Tokyo Travel Guide – Downtown Tokyo

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The bulk of central Tokyo is home to the large park surrounding the Imperial Palace. This park is a relic of the past as a medieval fortress city of Tokyo. North of the park is the Yasukuni-jinja Shrine which honors Japan’s dead.

East of the park are the busiest as Y?raguch? Ginza or Nihombashi which are the center of the city. These neighborhoods have to walk to see the incredible selection of local bars and shops that are, where they become unavoidable for the most typical tourist museums and the Tokyo International Forum.

North of the Palace Park is Kanda, area full of bookstores, and Jimbocho. Next is Akibahara that lovers go crazy for electronics and gadgets.

East of Akibahara this Ryogoku, where it is almost obligatory to visit the Edo-Tokyo Museum amazing, devoted to the history of the city itself.

The Entertainment District is Akasaka, south of Palacio, and place a high level. Most young people prefer to Roppongi, west of the Palace. From the top of the Tokyo Tower will have a commanding view of the bay and the city.

Travel to Japan: Tokyo Travel Guide

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Tokio is a city of leisure and tourism certainly inexhaustible. 12 million people living in this city, one of the most important capitals of the world. The idea has many people in Tokyo is a city full of neon lights, crowds and continuous agitation.

All that we can find in the center of the city, where Tokyo is discovered as a hyperactive city that does not give a breather but as soon as we left the Tokyo center is the other quiet and order, it retains its ancient temples. Even in the middle we have the Imperial Palace, an oasis of tranquility surrounded by lush gardens, wide avenues and seat of the Emperor of Japan.

Although the prices are very high in this city we have many free activities: a walk through the suggestive Shitamachi or lower city or the largest Buddhist center in Japan, Senso-ji, visit the Meiji-Jingu synthons milestone or meet the great called Tsukiji fish market. Read the rest of this entry »