Palace Square in Tokyo is the historic center of the city. It is located in front of the Imperial Palace of Koko - the active residence of the emperor.

The area overlooks two bridges, which connect two parts of the palace - external and internal. The first bridge in the Japanese called "bridge-glasses" due to its form. The second is called a "double bridge", as it has two levels.

The area in front of the palace is considered one of the most popular seats Rest citizens. Tourists attract a small well in the center of the square, where, according to legend, it is necessary to throw a coin for good luck.

Tokyo Disneyland

The Tokyo entertainment park has an impressive, almost 30-year history, as well as a DisneySea satellite Park, a shopping complex and several hotels located directly in Disneyland.

Once the park became the very first foreign copy of Disneyland in the United States, founded by Walt himself, and already in 1983, the first visitors pushed here, attracted by the glory of the famous multiplier artist in combination with the exotic ascending Sun.

Japanese Disneyland is so large and saturated with entertainment that it is necessary to go here for at least a couple of days, and better - immediately for a week, so as not to try to try all the attractions of each thematic part (for example, the countries of animals or the country of fantasy), drove throughout the monorail train And necessarily (on the old Disney tradition) take pictures with Mickey Mouse.

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Rainbow Most

A suspended rainbow bridge of a long 798 meters in the northern part of the Tokyo Bay connects the island of Odaiba with shipyards of Sibauri.

Two central bridge tower hold a central span with a length of 580 meters. The white color of the towers is harmoniously combined with the panorama of Tokyo, opening from the island of Odaib.

The rainbow bridge received its name thanks to the night illumination of white, green and red flowers. Lamps placed on the construction framework, accumulate solar energy in the afternoon in order to paint one of the most famous buildings of the Japanese capital in bright colors at night.

Pedestrians can go bridge over two different passages on the lower tier. One of them turned to the north and allows you to enjoy the scenery of the inner harbor of Tokyo, and from the south side in clear days you can see Mount Fuji.

Previously, Fuji was actively operating volcano, but after 1708 the eruptions stopped. In the past, it was believed that spirits dwell on the mountain, and it was possible to climb it, only committing religious rites. And women can not be at all - at least until 1872. Now all these prohibitions and dangers are not, therefore everyone is obliged to see Japan from the edge of the crater.

The elegant symmetrical appearance of Mount Fuji served as a source of inspiration for many poets and artists. Who knows, suddenly, making climbing the top, you can also draw an engraving or write a poem, in anything that are not inferior to recognized Japanese geniuses. You can go upstairs only in July and August. It's not just a simple matter, because the slopes of the mountain are littered with volcanic ashes, which thoroughly pull down. The journey will take 5 - 7 hours. You can start it in the afternoon and swell halfway, but it is better to go to the way late in the evening and meet the dawn on top. Then in the mirrors mountain lakes You will open a real beauty, and the Raduad Morning Herk will be the best reward.

Alley Star

As in Hollywood, Tokyo has its own alley of stars. It is located next to the local National Museum. On the paving slabs a lot of blinds of human hands. These are the prints of famous and outstanding people of Japan.

Garden Koisikawa Koracaen

Koisikawa Koracaen Garden is the oldest landscape Japanese garden in Tokyo.

Its construction began in 1629 at the Tokugava Etherifus segun and completed with his successor.

The garden in miniature reproduces Japanese and Chinese landscapes using water bodies, stones, plants and creating artificial hills. Thus, walking through the park, you can visit the sacred Mount Fuji, the Temple of Kiyimiz-Dara, as well as the famous West Lake in China.

The garden is especially attractive in the second half of November during the leaf fall period, in February, when the plum festival is held, and in April during the flowering of Sakura.

Weno Park

Weno is the most famous and visited park of the Japanese capital, was established in 1873. He is the center of the cultural and scientific life of the city.

This is a great place to relax among traditional Japanese plants, as well as the flora of other countries. On the territory of Park Weo is the oldest zoo, in which more than a thousand animals.

To date, Weno's Park is a museum reserve. Located here, the Tokyo National Museum stores amazing samples of Japanese art, a rich collection of works of European artists and sculptors presents the National Museum of Western Art, various exhibitions are arranged in the walls of the Tokyo City Art Museum. Here are the National Museum of Nature and Science, the concert hall of the Metropolitan festival Hall.

Among the famous Park facilities are also the temple of the goddess Cannon, which are praying for fruitless women. According to tradition, family couples, who have a child, bring a doll to the goddess. These dolls are burning once a year - September 25, sacrificing the goddess.

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Tokyo metro

Tokyo metro is the largest metro on passenger traffic per year.

The construction of the metro began in 1920, and in 1925 the first branch had already earned, which connected the stations of Asakus and Weno.

Currently, the largest metro station is Shinjuku. She misses more than two million people a day.

Tokyo metro has two hundred ninety stations, which are managed by two major operators.

Metro wagons have heated seats. Stops declare both in Japanese and in English.

Interesting the fact that due to the huge passenger traffic in the Japanese Metro is there is a position of Asia. This is a special person who is trained to push passengers into crowded wagons.

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There is no azure sea and hot beaches. Here it is impossible to climb the mountain and see the world, eating at the feet. I'll tell you more, this huge city of half a day stands in traffic jams, compared to which the peak hour is a desert desert. Many residents here from time to time wear gauze bandages, fleeing from Smog. Here they speak the most incomprehensible language on Earth, and when they want to write something, draw pictures. The cars here travel on the contrary, and the light of the free taxis of red. An earthquake occurs about once a week ...

Why do people go here?! After all, there are so many beautiful places on Earth. Why here ..?

And because there is something that is no longer anywhere. Amazing architecture, not like a similar story and traditions, mindful kitchen, smiling welcoming people, mysterious culture. This city is manitis as a magnet, sparkling by evening lights, telling its countless stories. The city, ready to anyone who came here, to give the best memories.

His name is Tokyo.

I have been here many times, and Tokyo, let it sound trivially, every time it turned out for me some new one. It is better to say, turned into some new fantastic faces.

For the first time, he began with the yellow water of the Tokyo Gulf, the city closed the haze, it seemed that he was not completely, only lights in the fog ...

When you arrive by plane, the mood is completely different. A huge modern airport where everything moves, everything is in a hurry somewhere. You are imperceptibly poured into a shared stream, from which it is not so easy to get out.

One day he arrived, but the city did not see at all right away: first, underground, I drove into the area where my hotel was, then I got underground from the subway to the lobby of this hotel, then drove into the escalators and elevators. On the street for all this time, I did not have to go out.

At different times of the year, Tokyo is different, everyone takes away from here their own, personal memories. I propose to find out what my impressions about this city are.

How to get

You can get in Tokyo in several ways. The fastest and most popular - plane. You can come here on the ship: Tokyo is a big port, it takes a lot passenger ships From all over the world, however, it is not always convenient. Finally, if you are already in Japan, you can get to Tokyo by car or train. As for tourists and in general, everyone who comes from Russia, then we basically come here, of course, by plane.

Plane

There are regular flights between Tokyo and Moscow. Direct flights are carried out twice a day Aeroflot and Japan Airlines.

The Aeroflot Airplane flies out of Sheremetyevo at 19:00. Time on the way to Tokyo - 9 hours 35 minutes, arrival at Tokyo Airport Narita at 10:35 next day.

Japan Airlines leaves from Domodedovo at 17:15, the flight lasts 9 hours 20 minutes, arrival in Naruta at 8:35.

Now the cost of tickets for direct flights starts from 17.5 thousand rubles, but prices are highly dependent on factors such as the season, the choice of airline. For example, to fly "Aeroflot" is cheaper than Japan Airlines.

There is still a minimum of a dozen options to get from Moscow to Tokyo using routes with transfers. Such options are offered almost all the largest airlines from Lufthanza to Korean Air. Site aggregators will help to choose the optimal flight option, for example, the Trevevsk section.

The above-mentioned Narita Airport takes the overwhelming majority of international flights, these are real aerial doors Japanese capital.

From Narita to the center of Tokyo - 75 kilometers, there are several ways to get from here to the city.

I prefer the train N "EX. These trains are sent directly from the main terminal of the airport with an interval of 20 minutes, in one hour they deliver passengers to the center, for example, in areas such as Shinjuku, Ikebukuro. There is such a trip 28 USD / 3 000 JPY ( Japanese yen).

In addition to N "EX, Tokyo walks Skyliner trains, there is also a JR Sobu Line high-speed route. They are not so comfortable, on these trains you can only get to the subway peripheral stations. However, both are essentially cheaper, 15-20 USD / 1 500-2 000 JPY.

From Narita can be reached in the city also by bus or taxi. There are several bus routes to a taxi, there are always enough them here. Buses depart from the main terminal, tickets will cost 3.5-5 USD / 350-500 JPY. But, choosing this way, remember the traffic jams, they can seriously spoil the mood.

By train

If you are already in Japan and are going to Tokyo, it is better than the train, you do not find a way. From any end of Japan, the train will take you to the capital in the shortest possible time with maximum amenities. Trains arrive at the Tokyo station, however, if more convenient, you can use other major Tokyo transport hubs.

Tokyo stations are conveniently connected to the metropolitan, in fact, arriving in Tokyo, you will not notice how the addresses you need.

Exemplary prices for trains to Tokyo from other cities are as follows.

• Tokyo - Osaka (Sincansen superexpress) - 135 USD / 14 000 JPY.
• Tokyo - Sapporo (Superexpress Sinkansen) - 205 USD / 21 000 JPY.
• Tokyo - Yokogama ( suburban train) - 5 USD / 500 JPY.

Bus

Another way to get to Tokyo is a bus. The bus service is developed in Japan not worse than the railway, actually the bus will take you to the capital from anywhere in Japan. The main minus compared to the train is the time on the way. But he is probably the only one. Everything else is solid pluses. Starting from the cost of travel, ending with the opportunity to enjoy Japanese landscapes. The largest Japanese bus operator - Willer Express, it also offers the most budget tickets.

To make it easier for you to understand the difference between the train and the bus, I will give an example most popular route connecting Tokyo with Osaka. Travel time on the train - 3 hours, by bus - 8 hours, cost, respectively, 135 USD / 14 000 JPY and 48 USD / 5 000 JPY.

Bus terminals are located in Tokyo near the largest stations, which makes them a common part of the capital transport system.

More information about Japanese buses you can find.

Car

A car trip can also be a good option. As in the case of a bus, you can get to Tokyo literally from anywhere in Japan. All the large and most small islands are interconnected by tunnels and bridges, it allows you to move without stopping.

However, it seems to me, memorable and complete experiences journey through Japan on a car has a number of serious flaws. First, it is quite expensive. In Japan, there are many paid roads, and moving over long distances will inevitably affect your budget. Secondly, it is rather tiring. Especially for tourists from Russia: in Japan there is a left-sided movement, which means that in any trip you need a reinforced concentration.

Ferry

Prompt:

Tokyo - time now

The difference in the clock:

Moscow - 6.

