Sections Of Tokyo

Holding the pieces together so to speak is the yamanote line a commuter train loop around central tokyo passing through such important stations as yurakucho tokyo akihabara ueno ikebukuro shinjuku harajuku shibuya and shinagawa.
Sections of tokyo. Instead think of tokyo as a variety of neighborhoods scrunched together much like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. It s a aesthetically pleasing and convenient neighborhood. Many tourists in japan are familiar with the busy areas of shibuya and shinjuku but these are just a few among the hundreds of neighborhoods in tokyo.
Jiyugaoka is where you live when you want to settle down. Here are some of tokyo s most popular neighborhoods and the attractions that make them worth a visit. Meguro is a central district of tokyo that s known for it s laid back residential neighbourhoods.
Nearby is the marunouchi area an office district with lots of good restaurants and two good museums. With 23 special wards municipalities and dozens of diverse neighborhoods tokyo offers a little bit of everything. A little further east from akihabara is one of the historical tokyo neighborhoods.
The tokyo station area is where most visitors arrive in the city. Shinjuku is a central ward of tokyo known as the metropolis second center. To complement all the business offices there are plenty of restaurants and bars in the area as well.
Asakusa a cultural center of tokyo famous for the sensÅ ji buddhist temple and several traditional shopping streets. It s is a very popular business district and where tokyo s tallest skyscrapers are located including the tokyo metropolitan government building where you can find free observation floors. Head towards sensoji temple and then scatter out into the surrounding streets full of shops.
Tokyo stationis the central hub for japan s shinkansenbullet train system and the city is served by an extensive network of rail and subways. Tokyo station area and marunouchi area. Here go down the little streets in which crowds gather at kaminarimon gate.