JAL Guide to Japan - TOKYO ( City Information )

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		Omotesando Hills

Omotesando Hills is the unique cultural / commercial complex, emerging as the new face of Omotesando. It consists of West Building, Main Building, and Dojunkan Building. In the Main Building, from B3 to 3F, you can find approximately 100 retail stores, famous Japanese and international designer shops and restaurants. A spiral staircase flanks the wall, and from the basement you can see through the ceiling of the third floor, as though it were a large atrium.

4-12-10, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Shop: 11am-9pm (Mon.-Sat.), 11am-8pm (Sun.), Restaurant: 11am-11:30pm (Mon.-Sat.), 11am-10:30pm (Sun.), Cafe: 11am-10:30pm (Mon.-Sat.), 11am-9:30pm (Sun.)

Not fixed

http://www.omotesandohills.com/

03-3497-0310

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		NHK STUDIOPARK

NHK Studio Park is a facility where you can observe the inside of studios at NHK, Japan's public broadcasting station. It also offers some interactive experiences: visitors can enjoy trying on costumes from period dramas and they can observe actual programs being shot in the studio.

2-2-1, Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

10am-6pm (Admission until 5.30pm)

The third Mon. (If the third Mon. is a holiday, Tue. will be closed.), Dec.25-31

Adults 200 yen, High school students 150 yen, Junior high school students and under: free.

http://www.nhk.or.jp/studiopark/ (Japanese version only)

03-3485-8034

03-3485-8204

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		SHIBUYA109

Shibuya 109 is a fashion building located on Dogenzaka Street. The building mainly houses shops for women who are in their teens and twenties. The media often refers to this building as a fashion Mecca.

2-29-1, Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Shop: 10am-9pm, Restaurant: 11am-10:30pm (7F), 11am-11pm (8F)

Jan.1

http://www.shibuya109.jp/ (Japanese version only)

03-3477-5111

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		YEBISU GARDEN PLACE

Yebisu Garden Place is connected to JR Ebisu Station by moving pedestrian paths. This area has department stores, shops, restaurants, offices, and condominiums. The scenery of the area is beautifully designed; at Christmastime, many people appreciate the illuminations that can be seen here.

4-20-3, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Depends on facility

http://gardenplace.jp/ (Japanese version only)

03-5423-7111

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		Laforet HARAJUKU

Laforet Harajuku is a fashion building referred to as a landmark of Harajuku. It celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2008. At the Laforet Museum, on the top floor, a variety of events are held - many artists have got their break through such events.

1-11-6, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

11am-8pm

Open 365 days a year

http://www.laforet.ne.jp/

03-3475-0411

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		Chu-ken "Hachi" ("Hachi", the Faithful Dog)

A bronze statue of an Akita dog named Hachi was erected at Shibuya Station in 1934. The dog used to walk with his master, Ueno Eizaburo, a professor at the Imperial University of Tokyo (the modern day Tokyo University), between his home and shibuya Station everyday. Even after Mr. Ueno died in May of 1925, Hachi continued walking to the station for ten years because he believed his master would one day return. In praise of Hachi's loyalty to his master the bronze statue was erected in the ninth year of the Showa period (1934).

Chu-ken "Hachi" ("Hachi", the Faithful Dog)

In front of JR Shibuya Station, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

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		Shibuya Mark City

A complex accessible directly from Shibuya Station, Shibuya Mark City has more than 130 shops, a lot of offices and a hotel as well as a good many restaurants offering various and interesting fare.

1-12-1, Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Shop; 10am-9pm, Restaurants; 11am-11pm

New Year holiday

http://www.s-markcity.co.jp/ (Japanese version only)

03-3780-6503

03-3780-6504

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		Bunkamura

Bunkamura is a cultural complex consisting of a theater (THEATRE COCCON), an art museum(THE MUSEUM), a movie theater (LE CINEMA) offering movies from around the world and also ORCHARD HALL. ORCHARD HALL is a facility well known in the capital as a place where various branches of the performing arts are represented such as concerts, operas, and ballet.

2-24-1, Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

10am-10.30pm (Depends on facility)

New Year holiday

Depends on facility

http://www.bunkamura.co.jp/english/

03-3477-9111

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		Yoyogi Koen (Yoyogi Park)

Yoyogi Park was opened in the forty second year of the Showa era (1967). It used to be the Yoyogi area military parade grounds for the Japanese Imperial Army but after World War II it became a housing area for the occupying U.S. Army called Washington Heights. During the Tokyo Olympic Games it was used as the site of the then Olympic Village and today plays host to a park, a soccer ground, a cycling course and an open-air theater.

2-1, Yoyogi-Kamizono-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

http://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/english/

03-3469-6081 (Office)

03-3469-6082

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		Meiji Jingu (Meiji Shrine)

Meiji Jingu was constructed in the ninth year of the Taisho era (1920) in order to enshrine the spirit of the Meiji Emperor who died in 1912 along with his consort, the Empress Shoken. The Dai-ni Torii is 12 meters high and 17.1 meters wide and is the highest wooden Myojin Torii in Japan at this time. The iris garden in Gyoen, the Inner Garden, was a favorite of the Imperial couple and is best visited when in full bloom around mid-June although the irises do attract a lot of visitors at this time. It will be a full one hundred years since the demise of Emperor Meiji on July 30, 2012.

1-1, Yoyogi-Kamizono-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Depends on season

Open 365 days a year

http://www.meijijingu.or.jp/english/

03-3379-5511

03-3379-5519

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		Kokuritsu Nohgakudo (National Noh Theatre)

Typical Japanese traditional performing arts, Noh and Kyogen, are presented in the Kokuritsu Nohgakudo. The building also houses a free exhibition area and library for visitors. Check the performance schedule before your visit and perhaps catch a show.

Kokuritsu Nohgakudo (National Noh Theater)

4-18-1, Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

http://www.ntj.jac.go.jp/

03-3423-1331 (National Noh Theatre)
0570-07-9900 (Ticket Centre)

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		Tokyo-to Shashin Bijutsukan (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography)

This museum encourages fuller development of the art and culture of photography and imagery in Japan. Exhibitions on photography, images & technology, and film are held regularly and workshop programs for those interested in either photography or imagery are held annually.

Tokyo-to Shashin Bijutsukan (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography)

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

10am-6pm (Thu. & Fri. 10am-8pm) (Admission until 30min prior to closing time)

Mon. (If Mon. is a holiday,Tue will be closed.), Year-end and New Year holidays

Depends on exhibitions

http://www.syabi.com/

03-3280-0099

03-3280-0033

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