Kazan - 6.

Samara - 5.

Ekaterinburg - 4.

Novosibirsk - 2.

Vladivostok 1.

When the season. When it is better to go

I really love to be in Tokyo at the end of March, when Sakura blooms, and in the fall, in the second half of October, when you can see the brightest autumn paints.

Many people like to come here on Christmas Eve. Despite the fact that Japan is not a Christian country, the holiday here is felt very well, especially in the center and districts, challenged by foreign guests.

Most tourists here, perhaps, at the end of March and in early April: Still, the feast of Sakura flowering in all splendor can only be seen in Japan. Travelers ride from all over the world, places in hotels for this season are booked long before its offensive.

The most fiscal season for travel, perhaps, the end of summer, as well as the end of October - November. At this time, you can find tours with discounts up to 30-40%.

Tokyo in summer

Summer - vacation season, and probably the most convenient time to travel. But I think that still is not the best time to visit Tokyo. At this time of the year it is hot here (on average + 25-30 ° C), in July and August even too. Add to this high humidity, and you get a complete picture.

If still, your visit falls on the summer months, try to find the hotel closer to water and away from the central districts loaded by transport. Maybe the best way out in this sense will book a hotel in the area of \u200b\u200bDisney SEA Marine Amusement Park.

Tokyo in autumn

Autumn is one of the best seasons in order to see Tokyo in all its glory. In September and October, there is still warmth (+ 18-22 ° C), and November with its average temperature + 12-15 ° C is also not a very cold month. When you go through the streets and parks of the Japanese capital at this time of the year, it seems that the "magnificent nature wilt" observed in Tokyo.

At this time, it is best to go on excursions to temples and parks. Be sure to visit the Hama Rikyu Park, an amazing corner of untouched nature, surrounded by skyscrapers, in the very center of Tokyo. Or one of the oldest Tokyo parks - Koishikawa Korakuen. More about all this I will tell below.

Tokyo in spring

In my experience, there is no better time for trips to Tokyo than the spring months. For spring, more precisely, for the period of March and early April, there are peak of the tourist season: Flowers Sakura. This is a special period for the Japanese. For them, the tradition of celebrating the arrival of spring still has a very deep meaning, often incomprehensible to foreigners.

However, even the one who is familiar with the Japanese culture can fully enjoy the fact that he will see here: the numerous Japanese companies of all ages, arranged on the grass, right under the trees, and the trees that cover their white-pink color at this time. the whole city.

Starting from mid-March, Tokyo is already very warm, the temperature even at night rarely falls below +10 ° C, the spring weather will not spoil you mood. But tourists are a lot, hotels will be crowded, and it must be remembered.

Tokyo Winter

It so happened that I never had to be in Tokyo in the winter. It was somehow in Yokohama, which is very close to the capital. I remember that the street was groaning and windy.

In the winter months, the temperature in Tokyo is rarely lowered below zero. However, winter is winter, and no bad, but the cold Tokyo streets are unlikely to be the landscape that can interest the tourist.

If, of course, this is not some special case, for example, Christmas Eve. According to the reviews of many of my friends, these days in Tokyo are also wondering how in any other world capital. Many lights, music, revival on the streets - all this creates a real holiday in the shower.

Tokyo - Weather for months

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Tokyo - Weather for months

Areas. Where better live

Tokyo - the city is huge.

Despite the fact that there is a clear geographical center here, it can be said that the Japanese capital consists of several approximately equal in the status of administrative districts.

Each of these areas has its own characteristics, His story, your objects of tourist interest, their prices. It is gindz and marunons in the geographical center, as well as those located around the districts of Shinjuku, Sibuya, Asakus, Roppongi, Ikebukuro. I will immediately say that Tokyo is absolutely safe, in it, unlike most major cities in Europe, there are no districts that would cost.

Marunouchi and gindza - The most convenient in terms of location. Here within walking distance are attractions such as the Imperial Palace, Tokyo International Forum, the best metropolitan department stores and boutiques. From here it is equally convenient to get to any of the Tokyo regions. However, for a regular tourist, the Center has a serious drawback - accommodation here will cost quite expensive, on average for hotels 4 and 5 stars is 400-800 USD / 40,000-80 000 JPY per night.

One of the most popular Tokyo regions - Shinjuku. It is not only conveniently located in relation to the main attractions, but is literally crowded with all the fact that tourists attract so: here is an excellent shopping, a lot of sightseeing routes.

There are many hotels in Shinjuku, but unlike the center a much wider choice: along with expensive hotels in the area you can find more budget options. The average price of rooms in hotels 3, 4 and 5 stars - 200-700 USD / 20,000-70 000 JPY per night.

District Asakusa With its huge number of low-cost hostels, small hotels, traditional Japanese Ryokans are best suited for those who count on the middle budget, so, on average for hotels 2, 3 and 4 stars Room cost from 80 to 300 USD / 8,000-30 000 JPY per night.

Along with this, many believe (and I fully agree with them) that there are few such places as Asakus in Tokyo, where you can still feel the spirit of the Old Town.

Nightlife and shopping for every taste and wallet - this is what attracts tourists to the area Sibuya.. In addition, Sibuya is also a major transport node, several lines of the Tokyo metro are converged here.

Sibuya can offer a lot to the tourist, but has the same disadvantage as the central areas: hotels here are mainly 4- and 5-star with prices 300-600 USD / 30,000-60,000 JPY per night.

District Ikebukuro Among Tokyo regions as it were for the second line. It is believed that he does not have such a brilliant reputation as Shinjuku or Sibuya.

However, this is the case rather personal preferences. It seems to me that Ikebukuro is a great calm area, there are many opportunities for those who would like to optimize the budget for accommodation. There are many worthy 3-star hotels and small clean hostels with medium prices 80-250 USD / 8,000-25 000 JPY per night.

Roppong - The most international district of the capital of Japan. Here and in its surroundings there are many embassies, other foreign missions.

For tourists, Roppong offers a service that can be called Foreigners Friendly. Here you can find English pubs, elegant french wine bars, Italian truttias. Hotels in Roppong Much for every taste and wallet, from 80 USD / 8 000 JPY for hostel to 700 USD / 70 000 JPY per room at the Suite Hotel.

One of the most cozy and convenient places in Central Tokyo - District Siodome. This ultra-modern piece of the Japanese capital is different from others convenience.

In addition, he, like the district of Tokyo station, perhaps the most convenient accessibility of the main tourist attractions from the point of view of the availability of the main tourist attractions. Hotels in Siodome are more expensive than in Asakus, but here, among many elegant hotels, you can find a reasonable option, on average for hotels 3, 4 and 5 stars is 150-500 USD / 15,000-50 000 JPY per night.

From other districts of Tokyo, I will very quickly note:

Book a hotel in the area you can find on all Booking (), and you can compare prices from different services in the Travevsk section.

Also in Tokyo there is a choice of private apartments - options and prices.

What are the prices for rest

From the fact that I told you about the districts of Tokyo, it is obvious that the prices of accommodation in the city fluctuate to a very wide range: you can find a hotel for 70 USD / 7 000 JPY in Asakus, and you can (if you wish and relevant opportunities) to remove the room for 1 000 USD / 100 000 JPY in Marunouchi.

The same applies to food prices and excursions, however, the range is less. You can find a restaurant with 200 USD / 20 000 JPY dishes and above, and at the same time have a great dinner for 25 USD / 2 500 JPY.

As in any tourist city, the best way to save in Tokyo is to move a little away from the main tourist routes. There and the prices will be lower, and the people are less.

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The cost of food, accommodation, transport and other things

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Main attractions. What to see

If I were asked to quite briefly tell the tourist Tokyo, I would be a little confused. Too much, which comes to mind. This is the story - the famous temples and museums; and architecture - from ancient to the most modern; And culture - Tokyo galleries and theaters. And the pulse of nightlife, and chic shopping. A short story here will not cost. Yes, and in a long lots will remain behind the brackets.

Top 5.

Ginza (Ginza)

Tokyo district, where I would advise to go first. There is no way "everything in one": old traditions, trendy boutiques, the best restaurants, traditional art. Gindza represents several quarters in the very center of Tokyo, not far from the Tokyo station and the Imperial Palace.

The best time to take a walk on gindse - weekends. For several hours, the central street of the quarter turns into a pedestrian zone. Just go there, slowly entering the department stores and small cafes, will already be pleasure.

How to get:

1. Ginza Station station on Hibiya, Marunouchi or Ginza Metro Lines.
2. Yurakucho station on Yurakucho Metro Line.
3. Yamakucho Station on the railway lines Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku.

Tsukiji Fish Market (Tsukiji)

Another metropolitan attraction. Actually, this is an ordinary wholesale market, however, those who have visited here, in one voice they say that nothing like it had to see.

The fish market produces a tremendous impression, it is recorded as a single mechanism that clearly performs its work. Tsukidzi attracts a lot of tourists for whom a certain infrastructure has been created. And this is despite the fact that the most interesting time of his work is completely non-unrest: for example, a tunty auction, in which you will have a unique opportunity to see how the best Tokyo restaurants acquire elite grades of the tuna and another fresh fish, opens early in the morning at 5:30.

How to get:

1. Station Tsukiji Shijo on the metro line Oedo.
2. Tsukiji station on Hibiya Metro Line.

Working hours:

• The main market is open from 5:00 to 14:00.
• The wholesale market is open to the trait after 9:00.
• Tunty auction comes from 5:25 to 6:15 (takes no more than 120 tourists per day)

Entrance:

Free.

Skytree Tower

The new 634-meter Tokyo Tenerbashnya became a symbol of a modern city. This is the highest building in Japan.

Of course, it is interesting to get on one of the species platforms of the tower, they are at an altitude of 350 and 450 meters. To say that from there is visible the whole city - say nothing. He is just like a palm. Great place to make photos for memory.

How to get:

1. Tokyo Sky Tree station on Tobu Isesaki Metro Line.
2. Oshiage station on Asakusa, Hanzomon or Keisei Oshiage metro lines.

Opening hours:

From 8:00 to 22:00 (input until 21:00).

Entrance:

• The species platform at the first level - 20 USD / 2 060 JPY.
• The species platform at the second level is additionally 10 USD / 1 030 JPY.

Skyscraper District Shinjuku

The famous Tokyo district is another item of the mandatory program. Many, telling about the sights of Tokyo, put it in the first place. Skyscrapers are a visiting card Shinjuku, his memorable image. The main center of tourist interest is more likely a large zone of shopping and entertainment around the Shinjuki station.

I think, in order to feel the color of this unique place, it is best to wander in the evening around the narrow streets like Omoide Yokocho or Golden Gai, or go to the Kabukicho area with its old winding streets.

How to get:

Station Shinjuku on the railway lines Yamanote, Chuo, Keihin-Tohoku.

Sibuya District (Shibuya)

It is believed that Sibuya is a kind of legislator mod modern city. Here everything is a little different, not as in other places. People in cafes and restaurants more elegant, hairstyles women are more interesting; For some reason, Paris boulevards come to mind ...

