Allow Secret Tokyo guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Tokyo travel guide and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing borough. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track. Now in its 2nd edition, Secret Tokyo features 20+ new secret and unusual locations. Inside Secret Tokyo: A building that acts as a giant firewall, a secret city centre canyon, a statue that cures warts, ultra-modern designer toilets, an extraordinary tree that helps you quit smoking, an electronic sunflower, a spectacular modern temple hidden in the heart of Shinjuku, a street that gives Tokyo taxi drivers nightmares, a massive building that looks like a warship, forgotten rivers ... Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Tokyo swings between modernity and tradition, preservation of its heritage, sophisticated aestheticism and eccentricity, offering countless off-beat experiences. The Japanese capital is home to any number of well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to residents and travellers who find their way off the beaten track. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Tokyo well or would like to discover the other face of the city. Don't miss - Each chapter of this Secret Tokyo travel guide book corresponds to a different part of the city so that one can always find a hidden or secret place to discover. Perfectly planned walks - Make sure that you do not miss any Secret location, by discovering each one featured in this guide by planning a walking tour of each part of the city.
Pierre Mustiere was born in France in 1976, but has lived in Tokyo since 1998. He has a keen interest in the city's history and is always curious to learn more about it. At weekends he often wanders around little-known corners of the Japanese capital in search of a forgotten bridge, an obscure alley, or a hidden shrine or garden, to discover (or rediscover) parts of this metropolis that he thought he knew. Although working in a completely different field in his day job, for his own pleasure he has qualified as a National Guide-Interpreter ( ) and is also licensed as a Tokyo City Guide ( ). Yoko Kera ( ) comes from the island of Sado in the Sea of Japan. She moved to the capital to study at the prestigious University of Tokyo (Todai), and is more interested in the city's hipper sites and the latest international influences than in its past. Pierre and Yoko are married and have one daughter.
Minato / Chiyoda / Chuo CRIMINOLOGY SECTION OF MEIJI UNIVERSITY MUSEUM 16 PILLARS INDICATING THE SAKUMA BRIDGE SITE 17 TRAIN OBSERVATION PLATFORM 18 STATUETTE OF DAIKOKUTEN AT MINOBU-BETSUIN 20 KOKUCHO BELL 21 PASONA GROUP URBAN FARM 22 COMMEMORATIVE STONE AT W. ADAMS' RESIDENCE 24 NIHONBASHI UOGASHI MEMORIAL 25 MEMORIAL TO THE HEAD OF TAIRA NO MASAKADO 26 CHINREISHA 28 PILLARS OF YASUKUNI MAIN GATE 29 STATUES OF ANIMALS KILLED IN WARTIME 29 TAKARAKUJI DREAMKAN 30 TOKYO METROPOLITAN POLICE MUSEUM 31 OKUNO BUILDING AT GINZA 32 MEMORIAL TO OLD GINZA 33 TSUKUDA PARK'S LIGHTHOUSE TOILETS 34 NISHI-NAKA-DORI NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH POST 35 KACHIDOKI BRIDGE PYLON 36 PASSAGE OF NISHI-GINZA JR