Guidebook for Toshima-ku
Sightseeing
Rikugien (六義園) is one of Tokyo's most beautiful Japanese landscape garden alongside Koishikawa Korakuen. It takes about an hour to cover the entire space and is steeped in history!
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Rikugien (六義園) is one of Tokyo's most beautiful Japanese landscape garden alongside Koishikawa Korakuen. It takes about an hour to cover the entire space and is steeped in history!
Kyu Furukawa Teien is a must-see garden, blending the very best of Japanese and Western Aesthetics. It even has a 10 meter waterfall and Japanese tea house to boot!
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Kyu Furukawa Teien is a must-see garden, blending the very best of Japanese and Western Aesthetics. It even has a 10 meter waterfall and Japanese tea house to boot!
Food Scene
For those that take their coffee seriously.
This place offers excellent drip with a great selection of beans.
Be forewarned, the owner doesn't like it if you use your laptop, or yak on the phone!
百塔珈琲
3-chōme-23-14 KomagomeFor those that take their coffee seriously.
This place offers excellent drip with a great selection of beans.
Be forewarned, the owner doesn't like it if you use your laptop, or yak on the phone!
Their Ramen has won multiple gold medals - and every ingredient is carefully selected to create a harmony of flavors that will blow your mind. This IS "Wa" embodied in noodles!
Try the Shoyu 1st!
Japanese Soba Noodles 蔦
Their Ramen has won multiple gold medals - and every ingredient is carefully selected to create a harmony of flavors that will blow your mind. This IS "Wa" embodied in noodles!
Try the Shoyu 1st!
Gancon noodles offers shoyu ramen that is a cut above the average, and if you're unsure of a good place to eat, try this one!
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Gancon Noodle
1-chōme-3-3 NakazatoGancon noodles offers shoyu ramen that is a cut above the average, and if you're unsure of a good place to eat, try this one!
Everything Else
10 min by train from the apartment, this park is simply put....huge! It has museums and gardens galore, as well as a zoo to boot.
Definitely a must see while in Tokyo!
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Parque Ueno
8 Uenokōen10 min by train from the apartment, this park is simply put....huge! It has museums and gardens galore, as well as a zoo to boot.
Definitely a must see while in Tokyo!
About 13 minutes by train from the apartment - the "Electric City" is not to be missed. From maid cafes to toy shops, and shops specializing in every kind of geekery, Akihabara is a unique experience!
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Akihabara Station
About 13 minutes by train from the apartment - the "Electric City" is not to be missed. From maid cafes to toy shops, and shops specializing in every kind of geekery, Akihabara is a unique experience!
This arcade bustles with old-school Japan products. From tea leaves, paper crafts to pottery and Japanese confectionery, this place is a hold over from the Showa-era, and is not to be missed!
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Calle comercial Sugamo Jizo-dori
4-chōme-22-8 SugamoThis arcade bustles with old-school Japan products. From tea leaves, paper crafts to pottery and Japanese confectionery, this place is a hold over from the Showa-era, and is not to be missed!
This temple is a short walk away and easy to access if you visit the Jizo Dori Arcade.
This temple first opened in 1596 in Ueno, Tokyo. It finally settled in its present place in 1891.
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3-chōme-35-2 SugamoThis temple is a short walk away and easy to access if you visit the Jizo Dori Arcade.
This temple first opened in 1596 in Ueno, Tokyo. It finally settled in its present place in 1891.