Here you can easily spend the whole day, and behind him and evening, after all, Sibuya is a huge shopping center "SIBUY-109" (Shibuya 109), this is the famous monument to a faithful friend Hatiko dog (yes, that very!), This is Maidzi's temple with a huge Park.

How to get:

1. Station Shibuya Railway Lines Yamanote, Saikyo, Shona Shinjuku.
2. Station Shibuya Metro Lines Hanzomon, Ginza, Fukutoshin, Tokyu Toyoko, Tokyu Den-Entoshi, Keio Inokashira.

Churches and temples. What are you worth a visit

SENSOJI (SENSOJI)

Buddhist temple Senseodji is one of the most popular tourists of Tokyo temples. Legend says that in 628, our era, two brothers caught in the Sumid River the statue of the goddess Cannon. No matter how they tried to return the statue of the river, she returned all the time. So on this site there was a temple, the construction of which was completed in 645.

Now this is the oldest temple in the Japanese capital. This is already putting Sensei in a number of first historic attractions of Tokyo. However, many people go here in order to see a magnificent sample of temple architecture - Caminamon Gate, it translates as "thunder gate." Along with the Imperial Palace and Tower of Sky Tree, Caminaron became a symbol of Tokyo.

How to get:

ASAKUSA station on the Metro Ginza metro line.

Opening hours:

• The main hall is open from 6:00 to 17:00.
• The territory of the temple is around the clock.

Entrance:

Free.

Maji (Meiji)

Maidzi Jinggu, the Shinto Temple built in 1920 in memory of the Emperor Maidzi, the first emperor of the updated Japan. It was during the period, the Board of Maidzi, the reforms began, which turned the feudal country into a powerful industrial power.

Together with a nearby Park "Yёgi", the temple forms an extensive architectural and park area. Maidji Jinggui visitors have the opportunity to get acquainted with the Shinto rituals, inspect the Museum of the Emperor and Empress Syokan, visit the "Closed Garden".

Maidzi is the temple that is most visited by residents of the country. In the first days of the new year, more than 3 million people come to it. No other church can compare with Meiji on this indicator.

How to get:

1. Station Harajuku on the railway line Yamanote.
2. Meiji-Jingu-Mae station on Chiyoda and Fukutoshin metro lines.

Opening hours:

• The territory of the temple is from sunset to dawn, the entrance is free.
• Museum - from 9:00 to 16:30 (input until 16:00); Ticket price - 5 USD / 500 JPY.
• Inner garden - from 9:00 to 16:30 (input until 16:00); Ticket price - 5 USD / 500 JPY.

Museums. What are you worth a visit

In Tokyo hundreds of museums, the expositions of which are able to tell visitors literally about everything: from the latest technologies to Anime.

A feature of the museum space of the Japanese capital is that it seems to consciously simplify the life of those tourists who love to visit museums, but have limited time. Tokyo Park "Weno", where in one place there are several truly first-class museums at once, offers such tourists a unique opportunity to see a lot of interesting things in a short time.

In Tokyo Museums, there are several general rules:

1. General weekend. Almost all museums are Monday.
2. Museums are closed during the New Year holidays (from December 29 to January 4).
3. On Fridays in most museums, extended hours of work.

If you are interested in something specific, I recommend getting acquainted with the list of Tokyo museums and outline in advance the exact route. If your interests are wide, I advise you to visit one or more museums in the Park "Weno", and also to get acquainted with the museum triangle in the Roppong area.

Museums "Weno"

How to get: Ueno Metro Station.

Tokyo National Museum (Tokyo National Museum)

Exposition: Numerous museum exhibits are told about the history of the Japanese capital.

Working hours: Daily from 9:30 to 17:00, Monday is a day off.

Ticket price: 6 USD / 620 JPY.

Museum of Western Art (Museum of Western Art)

Exposition: The museum exposed works by the art of European countries and North Americacreated in the period from the Middle Ages and until the twentieth century.

Working hours

Ticket price: 4 USD / 430 JPY.

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum)

Exposition: The main direction of the museum is the placement of temporary exposures telling about the latest trends in the development of art in Japan and abroad.

Working hours: Daily from 9:30 to 17:00, Weekend Monday.

Ticket price: Some exposures are paid, no fixed price.

National Museum of Science (National Museum of Science)

Exposition: The museum perfectly shows the stages of the development of Japanese and world science. Attention focused on areas such as biotechnology, genetic engineering, neuroscience.

Working hours: Daily from 9:30 to 17:00, Weekend Monday.

Ticket price: 6 USD / 620 JPY.

Art Triangle Roppong

Mori Museum (Mori Museum)

Exposition: temporary exhibitions of ultra-modern Japanese artists.

How to get: Roppongi Metro Station.

Working hours: Daily from 10:00 to 22:00.

Ticket price: 17 USD / 1800 JPY.

National Art Center (National Art Center)

Exposition: The mass of interesting exhibits telling about the history of Japanese art from ancient times to the present day.

How to get: Nogizaka Metro Station (yield 6).

Working hours

Ticket price: 9.5 USD / 1000 JPY .

Santori Art Museum Museum (Suntori Art Museum)

Exposition: temporary exhibitions of modern Western and Japanese artists.

How to get: Roppongi Metro Station (Output 8).

Working hours: Daily from 10:00 to 18:00, Tuesday is a day off.

Ticket price: 12.5 USD / 1 300 JPY.

Parks

Parks in Tokyo more than abuse, perhaps, each of the districts can boast of something like that. I would share Tokyo Parks for three main categories:

• Parks in general, that is, the places for the walking, communicating with nature, in order to relax from the city fuss.
• Parks that attract special attention to autumn.
• Parks that become a place of pilgrimage in the Sakura flowering season.

I can not say that I visited many parks in Tokyo, but I could see something at different times.

Parks in classical understanding

From those parks that fall into the first category, I remember two.

This is "Hama Ricky" and the Park "Yёgi". They are publicly available, open around the clock.

"Hama Rykyu" (Hama Rykyu)

Large landscaped park in the very center of Tokyo. It is located along the coast of the Tokyo Bay, and the other side of the Siodome district of Siodome, which will abdicate paradoxically harmoniously.

The park is a 10-minute walk from the railway station Shimbashi or a 15-minute walk from the SHIODOME Metro Station along ODO Metro.

"Yoyogi" (Yoyogi)

This place, equipped along the canons of Western Park Design: Large spaces, lawns, well-kept tracks, a lot of water. An ideal place for jogs and picnics.

The park is located next to the Temple of Meiji, a 5-minute walk from the Haradzyuk station on the railway line of Jamanote.

Autumn paints Tokyo

Rikugien (Rikugien)

At the end of September - early October, the park becomes a real place of pilgrimage. It seems that the beauty of autumn nature attracts here literally the whole city.

Located "Ricogen" a 10-minute walk from the Komagome station of the Namboku Metro Line. In the autumn and spring is open until 21:00. The input is paid: 3 USD / 300 JPY.

"Koisikawa Korakuen" (Koishikawa Korakuen)

Compared to other parks "Koixicava Koracaen" relatively small, but it is precisely this charm: he literally looks like a corner of the protected forest.

You need to get to Iidabashi Station (Tozai Metro Line, Yurakucho, Namboku and Oedo). The park is open from 10:00 to 17:00. The entrance will cost 3 USD / 300 JPY.

"Shinjuku Gyoen"

The park is located in the heart of the Sinjuki district, it is clearly seen from the nearby skyscrapers. In the fall, it looks like a fabulous spot of bright colors against the background of a gray landscape of an industrial megalopolis.

You can enter the park from three different sides. It is convenient to get to the Shinjukugyoenmae station on the MARUNOUCHI metro line and then pass for 5 minutes. The park is open from 9:30 to 16:30. Login - 2 USD / 200 JPY.

Sakura season

Time when Tokyo Parks are most popular. Perhaps all residents of the capital during this season at least once visit the park in order to admire the paints of the new spring or just give the tribute to the ancient tradition.

From the parks listed above in the Sakura flowering season are good all. I will add two more, which at this time become just pilgrimage centers.

"Weno" (Ueno)

I have already spoken about this park higher in the Museums section. "Weno" is the largest and most popular Tokyo Park in Sakura flowering season. Naturally, he and the most "overpopulated": literally under each tree a company is resting here, the mood is very busy. The park is two steps away from the Ueno Metro Station, the free entrance.

Sumida (Sumida)

And here everything is a little different. This park is located on both shores of the Sumida River near Tokyo Skytree Tower. Here you can admire Sakura from the deck of pleasure steaming or sit in a quiet cafe on the shore.

Sumida Park is located near Asakusa Metro Station, the entrance is also free.

Tourist streets

We are often talking about the famous European streets that attract the attention of tourists. Often, their names themselves are heard as chapters from guidebooks: Champs Elysees, Rambla, Nevsky Prospect ...

In Tokyo, such centers of attraction are areas, sometimes informal, not corresponding to strict administrative division. Some of these areas I have already mentioned, talking about Tokyo attractions. Here I want to stop only one of them. But it will stop in detail, for he is worthy.

This area at least once seeks to visit everyone who comes to the capital of Japan. It is famous for its art galleries, boutiques that present the best world brands, expensive department stores and trendy restaurants. Old Town, ultra-modern trends, traditional art and best food - everything is presented here; It seems that the story, and modernity you can literally touch your hands.

Called this area Ginza (Ginza)

Perhaps the most famous and most striking fact about Gindse is that the cost of one square meter here exceeds 10 million yen (this is about $ 100) - the most expensive land in Japan.

Gindza translates as a "silver courtyard." The area got its name thanks to the monetary court, which was here from 1612 to 1800. And the modern appearance of Gindse began to form after the destructive Tokyo earthquake of 1923, which erased everything from the face of the earth, which was in the area of \u200b\u200bthe capital. The best time to visit gindza is weekends, between noon and 6 o'clock in the evening.

At this time, the Central Street of the Chyu Dori District is becoming a pedestrian and turns into a huge pleasure zone. What is first to look at the goy of Gindse? It depends on personal addictions, on how time you have, finally, from mood.

You can start with lunch in one of the restaurants in the ancient area of \u200b\u200bYurakuche. Go further to the Museum of Police. Or in Sony Building, where in one place you will see all the novelties of one of the most famous electronic companies in the world. You can buy a ticket to the world-famous Kabuki Theater and see this amazing pattern of Japanese culture with its own eyes. Finally, you can go into one of the huge department stores located here or go through boutiques.

To make it easier to make the right choice, briefly tell you about the main attractions of Gindse:

You can get to Gindse on the subway or by train. The first option is to get to Ginza Metro Station, use for this one of the following lines: Hibiya, Marunouchi or Ginza. The second is to get to Yurakucho station by Yurakucho Metro or on Yamanote or Keihin-Tohoku lines.

For those who still doubt whether to enable Hindz to the program, I can add that it will be remembered for you. And photographs against the background of its attractions will definitely become part of your personal history.

