Wednesday, April 15, 2009

TOKYO

PLACES TO VISIT

Conveyor belt Sushi restaurant, kai-ten Sushi
Mt. Takao; Mt. Mitake, Mitake shrine; Mt. Gozen, Tama river
Ueno Onshi Park
Yoyogi-koen (Yoyogi Park)
Tokyo's Countryside, Hatonosu-keikoku (literally "Pigeon's Nest Valley
The National Museum of Modern Art
Okonomiyaki literally means "cooked as you like it"
Kichijoji
Ikebukuro's Sunshine City
Odaiba, a futuristic city on Tokyo Bay.
Tokyo Midtown
Shibuya: The trendsetting place of Japan
Japanese fast food

PLACES BY AREAS

Minato-ku area

Sengakuji Temple
Minato Shichifukujin-Meguri
Minato Citizen's Festival
Minato City Local History Museum
Tokyo Tower

Shinjuku-ku

Takigi Noh in the woods, Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden

Bunkyo-ku

Kyu Iwasaki-tei Gardens
Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens
Rikugien Gardens
The University of Tokyo Akamon and Yasuda Koudo (Main auditorium)
Shin-Edogawa Garden
Nedujinja Shrine
Koishikawa Botanical Garden
Yushima Tenmangu Shrine

Taito-ku

Edo Shitamachi Traditional Museum
Ueno Park
Ameyoko (Shopping Street)
The Shitamachi Museum (Popular customs and manners in old downtown)
Ichiyo Memorial Hall
Shotaro Ikenami Memorial Museum
Asakusa
Asakusa Culture and Tourism Center
Sumida Park
Asakusabashi Toys, dolls, tools and stationary wholesalers

Sumida-ku

Kyu Yasuda Gardens and Noryo no Yube (Enjoyment of a summer evening)
The Kinshicho Kawachi Ondo Bon Dance Festival
Sumidagawa Shichifukujin Tour and "Kototoi course", a walk in the city of history and culture
Koubaien Ume Matsuri (Plum blossom festival)
Sumida Heritage Museum
umida River and Sumida Park
The 19th Kokugikan Concert of Beethoven's "The Nine Symphonies" performed by 5000 singers
Ryogoku Firework Museum
Self-guided tour of small museums in Sumida-ku
Ryogoku course of 100 attractive walking "the town of Edo culture"

Koto-ku

Koto City Basho Museum
Fukagawa fudoudo
Koto-ku Fukagawa Edo Museum

Shingawa-ku

Shinagawa Waterfront - Tennozu Isle and Museum of Maritime Science (Fune-no Kagakukan) -
Shinagawa Aquarium and Shinagawa Kumin Park
Shinagawa Historical Museum and Omori Shell Mounds Park
Shinagawa Tenno Matsuri festival
Old and New Shinagawa
Tour of Tokai Shichifukujin (seven gods of good fortune)
Musashi Koyama Shopping Street / Koyama Ryosha Matsuri
Togoshi Koen Park / Togoshiginza Shopping Street
Tour of Ebara Shichifukujin (seven gods of good fortune)
Oi Keibajo Horse Race Course and Twinkle Races

Ota-ku

Folk Museum of Ota City
Omori nori-no-furusato kan (Seaweed museum)
Ikegami Honmonji Temple

Setagaya-ku

Setagaya Art Museum
Setagaya Art Museum Mukai Junkichi Annex
Setagaya Literary Museum
Setagaya Museum of History
Okamoto Parks Old Farm House Garden
Jidayubori Park's Old Farm House Garden
Setagaya Boroichi Fair
Ume (Plum Blossom) Festival
Karasuyama Teramachi
Todoroki Valley

Shibuya-ku

Shoto Museum of Art
Omote-sando Avenue
Nabeshima Shoto Park
Yoyogi Park
Statue of Hachi-ko (Hachi the Loyal Dog)
Toguri Museum of Art

