Jinbocho to Nezu Shrine, Tokyo: free self-guided walking tour
Quick answer. A free self-guided walking tour from Jinbocho to Nezu Shrine in Tokyo: 5 stops, about 4.9 km, about 65 minutes of walking plus about 32 minutes of listening. Start among the secondhand bookshops of Jinbōchō, Tokyo’s book town. Walk past Ochanomizu to Kanda Myojin, Edo’s guardian shrine, with a tradition reaching back to 730, then to Yushima Tenmangu, where students pray to the god of learning and plum trees bloom in late winter. Visit the Iwasaki family’s estate of 1896, with a Western house by Josiah Conder, and end at Nezu Shrine, whose halls of 1706 are all Important Cultural Properties.
- Stops:
- 5
- Distance:
- about 4.9 km
- Walking:
- about 65 min
- Listening:
- about 32 min
Two ways to do this walk
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A 2-hour live walk, €4.99.
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Self-guided audio walk. No guide accompanies you. Not affiliated with the sites.
Free: the audio guides
Listen to each stop’s audio guide in your browser and find your own way between the stops.
Walking directions in Google MapsJinbocho to Nezu Shrine, Tokyo: how long does the walk take?
About 97 minutes in all: about 65 minutes on foot over about 4.9 km, plus about 32 minutes of audio at the 5 stops. Time inside the sites is extra.
Jinbocho to Nezu Shrine, Tokyo: in what order should you visit the stops?
Follow the stops in this order: Kanda-Jinbōchō, Kanda Myojin, Yushima Tenmangu, Kyu-Iwasaki-Tei Garden, and Nezu Shrine. The longest stretch between two stops is about 1.9 km, about 26 min on foot.
Route and map
Indicative route. While you walk, watch where you're going, mind the traffic and follow local signs and rules. The map is an aid, not a safety guide. Terms
Follow Mappu’s map: the route runs along the streets from stop to stop, and the stories keep playing as you walk.
To get to the first stop, or if you’re far from the route, Google Maps has walking directions through every stop.
Stop 1
Tokyo’s book town, a district of secondhand bookshops and publishers near several universities, rebuilt through two disasters and still lined with shelves.
about 6 min of audio
Next stop: Kanda Myojin · about 1.5 km, about 20 min on foot
Stop 2
Edo’s guardian shrine near Akihabara, with a tradition reaching back to 730, home of the Kanda Matsuri and protector of about 108 neighborhoods.
about 7 min of audio
Next stop: Yushima Tenmangu · about 0.8 km, about 11 min on foot
Stop 3
The Tenjin shrine of Sugawara no Michizane, god of learning, where students pray in exam season and plum blossoms draw crowds in late winter.
about 7 min of audio
Next stop: Kyu-Iwasaki-Tei Garden · about 0.7 km, about 9 min on foot
Stop 4
The 1896 residence of the Iwasaki family, founders of Mitsubishi, where a Western mansion by Josiah Conder stands beside a Japanese hall on a broad lawn.
about 7 min of audio
Next stop: Nezu Shrine · about 1.9 km, about 26 min on foot
Stop 5
One of the Tokyo Ten Shrines, in the old-downtown Nezu district, whose seven main buildings of 1706 are all Important Cultural Properties of Japan.
about 6 min of audio
The stop stories are AI-generated audio guides and can contain mistakes. Check opening hours and tickets on the official sites.
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Before you go
- Check opening hours, tickets and access on each site’s official page before you go.
- Distances and times are estimates: the walking route between stops, from OpenStreetMap, at 4.5 km/h. Your route on the street may differ.
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Route checked by Mappu on November 1, 2026. Stop descriptions come from each place’s published Mappu audio guide. Mappu is a Fenutech product.