What to look for 1 day

If you correctly build a program, then during the day you can see a lot of interesting things. As one of the options for such a program, I would offer an excursion "The History of Tokyo and its Future", which began in the area of \u200b\u200bAsakus from the oldest Tokyo temple of Senseodji and ended in the Futuristic Oodiba district.

So, at 10:00 arrive at the Asakusa Metro station.

We pass the gate Caminon Temple Senseodji (10 minutes).

We are moving to the temple, pay attention to the street Nakasse Dori. (30 minutes).

Watch out the vicinity of the temple, Vintage streets near him (30 minutes).

We go to the Cumida River (10 minutes), sitting on a cruise ship.

Cruise on the river (1 hour) is the entire center of Tokyo as a palm. During the cruise, you will not see the beauties of nature, but you can get well to get acquainted with the modern architecture of the largest megalpolis of the world.

We leave at the final stop of the cruise - pier in the park "Hama Ricky".

Walking in the park "Hama Ricky" (1 hour).

Go to the Shiodome station (10 minutes).

We sit on the Moonls Yurikamome, we are moving to the Odaiba station (20 minutes). In order to understand what train you need, there will be no problems: it is the only one, the departure every 15 minutes.

Odaiba (Odaiba)- a bulk island in Tokyo Gulf, where large shopping centers, amusement parks, museums, showrooms of large Japanese companies are concentrated. For convenience, we will break the excursion by Iodib to several stages:

Complete the program at 18:30.

We guarantee that there will be impressions from such a day. And I warn you in advance that some time will be very buzzing :).

What to see in the vicinity

From the most interesting places in the vicinity of Tokyo, I would single out Kamakura, one of the ancient capitals of Japan with her famous stone statue of the Buddha.

And, of course, Nikko is a small town and the National Park of the same name, the burial place of one of the most significant Japanese Sögunov Tokugawa Iehasu, as well as the focus of unique temples.

Kamakura

The city is an hour's drive from Tokyo. Back in the XII century, after the first military ruler of Japan (Syugun), Minamoto Yurito, Kamakura became the center of the country's political life came to power.

Subsequently, after moving the capital in Kamakura continued to perform the functions of the capital's city in the east of Japan.

Now it is a small town, literally permeated history. Temples and monuments will accompany you here at every step.

From Tokyo to Kamakura a little over 50 kilometers, it is best to get on the train Yokosuka Line from Tokyo station.

Nikko

The city and the same name of the National Park are located two hours from the capital.

The most famous landmark of the city is the Temple of Toosburg, which is considered one of the most beautiful temples in Japan.

It was built in 1600, but long before that, Nikko became the center of pilgrimage of representatives of both Religions common in Japan: Shinto and Buddhism.

And now, every year Nikko attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists in the autumn months. In this regard, Nikko's paint with which can be compared with ...

From Tokyo to Nikko 120 kilometers, the most convenient way to get there is a railway. On the train Tobu Line from Asakusa station you will reach Nicko for two with a tail of an hour.

Food. What to try

Books written about Japanese cuisine. Some Japanese dishes are known to every residents of the planet, and the word Sushi has long been beyond the gastronomy.

Alphabets of the Japanese, which are two, consist of syllables. None of them do not have a "Shi" syllable, which we often hear and speak. There is something close to the SO syllable, which is pronounced with a little hizziness. In Russian language tradition, from the moment of the occurrence of Japan, it was always the syllable "C". Therefore, for us, SUSHI (English-language writing) is always "sushi", and Sashimi is "Sasimi".

Globalization changed the world and us, and I, in general, do not object to the transformation of Mitsubishi in Mitsubishi, and Toshiba in Toshiba. But SUSHI, at least according to the goals of further narration, let them be "sushi".

Knowing this nuance, by the way, will help you to find a common language: the word "Sasimi" the usual Japanese is hears and understand, the word "Sashimi" - never.

The kitchen of the Japanese capital, it is, of course, first of all, the Japanese kitchen. However, it was Tokyo to develop national Kitchen highly big influenceBy adding the capital charm and brilliantly many well-known Japanese dishes.

Such dishes should include Nigiri Dzusi, the most common type of sussi. A piece of fish, laid from above in rice, requires much less time for cooking than classic types of sushi, this is what brought Nigiri Dzusi such popularity.

Tempura - another dish that was transformed under the influence of Tokyo chefs.

Before the Edo era (the old Tokyo name), extremely vegetables were used as ingredients for Tempura, the capital added to them the entire gamut of seafood, which, in fact, determined the recipe for dishes in its current form.

Taking into account the abundance of opportunities that are scattered literally throughout the city, I would stop here more on "zones", which offer the whole range of Japanese (and not only) gastronomy.

Very interesting place Yurakuchey: Dozens, if not hundreds of institutions of different scale, in which there is literally everything is from a simple Japanese event to the exquisite French wines.

The area is located around the Yamakucho station on the railway lines of Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku, as well as on the subway line Yurakucho. You can go there and from the Gindse (Ginza station on the Marunouchi and Hibiya metro lines).

Also for those who may be interested in a unique gastronomic experience, there is a market in Tokyo Tsukidzi..

First, in the restaurants around the market you can try literally all the variety of seafood. Secondly, the dishes prepared here will allow you to get acquainted with what the "first" is true (and it is the only one) freshness.

How to get: Tsukiji station on Hibiya Metro Line.

In the area of \u200b\u200bShinjuku, it makes sense to walk down the street Omoida Ekoto. The same flavor as in Yurakutyo, only a little on a smaller scale.

How to get: SHINJUKU Metro Station on Shinjuku.

Finally, if you want to take a break and try something Neuponne, at your service China Town in Ikebukuro (Ikebukuro Metro Station Lines SHINJUKU), Korea Town in the same Shinjuku (SHINJUKU Metro Station), Even France Town (Station Area Metro IIDABASHI and Kagurazaka Hanzomon Line).

Budget

Medium level

Middle check for dinner for two without drinks for restaurants and cafes of this category - 50-70 USD / 5,000-7 000 JPY.

Expensive

For restaurants in this category, usually there is no such concept as an average check, I will not give it here. But the status of such a kind should not scare in fact. Here you can eat together and drink a wine glass, paying 120-150 USD / 12,000-15 000 JPY.

Holidays

Japanese holidays (Matsouri) are a special, none of anything like a tradition. They are diverse: Matsuri is attached to the admissions of Sakura, and pilgrimage to the Shinto Temple. Very bright, sometimes too noisy, always participate in them a large number of of people.

Tourists love to watch festive processions, in fact, already such observation is already in a celebration. If this is an ordinary procession, you can join it. If the pilgrimage to the temple, you can go there. It is not forbidden to participate in thematic parades, but for this it will be necessary to prepare, for example, to find an appropriate suit.

The main Tokyo holidays, as a rule, are rooted deeply in history. Perhaps one of the most interesting - Tokyo Jidai Matsuri., or "Tokyo through the prism of the epoch".

This big parade, which is held on November 3, has a relatively recent history. People who come on this day in the area of \u200b\u200bAsakus, literally see how the story of Tokyo passes before their eyes. Everyone in one voice say that the brightness and detailing of some costumes just amazes.

Tokyoi New Year - This is a big holiday in a big city.

However, if you are at this time in Tokyo, try to be closer to the center of the city or the centers of the main districts: the basic swelling occurs here. Very beautiful and crowded in Sibuya, Shinjuku, even more interesting can be in Roppongi, where a little more European culture than the rest of Tokyo.

In general, there are many interesting festivals annually in Tokyo, even listed them will not be easy, not to tell about them. Let us mean only some:

Safety. What to beware is worth

Tokyo is absolutely safe. When I am asked about how it can be in a huge city, I do not know what to answer. When they ask for an example of some minimally dangerous situation, I do not know what to answer. For all the time staying in Tokyo and in Japan, in general, I have not collided with such a situation. Even late at night in Hollywood scenery, some narrow street in Shinjuku, Neyarko in the Tokyo standards lit, when there is a non-hard gait for you and loudly scream three large Japanese men, you need to expect that, approaching, they will give you the road and say "Sumimasan" (sorry).

I think that all the problems that are in major tourist centers in Tokyo there are somehow exist. And small thieves in the cafe, and pockets. But their scale is incomparable with Europe, so almost invisible.

Summary to what was said: Tokyo can relax and live calmly at any time of the day and night. Progressive surroundings, leaving on the table revealed the handbag, born with packs of dollars, of course, is not worth it, but if this is not done, you will most likely have no problems.

Things to do

In addition to Museums and shopping, Tokyo provides many other, non-standard opportunities to spend time. For example, you can go to the area Yanaka (Ginza Metro Station), almost the only area of \u200b\u200bTokyo, who survived during the war, to simply look into ordinary Japanese houses and eat real rice cakes there.

On Sunday evening, you can go to a small bridge Dzingubasi (Harajuku Metro Station). Do not forget to take a camera or camera: such a number of youth representing any, the most unthinkable subcultures, such an abundance of outfits, the variety of hairstyles and makeup you will not see anywhere.

After sunset, the city will be perfectly looking with one of many numerical watching siteslocated on the roofs of skyscrapers.

However, those who are going there, remember: in terms of the number of adrenaline, the stay at such sites is equal to extreme species Sports. And still be prepared for the fact that the necosrebs slightly shake ...

Shopping and shops

For lovers, Tokyo Shopping is a symphony. High pleasure. As in any world capital, it is literally represented here: from new products of ultra-modern trends to the best samples of mass fashion. I will add on any wallet. Even on Gindse, boutiques are in unavailable in other cities, you can get on a good day and put in the budget.

More democratic prices can be found in the vicinity of the centers of Shinjuku, Sibuya, quite a lot of interesting European stores in the Roppong area.

Among the whole diversity is quite difficult to navigate, but in general terms I would break the shopping in Tokyo into several directions or ideas and actually would be based on specific priorities.

If we need something clear, simple and reliable, go to department stores. This, for example, Printemps, Mitsukoshi on Gindse, SIBUR 109 in the district of the same name, Isetan in Shinjuku. Or in the one you are closer to geographically.

If we are talking about something new and unusual, then you need boutiques in Yögi, Sibuya, Shinjuku.

If we are looking for something specific, we appeal to "thematic" areas:

Bars. Where to go

Experts say that the Tokyo bars in many criteria are the best in the world. Sometimes come even further, considering that thanks to new technologies, as well as the courage of the creators, some Tokyo bars are already a completely different level that exists only here. Along with such "breakthrough" institutions, there are a huge set in the best sense of traditional, offering drinks and snacks for every taste.

In my opinion, if one of you wants to make a tour of the Tokyo bars, then on these two criteria and it is worth dividing the initial search.

Futuristic bars

To super-seats, I would take it first, Mixology Laboratory.. On the bartender card Judzo Nagamo is written by Grand Mixologist (Great Mixer), and some places behind the counter really resemble a scientific laboratory. Maybe you will be lucky, and you will try his famous martini, cooked from Fua-Gra-gra-gra-gra-gras, chocolate squeezing, nutmeg and despicable in the smoke package.

