TOKYO WALKS PAGE 1/ 10 PG-305 TOKYO WALKS 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 H British Embassy Japan Railways (JR) National Diamond Hotel Shinkansen Theatre Fairmont Hotel 国立劇場 Subway Lines H TTaayasumon 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 日本武道館 11 北の丸公園 Kudanshita Sta. Imperial Palace Crafts GalleryGallery 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 毎毎日日新聞社 Subway Hibiya Line HirakawamonHirakawamon 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 Statue of KKusunokiusunoki 楠木正成像 H Palace Hotel 都営 三田 線 Subway Chiyoda Line Otemachi Sta. Otemachi Sta. Hibiya Sta. Nijubashi-mae Sta. 大手町駅 千代田線 日比谷駅 二重橋前駅 Otemachi Sta. Tokyokyoo 大手町駅 Yurakucho International Sta. Forum 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 Central Post Tokyo Sta. 丸ノ内線 東京駅 JR YYurakuchourakucho Sta. Office 有楽町駅 中央郵便局 1 JR Tokyo Sta. 東京駅 JNTO'sJNTO's TouristTourist InfInformationormation Center (10F(10F,, TTOKYOOKYO KKOTSUOTSU KAIKAN) 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 its Japanese-style garden. Open: 9:00–16:30 (16:00 from pond. Mar. 1–Nov. 30, 11:00–16:30 (–17:30, Apr. 1–Sep. 30). Nov.–Feb.). Closed: Mon., Fri. and for occasional Imperial Closed: Mon*. Rental row boat: ¥500 for 30 min. ceremonies. Admission: Free. Sannomaru Shozokan (宮 ⑪ Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, 内庁三の丸尚蔵館) in the Garden display to the general Tokyo (東京国立近代美術館工芸館), displays 20th century public a portion of the roughly 7,000 pieces of art works that paintings, prints, sculptures and other art works. The red- were donated by the Emperor in June 1989. brick building was originally the headquarters of the Imperial ⑦ Kitanomaru Park (北の丸公園) is an extensive turfed gar- Guard and is today an Important Cultural Property. den with a path running through it from Kitahanebashi-mon Admission: ¥200. Gate. On the east side of the path are Nippon Budokan Hall, ⑫ Main Building, National Museum of Modern Art, Science Museum and National Museum of Modern Art, and Tokyo (東京国立近代美術館本館), displays art works of the on the west is a cluster of trees growing around a pond. 20th century. Admission depends on the exhibition. Both ⑧ Science Museum (科学技術館), a five-story building, hous- Crafts Gallery and Main Building are open 10:00-17:00. Main es three-dimensional displays of exhibits covering all fields of Building is open till 20:00 on Fridays. Closed on Mon.* and modern science ranging from space science to agriculture. Dec. 29–Jan.1 and for change of exhibitions. Admission: ¥420. Open: 9:30–16:50. Closed: year-end & New Year's holiday. Admission: ¥600. Mon.*: When Monday falls on a national holiday, it is open and is closed on the following day. Note: Visitors are 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 Tokyo National Museum Keisei Railways 東京国立博物館 Subway Lines 4 National Science Museum Monorail Kan-eiji Temple 国立科学 5 3 寛永寺 博物館 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 AtrAtréé Ueno Subway Hibiya Line 日比谷線 Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan アトレ上野 Ueno Sta. 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 The University Art Museum, 9 Statue of Tokyo National Univ. of Ueno Zoo Takamori Saigo Keisei-Ueno Sta. Fine Arts & Music 上野動物園 西郷隆盛像 京成上野駅 JR Okachimachi Sta. 東京芸大大学美術館 Five-story Pagoda 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 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 Subway Ginza Line 銀座線 Yushima Sta. Subway 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 and culture amid unsurpassed natural scenery. 10 min. 5 min. 3 min. ① JR Uguisudani Sta............ ② Jomyoin Temple ③ Kan-eiji Temple .........④ Tokyo National Museum .......... ⑤ National Science Museum 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 ③ Kan-eiji Temple (main hall) (寛永寺), used to be the 84,000 “Jizo” (Bodhisattva) stone images serenely standing in most important Buddhist center in Edo (old Tokyo) during the quiet compound. Open: 7:00–17:00 daily (–16:30 in win- the Tokugawa reign. Besides the main hall which still exists, ter.) Admission: Free. there were 36 halls and towers and 36 subsidiary temples on TOKYO WALKS PAGE 3/ 10 the vast grounds which now form Ueno-Onshi Park. (⑨ (Sunset) in winter, 9:00–17:30 or 18:00 (Sunset) in other sea- Kiyomizu Kannondo Hall. Open: 9:00–17:00 daily. Admission: sons. 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, largest museum in Japan with over 100,000 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 (–20:00 on Fri., Apr.–Sep.). Closed: ⑪ Shinobazu Pond (不忍池), just below the hill on the zoo Mon.*, year-end & New Year's holiday. Admission: ¥420. property, is a sanctuary for ducks and other waterfowl and is ⑤ The National Science Museum (国立科学博物館) is noted for its lotus flowers in August. devoted to both universal and Japanese scientific achieve- ⑫ The Shitamachi Museum (下町風俗資料館), here you can ments and phenomena. Open: 9:00–16:30. Closed: Mon.*, see what the people’s lives were like in “Shitamachi,” a com- year-end & New Year's holiday. Admission: ¥420. moners’ town, in the early 20th century. Open: 9:30–16:30. ⑥ Ueno Zoo (上野動物園) has the greatest collection of some Closed: Mon.* and Dec. 29–Jan. 3. Admission: ¥300. 10,000 animals of 900 species from all over the world. It con- ⑬ Yushima Tenjin Shrine (湯島天神), said to have been sists of two parts, Higashi-en and Nishi-en, which are con- founded in the 14th century, is noted for the many plum nected by a 300 m monorail line. Open: 9:30–16:30. Closed: trees dotting its grounds. Enshrined here is Michizane Mon.*, year-end & New Year's holiday. Admission: ¥600. Sugawara, a great scholar of the 9th century. During the ⑧ Toshogu Shrine (東照宮), built in the 17th century, dedi- spring examination season, the shrine is thronged by students cated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa praying for their success in the entrance examinations. Open: Shogunate. Its architectural style presents a delightful harmo- 8:00–19:30 daily. Admission: Free. ny of brilliant colors with symmetrical lines and angles. The stone-flagged approach to the front gate of the shrine is lined Mon.*: When Monday falls on a national holiday, it is open and is closed on the following day.