Port of Tokyo

Sightseeing highlights of surrounding area

• Imperial Palace

  

  During the Meiji Restoration, Edo Castle, The Tokugawa Shogunate's capital, surrendered and became the Imperial Palace. Part of the grounds has been opened as a public park.

   

• Ginza

  

  Well-established department stores with long histories and time-honored traditions, and exclusive boutiques and restaurants of every kind line the streets of this lively shopping district.

   

• Odaiba

  

  This coastal sub center is packed with shopping, gourmet dining and entertainment facilities. It also boasts spectacular night views from the Rainbow Bridge and Kaihin-koen Park.

   

• Asakusa

  

  Feel the atmosphere of the Edo Period at Senso-ji Temple, with its symbolic giant paper lantern at the Kaminari-mon gate, and cluster of around 90 traditional-style shops.

   

Culture

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  Foods >

  Edomae sushi

  Edomae sushi is a handformed sushi which is a Tokyo (formerly called Edo) local offering. Its main ingredients are all taken fresh from the Tokyo Bay. Sometimes cooked sushi toppings like seawater eels or clams are served too.

   

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  Local specialties >

  Kaminari okoshi (Kaminari sweet snack)

  This is a traditional Japanese sweet snack with origins in the Edo period was made in the Asakusa District of Tokyo. It is well known as one of Tokyo’s most popular souvenirs.

   

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  Event >

  Sanja Matsuri (three shrine festival) (early May)

  This regularly held Asakusa Shrine festival is one of Tokyo’s three great Shinto festivals, along with the Kanda and Sanno festivals. Watching participants bear the large Mikoshi (portable shrine) on their shoulders is the highlight.

   

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  © TOKYO MARATHON

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  Tokyo Marathon (February)

  This relatively new event features various categories of races, including the full marathon, the 10 km race, the wheelchair marathon, and the marathon for physically challenged people. Participants can run on major city roadways, making this a popular event.

   

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  Heritage >

  The Shrines and Temples of Nikko

  The Toshogu Shrine at Nikko was constructed in the first half of 17th Century to enshrine Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Shogun (military general) of the Edo Shogunate (1603 - 1867). Since then, Nikko has become a busy shrine town with many worshippers.
  A total of 103 buildings (called Nikko Sannai or Ni-sha-Ichi-ji), including the Toshogu Shrine, Futarasan-jinja (Futarasan Shinto Shrine), 9 buildings of Rinno-ji (Rinno Buddhist Temple), and 94 other associated buildings, were designated as Japan’s “Important Cultural Properties”, and the surrounding cultural landscape was registered as a World Cultural Heritage Site. The entire area covers 50.8 hectares.

   

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  The Ogasawara Islands

  The World Heritage Committee has named Ogasawara Islands, located about 1,000 kilometers to the south away from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office, as an UNESCO's World Natural Heritage site. The islands have never been connected by land with any continent since their birth, living things that managed to arrive by chance at and take root in the islands have made unique evolution on the islands. For this reason, many indigenous forms of life live on the islands, and unique ecosystems indigenous to the islands are maintained. Ogasawara islands are administratively part of Tokyo, despite being geographically separated from the metropolis.