Cocktail on average is here 20 USD / 2 000 JPY. Dinner with cocktails and variation of dishes - 120 USD / 12 000 JPY.

Opening hours: from 18:00 to 01:00 (Sunday weekend).

Address: 3F, 1-6-1 Yaesu, Chuo-Ku.

Route: Tokyo Station Station on Yamanote, Chuo, Marunouchi, Sobu.

Other interesting bars from the same category:

All three super bars are approximately one price category.

Classic bars

Vehicles from this segment in Tokyo set, I repeat, there will be a place for every taste. To feel this variety is enough just to spend the evening on Gindse and look into some of the bars located here:

• Bar Evans. - Jazz and cocktail classic:
  • Opening hours: from 18:00 to 02:00 (Sunday weekend).
  • Address: APA Ginza Chuo BlDG B1F, 3-8-15 Ginza, Chuo-Ku.
  • Route: Ginza Station and Hibiya, Ginza, Marunouchi Lines.

Clubs and nightlife

It is impossible to try to tell about the Tokyo nightlife in detail and not to be surrounded by a person who took up the immense. At night, Tokyo lives in a literal sense, the pace of his nightlife is not lower than life of the day. Like its diversity. You can go deep at midnight to theatrical presentation or visit the supermodic multimedia space that turns fantasies into reality. Getting to the presentation of the copyright movie of some Danish director or go on a tour of the backyards of Shinjuku.

But perhaps the easiest and most clear way to spend the evening and night is to go to the nightclub. Just choose which atmosphere to you to taste. From interesting nightclubs I want to mention a few here.

First of all, it is famous Womb., the place where the clubber from around the world seek to get. An inconspicuous building in the district of Sibuya with a careless sign turns into a real kingdom of light and music. On all four floors of the club, there are ideas, the whole club accommodates up to 1 thousand guests at the same time. Normal music: House and Techno.

The entrance is paid, the price depends on the program. The cost of cocktails from 7 USD / 700 JPY, beer and snacks from 5 USD / 500 JPY.

Opening hours: on Fridays and Saturdays - until the morning.

How to get there: Station Metro Sibuya.

About the club. Oath. They say so:

The main thing is to have enough strength until the morning.

Club inexpensive, with very impressive equipment. The music is the same as in WOMB. Drinks and snacks from 5 USD / 500 JPY.

Opening hours: on weekends Open up to 8 am.

How to get there: located at the metro station Sibuya.

Solfa. - This is a completely different format. The dance floor is designed for 60-70 people, the atmosphere is rather reminiscent of a dusk.

Opening hours: From Friday to Sunday, it is open to 6 in the morning.

Route: It is not far from the metro station Nakameguro (Hibiya and Tokyu Toyoko Lines).

Souvenirs. What to bring as a gift

What gift to bring from Tokyo? What is best to buy in memory of the trip? Perhaps this is the most difficult questions. There are too many opportunities: from ordinary souvenirs and postcards to traditional Japanese dolls and chic kimono. Here everyone chooses to his taste.

I think best Council It will be called a couple of proven places where gifts and souvenirs are presented in all their diversity.

Souvenirs from Tokyo.

The souvenir shop in the National Center for Art offers the whole range of traditional souvenirs from clothes to accessories.

Opening hours: from 10:00 to 18:00.

Address: B1F National Arts Center Tokyo, 7-22-2 ROPPONGI, MINATO-KU.

Route: Nogizaka Station Chiyoda Line metro line (yield 6).

Bingoya.

In essence, this the best place In Tokyo: 6 floors of excellent souvenirs, all traditional crafts are presented.

Opening hours: from 10:00 to 19:00.

Address: 10-6 Wakamatsucho, Shinjuku-Ku.

How to get there: Wakamatsu-Kawada Station Oedo Line Metro Line (Kawada Output).

How to move around the city

I communicate a lot with those who regularly visits Tokyo regularly or from time to time. I can say that when it comes to how to move around the city, the general opinion is such: the metro is the most convenient option from all possible. Taxis use quite often, but specifically. That is, do not "get there", but rather "drive up" for a short distance: from the station to the hotel, from the restaurant to the subway, etc.

In some cases, it is convenient to use the bus. For example, if you live in a pair of stops from the metro station. If your case is such a case, you can purchase a single ticket for the bus and subway, and avoid many problems. Detailed information on travel and preferential tickets can be found in.

Taxi. What features exist

Taxi is a convenient and popular type of transport, however, like a lot in Tokyo, it has its own characteristics.

Taxi in Japan is expensive. This high cost is made up of two things: actually the cost of use (gasoline, carmine car) and related costs - additional expenses on toll roads And what happens very often, time loss due to traffic jams. Therefore, general recommendations are:

1. Use the car for short distances. For example, get to the metro.
2. Use a taxi on the weekend when the probability of getting into the Tokyo stopper is the smallest.

To use a taxi in order to get from the airport or is extremely unprofitable. For this is beautiful trains And comfortable buses. But to get from the subway to the theater or club - this is just those routes on which you need to get acquainted with a taxi. And there is something here: dressed in uniform costumes drivers, in caps and shiny shoes, cleanliness and lace capes in the salons, automatic doors for passengers.

Taxi in Tokyo work only on the meter, tipping is not accepted - they are not taken. Calculations map occur normally.

You can take a taxi on the street by raising your hand, or you need to reach the nearest parking lot. They are located at train stations, metro stations. In the hotel car will order the porter.

The approximate value is as follows:

• landing and first 2 kilometers - 6 USD / 600 JPY;
• every next 0.5 kilometers - 1 USD / 100 JPY;
• movement in traffic jam and parking 2 minutes - 1 USD / 100 JPY;
• waiting for a taxi 2 minutes - 1 USD / 100 JPY;
• after 22:00 extra charge - 20%, after 23:00 - 30% and higher.

But most importantly, remember: if the light bulb caught fire with red, it means that the car ... FREE!

Trams

Tokyo trams are more exotic. Now there is only one tram branch of Arakawa in Tokyo. If you are lucky to be in the area and will be free time, I recommend just to drive a couple of stops.

The ticket is inexpensive, costs 1.6 USD / 160 JPY, and the impressions are positive.

Metro

Without a doubt, inspecting Tokyo, most often you will use the subway. If only because no other urban transport is compared with the metro in the ratio of the price - the speed of movement. I do not speak about quality, it is always on top.

Tokyo metro is a branched network of lines, very competently associated with the main directions of urban trains. A perfectly well-established mechanism, on the movement of the Metro trains, you can check the clock. All information about trains, intervals of their movement, stops, transplant stations available on the network, in particular, also in the form of mobile applications (for example, Hyperdia.com). This allows you to accurately calculate the route and have time wherever you need.

In total, in the Tokyo metro 9 lines, and they, as I said, cover the whole huge city. Usually, tourists in the Tokyo metro use one-time tickets, their cost varies between 1.8-3.2 USD / 170-310 JPY per trip. But you can buy and convenient replenished Pasmo. All types of tickets are purchased at the box office and automata, the last more convenient. Machines have the transition option to English, it makes it easy to understand the menu and other issues.

The subway is safe, however, planning trips, you need to remember such a factor like a peak watch. It is usually time between 8:00 and 9:00 am, sometimes between 17:00 and 18:00. In the Tokyo metro, this is especially felt, from some stations, the train go critically crowded. Situations at peak hours are so extremely that the subway administration is fighting no less emergency measures. On some lines, special detachments of "rambes" are working on such a time, which, so to speak, optimize the number of people in the wagons. The most overwhelmed peaks can be directions from Naughty to Shinjuku, from Kinsiche to Ryugoku, as well as from Kiba to Monsien Gump.

Buses

Tokyo buses are good for everyone: they are comfortable, comfortable, relatively inexpensive. However, traveling by bus to Tokyo has one very significant disadvantage: the car goes on public roads. And this means that it is easy to get into the plug.

Probably, therefore, bus routes in Megapolis are organized in such a way that they fit as much as possible to the overall system of urban transport. The main purpose of Tokyo buses, especially in the city center, is to provide convenient delivery of passengers to the areas of metro stations and stations. If your place of accommodation is at some distance from the subway, it makes sense to search the bus route.

Buses run on the lines from 7:00 to 22:00, landing and disembarkation is carried out at stops. There is also placed the schedule for their movement. Bus tickets Stand from 1.5 USD / 150 JPY. Prices inside transport zones fixed.

Transport rental

general information

Japan and Russia consist in different international conventions regulating the rules of the road. Therefore, if we proceed from the letter of the law, in order to sit behind the wheel in Japan, the Russian should receive Japanese rights.

However, in practice, due to the fact that the Japanese agencies do not require the presentation of documents of a special sample, many of our compatriots use the ability to rent a car.

You can rent a car from 18 years old, except for this you must have driving experience for more than one year. Registration will need a passport and international rights.

In Japan, many rental agencies. Some of them have an independent status, part is branches of world holdings. You can choose a car in advance for yourself, for example,.

Rent a CD car (for example, Toyota Corolla), which includes insurance, will cost a day within 80 USD / 8 000 JPY.

Making the lease agreement, be prepared to make a deposit in the amount of the total rental cost. As a rule, this amount is blocked on your card, and within two weeks after the end of the lease term, it is defrosting. In some agencies, you can deposit cash.

Under the lease conditions, the car is issued with a full tank, in the same form it must be returned.

Experienced users of rental agencies to avoid misunderstandings recommend not to be lazy and well inspect the car for the absence of external defects before you take it.

Costs

Petrol

• The cost of gasoline regular (corresponds to AI-92) - 1.4-1.8 USD / 140-180 JPY per liter.
• The cost of diesel fuel is 1.3 USD / 130 JPY per liter.

Toll roads

It is believed that Japanese paid roads are one of the most expensive in the world. Specific prices depend on the direction and distance, guidebooks are recommended to be navigated in the amount of 22-25 USD / 2,500-200 JPY for every 100 kilometers of roads.

Parkovka

Movement on the roads of Japan (both on high-speed motorways and in cities) is quite calm. Drivers are usually polite and helpful. However, there are a number of factors that I strongly recommended to consider those who are going to use the car:

• left-sided movement is the first and most serious of these factors;
• corks like a huge problem of megacities;
• paid roads, a lot of them; With frequent trips or long distances, it can be very tangible for your budget;
• many road signs, especially on peripheral roads, are not duplicated in English, which creates serious problems from time to time.

The main advice, which I give everyone without exception to motorists, is to remember that all your solutions on the road will be accepted in an unusual setting of left-sided movement. Do not rush, do not exceed the speed, do not be distracted by the wheel.

Practice shows that if you follow these simple recommendations, many problems can be avoided.

And good luck on the roads!

