Markets to Marunouchi: Tsukiji, Ginza, Tokyo Station
Eat the market, breathe in a garden, window-shop Ginza, end above the station.
This is the route Daniel walks on his first morning back in Tokyo, every time. Start hungry at the outer market, walk it off through an Edo-period garden where the skyline towers over the pines, drift up through Ginza as the shops open, and finish on a free rooftop looking down on Tokyo Station. It is the whole city in four kilometres.
Tap to follow the route on the interactive map- 馃崪 Food 路 Tsukiji
Tsukiji Outer Market
The inner market moved to Toyosu but the outer market stayed, and it is still the best breakfast in Tokyo. Tamagoyaki on a stick, uni bowls, knife shops. Arrive by 8am.
- 馃毝 11 min walk馃尶 Park 路 Shiodome
Hamarikyu Gardens
Ten minutes from the market chaos, a shogun-era garden with a tea house on an island in a seawater pond. Have the matcha, watch the water.
- 馃毝 14 min walk馃泹 Shopping 路 Ginza
Ginza Six
Walk up through Ginza as it wakes. The basement food hall is a museum of edible perfection, and the rooftop garden is free and nearly always empty.
- 馃毝 14 min walk馃憗 Viewpoint 路 Marunouchi
KITTE Marunouchi
The old central post office, now a calm shopping hall. Head straight for the free rooftop garden.
- 馃毝 3 min walk馃椉 Landmark 路 Marunouchi
Tokyo Station
Finish looking down at the restored 1914 red-brick station from above, then go down and walk through it. The shinkansen platforms are a spectacle in themselves.
