Attraction
1. Senso-ji
Tokyo's oldest and most visited Buddhist temple, reached through the Kaminarimon gate and the shop-lined Nakamise approach in historic Asakusa.
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2. Meiji Jingu
A major Shinto shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken, set in a large man-made forest beside Harajuku and Yoyogi Park.
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3. Tokyo National Museum
Japan's oldest national museum, founded in 1872, with a vast collection of Japanese and Asian art and archaeology across several galleries in Ueno Park.
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4. Imperial Palace East Gardens
The public gardens of the Imperial Palace, laid out on the Honmaru and Ninomaru grounds of the former Edo Castle in central Tokyo.
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5. Tokyo Skytree
At 634 metres, Japan's tallest tower, with observation decks at 350 and 450 metres offering sweeping views across Tokyo and, on clear days, Mount Fuji.
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6. Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
A 58-hectare national garden in Shinjuku combining Japanese, English landscape and French formal styles, famed for around 1,500 cherry trees.
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7. teamLab Planets TOKYO
An immersive digital art museum in Toyosu where visitors walk barefoot through water-filled rooms and light installations by the art collective teamLab.
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8. Tokyo Tower
The red-and-white 333-metre lattice tower that opened in 1958, with a Main Deck at 150 metres and a Top Deck at around 250 metres.
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9. Ueno Park
One of Tokyo's first public parks, opened in 1873, home to major museums, a zoo, Ueno Toshogu shrine and the lotus-filled Shinobazu Pond.
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10. Hama-rikyu Gardens
An Edo-period garden on Tokyo Bay built around a seawater tidal pond, with historic duck-hunting sites and a teahouse on an island.
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