Beer Museum Yebisu

Cost: Free (tastings ¥300-¥500)
Located in Ebisu, the Beer Museum Yebisu takes visitors on a virtual tour through the original brewery where Yebisu Beer was first made in 1887. Visitors find out about the processes, Yebisu's history, and sample local brews. Part of Sapporo Brewe... Continue reading

Edo- Museum

Cost: ¥600; concessions ¥300-¥480
The Edo-Tokyo Museum in Sumida-ku looks at everyday life in Tokyo from the 17th century onwards. Through the Meiji Restoration period, when its name changed from Edo to Tokyo, and onto the post-WWII period, exhibits trace the development of this me... Continue reading

Hamarikyu Garden

Cost: Not Specified
Hamarikyu Garden is a traditional Japanese garden with a seawater pond located by the Sumida River. Surrounded by the high-rise buildings of the Shiodome business district, it provides a relaxing green space within the bustling urban mayhem.... Continue reading

Meguro Parasitological Museum

Cost: Free
The Meguro Parasitological Museum in Tokyo is the only fully fledged one in the world. Within the seven-storey nondescript building there are 45,000 specimens of obscene, flesh-munching, brain-eating, egg-laying worms, lumps, insects and larvae. S... Continue reading

Meiji Shrine

Cost: Free; inner garden & treasure museum ¥500
The serene Meiji Shrine sits amid 175 acres of wooded gardens in Yoyogi. Dedicated to the memory of the Meiji Emperor and Empress, visitors come to this 1920s Tokyo building to write prayer cards, requesting help from the deified royals. The thick... Continue reading

Mori Art Museum

Cost: Varies according to exhibition
The Mori Art Museum in Roppongi holds exhibitions ranging from architect Le Corbusier to Japanese Art showcases, as well as performance arts. Visitors get eye-popping views of the city from the Tokyo City View observatory, included in the museum ad... Continue reading

Museum of Contemporary Art

Cost: Tue-Sun 10am-6pm; closed Tue if Mon a public holiday
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo opened in 1995 and houses the foremost collection of post-war art in Japan. The museum itself is a sophisticated structure of grey marble, glass and steel in Metropolitan Kiba Park. Every year, the Museum of Co... Continue reading

National Art Centre

Cost: Varies according to exhibition
The National Art Centre Tokyo in Roppongi hosts exhibitions of everything from Vermeer and Modigliani to fashion and architecture, but has no permanent collection. The gallery's energy-saving undulating glass exterior, designed by architect Kishô ... Continue reading

Ota Memorial Museum of Art

Cost: Varies according to exhibition
Collected by tycoon Seiji Ota, the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Harajuku exhibits some of Japan's finest ukiyo-e (woodblock prints). They depict life in 17th-19th century Tokyo.... Continue reading

Senso-ji Temple

Cost: Free
Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa is Tokyo's oldest temple, originally completed in 645AD in honour of the goddess of Kannon. Visitors pass through the Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate), down Nakamise shopping street to the five-storey pagoda and shrine, rebuilt... Continue reading

Ueno Park

Cost: Free
Ueno Park opened in 1873. Set in Tokyo's Ueno district, the park is dotted with museums, temples and the zoo. Visitors head for the Tokyo National Museum and statue of Meiji samurai Takamori Saigo. The springtime cherry blossom is exquisite. The s... Continue reading

Yanaka Cemetery Park

Cost: Free admission
Yanaka Cemetery Park, in quaint Yanaka, houses the 1913 grave of shogun, or military general, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. There are also tombs of famed actors, but the cemetery is best known for Sakura dori, a path famous for its cherry blossom.... Continue reading

Yoyogi Park

Cost: Free
Yoyogi Park is a tree-filled stretch where jugglers, acrobats and bongo players gather. It was the site for the 1964 Olympic Games. On Sunday afternoons, the dancing Elvises and baby-doll goths gather on the bridge next to Harajuku station.... Continue reading