Where to stay in Tokyo

Main station: Tokyo Station. You can pick Tokyo as the city you stay in on this site.

Areas to stay

• Shinjuku
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• Shibuya
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• Tokyo Station / Ginza
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• Ueno / Asakusa
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Day trips from Tokyo

• Sensoji TempleTokyo · within 20 kmTokyo's oldest temple, entered through a giant red lantern and a long shopping street.
• Shibuya Scramble CrossingTokyo · within 20 kmTokyo's famous intersection in front of Shibuya Station, where over a thousand people can cross at once from every direction.
• Meiji Jingu ShrineTokyo · within 20 kmA quiet shrine in a deep forest, right next to busy Harajuku.
• Tokyo SkytreeTokyo · within 20 kmA 634 m tower with views over all of Tokyo — and Mt. Fuji on clear days.
• Great Buddha of KamakuraKanagawa · 20–60 kmA bronze Buddha over 11 m tall that has sat in the open air since storms and a tsunami destroyed its hall centuries ago.
• Tokyo TowerTokyo · within 20 kmThe 333 m red-and-white tower in Shiba. Its Main Deck at 150 m and Top Deck at 250 m look out over central Tokyo.
• Tsukiji Outer MarketTokyo · within 20 kmA market district of food shops and small eateries next to the old Tsukiji fish market site, good for seafood and snacks.
• Ueno ParkTokyo · within 20 kmA large park known for cherry blossoms and Shinobazu Pond, with major museums and Ueno Zoo inside.

Distance is a straight line from the station, not travel time.

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Onsen towns nearby

• Hakone-Yumoto Onsen Kanagawa
  The oldest and biggest of Hakone's hot springs, a river town at the station gateway with many inns, shops and day-trip baths.

All onsen towns by month →

From the airport

• Haneda Airport (HND): Keikyu Line or Tokyo Monorail, then JR, about 30 min to Tokyo Station.
• Narita Airport (NRT): Narita Express, about 55 min to Tokyo Station.

Getting around

• Shizuoka 55 min · Tokaido Shinkansen (Hikari)
• Nagano 1 h 15 min · Hokuriku Shinkansen (Kagayaki)
• Fukushima 1 h 20 min · Tohoku Shinkansen (Yamabiko/Tsubasa)
• Niigata 1 h 30 min · Joetsu Shinkansen (Toki)
• Sendai 1 h 30 min · Tohoku Shinkansen (Hayabusa)
• Nagoya 1 h 35 min · Tokaido Shinkansen (Nozomi)
• Akita 1 h 10 min · flight HND → AXT
• Kanazawa 1 h 10 min · flight HND → KMQ
• Aomori 1 h 20 min · flight HND → AOJ
• Takamatsu 1 h 20 min · flight HND → TAK
• Hakodate 1 h 25 min · flight HND → HKD
• Hiroshima 1 h 25 min · flight HND → HIJ
• Matsuyama 1 h 30 min · flight HND → MYJ
• Oita 1 h 35 min · flight HND → OIT
• Sapporo 1 h 40 min · flight HND → CTS
• Kumamoto 1 h 45 min · flight HND → KMJ
• Miyazaki 1 h 45 min · flight HND → KMI
• Fukuoka 1 h 50 min · flight HND → FUK
• Kagoshima 1 h 50 min · flight HND → KOJ
• Naha 2 h 35 min · flight HND → OKA

Fastest regular service on the official timetable. A flight time is the scheduled time between the airports; add the trip to the airport.

Next city

• Tokyo → Nagoya (1 h 35 min) → Kyoto (35 min) → Osaka (15 min)
• Tokyo → Nagano (1 h 15 min) → Kanazawa (1 h 5 min) → Kyoto (1 h 45 min)

Example routes along these connections; the time of each leg is in brackets.

Use Tokyo as your base →