Tokyo is laid out with one of the most successful transportation systems, anywhere in the central area is no more than a 5 minute walk to the nearest train station. The Yamanote Line is a circular train line that rings around what is considered downtown The Yamanote then connects to many other railway systems that allow you to go pretty much anywhere.
Attractions
The Tsukiji Market is the largest fish and seafood market in the world. It is located in central Tokyo near the Sumida River. The market has restaurants and places to buy food. There is an inner market that is limited to around 900 licensed dealers where auctions and processing takes place. The outer market is open to tourists and there are many tourist shops. The market handles around 400 different types of seafood and around 700,000 metric tons is handled there every year.
The National Museum of Nature and Science is a museum in Ueno park in Tokyo. It was opened in 1871, and the name of the museum has changed many times. It has a wide variety of interactive scientific experiments along with many exhibitions. The museum has different buildings that cover different periods of time. A lot of the artifacts are native to Japan and others are found all over the world.
The Imperial Palace in Tokyo is the residence for the Emperor of Japan. It resembles a park and it has many buildings that include living are for the emperor and his family, an archive, and a museum. The area of the palace is a little larger than 1 square mile. The garden area is referred to as the Fukauge Garden and it has carried the name since the Edo period (1615-1868).
The Tokyo Skytree is a broadcast, restaurant, and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo. Construction went from 2008 to 20012, and it cost 65 billion dollars to construct. The tower is 2,080 feet high and there are 29 floors and 13 elevators. The tower is the primary television and radio broadcast site for the Kanto region. There are two illumination styles used and the one pictured above is the Iki. The second has a purple color and is called Miyabi.
The Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden is a park that contains gardens, ponds and flowers. The garden was first started in 1772 when it was presented to Lord Naito of Tsuruga. The garden became open to the public in 1949. The garden has 3 main styles which are a French formal and English landscape at the top and a Japanese tradition at the bottom. The garden has over 20,000 trees.
The Sensoji temple was founded in 628 and is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Tokyo. It is the oldest temple in Tokyo and it was associated with the Tendai sect of Buddhism. The temple is the focus of Tokyo's largest festival called Sanja Matsuri. According to the legend of bodhisattva Kannon, this temple was created by a chief of a village by remodeling his own house to make a place to worship Kannon, because they found a statue of him floating in a river.
The Meiji Shrine is an imperial shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji who was the emperor of Japan during its change from a feudal state to a imperial world power. Construction of the shrine began in 1915 and was built with Japanese cypress and copper. The original building was destroyed in World War II, but it was reconstructed and completed in 1958.