Tokyo - Recreation with children

Tokyo is the energy of business life, night lights, high-speed highways, chic shopping. When you read or hear stories about the capital of Japan, the question involuntarily arises "Is it worth going there with children?" My answer is worth it. There are so many things in Tokyo where you can go with children that loves of parents may not be left for themselves ...

In all the variety of Tokyo water parks, children's attractions and museums, definitely, reigns Disneyland, a place where you can spend not one day and give not one happy hour to your children.

On the one hand, Disneyland in Tokyo looks like their fellow in other corners of the Earth: These are the "world of adventure", "Wild West", "City of the Future". On the other hand, it also has something that allocates it is Disney SEA and its corners "Medieval Mediterranean", "Laguna Mermaids", " Mysterious Island" Parks are open from 9:00 to 22:00.

Ticket price

For the convenience of those who wish to please their children (and at the same time themselves) there are several types of tickets: from one-day to a ticket that suggests after 18:00. One day ticket costs 75 USD / 7 400 JPY for adults, 65 USD / 6 400 JPY - for adolescents 12-17 years old, 49 USD / 4 800 JPY - for children from 4 to 11 years.

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Japanese car industry is famous outside the state. One of the most popular brands overlooking the conveyors of the rising sun country is Toyota. It is she who is dedicated to the whole museum and exhibition complex - Toyota Mega Web, which is among the top ten autohouses of the world, and on some ratings and at all leading it. The exposition consists of six halls, in each of which guests can not only look at cars and their details, but also touch, experience, and even feel. For example, switch speeds on different boxes or hear the noise of the motor.

The largest exhibition of the museum - Toyota City Showcase, where all existing and still developing models of this brand are presented. Here guests have a unique chance to travel in time, according to different autopocham, photographed first with the 1960s rarity, and then with an ultra-modern, not yet released model, more reminiscent lunohod. However, the Ride One Hall is most popular among visitors. After all, there are all adult drivers who have rights, can choose a closing model and make a test drive on the pavilions of the museum.

The duration of the route, however, is not too big - only 1.3 kilometers. They took care of the Toyota Mega Web and about those who are not yet allowed. In the Pavilion Kids Hybrid Ride Oneo, there is a small 150-meter card, while driving can get their portion of adrenaline small guests.

Getting to the Toyota Mega Web Museum is not difficult, it is located in the Aomi Metro Station area of \u200b\u200bthe U10 line. The exhibition and entertainment center doors are open daily from 11-00 to 21-00, the input is free. Additionally, you will have to pay, except for a test drive or karting, 300 yen, respectively. There are many people who wish to visit the world traditionally a lot, so it is necessary to prepare that the entrance is always going to a queue from potential visitors. However, a small expectation is worth it!

Traditionally, Disneyland is associated with Paris. Few people know that this is an American project and the first amusement park under this logo outside the United States appeared in Japan. Today it is a huge complex, which occupies 47 hectares, in which guests of all ages will probably find entertainment. It is conditionally divided into 7 thematic areas. The first one in which visitors come are - a country of fantasies, where you can visit Cinderella's castle, to fly Peter Foam or just chat with funny cartoons. For example, Elephant Dambo.

Hall guests attract the country of adventures, conditionally divided into two parts - Tropical jungle and the world of pirates Caribbean. Here attractions and entertainment are not so harmless, and some of them can be called extreme. In the city of cartoons, you can take a picture with legendary growth dolls. Mickey Mouse uses the greatest popularity among guests, however, others also not be ignored.

You can take a journey in time while looking into the country of the future. This zone does not better reflect the essence of Japan - catch up and overtake the whole world. All attraction on this territory is futuristic and even fantastic. But in the country of the Wild West, guests are waiting for the cowboys and, of course, the legendary American slide is the most popular of their all amusements in the world. You can complete the journey to the world of Disney in the country of animals, a zone of young guests oriented or in the global market - where without thematic souvenirs?

Tokyo Disneyland is not in the city itself, but in his nearest suburb - Uraya. But despite this, it is not so difficult to get to it - first on the subway station to Tokio and then on the Tokyo Disney Resort bus. There is an amusement park from 9-00 to 22-00, however, in the summer months and weekends, it opens its doors before. Accurate information can be clarified on the official website. As for the cost of tickets - you can't call it low. An adult ticket for the day will cost 7400 yen, children's (for guests of 4-11 years old) in 4800, adolescent (guests 12-17 years old) - in 6400. In the winter months there are discounts.

The Imperial Palace is a sacred place for all Japanese. After all, despite the fact that the ruler has only a nominal power, he is honored and even idols. The history of the palace began in the distant 15th century, today there are many old buildings on its territory, but there are also modern, made in a classic Japanese style.

Unfortunately, to see their tourists, and the locals, there is no possibility. Only East Park is open to visitors. By appointment by registering on the website of the management of the Imperial Palace, you can get on the tour elsewhere courtyard complex. Naturally, without visiting the palace. Imperial chambers - a sacred place in which the public is prohibited. However, in the park there are plenty of attractions and places worthy of attention.

The first thing that rushes into the eyes of Guests is an authentic landscape design, in a traditional Japanese style. Flowers and tracks perfectly complement bridges, the most notes of which are Nijubsi and Meganebashi. It is impossible to pass by the Fusimi-Yagura Tower, once performing guard functions. It is still here with distant segunte times.

Fans of art must necessarily look into the peach hall, where classical music concerts regularly pass. Stars whose names are known to the whole world, there are no uncommon on this scene. The park at the Imperial Palace is beautiful at any time of the year, but it is best to visit him in April and March, when Sakura flowers. In addition, on December 23 and January 2, it is possible to witness a unique spectacle - the imperial couple goes to the balcony closed with a bulletproof glass in order to greet his people.

It is not difficult to get to the palace, it is located near Tokyo Metro Station. You can walk around the park from 10-00 to 15-00 per every day, except Monday and Friday. The entrance fee is not charged - it is enough to get a token and pass it at the end of the walk.

Someone, Japan is associated with high-quality auto industry, someone has the wonders of the scientific and technical process, and some immediately remember the funny animal cartoons. Many of them were removed at the studios of Gibbles, and tourists who came to Tokyo can plunge into the magical world by visiting the thematic museum.

The museum exposition is not too big, but the dimensions are compensated for what is called quality. In the halls and even service premises, each detail is thought out. Guests are suddenly encountered on the traces of unprecedented animals in the corner, then on funny and very cute cats on the cranes in the toilets. A pleasant surprise will be the "chips" of the museum - secret moves, tangled labyrinths and magic lights. The latter literally illustrate what animation is.

Also guests attracts a stand with sketches to various cartoons. Here you can get acquainted with the work of famous and not very authors and know the anime "from the inside." Of course, the Anime Studio Museum gibbles primarily attracts young guests. Moreover, not only from among tourists - local schoolchildren who cannot imagine their lives without anime, too often look into the studio. But adults, especially the fans of Japanese cartoons, probably will find something interesting here. After all, it is a special, nor not like the culture of Japan, is undoubtedly worth attention.

The world of Anime is located at 1-4-25, Kajino-Cho Koganei-Shi, 184. You can get to it on the subway, the nearest station - Mitaka. Next, you can walk on foot on a rather colorful quarter, it will take about 20 minutes, or to take a traditional Japanese shuttle bus. A notable pointer and bright doors that will fairly be called fabulous, noticeable from afar.

Entrance tickets are not too expensive, 1000 yen. However, their purchase should take care in advance - the number of visitors to the museum is strictly limited, no more than 2,400 people per day. On days school holidays In Japan, the "queue" in the museum can be stretched for 1-2 weeks at all.

In Japan, there is everything. And even a small corner of the French Provence, carefully recreated at the Museum of a Little Prince. When planning it, in the country of the rising sun, they celebrated their respect to one of the most famous European writers - Antoine de Saint-Exupery. It's amazing that the themed museum appeared so far from his homeland.

Going to the gate of the museum, guests immediately fall into a different reality. Colorful streets, bakery, from which, as accepted in France, smells of croissants, small benches and shops. Even the signs and signs the Japanese produced not on their own, but on their native to Exupery. It was the last stroke for creating an authentic atmosphere.

Walking along the colorful streets, guests early or later encounter on a two-storey house - a copy of the one in which the author of the Little Prince lived. On the first floor of a small exposition, the writer's personal belongings are collected, and on the second - the library. The only work presented in it is a small prince. But it was published at different times and in different languages.

You can stay after a walk in the French restaurant. The menu dishes are presented exclusively European, devoid of the Japanese Flura.
The world of Exupery is located in a small town of Khakon. You can get to it from Tokyo at a long-distance bus-shuttle, and further get lost is simply impossible - all the roads and pointers lead to the museum.

Entrance ticket It costs 1600 yen, for schoolchildren and students there is a discount, they can visit the world of Expery for 700 yen. Comply with the ticket, guests receive a travel sheet to which you need to pay attention. I made all markers at the exit issued a small souvenir. More colorful gifts can be purchased at the local shop.

Museum Miraikan, or as it is often called the Museum of the Future - the exhibition in which the latest achievements of scientific and technological progress are presented. And the Japanese, as you know, know in this case.

The first thing attention is drawn is the building itself in which the museum is located. Modern, futuristic, reminding whether the ship, or a flying plate. It can rightly be considered an architectural landmark.

Inside guests are waiting for six floors of the most real miracles. True, permanent exposures are located only on two of them, 5 and 6. In the rest of the halls, no less interesting temporary exhibitions of technical subjects are held.

All exhibits of a permanent exposition deserves separate attention. The main one is considered to be Geo-Cosmos Globe - a huge ball consisting of numerous OLED monitors. Each of them allows you to get information about a particular process occurring inside or outside the globe. As a result, a holistic dynamic picture is developing.

There are rooms in the museum of halls in which guests can learn a lot about themselves. For example, remove fingerprints with a special scanner and analyze them with a computer program or find out how the brain is arranged.

And finally, the highlight of the museum is the ASIMO robot, named after the science fiction writer Aisek Azimov. He can talk, respond to questions and, of course, move in space. His actions are the most present technical show that can see anyone.

Museum of Mijakan is located on the artificial island of Odaiba, you can get to it on the subway. Doors are open to visitors from 10-00 to 17-00. The price of a ticket, which includes a visit to permanent expositions, 620 yen, for children - 210. On Saturdays, small guests can at all visit the museum for free.

The subway is one of the inalienable components of Tokyo, among the locals, this is the most popular type of transport. It is often difficult for guests to figure out the confused scheme, crossing lines and other intricacies of movement. In order not to get lost in underground world, Introducing it is best started at the Tokyo Metro Museum.

The museum building is seen from afar - a huge wind generator has been installed near it, which provides electricity to the whole complex. This is the first thing that attracts attention. The second is the real turnstile in which you need to throw a coin and get a cherished ticket. Similarly, as in the real subway.

And now, finally, after the formalities are settled, guests get into the most real world of the subway! Here you can get acquainted with historical documents, schemes of different periods, technical instruments. And, of course, go to the car and sit on a soft chair.

