The Nissan Gallery

The Ginza 4 Chome intersection is home to the Nissan head office and gallery. Nissan is the second largest automotive manufacture, after Toyota and in front of Honda. The company has a large stake in French ...

Palette Town

Palette town is a huge complex that is more than just a shopping centre. Its huge Ferris Wheel can be seen all across Odaiba signalling to visitors that Palette town is a fun place to be.

The Rainbow Bridge

The 918 metre long suspended Rainbow Bridge links the futuristic leisure town of Odaiba with the Tokyo Waterfront crossing Tokyo Bay underneath. Named after the beautiful rainbow coloured lighting that ...

Ryogoku

Ryogoku is an area of Tokyo where the sumo stadium, many sumo stables, chanko restaurants and other sumo related sights can be found. It is the center of the sumo world.

Metropolitan Government Building

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, also referred to as Tokyo City Hall for short, houses the headquarters of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which governs not only the 23 wards, but also the ...

Ohshima Park Zoo

Within no more than two hours on a high speed ferry or about just half an hour by airplane from Tokyo, you are on Ohshima Island, the largest island of the Izu Islands. As a popular destination for Tokyo ...

Inokashira Park Zoo

Located in a quiet and distinctive suburb of Tokyo, Inokashira Park Zoo exhibits a variety of Japanese species as well as an Asiatic elephant and tropical birds. It contributes to conservation and breeding of ...

Tama Zoo

Tama Zoological Park, one hour from central Tokyo by train, is a unique zoological park, where animals are displayed under naturalistic and spectacular habitats set up in its vast land of 52 ha (129 acres). ...

Tsukishima Island

Tsukishima (lit. moon island) is a man made island in Tokyo Bay, just across the channel from Tsukiji fish market. It was created over 100 years ago using earth that was dredged from the bay during the ...

Nihonbashi District

Nihonbashi, literally meaning "Japan Bridge", is a city district of Tokyo, just north of Ginza and northeast of Marunouchi and Tokyo Station. The bridge, after which the district is named, has been ...