CENTER 38 FRENCH DOOR OF TAIMEI MUNICIPAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 39 YURAKUCHO'S GODZILLA STATUE 40 RUNIC STONE IN HIBIYA PARK 41 FOX STATUES OF TOYOKAWA-INARI TEMPLE 42 MOUNT ATAGO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN 44 NHK MUSEUM OF BROADCASTING 45 FORMER OMOTESANDO PLATFORMS ON THE GINZA LINE 46 TOUCHABLE EXHIBITION ROOM, MINATO CITY LOCAL HISTORY MUSEUM 47 TAKANAWA CENTRAL PASSAGE 48 ARIMASUTONBIRU HOUSE 49 SEISHIN JOSHI GAKUIN SCHOOL GATEWAY 50 REMAINS OF ODAIBA CANNON BATTERIES 52 Ota / Shinagawa / Meguro MEGURO SKY GARDEN 56 WHITE-BRICK MEMORIAL OF TOGOSHI-GINZA 57 PALM 57 STATUES OF GOHYAKU RAKAN-JI 58 WHALE BURIED AT KAGATA SHRINE 60 SHINAGAWA-SHUKU 61 TORII OF THE TOYOKAWA-INARI AT JIYUGAOKA 62 NAVAL VILLAGE 63 A VENETIAN CANAL IN TOKYO 63 SENZOKU-IKE PASSAGE 64 TOKODAI BLOSSOM 65 REMAINS OF SUZUGAMORI EXECUTION SITE 66 WILD BIRD PARK AT TOKYO PORT 68 FLOWER HALL AT OTA MARKET 70 OMORI NORI MUSEUM 72 HANEDA MOVABLE BRIDGE 74 JIZO AT HOJOIN TEMPLE 75 PIO 76 Setagaya / Suginami / Nakano BRONZE MONUMENT TO GUNDAM 80 PHILOSOPHICAL BUILDINGS OF TETSUGAKUDO PARK 82 ENTRANCE TO NAKANO PRISON 84 NAKANO BROADWAY RESIDENCE 85 PEARL CENTER STATUETTES 86 ASAGAYA ANIME STREET 87 IRORI AT SUGINAMI HISTORICAL MUSEUM 88 SACRED HALLS OF RISSHO KOSEI-KAI 90 LA PORTA IZUMI NO MON AND MIND WAA RESIDENCES 92 FORMER RESIDENCE OF TOKUTOMI ROKA 96 SOSHIGAYA PARK'S TWO NOTORIOUS HOUSES 98 MANEKI-NEKO AT GOTOKU-JI 99 ULTRAMAN DI SOSHIGAYA-OKURA 100 OTHER TRACES OF ULTRAMAN 101 ROTATING BUDDHA OF OKURA 102 GODZILLA STATUE AT THE ENTRANCE TO TOHO STUDIOS 103 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE MUSEUM 104 BIORIUM 105 WAYMARKER AT OYAMA-DORI 106 SETAGAYA MUSEUM OF HISTORY 107 TOWERS OF KOMAZAWA WATER SUPPLY STATION 108 STATUES OF SAZAE AND HER FAMILY AT SAKURASHINMACHI 110 HASEGAWA MACHIKO ART MUSEUM 111 THE SANDO AT HISATOMI-INARI SHRINE 112 GALLERY OF THE MEMORIAL AT KOMAZAWA OLYMPIC PARK 114 EDAN MALL FUKASAWA 115 KUHONBUTSU STATION 116 TODOROKI GORGE 117 TUMULI ON MUSASHINO'S HILLSIDES 118 KIMURA BUDOEN AND CHICKEN RUN 119 UNDERNEATH TAMAGAWA-DAISHI TEMPLE 120 Nerima / Itabashi / Kita TAKASHIMADAIRA ANTI-SUICIDE BARRIER 124 YAKUSHI NO IZUMI GARDEN 125 GREAT BUDDHA OF TOKYO 126 COMMEMORATING AKATSUKA CASTLE 127 HIKARIGAOKA DANCHI 128 KOIZUMI CATTLE 130 SOBA-KUI JIZO OF KUHON'IN 132 SHINGYOJI 133 OBSERVATORY AT NERIMA TOWN HALL 134 TOSHIMA-BENZAITEN 135 EKODA'S FUJIZUKA 136 TOKIWADAI AND ITS CULS-DE-SAC 138 DAGASHI-YA GAME MUSEUM 139 FOOTPATH OF KIRIGAOKA DANCHI 140 KOYAMA-SHUZO BREWERY 141 AKABANE HACHIMAN 142 ARAKAWA MUSEUM OF AQUA 144 IWABUCHI LOCKS 146 NAKANOSHIMA 147 KYU-FURUKAWA TEIEN GARDENS 148 MOUNT ASUKA PLAQUE 149 REMAINS OF JUJO MUNITIONS FACTORY 150 COMMEMORATING THE SECOND ARSENAL'S POWDER CRUSHER 152 NOGUCHI INSTITUTE 153 REMAINS OF ITABASHISHUKU 154 ENKIRI ENOKI 156 Shibuya / Shinjuku WASEDA EL DORADO 160 TSUMAMI-KANZASHI MINI MUSEUM 162 HAKONE-YAMA 164 ICHIGAYA FISH CENTER 166 NAITO-SHINJUKU DIORAMA 168 TAISO-JI'S ENMA STATUE 169 GUNKAN HIGASHI-SHINJUKU 170 TOYAMA HEIGHTS, AN AGEING VILLAGE IN THE YAMANOTE HILLS 171 FOUNTAIN FOR HORSES AT THE EAST EXIT OF SHINJUKU 172 MYSTERIOUS