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3-Day Itinerary: City Touring for Your First Time in Tokyo

This is an example of an actual itinerary enjoyed by THE TOKYO PASS users!

Areas that are popular with tourists are also where you can find popular museums. With THE TOKYO PASS, you can visit these famous areas and enjoy the added perk of ticketless entry.

Day 1 - Roppongi & Ginza

  • Mori Art Museum
  • Suntory Museum of Art
  • ART AQUARIUM Museum GINZA

Day 2 - Marunouchi & Takebashi & Nihombashi

  • Seikado Bunko Art Museum
  • The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
  • Mitsui Memorial Museum

Day 3 - Ueno

  • Ueno Zoological Gardens
  • National Museum Of Nature And Science

* Please check about the exhibition that can be admitted with a PASS (link).
* Please check each museum's website for information on closures before visiting.


Day1

Mori Art Museum

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Located on the 53rd floor of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, this is an international contemporary art museum. It holds special exhibitions of art, architecture, and design with a unique perspective. It is open until late at night, which is a part of its appeal.

Mori Art Museum
https://www.mori.art.museum/en/index.html

 

Suntory Museum of Art

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The museum is located in Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi. It houses a collection of approximately 3,000 art works, including a national treasure and important cultural properties and holds the thematic exhibitions for Japanese arts, such as paintings, ceramics, lacquerware, and glassware.

Suntory Museum of Art
https://www.suntory.com/sma/

 

ART AQUARIUM Museum GINZA

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Located in Ginza Mitsukoshi, at the center of Ginza, Tokyo, this museum allows you to experience the culture of goldfish viewing which has continued since the Edo period, through light, music, and fragrance. The combination of incredible water tanks, spatial art, various entertainment through all senses, and distinctive goldfish creates a fantastical beauty.

ART AQUARIUM Museum GINZA
https://artaquarium.jp/

 

Day2

Seikado Bunko Art Museum

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The museum houses approximately as many as 200,000 old and respected classic books and documents as well as 6,500 antiques of Asia, including 7 national treasures such as Yohen Tenmoku Tea Bowl and 84 important cultural properties.

Seikado Bunko Art Museum
https://www.seikado.or.jp/english/

 

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

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Located near the Imperial Palace, this is the first national art museum in Japan. The museum houses one of the largest collections of Japanese art from the end of the 19th century to the present with more than 13,000 masterpieces in various genres. In spring, you can enjoy beautiful scenery of cherry blossoms in the Imperial Palace from the museum.

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
https://www.momat.go.jp/en

 

Mitsui Memorial Museum

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This museum is directly connected to the station. Its collection includes approximately 4,000 fine arts and crafts and over 130,000 postage stamps in Japan and Asia, which were collected by the Mitsui family with a history of 350 years since the Edo period.

Mitsui Memorial Museum
https://www.mitsui-museum.jp/english/english.html

 

Day3

Ueno Zoological Gardens

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Opened in 1882, this is the first zoo in Japan. While located in the center of Tokyo, this urban-type zoo has sustained the nature and its scenery. Along with popular pandas, approximately 350 different species and 3,000 animals are reared in the zoo.

Ueno Zoological Gardens
https://www.tokyo-zoo.net/english/ueno/index.html

 

National Museum Of Nature And Science

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This is the only comprehensive science museum on history for nature and science technology in Japan. Preserving more than four million of collections, the museum also exhibits many valuable documents, which are unique to Japan.

National Museum Of Nature And Science
https://www.kahaku.go.jp/english/

 

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