Bunkyo City Office
Address: 1-16-21 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku
Tel: 03-3812-7111
Open: 8:30am-5:00pm, from Monday to Friday (closed on National Holidays)
Access: 1minute walk from "Korakuen Station" on Tokyo Metro Marunouchi, Namboku lines; 1 minute walk from "Kasuga Station" on Toei Subway Mita, Oedo lines.
Tokyo Dome
This was Japan's first domed baseball stadium, and is the home of the Yomiuri Giants.
In addition to baseball, many other sports, concerts, and other events are held in the Dome.
It is also famous for being used as a way to explain size, with the commonly head phrase "As big as __ Tokyo Domes".
Access: Right next to "Suidobashi Station" on JR Sobu, Toei Subway Mita lines
Tokyo Dome City
With the above Tokyo Dome as its landmark, this integrated commercial facility includes an amusement park, spa, hotel, and more.
It also has a baseball museum and specialty shops, as well as restaurants, and is busy with visitors on weekends.
The roller coaster located in Spa LaQue, called "Sun Dolphin", is the only roller coaster in Tokyo that goes in and out of building walls,
and even through the center of a Ferris wheel in its unique design.
Access: Right next to "Suidobashi Station" on JR Sobu, Toei Subway Mita lines
Yayoi Museum of Art/Yumeji Takehisa Museum of Art
Takehisa Yumeji was a Taisho Era portrait artist, and his popular pictures graced the covers of many books and advertisements.
the Takehisa Yumeji Museum has the only viewable Yumeji collection in Tokyo, and in a building with old-time charm, visitors can immerse themselves in Taisho romance.
The Yayoi Museum exhibits numerous book illustrator works from the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras.
Access: 8 minute walk from "Nezu Station" on Subway Chiyoda Line; 8 minute walk from "Todaimae Station" on Subway Namboku Line
Yushima Tenmangu Shrine
This shrine is dedicated to Sugawara Michizanu, who is revered as a god of scholarship, and many students come here to pray for good test results.
Also, the shrine precincts are famous for their white plums, which were the setting for a novel.
Access: 3 minute walk from "Yushima Station" on Tokyo Metro; 8 minute walk from "Okachimachi Station" on JR Line
Koishikawa Korakuen
This is a circuit garden of the Tokugawa clan. Its spacious grounds, centered on a pond, are modeled after the lakes, mountains, rivers, and field of different places.
Its Confucian composition is very strong, and each place is named after a famous Chinese location.
It is one of only 9 "double designated cultural assets" in Japan.
Access: 2 minute walk from "Iidabashi Station" on Subway Oedo Line
