Tokyo: 29 Walks in the World's Most Exciting City. John H. Martin
ASAKUSA, KAPPABASHI AND MINOWA: Tokyo’s Oldest Temple, the Street of Inside Shops, a golden Buddha, Plastic delights, and a Famed Pleasure Quarter
Tokyo Sky Tree (diversion), Senso-ji (Asakusa Kannon Temple), Senso-ji Temple Festivals, Asakusa District, Kappabashi-dori Plastic Foods, Jokan-ji Temple, Toden Arakawa Tram Line
Walking Tour 9
UENO AND NEZU: The Park Where Culture abides, the Low City remembered, a Shogun’s Shrine, and Two artists’ residences
House of Taikan Yokoyama, Ameyoko Shopping Street, Shitamachi Museum, Benten-do, Ueno Park, Kiyomizu Kannon-do, Ueno Royal Museum, Tosho-gu Shrine, Ueno Zoo, Tokyo National Museum Complex, Kan’ei-ji Temple, Jomyo-in Temple, Yoshida-Ya Sake Shop Museum, Asakura Sculpture Museum and Garden, Daimyo Tokei Clock Museum, Nezu Shrine, Tokyo University
Walking Tour 10
YUSHIMA, KANDA, JIMBOCHO AND AKIHABARA: Shrines to a Chinese Sage and a rebel, the Bibliophiles’ Paradise, Wholesaling run rampant, and Pleasure deferred
Yushima Tenjin Shrine, Kanda Myojin Shrine, Hijiribashi Bridge and Century Tower, Nikolai Cathedral, Meiji University Museum and Criminal Materials Exhibition, Jimbocho Bookstore Area, Koishikawa Korakuen Garden, Akihabara District
Walking Tour 11
IKEBUKURO: a Shopper’s Paradise, the City within a City, the Writers’ Final resting Place, and a Classic Stroll garden
Ikebukuro Shopping, Sunshine City, Zoshigaya Cemetery, Rikugi-en Garden
CHAPTER 3: SOUTHERN TOKYO
Walking Tour 12
ATAGO HILL, TOKYO TOWER, AND SHIBA PARK: a Hill of Lost Causes, the Shoguns defiled, Tokyo’s Eiffel Tower, and a Former Nobleman’s garden
Atago Shrine, NHK Broadcast Museum, Zojo-ji Temple, Tokyo Tower and World Trade Center, Shiba Detached Palace Gardens
Walking Tour 13
ROPPONGI AND AZABU: The Last Samurai, Beverly Hills Transplanted, roppongi Hills and Tokyo Midtown, and a Statesman’s garden
Nogi Shrine, Tokyo Midtown, National Art Center, Roppongi Crossing, International House of Japan, Striped House Museum of Art, Roppongi Hills, Prince Arisugawa Memorial Park
Walking Tour 14
DAIKANYAMA, EBISU AND MEGURO: Fashionable Living, a Beer Museum, a Nature Preserve with an art deco Villa, and Buddha’s Early disciples
Daikanyama, Yebisu Garden Place, Institute for Nature Study, Four Temples, Buddha’s Early Disciples, and the Great Priest Ennin
Walking Tour 15
SHINAGAWA: an ambassador ambushed, the Finale to the 47 ronin, a Bauhaus Museum, and a garden Beautiful from any angle
Sengaku-ji Temple, Tozen-ji Temple, Happoen Garden, Hatakeyama Kinenken Museum, Prince Takeda Mansion, Takanawa-mon Checkpoint on the Tokaido Road, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (diversion)
Walking Tour 16
ODAIBA: The City in the Sea, a Ferris Wheel, Classic Cars, Science Centers, Beaches, Hot Springs, and Maritime displays
Tokyo Beach and Joyopolis, Fuji TV, Science, and the Statue of Liberty, Telecommunications and Hot Springs, a Ferris Wheel and Automobiles, Tokyo Big Sight, Fashion Town, and the Panasonic Center
CHAPTER 4: WESTERN TOKYO
Walking Tour 17
