Quite possibly the city's tiniest art gallery, the Container is literally a shipping container located within a hair salon (Bross Tokyo). Really, it doesn't get more Tokyo than that. Installations feature contemporary artists, both Japanese and international.


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1. Meguro-gawa

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Lined with cherry trees and a walking path, the Meguro-gawa (not so much a river as a canal) is what gives the neighbourhood Naka-Meguro its unlikely…

2. Kyū Asakura House

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The Kyū Asakura House is a rare example of early-20th-century villa architecture, so hidden that many locals don't even know it exists. The home, built in…

3. Shibuya Stream

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It's hard to imagine, but Shibuya Crossing actually sits on the confluence of two rivers: the Shibuya-gawa and the Uda-gawa, which were diverted…

4. TOP Museum

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Tokyo's principal photography museum usually holds three different exhibitions at once, drawing on both its extensive collection of Japanese artists and…

5. Yebisu Garden Place

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This shopping and cultural centre was built on the site of the original Yebisu Beer Brewery (1889) that gave the neighbourhood its name. Unlike most…

6. Beer Museum Yebisu

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Photos, vintage bottles and posters document the rise of Yebisu, and beer in general, in Japan at this small museum located where the actual Yebisu…

7. Myth of Tomorrow

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Okamoto Tarō's mural, Myth of Tomorrow (1967), was commissioned by a Mexican luxury hotel but went missing two years later. It finally turned up in 2003…

8. Shibuya Sky

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From below, Shibuya Sky, the rooftop observatory atop Shibuya's newest tower, Shibuya Scramble Square, looks like one of those harrowing infinity pools –…