Best places: Things to dos in Minato, Japan

👍👍 Best experiences ever!

Popular, immersive museum known for its colorful, futuristic digital art installations & photo ops.

Japanese & East Asian art museum with pre-modern pieces in various media, plus a cafe & gift shop.

Lantern-filled temple complex with shrines & statues, including hundreds of Shinto fox deities.

Steep stairway framed by a red torii gate & stone lions that leads to a shrine with a carp pond.

This suspension bridge crossing Tokyo Bay is colorfully illuminated at night using solar power.

👍👍 Beautiful smaller version of the Statue of liberty overlooking the water and centered between eye pleasing landscape and walking paths. Not worth coming for just this but fortunately everything you look at in this area is worth taking a picture. Gorgeous area, keep walking for the giant Gandum robot...

Sculptures & painting by 20th century abstract artist Taro Okamoto in his former house & studio.

👍👍 Truly is the House of the Lord. I have felt the most peace and happiness and clarity in the Temple more than anywhere else on earth. Through the temple, we can have eternal families!!

The main temple of Jōdo-shū Buddhism, this compound includes ornate buildings dating to the 1600s.

Intimate museum featuring exhibits on the history & technological uses of the Nikon camera.

Tranquil Shinto temple precinct at a general's residence founded in 1923 & restored after WWII.

Venue for weddings & other events featuring a quaint Japanese garden with bonsai trees & koi ponds.

Spacious exhibition showroom for original robotics, 2 & 4-wheel vehicles, events, plus cafe & shop.

Panoramic city view from indoor/outdoor tower observation deck, with access to adjacent art museum.

Modern gallery showcasing contemporary Japanese design, with rotating exhibits & a museum shop.

😐 Visited for the “Sailor Moon” exhibition. The museum itself was easy to access and convenient. As per the exhibition, it is not worth the hype (for me). First, it confused me why the “costume change” video at the start of the tour is phohibited to be videographed even though it’s already seen before...

😐 Akasaka Palace is not ready for overseas tourists. The rules. So many rules. Stand here, not there. Hold your drink bottle, but don't drink it. No trash cans (TBF, that's true of most of Japan). No bathrooms. No photos. Cash only, or you have to go to a service counter. And that's just the security...

👍👍 Wow, what a wonderful cafe!! The pour over coffee is really flavorful, they have around 3 beans to choose from for ¥500. As for atmosphere, there are several English books focusing on Japan (a lot from the War). They were playing some lovely jazz as well. A great place to chill.

Large, modern venue presenting temporary exhibitions of Japanese & international art.