Small guests invariably attract a huge layout illustrating the work of the subway. Unfortunately, the figures cannot be touched - they are hidden under the glass. But, nevertheless, from this number of crowded visitors here is no less.

Older guests can try their hand at one of the stimulants - you can be a driver or dispatcher. During the excursion, the museum workers do not forget to acquaint visitors with the rules operating in it, and also help to understand the intricacies of lines and transitions.

In order to get to the Tokyo Museum of the Metro, you will still have to use the subway, acquaintance with which only has to be. It is located in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Taja Station. Doors are open on any day, except Monday, from 10-00 to 17-00. The entrance ticket is worth the same as the real passage in the metro. Very symbolic moment.

Park is located near the Harajuku station. On Sunday, you can meet the musicians who first advocate in the public in search of their audience and loyal fans, photographers, selecting the necessary perspective for shooting models, admirers Elvis Presley, skillfully copying idols, rocabilly dancers and other creative personalities.

In the summer there is good to hide from the exhausting heat in the shade of trees, watching the locals walk with children and dogs, are engaged in sports. If you are lucky, and you ended up in the park during the flowering of Sakura, be sure to arrange a picnic and enjoy the indescribable beauty of this place. Entrance to the park is free.

This place will appreciate travelers with children, because here you can play with animals and even ride a pony for a symbolic fee. For couples who want to enjoy romance in the park, you can rent a boat for several tens of rubles, which is practically gift. Keep in mind that the park works only at a certain time: from 10 am to 11.30, and after a small break, you can safely walk from 13.30 to 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

Take off to heaven and capture the city from a bird's eye view, climbing the viewing platform of the metropolitan government building. For 45th floor of tourists will deliver the high-speed elevator. At an altitude of 202 meters, you can enjoy the panorama of the city, make beautiful photos and penetrate the atmosphere of this place. The input for visitors is open from 9:30 to 23:00. The recording ends 30 minutes before closing. Free admission.

The Tokyo metropolitan government building designed the Japanese architect Kenzo Tanga, and the cost of its structure amounted to about 1 million dollars. In general, it is certainly worth visiting.

At the Tokyo fish and seafood market, Tsukydie can also find interesting entertainment. From specialized viewing sites, curious travelers will be able to see a fish auction, and to observe how local deft merchants separate huge fishes.

Also, for the sake of interest, you can walk in the market, get acquainted with the goods and surprise how diverse underwater world, whose representatives are now in anticipation of their buyer. If you decide to visit the Tsukiji market, you will have to get up early, as it opens at three in the morning, and you will not find anyone to dinner here.

Sony Building and technical innovations

If you are interested in various high-tech gadgets and you will not be tested to test absolutely free, then you will certainly be visited by Sony Building, which is located a five-story Schowl company. Here are all the latest novelties of Sony, which can not only be tested, but also to purchase. Sony Building is open to visitors daily from 10.00 to 20.00. Also here you can visit Showerum Toyota, Nissan or Honda.

Night club Ruby Room and Oath

Tokyo nightlife lovers also have something to offer. Without prejudice to the budget, you can have fun and dance in the Ruby Room nightclub, which is located at: Kasumi Bldg 4F, 2-25-17 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-Ku. The main audience is foreigners, which means that you can feel comfortable here. If this club is not like to taste, then next to him, within walking distance, there is another attractive club for budget tourists - OATH. Here you can also absolutely free to dance up to 5 am on weekdays and up to 8 am on weekends to the music of popular Japanese DJs.

Free bicycle rental

We rent a bike completely free and drove along a specially equipped track in Palace Cycling Course. It is possible to do it only on Sunday from 10 am, but keep in mind that the number of bicycles is limited and there is a rule that did not have time, he was late. You can get to the park from the metro Nijubashi-Mae.

To visit Japan and not to visit the Museum of Sumo Fight - an unforgivable mistake. Here with great respect they treat this sport, and in the museum you can see photos of famous sums, engravings, costumes and other interesting exhibits. You can visit the museum on weekdays from 10.00 to 16.30. Museum address: 1-3-28 Yokoami, Sumida-Ku.

This museum was founded in memory of the tragic event of 1923, which claimed the lives of many people and destroyed most of the city in 1923. It was then that an earthquake was recorded, which was given by Kanto. The memorial museum is located in the Yokoami Park, in which other buildings dedicated to this tragic incident can be seen.

Attractions Tokyo, on the current opinion, are associated with modern Japan, but there is something to see and where to go not only to fans of megacities, but also to those who are interested in original Japan, and those who would like to learn about her story and get acquainted with the culture of this Amazing country.

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What can be seen?

Each guest of the Japanese capital, despite the age and preferences, will find what to see in Tokyo.

The city may offer to visit:

1. Gardens, parks and temple complexes.
2. Historical attractions and monuments.
3. Parks for recreation and entertainment.
4. Museums and theaters.
5. Unique architectural structures, bridges, towers and viewing platforms.

The choice of places where you can not go beyond the limits of the Japanese capital, is very extensive, here you can find something interesting to everyone - lonely and family, elderly travelers and students who have come "on exchange." Like any other capital, Tokyo is able to give an idea of \u200b\u200bthe whole country as a whole and the opportunity to learn something defined in more detail.

Overview or thematic excursion in the city will help you sites and.

Viewing platforms

See the city from the height and make some beautiful panoramic pictures want every traveler. As a rule, tourists stay at the International Airport "HANEDA". In itself, the air-building building is simply beautiful - a huge, with modern equipment and interior and, as neither paradoxically, deprived of the impersonality and the effect of the "presence of the crowd."

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The floor illumination, imitating a paving, creates the impression of a walk along the star night sky. But hurried to leave the halls HanDa is not at all because of the walks on artificial stars, but because of the Observation Deck.

Viewing sightseeing platforms are in two terminals. Of course, the types of city will not open with them, but here you can make the most beautiful pictures of aircraft. For example, the well-known picture of the aircraft looking directly to the waiting room was made precisely at this airport and published in one of the directories of the Japanese airline, before it was separated from the Internet.

Access on the Observation Deck platforms around the clock and does not require any payment, there are also no restrictions on the photo-video photography.

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In the Tokyo itself, the attractions include three more sightsets, the most interesting of them is the tolder Skytree. The site is located on the 450m floor, a survey height is 600 meters. In recalculation, the cost of the visit is about 3,000 rubles.

Other sites:

• ROPPONGIHILLS (City View Observation Deck) is the main advantage that the site on the 52th floor is open in the evening and early night clock and it has access to the roof, which, though, is often locked. The cost of visiting is 1800 yen, the same amount is entitled to visit the small Mori Art Museum located in the same building. It is the Tower of "Mori", as the local, in the Roppong area, that is, after inspection, you can go to a small local restaurant, which is quite a lot of things, or to the market. Prices are noticeable lower than next to the fashionable Skytree.
• Metropolitan Government Buildings - is located in the building very similar to the Moscow Buildings of the Middle Type, located in the Sinzyuk district, has only one plus, noticeably outweigh the benefits of all other sites - visiting for free. From the point of view of the review, there are not so many Tokyo here, but Mount Fuji (Fujiima) is very clearly visible. On the site itself there is a sale of souvenirs and a small fast food cafe, and there are often various fairs, holidays and exhibitions. For example, the craft fair is held annually on the streets of this area.

Museums

Any map of Tokyo for tourism will show a fairly large number of museums, they are all interesting, but must come to the following:

1. Samurai Museum - All about samurai do not know here, but their life, clothing, armor and so on are very well represented, the museum is open from 10:30 to 21:00, the entrance costs 1800 yen, located in the Sinjuku area.
2. Nezu Museum - Museum of Arts with a classic Japanese garden. It needs to be visited by everyone who seeks to understand the worldview, the perception of the surrounding and its interpretation by the Japanese, as well as those who want to make photos with traditional statues not exceeding human growth. It is located in the most historical center, in the area of \u200b\u200bMinato, next to the crossroads of Sibuya and Kharazyuk. Opening and closing hours can change, but during the daytime, the halls and the garden always work, the cost of 2000 yen.
3. The National Museum - in principle, the usual large museum, in which everything is presented in the expositions of all - from archaeological finds to modern achievements. Opening hours - from 10:30 to 17:00, there is a museum in Weno Park in the Taito area, the entrance from 1600 yen, for children and people over 60 years old - for free. In addition, this is one of the few places in Tokyo, where there are excursions in Russian.

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Temple complexes

Introduction to the sights of any country or a separate city is impossible without inspection historical monumentsAnd they, as a rule, are directly related not only to secular life, but also to religion.

Any map of Tokyo will indicate a lot of such places, at least half of the half leave at least 2-3 days. The most interesting attractions in Tokyo of such a plan can be considered:

• Hozomon ( temple complex Asakusa) - almost the open-air museum. Tourists from the gate with huge lamps and laps, together every lap and the lantern weighs for 3 tons, and is connected with them. interesting legend. There is a complex in the Taito area, it works from morning to evening, visitors are always a lot, and the entrance is free.
• The Sengaku-Ji Tower is an old acting temple at the intersection of Sinagawa and Gotand in the area of \u200b\u200bMinato. Interesting for those who love an exiled story about 47 Ronines - here are their graves. There is also a Museum of Ako Gishi's Memorial Hall and a garden from wooden sculptures, the entrance is paid only to the museum and then this is a minor amount - 1400 yen.

In Tokyo, attractions concerning religion and history are concentrated in the old center, with the development started in the 17th century. The streets are relatively quiet here, you can often see the shooting of any historical series or film. Often there are little bazaars with different goods - from products to souvenirs.

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All those who occurred along the path of the temples do not require the entrance fees, and local tea houses, small traditional snack bars (you can't call them restaurants) significantly differ from those that are in the modern center, both prices and quality.

The time here is something else, people live as they lived a hundred years ago or two hundred, you can see kimono and wooden sandals everywhere, and Japanese with paper umbrellas are often found in a sunny day. By the way, such umbrellas can be bought in local markets as much more, which will remind of a trip and what not to find in modern Tokyo stores.

Bridges

Bridges are included in all guidebooks, and all people who have hung over a sightseeing tour, be sure to come to them. On any excursion there are four bridges, three - modern and one old.

Modern it:

1. Rainbow Bridge is very similar to the "Solar Gate" Bridge in the USA.
2. Tokyo Gate Bridge - a bizarre architectural solution, interlacing sparkling steel beams reminds or a collar or a meeting of two sharks, the bridge - the pride of the Japanese and the subject for the "boasting", next to it sightseeing tours It stops for a long time and the case is not in design, but in the unique technical and engineering solutions applied during construction.
3. Kachidoki Bridge is an ordinary bridge made of steel and concrete, except for wider and low than the usual bridges Russians.

The ancient bridge is Ni-Ju Bashi or, as indicated in the guidebooks and on the map for tourism - Two-Tiered Bridge. This is the only way to the Palace of the Emperor. The territory of the palace is surrounded by a water moiety and a high wall, the gate always stands guard. You can get into the palace twice a year - in the New Year and on the birthday of the emperor.

