Unlock Tokyo’s top 50 cultural sites with The Tokyo Pass. Enjoy museums, gardens, zoos, and unlimited subway rides. Activate easily and explore effortlessly.
Unlock Tokyo’s top 50 cultural sites with The Tokyo Pass. Enjoy museums, gardens, zoos, and unlimited subway rides. Activate easily and explore effortlessly.
- Small Worlds Miniature Museum Tokyo - As the largest museum in Asia dedicated to miniature dioramas, it boasts nine distinct areas, including the Evangelion Tokyo-III, Global Village, and Kansai International Airport areas. The museum is filled with numerous photo opportunities and interactive features. Visitors can also participate in optional…
- Small Worlds Miniature Museum Tokyo - As the largest museum in Asia dedicated to miniature dioramas, it boasts nine distinct areas, including the Evangelion Tokyo-III, Global Village, and Kansai International Airport areas. The museum is filled with numerous photo opportunities and interactive features. Visitors can also participate in optional workshops and 3D figure creation activities. The intricate miniature displays offer enjoyment for both adults and children.
- Art Aquarium Museum GINZA - Situated in Ginza Mitsukoshi, at the heart of Ginza, Tokyo, this museum offers an immersive experience of goldfish viewing culture, a tradition since the Edo period, through light, music, and fragrance. The stunning water tanks, spatial art, and sensory entertainment, combined with unique goldfish, create a magical beauty.
- Tokyo National Museum - The Tokyo National Museum (TNM) is Japan’s oldest museum of its kind. TNM showcases artworks, archaeological artifacts, and cultural properties from Japan and other Asian regions. The museum is evolving as a “Gateway to Japanese Culture” or “Face of Japan,” offering accessible insights into Japanese culture and traditions.
Attraction Notification: Only the permanent exhibition is included in the Pass. Special exhibitions are not covered, but many exhibits within the facility can be enjoyed.
- Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden - This urban oasis spans 58.3 hectares and was built on the site of a Daimyo’s residence from the Edo period. The garden beautifully combines European and Japanese styles. Initially created for the Imperial Family, it later became a national garden and is widely popular today.
- Kokyo Sannomaru Shozokan - The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan, is located on the Imperial Palace grounds. It houses approximately 6,100 works passed down by Japan’s Imperial Family, including iconic masterpieces from Japan and globally gifted pieces. The collection spans various genres, such as calligraphy, painting, and decorative arts, displayed through themed exhibitions.
- National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation Miraikan - This national science museum offers an advanced science and technology experience. Through diverse exhibitions and programs, visitors can explore ongoing science and technology, from simple questions to cutting-edge technologies, the global environment, universe exploration, and life’s mysteries.
Attraction Notification: Only the permanent exhibition is included in the Pass. Special exhibitions are not covered, but many exhibits within the facility can be enjoyed.
- Meiji Jingu Museum - A favored spot among both domestic and international tourists, the museum is located about 200 meters from the Harajuku Gate of Meiji Jingu, where Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken are enshrined, showcasing items associated with them.
- Mori Art Museum - Situated on the 53rd floor of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, this international contemporary art museum hosts special exhibitions of art, architecture, and design from a unique perspective. Its late-night opening hours add to its appeal.
Attraction Notification: The Tokyo City View and Mori Arts Center Gallery, located in the same building as the Museum, are not included in the pass.
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo - Located near the Imperial Palace, this is Japan’s first national museum. It houses one of the largest collections of Japanese art from the Meiji period to the present, with over 13,000 masterpieces across various genres. In spring, visitors can enjoy the beautiful cherry blossoms in the Imperial Palace from the museum.
Attraction Notification: Only the MOMAT Collection is included in the Pass. Special exhibitions are not covered, but many exhibits within the facility can be enjoyed.
- The Japanese Sword Museum - Founded to promote Japanese sword culture, this museum’s collection includes Japanese swords, armors, and ancient records, with many national treasures and important cultural properties.
Attraction Notification: Exhibitions from January 6 (Sat.) to February 11 (Sun.), 2024 are not available.
- Suntory Museum of Art - Located in Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi, the museum houses around 3,000 artworks, including national treasures and important cultural properties, and hosts thematic exhibitions of Japanese arts like paintings, ceramics, lacquerware, and glassware.
