Explore by Area
Hokkaido
01Hokkaido
2 buildingsThe northern land, where Western-style buildings of the pioneer era remain.
Tohoku
02Tōhoku
1 buildingsCentred on Sendai, the City of Trees, with masterpieces of contemporary architecture.
Tokyo
03Tokyo
23 buildingsThe capital, a microcosm of Japanese architectural history from the modern era to the present.
Kanto
04Kantō
3 buildingsLed by the port city of Yokohama, where the history of the open port coexists with skyscrapers.
Hokuriku
05Hokuriku
1 buildingsCastle-town culture and museum architecture that draws the world's attention.
Tokai
06Tōkai
1 buildingsA region of castles and industry, centred on Nagoya.
Kyoto
07Kyoto
4 buildingsLayers of temple and contemporary architecture in the thousand-year capital.
Osaka
08Osaka
3 buildingsA skyline of castle and skyscrapers rising from "the nation's kitchen".
Kansai
09Kansai
3 buildingsWorld Heritage timber architecture and castles in Nara and Hyōgo.
Chugoku
10Chūgoku
2 buildingsShrine halls floating on the sea, and postwar architecture that prays for peace.
Shikoku
11Shikoku
1 buildingsCastle towns with surviving original keeps, and the landscapes of the Seto Inland Sea.
Kyushu
12Kyushu
2 buildingsGreat castles, and contemporary architecture that layers greenery onto the city.
Okinawa
13Okinawa
1 buildingsThe gusuku, stone-walled castles of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Tokyo Districts
Tokyo, by district
Walking Tokyo, district by district.
- Marunouchi3
Marunouchi
Japan's business heart, where a red-brick station faces a hall of glass.
- ŌtemachiComing soon
Otemachi
A district of finance and media, bordering the greenery of the Imperial Palace.
- Nihonbashi1
Nihonbashi
The starting point of the Five Routes, where monumental stone buildings of early Shōwa remain.
- Ginza1
Ginza
Japan's foremost shopping district, watched over by a clock tower.
- Roppongi2
Roppongi
A district of art and city, where museums and skyscrapers gather.
- Azabu & Shiba2
Azabu & Shiba
Hillside neighbourhoods overlooking Tokyo Tower, now joined by a new skyscraper.
- AoyamaComing soon
Aoyama
A tree-lined district where global brands and architects vie side by side.
- Omotesandō & Harajuku2
Omotesando & Harajuku
Zelkova avenues and a sacred forest. Fashion and faith side by side.
- Shibuya2
Shibuya
Memories of the Tokyo Olympics, and a station area in constant renewal.
- Shinjuku2
Shinjuku
Nishi-Shinjuku, home to Japan's first skyscraper district.
- Toranomon1
Toranomon
The front line of central Tokyo redevelopment, where road and building become one.
- Akasaka1
Akasaka
Home to the State Guest House, a district that presents the face of the nation.
- Ueno3
Ueno
One of Japan's largest cultural forests, gathering art museums and museums.
- Asakusa & Oshiage2
Asakusa & Oshiage
Tokyo's oldest temple and the world's tallest tower, facing each other across the river.
- Mejiro & Sekiguchi1
Mejiro & Sekiguchi
A postwar modernist masterpiece on a hill in a district of learning.