Akasaka Yoko Hotel

Time required: Approx. 10 minutes (ride: 6 minutes / transfer: 4 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line:
Akasaka → Hibiya (5 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line:
Hibiya → Ginza (1 minutes)

Ginza is a leading business district in Japan. It is known as a high-class shopping district. You can still find traditional Japanese shops here in addition to overseas luxury brand shops, famous Japanese department stores and fast fashion shops. This means you can enjoy shopping to your heart's content. You will also find eating and drinking establishments here. There are many ways to have fun - from reasonable restaurants to high-class restaurants and from Japanese food to Western food and Chinese food. In addition, Ginza is also home to theaters (e.g. Kabukiza Theatre) and galleries, so you can also come into contact with art.

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Facilities

Kabukiza Theatre, Sony Building, Hibiya Park, Wako and Ginza Avenue

Time required: Approx. 40 minutes (ride: 18 minutes / transfer: 22 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line:
Akasaka → Kokkai-gijidomae (1 minutes)
On foot:
Kokkai-gijidomae → Tameike-sanno (6 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line:
Tameike-sanno → Shimbashi (4 minutes)

Odaiba brings together commercial facilities that can be enjoyed by families. These include Ooedo-Onsen-Monogatari (a natural hot spring theme park) and Palette Town (an indoor amusement facility). This area is found on the waterfront. Therefore, you can have fun taking a walk or jogging in the park or beach on a sunny day.

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Facilities

Odaiba Beach Park, National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), Ooedo-Onsen-Monogatari, Palette Town, Diversity Tokyo Plaza, Fuji Television, Legoland Discovery Center Tokyo, Madame Tussaud Tokyo and DECKS Tokyo Beach

Time required: Approx. 20 minutes (ride: 10 minutes / transfer: 10 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line:
Akasaka → Meiji-jingumae (6 minutes)
On foot:
Meiji-jingumae → Harajuku (2 minutes)
JR Yamanote Line:
Harajuku → Shinjuku (4 minutes)

Shinjuku is one of the leading business districts in Japan. Kabukicho and Golden Gai are lined with many eating and drinking establishments. The area is also replete with department stores and large stores, so you can also enjoy shopping. In addition, you can take a walk in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden and forget that you are in the center of a massive city.

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Facilities

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office, Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Hanazono Shrine, Shinjuku Nishiguchi Omoide Yokocho and Shinjuku/Hanazono Golden Gai

Time required: Approx. 10 minutes (ride: 6 minutes / transfer: 4 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line:
Akasaka → Omote-sando (4 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line:
Omote-sando → Shibuya (2 minutes)

Shibuya is at the cutting edge of youth culture. This area is home to fashionable restaurants, bars, clubs, live music clubs, shops and more. This attracts young people from all over Japan. This is also the place of origin of Japanese kawaii (cute) culture. Various events are held at Yoyogi Park at the weekends.

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Facilities

Scramble Crossing, SHIBUYA 109, Shibuya Hikarie, Shibuya Mark City, Tokyu Hands Shibuya, Bunkamura and Yoyogi Park

Harajuku: Time required: Approx. 6 minutes
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line:
Akasaka → Meiji-jingumae (6 minutes)
Omote-sando: Time required: Approx. 4 minutes
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line:
Akasaka → Omote-sando (4 minutes)

Harajuku is the center of fashionable and pop youth culture. Takeshita Street is always crowded with young people because it is lined with shops selling fashion, general goods and accessories. If you take a short walk from Harajuku, you will come across Omotesando - a city for adults with a calm atmosphere. You can also enjoy art in galleries as well as fashion here.

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Facilities

Takeshita Street, Laforet Harajuku, Meiji Shrine, Omotesando Hills, Kiddy Land Harajuku and Design Festa Gallery Harajuku

Time required: Approx. 35 minutes (ride: 23 minutes / transfer: 12 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line:
Akasaka → Kokkai-gijidomae (1 minutes)
On foot:
Kokkai-gijidomae → Tameike-sanno (6 minutes)

Asakusa is where you can still find the friendly atmosphere of traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods of Edo. There are many tourist attractions here including Kaminarimon, Senso Temple and Nakamise Avenue. You can enjoy shopping or eating in the shopping district and riding a jinrikisha (rickshaw) around the tourist spots to be able to come into contact with the traditions of Japan. There are also events you can enjoy in each season, such as cherry blossoms in spring and fireworks in summer.

