Tokyo Tower to Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo: free self-guided walking tour
Quick answer. A free self-guided walking tour from Tokyo Tower to Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo: 5 stops, about 4.8 km, about 65 minutes of walking plus about 28 minutes of listening. Start under Tokyo Tower and walk west to Roppongi Hills, where the Mori Art Museum shows contemporary art on the 53rd floor, about 230 meters up. Down the hill, The National Art Center, Tokyo, opened in 2007, was built for open-call exhibitions. Pass Nogi Shrine, founded in 1923 for General Nogi Maresuke and his wife Shizuko, and end under the cherry trees of Aoyama Cemetery, 26 hectares of graves of statesmen, writers and actors.
- Stops:
- 5
- Distance:
- about 4.8 km
- Walking:
- about 65 min
- Listening:
- about 28 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 MapsTokyo Tower to Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo: how long does the walk take?
About 93 minutes in all: about 65 minutes on foot over about 4.8 km, plus about 28 minutes of audio at the 5 stops. Time inside the sites is extra.
Tokyo Tower to Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo: in what order should you visit the stops?
Follow the stops in this order: Tokyo Tower, Mori Art Museum, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Nogi Shrine, and Aoyama Cemetery. The longest stretch between two stops is about 1.9 km, about 25 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
The red-and-white lattice tower of 1958, 333 meters tall and the world’s tallest freestanding tower when built, still a broadcasting and observation tower.
about 6 min of audio
Next stop: Mori Art Museum · about 1.9 km, about 25 min on foot
Stop 2
A contemporary art museum on the 53rd floor of the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, about 230 meters up, the highest exhibition space in any building in Japan.
about 6 min of audio
Next stop: The National Art Center, Tokyo · about 1.1 km, about 14 min on foot
Stop 3
A national museum in Roppongi opened in January 2007, born from a 1978 request by the art world for a home for open-call exhibitions.
about 5 min of audio
Next stop: Nogi Shrine · about 0.9 km, about 12 min on foot
Stop 4
A Shinto shrine in Nogizaka founded on 1 November 1923 for General Nogi Maresuke and his wife Shizuko, with a Meiji-era Western building in its grounds.
about 5 min of audio
Next stop: Aoyama Cemetery · about 0.9 km, about 12 min on foot
Stop 5
A metropolitan cemetery of about 26 hectares in Minami-Aoyama, on a former feudal estate, with graves of statesmen, writers and actors under cherry trees.
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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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)
- Tokyo Tower: guided tourViator · Partner(opens the partner's site in a new tab)
- Tokyo Tower: day tripViator · Partner(opens the partner's site in a new tab)
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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.