The bridge itself is very noteworthy in that he is the only bridge in the Tokyo Prefecture, who survived in his original form, that is, who did not affect the war, like many other historical monuments. This is an example of a classic distinctive national architecture, rightly included in the attractions of Tokyo and all of Japan.

It is located in the area of \u200b\u200bTieda, near the garden of Sakur, the Agency of the Imperial Palace and the complex of the Three Imperial Sanctures.

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In general, the whole area is similar to a large park, it is very interesting to wander here, and during the flowering of Sakur you can make amazingly beautiful photos.

You can see almost all of Tokyo in a week. But if you go with children, you should count on the fact that you will have to spend time and on other sights in Tokyo, such as water park, amusement parks, and, of course, local Disneyland, will only take at least a day.

In addition, it is not necessary to neglect local theaters, it is impossible to return home and get away for "Japan", without seeing no idea in national theaters. The spectacle is completely different from everything that Europeans are accustomed to, however, as Japan itself from Europe itself.

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What else do you need to know?

Very steadily conviction that life in Tokyo is expensive, from where it went, it's hard to say, but not agree with it.

For example, for convenience in recalculation to rubles at the course of yen at 0, 54 rubles, as it is not surprising, the ruble is more expensive, the main prices look like this:

• One-time ticket public transport (including) - 108.
• Monthly travel - 5408.
• Gasoline liter - 72.
• Bottle of water in 0.33 l - 60.
• The pack of the cheapest cigarettes, in Tokyo is "Camel" and "Malboro" - 248.
• A bottle (0.33 liters) of local beer - from 220.
• Dinner for two with a bottle of wine and a set of salad / hot dishes - 2986.
• A simple "comprehensive" lunch is 438.
• A visit to the Japanese drying in the old town - from 200 rubles, depends on how much will be eaten or drunk.
• Coffee in the machine - 200, coffee in the institution of fast maintenance is already more expensive - 240, but coffee in local small snacks - 160 and boils it quite worn.
• The studio apartment rentals in the historic center for a month - 56,000, in the modern center the same studio - 78000.
• Rooms in hotels 3 * - from 1200 per day, season - more expensive.

To live in Tokyo is not expensive to the Japanese themselves or those who came to the capital of Japan to work. The lowest salary, let's say at a cleaner or a loader, ranges from 162,000 in recalculation to rubles. But for a tourist with an average Russian income in the area of \u200b\u200b20,000 rubles, the voyage in Tokyo and life in it, of course, the roads.

There are many cities in the world, which for a short history have experienced many devastating earthquakes, fires, war, changed their name and face, but continued to remain among the largest in the world? Perhaps, in addition to the capital of Japan, Tokyo, such and do not remember. Today in this city, antiquity is combined with modernity, oriental traditions - with European, glass skyscrapers - with ancient stone buildings, due to the sights of Tokyo, cause genuine interest among tourists from around the world. And look here there is something!

Imperial heritage

Tokyo, in comparison with many other capitals of the countries of the world, the city is quite young - it is a little more than four centuries, but interesting historical objects are also present in it.

So in the heart of the city settled. The first structures of this castle complex appeared back in the distant XVI century, and then gradually completed and expanded, turning into the largest palace complex in the world. Nowadays the area of \u200b\u200bthe lock is divided into two parts. In the West Wing, the Imperial Palace itself is located, in which there are quarters of the current Japanese Emperor Akihito, as well as his relatives and courtiers.

During the war, the palace was destroyed by American aviation, and then rebuilt. It is noteworthy that the imperial chambers are not hidden behind the seven castles, but are available to visitors and tourists two days a year - for the New Year and on the birthday of the emperor. Stone walls of the castle and its some internal buildings are the national domain of Japan and are protected by law.

And the eastern part of the castle was taken under the eastern garden, the decoration of which is the ancient door of SEMEM, who once served the entrance to the imperial castle. In the garden, surrounded by walls and wagons of the inner castle, traditional Japanese and rare plants are planted. Also on the territory of the park there is a pond, a waterfall and a tea house.

Buddhist and Shinto shrines

Listing the ancient sights of Tokyo, it is impossible not to remember two famous temples in this city - maidi Temple and Asakus Temple. Emperor Maji in the fate of Japan played exactly the same role as for Russia King Peter I. On the fracture of the XIX-XX centuries, he brought his country from the most dormantly medieval to the leaders of the world powers. The heirs appreciated the merits of the emperor and after his death, the Temple of Maidi was erected - one of the most perfect in the plan of Shinto samples of architecture an object, where many decades have been revered by the spirit of the departed emperor and his spouse. This temple is located among the living forest, as if an oasis spread in the heart of the city. A beautiful iris garden is broken near the temple, which is especially beautiful in June, when the irises flourish. On weekends in the temple and near it, you can meet lush wedding processions.

And the temple of Asakus is one of the oldest and chief buddhist temple of Tokyo. True, today there is only a concrete copy today in the VI century, but this does not in any way detract from the shrines. To the temple leads a festively decorated at any time of the year, the street of Nakakse, in which a lot of boggling trade is going. And if it once sold exclusively to cult items, amulets and souvenirs, now "Divine" goods gave way to clothing, shoes, bags and other ladies accessories. Shop owners are counting on the fact that the tourist who visited the temple of Asakus and the tourist is obligatory to buy something.

In addition to these two temples, you can meet many others in the Japanese capital. The syntoists (pagans) and Buddhists and Buddhists are peacefully barred to Tokyo. Among such temples, a seinto temple of the world in the country, located near the Imperial Palace, occupies a separate place. After the end of the Second World War, this temple devoted to all compatriots who fell on the battlefields. And the museum open at the temple tells in detail those distant events.

Amazing objects of our time

The main attractions of Tokyo, created after the end of World War II, belongs. The Japanese are proud of it with the same pita as the French of their Eiffel Tower. In the middle of the last century, this tower was the highest in the world (its height of more than 330 meters), but later gave way to the palm of the championship, although it is still included in the list of the 29th high-rise buildings of the world. Painted tower in traditional Japanese colors - white and red. At its top there are two viewing platforms (at an altitude of 150 and 250 meters), of which the picturesque and amazing views of the Tokyo bay and the city itself are open. At the foot of the tower there are small shops, restaurants and museums (Museum of wax figures and the Tokyo Museum of the Guinness Book of Records).

True, since the beginning of the new century, the Tokyo Tower competition successfully makes the observation deck, located on the 52th floor of the Roppongi Hills Buildings. Here, from a bird's-eye view, you can also familiarize yourself with the architectural development of the Japanese capital.

Another observation deck is located on the 45th floor in a new building of the Japanese Meriya, which is built in the Sinzyuk district - one of the main administrative, financial and commercial centers of Tokyo.

In the winter months, you can see even the national symbol of Japan - Fuji's volcano.

Also in the Sinzyuk district there are Tokyo Opera City (in this complex there is a place for the new National Theater) and "Takasi Times Square" (a huge shopping and entertainment complex).

Since the free land in the Japanese islands is not so much, the Japanese with persistent constancy try to "grab" at least crumbs of space by the sea, pouring the man-made islands. To the attractions of Tokyo applies and odaiba man-made islandlocated among the Tokyo bay on the site of the former garbage dump. The island is connected with an amazing rainbow bridge.

Today on the island, affecting its appearance of all visitors to the Japanese capital, there are office buildings, entertainment complexes, parks and attractions. The architecture of the Ooda has long become a face of modern Tokyo, and to visit this place is at least for the sake of an amazing view, which is opening during the next to the island from the electric trainee window moving along the monorail automated road.

It is here that are exhibition halls Leading Japanese companies Toyota and Panasonic. But tourists come here not only for the sake of familiarization with the latest innovations in the field of automotive and high technologies, but also to admire the chic types of night Tokyo, illuminated by electrical lights. When these lights are reflected in the waters of the bay, it seems that the Japanese capital is highlighted even below. And on the man-made island there are the National Museum of Science and Technical Innovation, the Museum of Maritime Art and one of the highest wheels in the world of ferris. Diameter ferris Wheels Giant Sky Wheel It is 115 meters, and it looks particularly impressive in the evening, when it is highlighted by a variety of multi-colored lights. The full circle of the ferris wheel commits in 16 minutes - this time is quite enough to enjoy the contemplation of the species of the Tokyo Bay, the man-made island and the most Japanese capital.

If you wish in Tokyo, you can get in touch with non-standard entertainment - to visit the Center for Security and Behavior Rules during the earthquake. In addition to lectures and demonstrations of video materials, a short course of study includes the imitation of an earthquake with a capacity of 7 points, leaving tourists unforgettable impressions.

Japanese fashion centers and restaurants

The residents of the Japanese capital and their omote Sando Streetwhich is mastering the Tokyo Elysee fields. Not so long ago, the leading high fashion companies opened their branches here, so there are often tourists from all over the world. Prices in stores on Omote Sando are significantly lower than in other world capitals. And on this street are located cozy cafes And the restaurants in which the Tokyo youth in the evening loves to gather.

But if you consider Tokyo's sights in terms of fashionable stores, then how not to mention GIZU. - Trade showcase Tokyo, where almost any walk through the streets of the Japanese capital ends. It is in the area that the best shopping shops and restaurants with real Japanese cuisine are concentrated. True, prices in local institutions are simply translated. The Kabuki Theater is also located in this area - one of the symbols of Japan and the Sony office, which has a special hall, demonstrating the latest developments of a well-known manufacturer.

And the whole flavor of Japanese shopping and culinary traditions can be traced in the Tsukidzi market - the largest vegetable and fish market in the country.

Every day at 5 o'clock in the morning, auctions for the sale of parties and individual tuna carcasses begin, which are one of Tokyo's business cards. True, only the most enduring tourists can withstand this spectacle. And at 6 o'clock in the morning, the doors of sushi bars open here, in which visitors are already waiting for dishes from the fish just purchased in the market.

Places of pleasant rest

To fully plunge into the lifestyle of Tokyo residents, it is necessary to allocate time to visit the Museum of Samurai Swords, the Tokyo Stock Exchange and at least once to visit Sumo Combat Competitions.

Tired of walking in the old city and modern quarters, you can relax in the Tokyo gardens and parks - unique objects of Japanese culture. Most of them are created manually, landscape and vegetation in all parks are carefully thought out. Modern Tokyo cannot be imagined without such parks as Shinjuku (here all plants are withstanding in Japanese, English and French park traditions); Joyoga (here for picnics and exercises in the fresh air are going to people of all ages); Ricogen (especially tourists attracts artificial reservoir with islands and houses for the tea ceremony).

In the presence of free time, tourists are required to be advised to visit japanese Baths Onsen - A peculiar analogue of public baths, where the main procedure is the immersion in the bath with heated mineral (or ordinary water). In addition to bathing procedures, many onsen offer a wide selection of spas services: sand baths, massage, peeling, cosmetic procedures and leather care with Garra Ruf fish (they are powered by omnant skin cells).