PILLARS OF LUMINE EST 173 RURIKOIN BYAKURENGEDO 174 PONIES IN YOYOGI MUNICIPAL PARK 176 HARAJUKU IMPERIAL DOCKS 177 SENDAGAYA TUNNEL 177 UPSTREAM ON THE SHIBUYA RIVER 178 KOKUGAKUIN MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY 180 BUILDING NO. 1, AOYAMA TECHNICAL COLLEGE 182 TOKYO BRANCH OF MIKI CORPORATION 183 DAIKANYAMA E-SUNFLOWER 184 TOKYO MOSQUE 186 Edogawa / Katsushika / Adachi TONERI IKIIKI PARK 190 HIGH-FREQUENCY TRANSMITTER IN KITASHIKAHAMA PARK 191 IKO ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK 192 IKO TEMPLE VILLAGE 193 JIZOS OF NISHIARAI-DAISHI 194 TOBU-DAISHI LINE 195 REMAINS OF SENJU SHUKUBA 196 BRONZE STATUES OF KOCHIKAME CHARACTERS 198 JIZO STATUE ALL TRUSSED UP 200 PARK ON THE BANKS OF THE HIKIFUNEGAWA 202 KATSUSHIKA CITY MUSEUM 203 STATUES OF CAPTAIN TSUBASA 204 STATUE AT CHIKUSA CELLULOID FACTORY 206 SHIBUE PLAYGROUND 207 STANDING STONE OF TATEISHI 208 TATEISHI NAKAMISE 209 SHOGAN-JI PLANETARIUM 210 GIANT DAMS ON THE EDOGAWA 212 TOWER HALL FUNABORI OBSERVATORY 214 ZENSHINSHA 215 GATES OF THE OLD LOCK OF KOMATSUGAWA 216 NAKAGAWA FUNABANSHO MUSEUM 217 Bunkyo / Toshima WESTERN GRAVES AT SOMEI CEMETERY 220 SUGAMO PRISON MARKER STONE 222 LABYRINTH OF 6-OTSUKA AND 5-HIGASHI IKEBUKURO 223 LOURDES 224 CHINZANSO ESTATE 226 BASHO RESIDENCE 227 BOTANICAL GARDENS AT TOKYO UNIVERSITY'S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE 228 KOISHIKAWA ANNEX, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO MUSEUM 229 BLIND ENMA STATUE AT GENKAKU-JI 230 TOKYO WATERWORKS HISTORICAL MUSEUM 232 MON TILES OF THE AKAMON AT TODAI 234 PHANTOM STEPS AT YAYOI 235 Arakawa / Taito / Sumida TRAMCARS ON THE ARAKAWA LINE 238 ARAKAWA YUEN'S BRICK WALL 240 OKU STATION TOILETS 241 GRAVES OF DISSECTED BODIES AT YANAKA 242 BINBO GA SARU STATUE 243 ABANDONED STATION OF KEISEI HAKUBUTSUKAN-DOBUTSUEN 244 KOREAN BUSINESSES IN MIKAWASHIMA 245 KAN'EIJI-SAKA 245 FACE OF THE GREAT BUDDHA OF UENO 246 CENOTAPH FOR THE ANIMALS OF UENO ZOO 248 THE POLICE STATION AND MAILBOX AT UENO ZOO 249 MUMMIFIED KAPPA ARM AT SOGEN-JI 250 BURNED TREES AT SENSO-JI 252 YOKOAMICHO PARK 254 LAKE OF THE FORMER YASUDA GARDENS 256 SUMIDA HERITAGE MUSEUM 258 SHIRAHIGE-HIGASHI DANCHI 260 THE SEIKO MUSEUM 262 IMADO SHRINE 264 MEMORIAL TO YOSHIWARA PROSTITUTES AT JOKAN-JI 266 JOE'S STATUE AT SAN'YA 268 CONVERTED TAMANOI CAFES 269 REMAINS OF KOZUKAPPARA EXECUTION SITE 270 Koto KATORI-JINJA SHRINE AT KAMEIDO 274 MONUMENT IN THE PLUM ORCHARD 275 REMAINS OF ONAGIGAWA CARGO TERMINAL 276 CENTER OF THE TOKYO RAIDS AND WAR DAMAGE 278 HAYAGRIVA OF KOTO 279 SOCIAL HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL PREMISES ON KIYOSUMI AVENUE 280 KIYOSUMI GARDENS: FOUNDED BY MITSUBISHI 280 LAND SUBSIDENCE OBSERVATION CENTRE AT MINAMISUNAMACHIA 281 STAGING OF THE ENMA STATUE AT FUKAGAWA ENMADO 282 FUKAGAWA FUDOU-DOU FACADE 284 EITAIBASHI 285 MEIJI MARU MUSEUM SHIP 286 DAIGO FUKURYU MARU 288 NEW SPORTS PARK AT TATSUMI NO MORI 290 TATSUMI DANCHI 291 ABANDONED BRIDGE OF HARUMI 292 TOKYO CUSTOMS INFORMATION CENTRE 294 VIEW OF THE OI WATERFRONT FROM AOMI MINAMI-FUTO PARK 295 CHUO-BOHATEI LANDFILL 296 PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE GATE BRIDGE 297
