10 Recommended Sightseeing Spots Around Shiodome

The Shiodome is known as a business district, with many high-rise buildings including high-rise offices. As an area with a unique way of enjoying high-rise buildings, urban development was also promoted, and it was reborn as a popular tourist attraction regardless of age. Whether you enjoy nature, scenery, or a free museum, there is no doubt that both adults and children will be satisfied.
We introduce popular tourist spots in such Shiodome area this time.

Shiodome’s main tourist areas and their features

As spots to visit if you come to Shiodome, there is “Caletta Shiodome” near Shiodome Station to Hamarikyu Garden which is famous for the Edo period Daimyo Garden and famous spot of cherry blossoms, Nippon Television near Shimbashi Station where you may occasionally encounter entertainers In addition, facilities that people of railway enthusiasts can enjoy for free if not so too, “Old Shimbashi stop railway history exhibition room” are sightseeing areas that you want to visit by all means if you go to Shiodome.

Shiodome’s history and culture

Speaking of historical spots in Shiodome, the first place to appear is the Hamarikyu Garden. Enjoy double cherry blossoms from Somei Yoshino from the middle of March You can enjoy cherry blossoms for a long time until late April, there are two ponds with ponds and a play area, and the garden is a prominent garden in the Edo period. In addition, the Hibiya Shrine of Shimbashi, Higashi-Shinbashi and Shiodome’s guardian is currently located in the middle of the city where high-rise buildings and Shinkansen passes.

Introduce the recommended tourist spots of Shiodome

Hamarikyu Garden

The tourist attractions around Shiodome, which will be introduced at the beginning, are the “Hamarikyu Enshi Garden”. A garden located about a 10-minute walk from Shimbashi Station and Hamamatsucho Station. It is designated as a national special scenic spot special historical site, and is divided into a south garden and a north garden.

The south garden, which was used as a separate residence of the Tokugawa shogun family, is a representative daimyo garden of the Edo period and has a pond with tides and two fields. Besides, there is Nakajima’s teahouse on Nakajima in the pond and you can enjoy matcha tea. In spring, various cherry blossoms will be at their best.

Caretta Shiodome

The tourist spot around Shiodome to be introduced next is “Caretta Shiodome”. A unique shop and restaurant located a 6-minute walk from Shimbashi Station. The concept of the adult city is 200 meters above the ground, and you can enjoy the beauty of Tokyo Tower with a superb view.

Besides, you can dine in the bright sun on the canyon terrace, which is an image of a valley. There are other unique zones, so you can enjoy a selection tailored to your own taste.

Nippon Television Tower (Nippon Tele Plaza)

The third recommended tourist spot around Shiodome is “Nippon TV Tower (Nippon Tele Plaza)”. The building of NTV is located about 3 minutes on foot from Shimbashi Station. You can take a walk around Nippon TV, and a variety of shops gather at “Nittele PLAZA” located on the 2nd basement floor to the 2nd floor. Among them, you can get the goods of popular programs at “Nippon Tele-ya”.

Panasonic Shiodome Museum

The 4th tourist attraction around Shiodome is the Panasonic Shiodome Museum. A museum located 8 minutes’ walk from Shimbashi Station. Located on the 4th floor of the Panasonic Tokyo Shiodome Building, it is a fully glass-opened art museum, and works of French painter “Georges Rouault” (1871-1958) collected and held as a part of social contribution from the late 1990s. It is on display. Other various exhibitions are also held.

Old Shinbashi Station Railway History Exhibition Room

The tourist spots around Shiodome to be introduced next are the “Old Shimbashi Stop Railway History Exhibition Room”. A free exhibition room located a 5-minute walk from Shimbashi Station. This site, which is a reproduction of the former Shinbashi Station station building, introduces the history of Shiodome, the birthplace of Japan’s railways, and allows you to learn about the development and influence of railways through panels and videos. In addition, planning exhibitions with the theme of local history etc. are also held, and it is a required place for railway fans.

Shiodome Siosite

The tourist attraction around Shiodome, which is the 6th recommended, is Shiodome Siosite. Redevelopment city area located near Shimbashi Station. It is considered to be the largest in Tokyo where the old JNR Shiodome Freight Station site was reused, and in addition to building buildings such as Nippon Television Headquarters Building, various shops, hotels, restaurants etc. The area is convenient and familiar with various customer groups.

AD Museum Tokyo

The seventh most recommended tourist spot around Shiodome is Ad Museum Tokyo. An advertising-themed museum located in Caretta Shiodome. This facility was opened to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Dentsu’s fourth-generation president “Hideo Yoshida”, and searches and browses over 200,000 advertising materials from the Edo period to the present in the advertisement library, exhibition hall, and AV hall.

In addition to being able to do, it expresses various data related to advertising in an easy-to-understand manner.

Otsutai-Bashi (A passing bridge)

The tourist attraction around Shiodome, which is the 8th recommended, is “Otsutai Bridge”. A bridge that connects Nakajima with the sea shore of Hamarikyu Garden. The view of the teahouse and the bridge on the surface of the water is full of emotions. As Nakajima’s “Nakajima Ocha-ya” is located, it is a place where you can spend such luxury time getting beautiful scenery and delicious green tea across this bridge.

Panasonic Living Showroom Tokyo

Next, the recommended sightseeing spot around Shiodome is “Panasonic Living Showroom Tokyo”. A Panasonic showroom located 5 minutes’ walk from Shimbashi Station. In addition to freely viewing “scene exhibitions” with various lifestyle styles, you can directly experience the functions of Panasonic products.

It is also possible to simulate on the spot using a tablet. Since various estimates are also possible, you can feel free to visit.

Hibiya Shrine

The sightseeing spot around Shiodome to be recommended last is “Hibiya Shrine”. A shrine located 5 minutes’ walk from Shimbashi Station. The main god of the five grains, the agricultural god “Toho-no-Okami”, and the god that scolds sins and forts, “Shindo four pillars Okami” is the god of worship.

It has been called “Sabi (Saba) Inari” from that time because it released the office for suffering travelers all over the country and received a prayer for no illness, and now it has become a fish after moving to Shinbashi. From the legend that it turns into salmon, it is also popular in the affinity of “mochi inari.”