What to see in Tokyo
Senso-ji in Asakusa, Ueno Park and Yanaka, Meiji Jingu, Shibuya, Shinjuku and the Imperial Palace gardens: Mappu's 3-day itinerary for Tokyo covers them day by day. Plan the trip around your own dates, then listen to the free audio guides or follow a self-guided walk when you get there.
Tokyo day by day
Tokyo 3 days
3 days
Senso-ji and Nakamise in Asakusa, Ueno Park and Yanaka, Meiji Jingu, Harajuku, Shibuya and Shinjuku, then the Imperial Palace East Gardens.
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Japan first trip 10 days
10 days
A first Japan route through Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and Hiroshima with buffers for big city changes.
View itinerarySelf-guided walks in Tokyo
Free audio walks that connect the guides below into one route, with a map, distances and walking times.
Imperial Palace to Tsukiji Hongwanji, Tokyo
4 stops · about 4.6 km · about 60 min on foot · about 26 min of audioImperial Palace and Nijubashi → Hibiya Park → National Film Archive of Japan → Tsukiji HongwanjiFree audio at every stop, or walk it with MappuSee the route
Jinbocho to Nezu Shrine, Tokyo
5 stops · about 4.9 km · about 65 min on foot · about 32 min of audioKanda-Jinbōchō → Kanda Myojin → Yushima Tenmangu → Kyu-Iwasaki-Tei Garden → Nezu ShrineFree audio at every stop, or walk it with MappuSee the route
Kabukicho to Shinjuku Gyoen, Tokyo
5 stops · about 1.7 km · about 25 min on foot · about 29 min of audioKabukicho → Shinjuku Golden Gai → Hanazono Shrine → Shinjuku Ni-chome → Shinjuku GyoenFree audio at every stop, or walk it with MappuSee the route
Marunouchi to Kitanomaru Park, Tokyo
5 stops · about 3.9 km · about 50 min on foot · about 30 min of audioMarunouchi → Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum → Imperial Palace East Garden → Kitanomaru Park → National Showa Memorial MuseumFree audio at every stop, or walk it with MappuSee the routeMeiji Jingu to Shibuya, Tokyo
5 stops · about 4.7 km · about 60 min on foot · about 30 min of audioMeiji Jingu → Togo Shrine → Omotesando → Cat Street → ShibuyaFree audio at every stop, or walk it with MappuSee the routeSenso-ji to Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo
3 stops · about 1.9 km · about 25 min on foot · about 18 min of audioSenso-ji → Asakusa Shrine → Tokyo SkytreeFree audio at every stop, or walk it with MappuSee the route
Tokyo Tower to Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo
5 stops · about 4.8 km · about 65 min on foot · about 28 min of audioTokyo Tower → Mori Art Museum → The National Art Center, Tokyo → Nogi Shrine → Aoyama CemeteryFree audio at every stop, or walk it with MappuSee the routeTokyo Tower to Shiodome, Tokyo
4 stops · about 2.9 km · about 40 min on foot · about 23 min of audioTokyo Tower → Zōjō-ji → Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden → Ni-Tele Really Big ClockFree audio at every stop, or walk it with MappuSee the route
Ueno Park to Ueno Zoo, Tokyo
4 stops · about 1.8 km · about 25 min on foot · about 26 min of audioUeno Park → National Museum of Western Art → National Museum of Nature and Science → Ueno ZooFree audio at every stop, or walk it with MappuSee the route
Yanaka to Ueno, Tokyo
5 stops · about 3.3 km · about 45 min on foot · about 28 min of audioYanaka Cemetery → Kan’ei-ji → Tokyo National Museum → Ueno Tosho-gu → AmeyokoFree audio at every stop, or walk it with MappuSee the route
Photo attribution
- Imperial Palace and Nijubashi: Joan
- Kanda-Jinbōchō: Lombroso / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain (Public domain)
- Kabukicho: Prcmise / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Marunouchi: Basile Morin / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Meiji Jingu: aestelle
- Senso-ji: Alex
- Tokyo Tower: Akonnchiroll / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Tokyo Tower: Akonnchiroll / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Ueno Park: Guilhem Vellut / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 (CC BY 2.0)
- Yanaka Cemetery: Multa / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Audio guides in Tokyo
Ameya-Yokochō
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Aoyama Cemetery
JapanAsakusa and the Sacred Heart of Tokyo
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Asakusa Shrine
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Atago Shrine
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Cat Street
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Center Gai
Japan
Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery
Japan
Hanazono Jinja Shrine
Japan
Hibiya Park
Japan
Hie Shrine
Japan
Hikawa-jinja
JapanTokyo Imperial Palace and the Iconic Nijubashi
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Imperial Palace East Gardens
Japan
Kabukichō
Japan
Kan'eiji Temple
Japan
Jinbōchō
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Kanda Myojin
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Kitanomaru Park
Japan
Kokyo Gaien National Garden
Japan
Kyu-Iwasaki-Tei Garden
Japan
Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden
Japan
Marunouchi
JapanMeiji Shrine
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Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum
Japan
Mori Art Museum
Japan
Museum of the Imperial Collections
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National Film Archive of Japan
Japan
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Japan
National Museum of Nature and Science
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National Museum of Western Art
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National Showa Memorial Museum
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Nezu Shrine
Japan
Ni-Tele Really Big Clock
Japan
Nogi Shrine
Japan
Omotesandō
JapanSenso-ji
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Shibuya
Japan
Shinjuku
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Shinjuku Central Park
Japan
Shinjuku Golden Gai
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Shinjuku Gyoen
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Shinjuku Ni-chōme
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Suntory Museum of Art
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Takeshita Street