Suginami-ku

Suginami Animation Museum

Toshima-ku

Fukuro Matsuri (Festival)
Otsuka Awa Odori Dance
Togenuki Jizo
Kishibojin (The guardian diety of children)
Nagasaki Shishimai (Lion Mask Dance)
Zoshigaya Missionary Museum
Sunshine City
Myonichikan of Jiyu Gakuen

Arakawa-ku

Roses along the Toden Arakawa Line
Fujimizaka
Arakawa Yuen
The Nurie Museum

Itabashi-ku

Itabashi Fireworks Festival
Itabashi Kumin Matsuri (Itabashi Festival)
Itabashi Agricultural Festival
Jourenji Temple (Tokyo Daibutsu)
Shogetsu-in Temple
Kyu Nakasendo Itabashi-jyuku
Yakushino Izumi Garden
Cherry trees along Shakujii River
Akatsuka Botanical Garden
Akatsuka Tameike Park (Art Museum, Historical Museum, Ume Festival)
and site of Akatsuka Castle

Nerima-ku

Shimizuyama Ikoino Mori (Shimizuyama Recreation Forest)
Counseling Center for Flowers and Foliage and Greenhouse Arboretum
Heisei Tsutsuji Park (Heisei Azalea Park)
Makino Memorial Garden
Nerima Art Museum
Chihiro Art Museum Tokyo
Hikarigaoka Museum of Art
Musashino Music College Musical Instrument Museum
Karasawa Museum
Toei Animation Gallery

Adachi-ku

Nishiaraidaishi (Gochisan Henshoin Shrine Sojiji Temple)
Entenji Temple
Senju Shichifukujin Tour (Seven Deities of Good Fortune)
Adachi Fireworks Festival
Festival of Light
Adachi Museum
Ikou Iseki Park
Adachi Park of Living Things

Katsushika-ku

The Katsushika-ku Yamamoto-tei (House and Garden)
Katsushika Shibamata Tora-san Museum
Shibamata Shichifukujin (Seven Deities of Good Fortune)
Horikiri Shobuen Iris Garden
Mizumoto Park

Edogawa-ku

Edogawa DentoKogei+vol.6

Hachioji-shi

Mt. Takao hiking trails
Yuyake Koyake Fureainosato
Mt. Jimba
Murauchi Art Museum
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
Takaosan Yakuoin Temple
Takaosan Cable Car and Lift
Tama Forest Science Garden
Avenue of Ichou (ginkgos) in Koshu Street
Musashi Mausoleum Graveyard

Tachikawa-shi

Showa Kinen Park
Kominkaen (Old Farm House)
Faret Tachikawa & works of art
Tachikawa Bosaikan
Tachikawa City Historical Folk Museum
Yagawa Green Belt
Tamagawa Josui

Mitaka-shi

Mitaka Awa Odori Festival
Tamagawa Josui (Canal)

Ome-shi

Shiofune Kannonji Temple and Kasumi Hill Natural Park
Yoshino Baigo (Yoshino Plum Park)
Mitake Valley
Mt. Mitake
Iwakura Hot Springs
Yoshino Baigo Ume-matsuri (Plum Blossom Festival)

Fuchu-shi

Fuchu Art Museum
Baba Daimon keyaki(zelkova) Avenue
Ookunitamajinjya Shrine
Tokyo Race Course
Kyodo-no-mori Museum
Kosatsuba (Old public notice site)
Koanji Temple
Zenmyoji Temple
Togoji Temple
Tama Cemeteries
Fuchu-no-mori Park (Fuchu Forest Park)
Fuchu-no-mori Art Theatre
Kurayami Matsuri (Dark Night Festival)

Chofu-shi

Jindaiji Temple

Machida-shi

Machida Peony Garden
Yakushi-Ike Park
Machida Dahlia Garden

Koganei-shi

Koganei Cultural Assets Center

Kodaira-shi

Tamagawa Josui (Green Road)
Fureai Gesuidou-kan (Museum of the Sewerage)
Kodaira City Hirakushi Denchu Museum
Kodaira Furusato Mura
Rune Kodaira (Kodaira Citizens Cultural Hall

