................................................................................. 5 min. 5 min. ⑪ Crafts Gallery..............⑫ National Museum of Modern Art.............. ⑬ Takebashi Sta. (Subway Tozai Line) PAGE 2 / 10 TOKYO WALKS ④ – ⑥ Higashi Gyoen (東御苑), or the East Garden of the ⑨ Nippon Budokan Hall (日本武道館), built in the ancient Imperial Palace, a 53-acre classical garden which was once Japanese architectural style for the Tokyo Olympics, has the site of the great donjon of Edo Castle, features some been used for various sports meets and other events. 250,000 trees including representative prefectural trees, a ⑩ Chidorigafuchi (千鳥ヶ淵) is known for the beauty of its small museum, several historical monuments and a small cherry blossoms in spring, and for its enjoyable boating in the Japanese-style garden. Open: 9:00–16:30 (–16:00 Nov.–Feb.), pond. Boat service: Mar. 1–Nov. 30, 11:00–17:30 (–19:30, (–17:00 Apr. 15–Aug.). Closed: Mon., Fri. (open when Mon. during cherry blossom season). Closed: Mon*. Rental row falls on a national holiday and closed the following day except boat: ¥500 (¥800 during cherry blossom's season) for 30 min. Dec. 23), Dec. 28–Jan.3 and the days of imperial ceremony. ⑪ Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Admission: Free. Sannomaru Shozokan (宮内庁三の丸 Tokyo (東京国立近代美術館・工芸館), displays 20th century 尚蔵館) in the Garden display to the general public a portion paintings, prints, sculptures and other art works. The red- of the roughly 7,000 pieces of art works that were donated brick building was originally the headquarters of the Imperial by the Emperor in June 1989. For more information: Guard and is today an Important Cultural Property. http://www.kunaicho.go. jp/eindex.html Open:10:00-17:00. Closed: Mon.* and Dec. 28-Jan. I and the ⑦ Kitanomaru Park (北の丸公園) is an extensive turfed gar- days for change of exhibitions. Admission: ¥200. den with a path running through it from Kitahanebashi-mon ⑫ Art Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Gate. On the east side of the path are Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo (東京国立近代美術館・美術館), displays art works of Science Museum and National Museum of Modern Art, and the 20th century. Open: 10:00-17:00 (–20:00 on Fridays). on the west is a cluster of trees growing around a pond. Closed: Mon.* and Dec. 28–Jan.1 and the days for change of ⑧ Science Museum (科学技術館), a five-story building, hous- exhibitions. Admission: ¥420. For more information: http:// es three-dimensional displays of exhibits covering all fields of www.momat.go.jp/english/ modern science ranging from space science to agriculture. Mon.*: When Monday falls on a national holiday, it is open and is Open: 9:30–16:50 (enter by 16:00). Closed: year-end & New closed on the following day. Year's holiday. Admission: ¥600. Note: Visitors are usually required to enter the museum 30 min. before closing. UENO-ONSHI PARK and VICINITY 1 JR Uguisudani Sta. Ueno-Onshi Park and Vicinity 鴬谷駅 Japan Railways (JR) Tokyo National Museum Keisei Railways 東京国立博物館 4 National Museum of Subway Lines Nature and Science Monorail Kanei-ji Temple 国立科学 5 博物館 3 寛永寺 National Museum of Western Art JR Ueno Sta. 2 国立西洋美術館 上野駅 Ueno Sta. Jomyoin Temple 0 300m Koen-guchi Exit. 浄名院 公園口 AtréAtré Ueno Hibiya Line 日比谷線 Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan アトレ上野 Metropolitan Festival Hall Ueno-no-mori Art Museum 東京文化会館 Art Museum 東京都美術館 Marui Dept. Store 上野の森美術館 丸井 Kiyomizu Kannondo Entrance Hall 清水観音堂 10 A The University Art Museum, 9 Statue of meyoko St. Tokyo National Univ. of Ueno Zoo Takamori Saigo Fine Arts & Music 上野動物園 西郷隆盛像 Keisei-Ueno Sta. JR Okachimachi Sta. 