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National Art Center, Tokyo
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Togo-jinja Shrine
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Tokyo Mosque
Japan
Tokyo National Museum
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Tokyo Skytree
Japan
Tokyo Tower
Japan
Tsukiji Hongwanji
Japan
Ueno
Japan
Ueno Park
Japan
Ueno Tōshō-gū Shrine
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Ueno Zoo
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Yanaka Cemetery
Japan
Yoyogi Park
Japan
Yushima Tenmangu
Japan
Zenpuku-ji
Japan
Zōjō-ji
Japan
Photo attribution
- Ameya-Yokochō: 663highland / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.5 (CC BY 2.5)
- Aoyama Cemetery: Cabeza2000 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Asakusa and the Sacred Heart of Tokyo: Claudio Guglieri
- Asakusa Shrine: Kakidai / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Atago Shrine: Chris 73 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Cat Street: Aw1805 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Center Gai: Douglas P. Perkins / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0 (CC BY 3.0)
- Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery: Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain (Public domain)
- Hanazono Jinja Shrine: nnh / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain (Public domain)
- Hibiya Park: 663highland / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.5 (CC BY 2.5)
- Hie Shrine: MaedaAkihiko / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Hikawa-jinja: Chiether / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Tokyo Imperial Palace and the Iconic Nijubashi: Joan
- Imperial Palace East Gardens: Don Ramey Logan / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Kabukichō: Prcmise / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Kan'eiji Temple: Kakidai / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Jinbōchō: Lombroso / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain (Public domain)
- Kanda Myojin: Zairon / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Kitanomaru Park: Gary Bembridge from London/ New York, UK / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 (CC BY 2.0)
- Kokyo Gaien National Garden: Guilhem Vellut / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 (CC BY 2.0)
- Kyu-Iwasaki-Tei Garden: Wiiii / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden: Unknown author / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Marunouchi: Basile Morin / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Meiji Shrine: aestelle
- Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum: Wish.F / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0 (CC BY 3.0)
- Mori Art Museum: Wing1990hk / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0 (CC BY 3.0)
- Museum of the Imperial Collections: 江戸村のとくぞう / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- National Film Archive of Japan: Jmho / Wikimedia Commons / CC0 (CC0)
- National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo: Kakidai / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- National Museum of Nature and Science: 663highland / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.5 (CC BY 2.5)
- National Museum of Western Art: 663highland / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- National Showa Memorial Museum: Wiiii / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Nezu Shrine: Wiiii / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Ni-Tele Really Big Clock: street viewer2 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 (CC BY 2.0)
- Nogi Shrine: Rs1421 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Omotesandō: Rs1421 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Senso-ji: Alex
- Shibuya: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Shinjuku: Basile Morin / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Shinjuku Central Park: Hyougushi / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0 (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Shinjuku Golden Gai: Gzzz / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Shinjuku Gyoen: Kakidai / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Shinjuku Ni-chōme: LittleT889 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Suntory Museum of Art: Rs1421 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Takeshita Street: Asanagi / Wikimedia Commons / CC0 (CC0)
- National Art Center, Tokyo: Kakidai / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Togo-jinja Shrine: KENPEI / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Tokyo Mosque: Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain (Public domain)
- Tokyo National Museum: Wiiii / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Tokyo Skytree: Akonnchiroll / Wikimedia Commons / CC0 (CC0)
- Tokyo Tower: Akonnchiroll / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Tsukiji Hongwanji: Kakidai / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Ueno: MaedaAkihiko / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Ueno Park: Guilhem Vellut / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 (CC BY 2.0)
- Ueno Tōshō-gū Shrine: Unkei6hokusai4 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Ueno Zoo: Kakidai / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Yanaka Cemetery: Multa / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Yoyogi Park: Syced / Wikimedia Commons / CC0 (CC0)
- Yushima Tenmangu: Daderot / Wikimedia Commons / CC0 1.0 (CC0 1.0)
- Zenpuku-ji: Degueulasse / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0 (CC BY 3.0)
- Zōjō-ji: SElefant / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Tokyo 3 days: Alex
- Japan first trip 10 days: Stefan K
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Useful for your visit
Tickets, tours and practical extras for this trip, from Mappu's partners.
- Tokyo Tower: entry ticketViator · Partner(opens the partner's site in a new tab)
- Asakusa and more: guided tourViator · Partner(opens the partner's site in a new tab)
- Tokyo Imperial Palace: guided tourViator · Partner(opens the partner's site in a new tab)
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