SHINJUKU: a district of Skyscrapers, City Hall, a Central Shopping area, the red-light district, and an Imperial garden
Shinjuku Skyscraper District, Tokyo City Hall, Park Hyatt Hotel, Tokyo Opera City, Japanese Sword Museum, East Shinjuku, Hanazono Shrine, Kabukicho and Golden Gai, Shinjuku Gyoen Garden, National Noh Theater (diversion)
Walking Tour 18
HARAJUKU, OMOTESANDO AND AOYAMA: The Emperor’s Spirit Enshrined, the Tokyo Olympics, a Japanese Champs-Elysées, and “Blue Mountain” Chic
Meiji Shrine, Yoyogi Park, Togo Shrine, Ota Museum of Ukiyo-e Prints, Omotesandodori, Aoyama, Nezu Museum, Tepia and Aoyama Fashion, Festivals
Walking Tour 19
SHIBUYA: The Faithful dog, Teen Trends, and Museums Traditional and Offbeat in the Valley of Shibui
Hachiko Statue, Shibuya Shopping, Tobacco and Salt Museum, NHK Broadcasting Center and NHK Hall, Japan Folk Crafts Museum
CHAPTER 5: YOKOHAMA AND POINTS SOUTH
YOKOHAMA OVERVIEW: Three Easy Excursions In and Around the Old Port City of Yokohama
Walking Tour 20
OLD AND NEW YOKOHAMA: The Foreigners’ Enclave “Inside the Checkpoint,” a New Vision for an Old Port, and “Beyond the Checkpoint”
Chinatown, Hepburn Memorial Marker and The Yokohama Doll Museum, Kaigan-dori (Shore Drive) and Yamashita Park, Yokohama Park, Minato Mirai 21 Complex, Kangai (Beyond the Checkpoint), The Kanagawa District and Yokohama Station, Festivals in Yokohama
Walking Tour 21
YAMATE-CHO: The yamate Bluff—a Haven for Westerners on Higher ground
Motomachi and the Italian Garden, the Foreigners’ Cemetery, Harborview Park and French Hill
Walking Tour 22
SANKEI-EN GARDEN AND HASSEI-DEN FOLK MUSEUM: a Classic garden Filled with Teahouses, and the Hall of the Eight Sages
Sankei-en Garden, Honmoku Civic Park, Hall of the Eight Sages
KAMAKURA OVERVIEW: Visiting the Famous Temples and Shrines of the Ancient Minamoto Capital
Walking Tour 23
KAMAKURA AND HASE: The Famous Temples and Shrines of Central and North Kamakura and a great Bronze Buddha
Hongaku-ji Temple, Wakamiya Shrine, Wakamiya Jinja, Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu, Shirahata Shrine and Yoritomo’s Grave, Egara Tenjin Shrine, Kamakura-gu, Annual Events in the Central Kamakura Area, Kencho-ji Zen Temple, Enno-ji Temple and the Kings of Hell, Tokei-ji Temple (the Divorce Temple), Engaku-ji Temple, Festivals at Engaku-ji, Zeniarai Benten Shrine (diversion), Komyo-ji, the Great Buddha of Kamakura, Hase-dera Temple
Walking Tour 24
KATASE AND ENOSHIMA ISLAND: a Surly Monk, a Legendary kannon, and a Famed Nude goddess
Nichiren and the Kamakura Execution Grounds, Enoshima Island
Walking Tour 25
YOKOSUKA: a Japanese admiral, an English Sailor, and an american Commodore
Mikasa Park and Battleship Mikasa, Sarushima Island (Monkey Island), The Grave of William Adams, Yokosuka City Museum
CHAPTER 6: POINTS WEST, NORTH AND EAST OF TOKYO
Walking Tour 26
THE HAKONE REGION: Mountains, Spas, and Thermal Eruptions
Odawara, Hakone-Yumoto, Miyanoshita, Gora, The Hakone Ropeway, Togendai on Lake Ashinoko, Hakone-machi, Moto-Hakone, Festivals
Walking Tour 27
MOUNT FUJI: Climbing