Hino-shi

Takahata Fudo-son
Hino Shinsengumi Festival

Higashimurayama-shi

Shofukuji Temple and the Sentai Jizodo
Kitayama Park

Kokubinji-shi

Otakano-Michi and Masugatano-ike (flowing spring waters)
Former Site of Musashi Kokubunji Temple

Higashiyamato-shi

Lake Tama (Murayama Reservoir)
Nobidomeyosui (Nobidome canal)
Higashiyamato City Museum

Nishitokyo-shi

Tamarokuto Kagakukan (Tamarokuto Science Center)
Field Production Science Center, The University of Tokyo

Kiyose-shi

Kiyose Katakuri (Japanese dogtooth violet) Festival
Keyaki (zelkova) Road Gallery
Kiyose Seseragi (brook) Park

Tama-shi

Sanrio Puroland
Benesse Star Dome
Parthenon Tama
Tama Central Park and Green Live Center
Tama Yokoyama Footpath
Wan Nyan World Tama
Well Sun Pia Tama
Fureai Flea Market
Tama Art University Museum
Tama Center Illumination
Tokyo Metropolitan Archaeological Center
Kyu-Tamaseiseki memorial museum

Hamura-shi

Negarami-mae-suiden ( A fallow rice field)
Hamurazeki

Akiruno-shi

Akigawa Valley
Akigawa Valley Natural Human Race
Riverside Park Ichinotani
Akigawa Fureai Land
Akigawabashi Kasen Park (River Park) Barbecue Garden
Seoto-no-yu in Akigawa Valley

Mizuho-machi

Rokudoyama Park

Hinode-machi

Hinode Mitsuzawa Tsuru-tsuru Onsen (Hot springs)
Mt. Hinode-yama (Hiking)
Hinode Kanyou no Sato

Okutama-machi

Okutama Onsen Moegi-no-yu (Moegi-no-yu, Okutama hot spa)
Okutama-ko (Lake Okutama)
The Nippara-Limestone Cave

Hinohara-mura

Hossawa-no-taki Falls Summer/Winter festival
Kazuma-no-yu (Hinohara hot spring center)
Kanotoiwa Rock

Oshima-machi

Palais La Mer
Oshima Hot Springs Motomachi Hamanoyu
Ai-land Center: Gojinka Hot Springs
Mt. Mihara crater walk and tour of Urasabaku
Izu-Oshima Museum of Volcanoes
Habu Port

Niijima-mura

Habushiura Coast

Kouzushima-mura

Mt.Tenjhou
Kouzushima Hot Spring Recreation Center
Kouzushima West Coast Promenade Course
Akasaki Shiokaze's Mokudo and Small bay
Maehama Beach
Monoimino-mikoto Jinja Shrine
Toukouji Temple
Kouzushima-mura Hometown Museum
Mt. Chichibu 34 Kannon-reijo (Hallowed ground)
The obsidian stratum of Sanukasaki

Miyakejima

Miyakejima Island Shizen Fureai Center Akakokko-kan

Hachijo-machi

Muikagahara Sakyu (Sand hill)
Karataki (Waterfall)
Nambara Senjouiwa Beach
Mt. Hachijo-Fuji (Nishiyama)
Jinya-ato (Tamaishigaki)
Furusato Mura
Sueyoshi Michigasawa Onsen, Miharashi-no-Yu (hot springs)
Hachijo-jima Freesia Festival
Healthy Festa Aloe & Ashitaba in Hachijo Island
View of Noboryou Touge (Noboryou Pass)

Ogasawara-mura

Minami-jima
John Beach & Jinny Beach
Sekimon
Hahajimameguro (Bird-watching)
Hirashima
Dolphin watching & dolphin swimming
Whale watching

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