Top Things to do

• Yebisu Garden Place

  Tokyo Shibuya-ku Ebisu 4-20

  This is a complex in Shibuya City housing office buildings, shopping facilities, restaurants, the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Museum of Yebisu Beer, and the Westin Hotel Tokyo etc. Among the restaurants, the French restaurant “Gastronomy Joel Robuchon” is famous for being awarded three stars in the Tokyo Michelin Guide. It is about a five-minute walk on the “Ebisu Skywalk”—a moving footpath from the east exit of Ebisu Station.

• Museum of Yebisu Beer

  Tokyo Shibuya-ku Ebisu 4-20-1 In Yebisu Garden Place

  This is a facility where you can learn about the history of and how to enjoy the beer brand “Ebisu”, manufactured and sold by Sapporo Beer Co., Ltd, located in Yebisu Garden Place. The gallery exhibiting the history from the foundation to the present can be viewed free of charge. Paid tours including tasting are popular. There is also a tasting salon and museum for a fee where you can buy many kinds of Yebisu Beer. The nearest station is Ebisu Station.

• Tonki

  Tokyo Meguro-ku Shimomeguro 1-1-2

  This is a long-established tonkatsu (fried pork cutlet) shop that is famous for its nostalgic appearance reminiscent of Japan’s Showa period. It has been featured in the news and there is often a long line of customers. Using Japan-produced pork loin and high quality filet meet cooked slowly over a long time in a process unchanged since long ago, the restaurant serves up juicy and fragrant offerings that have earned many fans who come back frequently. It even offers counter or table seats as well as private dining rooms.

• Nakame Takkyu Lounge Nakameguro Honshitsu

  Tokyo Meguro-ku Kamimeguro 1-3-13 Line House Nakameguro 2F

  This lounge bar located close to Nakameguro Station is more like a hidden house that allows customers to play ping pong. The key feature is the large ping-pong table set in the middle of the room which allows for communication between couples, friends and even complete strangers through a game of ping-pong. Guests can enjoy premium tequila provided by a tequila maestro on the relaxing sofa seats or at the counter seats. The venue has a custom of hosting doubles tournaments on weekends.

• Meguro River Cherry Trees

  Tokyo Meguro-ku Meguro Kawazoe road

  This line of cherry trees that stretches along both sides of the Meguro River for about 3.8 kilometers is one of Tokyo’s best spots for hanami (cherry blossom viewing). About 800 cherry trees (mostly of the Somei-Yoshino variety) have been planted along the river from near Ikejiri-ohashi Station to the vicinity of Fudo-mae Station. In spring a cherry blossom festival is held and the areas is full of yatai food stalls. The beauty of the cherry blossom petals floating on the Meguro River is a must-see. Children and the elderly should take care during the busy seasons, however, as it can become quite crowded.

• Meguro Parasitological Museum

  Tokyo Meguro-ku Shimomeguro 4-1-1

  This museum is dedicated to the subject of parasites. It features some 300 specimens and other related exhibits including an 8.8-meter-long tapeworm specimen illuminated with LED lights. The first floor of the museum, which has a theme of ''diversity of parasites,'' presents the diverse shapes and appearances of parasites through specimen, video, and other exhibits. The second floor, which has a theme of ''human and zoonotic parasites,'' covers topics including the symptoms that parasite infections cause in humans as well as the history of parasitology in Japan. The museum's shop offers a selection of original goods including t-shirts featuring detailed illustrations of parasites.

• Hasegawa Machiko Art Museum

  Tokyo Setagaya-ku Sakurashinmachi 1-30-6

  This is a private art museum exhibiting works of art which Machiko Hasegawa, the author of the comic, “Sazae-san”, and her older sister Mariko collected during their lifetime. The museum showcases about 700 artifacts starting with paintings by Japanese and Western artists, glass and ceramics. The exhibitions are changed several times a year. There is also a corner exhibiting ceramics and watercolor works produced by Hasegawa Machiko, and original drawings such as “Sazae-san” and “Ijiwaru Baasan”. The “Sazae-san Anime Exhibition” is held every summer. Bronze statues of the characters which appear in Sazae-san are lined up on “Sazae-san-dori Street” which continues on from Sakurashinmachi Station.

• Caffè Michelangelo

  Tokyo Shibuya-ku Sarugakuchou 29-3

  It is an attractive cafe with a classical atmosphere which is located along the former Yamate-dori Avenue. It is possible to pleasantly pass the time in this open-air space while bathing in the sunlight shining through the Zelkova trees which are in excess of 300 years old. It has the appearance of being a reproduction of a good old Italian cafe, which has been finished with antique-style furniture. There are mainly Italian dishes such as paninis and pastas. There are also various kinds of desserts and alcoholic drinks available.

• Unit

  Tokyo Shibuya-ku Ebisunishi 1-34-17 The House Building

  This live event venue/club is in the basement of The House building, near Daikanyama Station. Artists rave about the select, full spectrum sound system. It has a cafe/lounge and bar as well, so guests can enjoy a relaxing meal or drink after the event.