Ebisu / Daikanyama / Jiyugaoka

Top Things to do

• Yebisu Garden Place

  4.0

  479 Reviews

  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.

• Gotoku-ji Temple

  4.5

  426 Reviews

  Tokyo Setagaya-ku Goutokuji 2-24-7

  A Soto Buddhist temple located in 2 Chome Gotokuji, Setagaya City, Tokyo. The temple was built in 1480 by Kira Masatada, then lord of Setagaya Castle. According to a historical anecdote, a man named Ii Naotaka, the second lord of Hikone Domain (which also ruled Setagaya subsequently), escaped being struck by lightning after a cat beckoned him to enter the temple, and thus the temple is also said to be the origin of Japan's famed maneki-neko beckoning cat figures. Countless beckoning cat figures are arranged around the temple's grounds, and many tourists visit the temple to see this stunning sight.

• Komazawa Olympic Park

  4.0

  291 Reviews

  Tokyo Setagaya-ku Komazawakouen 1-1

  Komazawa Olympic Park is a sports park in Tokyo located partly in Setagaya City and partly in Meguro City. The Park complex includes the Komazawa Park Olympic Stadium, an additional stadium for football and other ball games, a gymnasium, a baseball ground, etc.; the Park’s full formal name is Komazawa Olympic Park General Sports Ground. The first sports facilities on the site were constructed in 1949; the Park was used for several events, including wresting and volleyball, during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Around 30% of the total area of the Park is green space, and it is famous as a good place for viewing cherry blossom in spring and autumnal foliage in fall.

• Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

  4.0

  184 Reviews

  Tokyo Meguro-ku Mita 1-13-3 In Yebisu Garden Place

  This general photography and video museum opened in 1995. In addition to photograph and video displays, they also offer classes and community outreach. The facility was renovated in 2016. Every floor offers exhibits on a different theme. Admission depends on the current exhibitions on each floor. They host the Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions every year in February, and also offer regular photography and film workshops.

• Meguro Parasitological Museum

  4.0

  198 Reviews

  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.

• Shoin-Jinja shrine

  4.0

  133 Reviews

  Tokyo Setagaya-ku Wakabayashi 4-35-1

  A Shinto shrine located in Wakabayashi, Setagaya City, Tokyo. The shrine is dedicated to Yoshida Shoin, an intellectual who organized the Shokason-juku private school and who educated many reform-oriented samurai during the closing days of the Edo period. The shrine was built by Shoin's former students in 1882. Shoin is viewed as a god of scholarly learning, and many people visit the shrine to pray for success in matters such as school entrance exams.

• Futakotamagawa Park

  4.0

  130 Reviews

  Tokyo Setagaya-ku Tamagawa 1-16-1

  A two-minute walk from the Tamagawa Koko-mae bus stop and an eight-minute walk from Kaminoge Station. This public park is situated along Tamazutsumi-dori Street and has wonderful views of the area. Some of the park's many highlights include facilities perfect for children such as the entrance square and a playground; the Setagaya Ward Tangible Cultural Property-designated Former Shimizu Family Residence Shoin; and the Kishin-en Garden, a traditional Japanese strolling garden built around a central pond. Note that the entire park is free but certain facilities close on certain days. The park also holds a variety of events for children.

• Tonki

  4.5

  451 Reviews

  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.

• Kuhonbutsu Joshinji Temple

  4.0

  105 Reviews

  Tokyo Setagaya-ku Okusawa 7-41-3

  "Located in the city center a five-minute walk from Kuhonbutsu Station and a 10-minute walk from Jiyugaoka Station, this Jodo Buddhist temple has an authentic traditional dry landscape garden like you might see in Kyoto. ""Kuhonbutsu"" refers to the nine statues of Amida Buddha enshrined at the temple, and the temple is often referred to by this name. Founded in 1678, it houses Tangible Cultural Properties such as a seated wooden Amida Nyorai sculpture, a silk-based colored picture of the master Kaseki Shonin, and an old Buddhist temple bell. The garden with its pond across from the dry landscape garden is well known for its colored leaves in autumn, when it gets busy with tourists."