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Facilities

Sensoji Temple, Nakamise Avenue, Kaminarimon, Asakusa Hanayashiki, Asakusa Cultural Tourism Center and Kappabashi Dougu Street®

Time required: Approx. 27 minutes (ride: 23 minutes / transfer: 4 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line:
Akasaka → Hibiya (5 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line:
Hibiya → Ueno (18 minutes)

There are so many tourist spots in Ueno you will not be able to see them all in one day. These include the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo National Museum, Ueno Park, Ueno Zoo and Ueno Ameyoko Shopping District. There are also many well-established eating and drinking establishments in the surrounding area, so you can enjoy a meal at a famous traditional restaurant.

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Facilities

Ueno Zoo, National Museum of Nature and Science, Ueno Royal Museum, Ueno Toshogu Shrine, Ueno Ameyoko Shopping District, Ueno Park, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Garden, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo National Museum and Shitamachi Museum

Time required: Approx. 29 minutes (ride: 19 minutes / transfer: 10 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line:
Akasaka → Hibiya (5 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line:
Hibiya → Akihabara (14 minutes)

Akihabara is a world-famous electric town also commonly known as Akiba. Many electric-related shops have gathered here - from shops handling the latest electrical appliances to shops dealing with rare electric components. Moreover, this area is the place of origin for otaku (geek) culture. Anime/comic shops idol goods shops and maid cafes line the streets here.

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Facilities

Akihabara UDX Restaurant City AKIBAICHI and AKIBA Cultures Zone

Time required: Approx. 17 minutes (ride: 9 minutes / transfer: 8 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line:
Akasaka → Otemachi (8 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Tozai Line:
Otemachi → Nihombashi (1 minutes)

Offices, department buildings and well-established stores line Nihonbashi to make it the center of commerce and finance. Ningyocho in Nihonbashi is where you can still find many specialty stores founded in the Edo period (1603 to 1868) and well-established/famous shops such as restaurants that preserve traditional tastes. Setomono Market, Ningyo Market and Bettara Market are held here depending on the season.

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Facilities

Nihonbashi, Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Mitsui Main Building, Mitsui Memorial Museum, Head Office of the Bank of Japan, Suitengu and Amazake Yokocho

20 minutes on foot
Chi bus 10 minutes on foot

The area around Roppongi is home to embassies from various countries. This means that many shops and eating/drinking establishments aimed at foreigners have gathered here. Roppongi Hills, Tokyo Midtown and other giant complex facilities have been developed in this area, so you can enjoy shopping and eating throughout the day. In addition, you can come into contact with art because Mori Art Museum, the National Art Center and Suntory Museum of Art are located here.

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Facilities

Roppongi Hills, Tokyo Midtown, National Art Center, Mori Art Museum, Suntory Museum of Art and Mori Garden

Time required: Approx. 28 minutes (ride: 20 minutes / transfer: 8 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line:
Akasaka → Meiji-jingumae (6 minutes)
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line:
Meiji-jingumae → Ikebukuro (14 minutes)

This is one of the leading business districts in Japan. You can enjoy amusement facilities, shopping and meals in Sunshine City (an indoor theme park and aquarium), department stores and electronics retail stores. You can also come into contact with art in the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre. There are also many spots related to anime here. This means there are various ways you can enjoy yourself in this area.

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Facilities

Sunshine Aquarium, Namja Town, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Animate Ikebukuro and Sunshine 60 Observation Deck

Sengoki: Time required: Approx. 16 minutes
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line:
Akasaka → Sengoki (16 minutes)
Omote-sando: Time required: Approx. 14 minutes
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line:
Akasaka → Nezu (14 minutes)

The area from Yanaka to Nezu and Sendagi is one in which the friendly atmosphere of traditional commercial and work-class neighborhoods remains remarkably strong. The Yanaka Ginza Shopping District is a traditional shopping district with a nostalgic feel. If you make your way down the intricate alleys, you will come across the scenery of retro Tokyo as though you have traveled back in time to the good old days.

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Facilities

Yanaka Ginza Shopping District, Nezu Shrine, Calligraphy Museum and Old Yasuda Kusuo Residence Garden