The Tokyo edit

Places worth your time

The museums, garden and temple behind our Tokyo selection.

The museums, garden and temple behind our Tokyo selection. Explore our growing Tokyo selection, with checked details and official sources.

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Suntory Hall

A concert-hall evening in Akasaka, shaped by the orchestra, soloist or ensemble you choose.

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Spotify O-EAST

A major Shibuya live-house stop for an evening built around a particular gig.

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Kabukiza

Kabuki in Ginza, with the performance and ticket format worth choosing in advance.

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National Noh Theatre

Noh and kyōgen give Sendagaya a focused destination for traditional performance.

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Sunshine Aquarium

An aquarium visit above Ikebukuro’s city streets inside Sunshine City.

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Shinagawa Aquarium

An aquatic-life stop beside a park in southern Tokyo.

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Tokyo Sea Life Park

Marine life becomes the main attraction on a Tokyo Bay day in Kasai.

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Ueno Zoo

A wildlife-focused visit within Ueno’s wider park and museum district.

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Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

Photography and moving images in Ebisu, with an exhibition-led programme and late openings on Thursdays and Fridays.

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BERG

Coffee, beer and counter food make a characterful pause by Shinjuku Station.

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Kamiya Bar

Asakusa’s historic bar adds a drink with local roots to an old-town afternoon.

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Cotton Club Tokyo

A Marunouchi live room makes close listening part of a dressed-up evening.

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Kioi Hall

Chamber and traditional music give this Kioichō hall a focused listening programme.

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LINE CUBE SHIBUYA

Shibuya’s civic concert hall adds a seated performance to a neighbourhood evening.

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EX Theater Roppongi

A Roppongi live venue gives the evening a clear concert-led starting point.

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Katsushika Symphony Hills

A concert in Katsushika offers a reason to build an evening beyond central Tokyo.

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Ebisu CreAto

A compact Ebisu live room suits a night led by the current bill.

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Tokyo Takarazuka Theater

A Hibiya stage brings Takarazuka’s musical theatre to a dedicated evening out.

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Nissay Theatre

An ornate Hibiya auditorium makes the performance setting part of the occasion.

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VENT

Below Omotesando, a sound-focused club where house and techno give polished Aoyama a different kind of evening.

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Shinbashi Enbujō

A theatre near Higashi-Ginza opens another route into Tokyo’s stage traditions.

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CIRCUS TOKYO

A Shibuya club with room for bass-heavy arrivals, electronic selectors and live shows beyond one fixed genre.

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