東京芸術大学付属美術館 Five-story Pagoda 京成上野駅 御徒町駅 6 7 五重塔 The Shitamachi Museum N Toshogu Shrine 下町風俗資料館 Higashien Sta. 8 東照宮 東園駅 12 Matsuzakaya Dept. Store 11 松坂屋 → Toei Oedo Line To Akihabara Shinobazu Pond 都営大江戸線 Ueno-Hirokoji Sta. 不忍池 上野広小路駅 Ueno-Okachimachi Sta. Nishien Sta. 上野御徒町駅 西園駅 Ginza Line 銀座線 Yushima Sta. Chiyoda Line 14 湯島駅 千代田線 Yushima Tenjin Shrine 13 湯島天神 ①-⑭ correspond to the below. This is a stroll into history, culture and natural scenery. 10 min. 5 min. 3 min. ① JR Uguisudani Sta......... ② Jomyoin Temple ③ Kanei-ji Temple ......④ Tokyo National Museum...... ⑤ National Museum of Nature and Science 5 min. 2 min. 4 min. 1 min. .......... ⑥ Ueno Zoo .......... ⑦ Five-story Pagoda ⑧ Toshogu Shrine ......... ⑨ Kiyomizu Kannondo Hall ........ ⑩ Statue of Takamori Saigo 5 min. 2 min. 15 min. 5 min. ...........⑪ Shinobazu Pond ........... ⑫ Shitamachi Museum .......... ⑬ Yushima Tenjin Shrine........... ⑭ Yushima Sta. (Subway Chiyoda Line) ② Jomyoin Temple (浄名院) is an old temple noted for its ter.) Admission: Free. 84,000 “Jizo” (Bodhisattva) stone images serenely standing in ③ Kan-eiji Temple (main hall) (寛永寺), used to be the the quiet compound. Open: 7:00–17:00 daily (–16:30 in win- most important Buddhist center in Edo (old Tokyo) during TOKYO WALKS PAGE 3 / 10 the Tokugawa reign. Besides the main hall which still exists, stone-flagged approach to the front gate of the shrine is lined there were 36 halls and towers and 36 subsidiary temples on on either side with hundreds of tall bronze lanterns, which the vast grounds which now form Ueno-Onshi Park. (⑨ were the gifts of feudal lords. Open: daily 9:00–sunset. Kiyomizu Kannondo Hall. Open: 9:00–17:00 daily. Admission: Admission: ¥200. Free.) and (⑦ the Five-Story Pagoda) are also reminders of ⑩ Bronze Statue of Takamori Saigo (西郷隆盛像), 3.63 m its former grandeur. high, is the most beloved of Tokyoites. General Saigo ④ Tokyo National Museum (東京国立博物館) is the (1827–1877), then a staff officer of the Imperialist forces, oldest museum in Japan with over 110,000 objects associated saved Edo from threatened devastation in the battle of 1868 with Japanese and Far Eastern ancient and medieval art. which led to the fall of the Tokugawa regime. Open: 9:30–17:00 (–18:00 on Sat., Sun. & national holidays ⑪ Shinobazu Pond (不忍池), just below the hill on the zoo in Apr.–Sep.; –20:00 on Fri. during special exhibition property, is a sanctuary for ducks and other waterfowl and is periods in Apr.–Dec.) Closed: Mon.* and Dec. 28–Jan. 1. noted for its lotus flowers in August. Admission: ¥600. For more information: http://www.tnm.go.jp/en ⑫ The Shitamachi Museum (下町風俗資料館), here you can ⑤ National Museum of Nature and Science (国立科学博物 see what the people’s lives were like in “Shitamachi,” a com- 館) is devoted to both universal and Japanese scientific achieve- moners’ town, in the early 20th century. Open: 9:30–16:30. ments and phenomena. Open: 9:00–17:00 (–20:00 on Fri). Closed: Mon.* year-end and New Year's holiday. Admission: Closed: Mon.* and Dec. 28–Jan. 1. Admission: ¥600. ¥300. For more information: http:www.kahaku.go.jp/english/ ⑬ Yushima Tenjin Shrine (湯島天神), have been founded in ⑥ Ueno Zoo (上野動物園) has the greatest collection of some the 14th century, is noted for the many plum trees dotting its 2,600 animals of 464 species from all over the world.