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The former Yasuda Garden

The former Yasuda Garden was built in Ryogoku next to Sumidagawa- River in 1704, and the water of Sumidagawa-River was led into the garden.

Opening hour : 9h00 to 16h30
No admission fee is required

Directions: - A 10 minute walk fron JR Ryogoku Station on Sobu Line

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Phone: 03-3622-4753

Shibuya district

Shibuya is a bustling, youth-oriented shopping district where it’s easy to get the feeling that everyone over the age of 35 has been sent back to Ueno or Ikebukuro.
Like Shinjuku, Shibuya is not exactly rich in sights but it is a good area to stroll around and there’s some of the best department store browsing to be had in all Tokyo.
You may want to avoid the area on weekends, when the streets are jammed with fashionable Tokyo kids.

Directions: - A short walk from JR Shibuya Station

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Ebisu Garden Place

The completion in the mid-1990s of Ebisu Garden Place, a commercial and residential centre, brought this area to life.

In the heart of Ebisu Garden Place are a Mitsukoshi store, boutiques, two cinemas, a theater, and restaurants including Taillevent Robuchon, a French restaurant that looks likes a 19th-century chateau.

Directions: - A 10-minute walk from JR Ebisu Station on Yamanote Line

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Kabuki-za

Kabuki-za is the theater stages Kabuki, Japan's original theatrical art.
Earphone guide is available for those who are not familiar with Kabuki.

Directions: - A Short walk from Higashi Ginza Subway Station on Hibiya / Asakusa Line
- A 10-minute walk from Ginza Subway Station on Ginza Line

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Phone: 03-3541-3131

Website: http://www.kabuki-za.co.jp/

Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Tokyo Metropolitan Government is one of the Tokyo's landmarks with an observatory on the 45th floor.

Directions: - A short walk from Tocyomae Subway Station on Oedo Line Exit A4.
- A 10 minute walk from JR Shinjyuku Station West Exit.

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Phone: 03-5321-1111

Entertainment town, Kabukicyo

Kabukicyo, the major entertainment town in Shinjyuku.
There are many restaurants, theaters, movies theaters, and game aecades.

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Directions: - A 3-mimutes walk from Seibu Shinjyuku Station
- A 5-minute walk from Shinjuiku Subway Station on Marunouchi Line Exit B10 to 13
- A 8-minute walk from JR Shinjyuku Station East Exit
- A 10-minute walk from Keio/Odakyu Shinjyuku Station

Ameyoko (Shopping Street)

Ameyoko is a Shopping Street from JR Ueno Station to Okachimachi Station and is crowded with stores containing clothes, miscellaneous good, fresh fish and dried food.

Directions: - A short walk from JR Ueno or Okachimachi Station on Yamanote Line

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Shiba Detached Palace Garden

Shiba Detached Palace Garden is one of a pair of feudal era clan gardens surviving in Edo(modern-day Tokyo).

The Shiba Detached Palace Garden is a classic, strolling, spring-fed garden pond-centered garden featuring rock and land formations.
The land on which the garden is located was originally under the shallows of Edo Bay, but from 1655 to 1658, this area was reclaimed and in 1678, come to be used for official residence of Okubo Tadatomo, an official of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate.

When Okubo built his samurai style residence, he bought garden designer from his clan fief in the Odawara area to Edo to build the garden that become known as Rakujyuen.

It was purchased by the Imperial Household Agency in 1875 and became the Shiba Detached Palace Garden.

Address: Kaigan 1-4-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Directions: A 1-minute walk from JR Hamamatsu-cho station North exit

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Phone: 03-3434-4028

Zojoji Temple

Zojoji Temple was a Bosatsu temple in the Kanto region for Ieyasu Tokugawa who started the Edo government.

The magnificent cathedral is a must-see.

Directions: - A 3-minute walk from Onarimon Subway Station on Mita Line
- A 10-minute walk from JR Hamamatsu Station

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Phone: 03-3432-1431

Asakusa

1) Sensoji Temple
The old temple in Tokyo is said to have been built in 628. The Grand Kaminarimon Gate with a large lantern is a landmark.

2) Asakusa Shrine
The Shaden architecture donate by Iemitsu Tokugawa still remain in the shrine. It is famous for the Sanja Festival, one of the top 3 traditional festivals in Japan.

3) Nakamise
Both sides of the 100 meter street from Kaminarimon Gate are lined with about 90 stores dating from the Edo Period.

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Directions: - A 8-minute walk from Asakusa Subway Station on Ginza Line
- A 5-minute walk from Asakusa Station on Tobu Isesaki Line