Meeting Point

At your hotel in central Tokyo

8:00 to 8:30 AM: Pick up at your hotel

The tour will be designed to hear your preference and taste. The followings are candidates to visit.

Bunkyo Civic Center Sky View Lounge (under renovation)

Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens

One of nine Japanese gardens of Tokyo Metropolis. Their strolling-style gardens have four areas representing landscapes of ocean, river, mountain, and countryside. Recently, a gorgeous wooden gate, Karamon, has been rebuilt in their inner garden. [sakura/colered leavea spot]

Rikugien Gardens

Also one of nine Japanese gardens of Tokyo Metropolis. The design of the strolling-style gardens has a fine and warm touch with images of sceneries in classical Japanese poems. The gardens have a great weeping sakura tree popular for people, and a woody area with Japanese maple trees colorful in fall. [sakura/colored leaves spot]

Nezu Jinja Shrine

One of Tokyo's 10 shrines. Several colorful buildings including the main hall and the main gate were constructed in the early 18th century. Many Tokyo citizens and tourists visit the shrine to see beautiful azaleas in the season.

Hakusan Jinja Shrine

Not a large shrine, but also one of Tokyo's 10 shrines popular with its beautiful hydrangeas in the rainy season before the hot summer.

Kodokan Judo Museum and Arena

Located adjacent to Bunkyo Civic Center, Kodokan is the most sacred place for Judo lovers. We can visit its Judo museum, and see its dojo or Judo arena. Judo training is done almost every evening from 4:30 pm in the arena.

Yanesen shopping area

A popular tourist spot with a lot of eat-out and souvenir shops, and also a daily shopping district for local citizens. It has many temples and is a walking distance to Ueno.

Queens' Isetan Kasuga and Can Do one-coin shop

Gokokuji temple

Gokokuji maintains a remnant of the Edo period still. There are several tombs of the shogun family and other historically important people. [sakura spot]

Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo

Six high-spec restaurants and a beautiful garden. Their garden has 20 species of sakura trees, and sakura blooming is expected for a long period. [sakura spot]

The University of Tokyo

The top national university in Japan. Its main hall and various designs of faculty buildings are picturesque. Yellow leaves of gingko trees are magnificent in autumn. A statue of Hachi with his master is in the canvas too.

Koishikawa Botanical Gardens

Originally established as Koishikawa Medical Herb Garden in the Edo period in the 17th Century, and now, is an R&D facility of the University of Tokyo and is open as an oasis for people to relieve their daily stress. The gardens have Newton’s apple tree and Mendel’s grapevine, a green house, and a small Japanese garden. [sakura/colored leaves spot]

Toyo Bunko Oriental Library

Library and museum of oriental studies. It is located adjacent to Rikugien.

Printing Museum, Tokyo

The exhibition includes technical and cultural aspects of printing in Japan and the world.

Origami Kaikan

An origami gallery and a shop for origami kits/paper/books for origami lovers worldwide.

Kanda Myojin Shrine

A colorful shrine popular among the Tokyo people. The main benefits of the shrine are business prosperity and success in life.

Ueno Ameyoko shopping street

A busy shopping street where local people buy various items at low prices. A Uniqlo tower and a Donqui Jote discount shop are nearby.

Yushima Tenjin Shrine

It is a shrine for examinees. People write their prayers for success in their entrance examination on Ema, small wood plates. The shrine is famous for its beautiful ume (Japanese apricot) blossoms in early spring.

Ending Point

JR or Tokyo Metro Komagome Station or other nearby station from the last visit place at around 15:30 PM