- The Sumida Hokusai Museum - This museum features Katsushika Hokusai, a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. Visitors can explore Hokusai’s artistic history, created up to his 90s. The novel design by Sejima Kazuyo is also a highlight.
- Hama Rikyu Gardens - A typical Daimyo garden from the Edo period, featuring a pond fed by seawater and influenced by tidal changes. The striking contrast between the surrounding skyscrapers and the garden’s pond is a remarkable sight.
- Yamatane Museum of Art - Japan’s first museum specializing in Nihonga, with a collection of approximately 1,800 works, mainly Japanese-style paintings, including ancient pictures, ukiyo-e, oil paintings, and six important cultural properties. The museum hosts 5 to 6 exhibitions annually.
- Rikugien Garden - One of the two major Edo period gardens, alongside Koishikawa Korakuen. The highlight is the Shidarezakura (weeping cherry tree), which blooms with light pink flowers around late March, resembling a cascading waterfall.
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum - One of the few museums worldwide specializing in photography and moving images, hosting over 20 exhibitions annually, including solo exhibitions of prominent artists from Japan and abroad.
Attraction Notification: Some exhibitions are not included in the Pass, but many exhibits within the facility can be enjoyed.
- Ueno Zoo - Established in 1882, this is Japan’s first zoo. Located in central Tokyo, it maintains natural scenery. Alongside popular pandas, the zoo houses approximately 350 species and 3,000 animals.
- Shoto Museum of Art - A serene museum in a residential area of Shibuya, featuring thematic exhibitions across various genres and activities supporting art education. It is known for its unique perspective and high-quality exhibitions.
- Mitsui Memorial Museum - Directly connected to the station, the museum’s collection includes around 4,000 fine arts and crafts and over 130,000 postage stamps from Japan and Asia, collected by the Mitsui family over 350 years since the Edo period.
- Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery - Located in front of the Ginkgo tree-lined avenue in Meiji Jingu Gaien, the gallery exhibits 80 masterpieces depicting the Meiji Restoration, led by the Meiji emperor and his brave figures and historic scenes. It is a cultural asset along with its architecture.
- 21 21 DESIGN SIGHT - Founded by Issey Miyake, a leading Japanese designer, and directed by Taku Satoh and Naoto Fukasawa, this design institution offers exhibitions and talks on “everyday life” from a design perspective, providing a fun and surprising design experience.
- Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum - An open-air museum relocating 30 historical buildings of cultural value, restoring, preserving, and exhibiting them. The museum, rich in nature, hosts seasonal events and exhibitions utilizing the buildings.
- National Museum of Nature and Science - Japan’s only comprehensive science museum on the history of nature and science technology. With over four million collections, the museum exhibits many unique documents to Japan.
Attraction Notification: Only the permanent exhibition is included in the Pass. Special exhibitions are not covered, but many exhibits within the facility can be enjoyed.
- Yume no Shima Tropical Greenhouse Dome - This botanical garden features tropical and subtropical plants. The large greenhouse, designed to resemble a tropical rainforest, consists of three sections: Dome A with a large waterfall and water plants; Dome B with fruit trees and a tropical village; and Dome C with rare species from the Ogasawara Islands. Residual heat from the waste incineration plant is used for air conditioning in the garden.
- Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum - An art museum where visitors can enjoy exhibitions and a lush green garden utilizing the Former Residence of Prince Asaka in Art Deco style. The residence is a national important cultural property.
- Mukojima Hyakkaen - Created by top writers and artists in the Edo period, this garden is popular for its elegance and appeal throughout all four seasons.
- Jindai Botanical Park - Tokyo’s only botanical park, divided into 30 blocks by plant types, such as Rose Garden, Azalea Garden, Plum Garden, and Bush clover Garden. Visitors can enjoy the plants and flowers’ beauty in all seasons.
- Tokyo Sea Life Park - The aquarium features a large tank of bluefin tunas, showcasing the world’s first schooling of pelagic fish, penguins in one of Japan’s largest habitats, and numerous other species. The adjacent park includes a Ferris wheel, artificial beach, and Birds Sanctuary for family enjoyment.
- Kyu Iwasakitei Teien - Built as the main residence of the Iwasaki family, founders of Mitsubishi, in 1896, the garden features both Western and Japanese style houses. The Western house was designed by British architect Josiah Conder. The Japanese house showcases sophisticated architecture of the time, especially its large hall.
- Institute of Nature Study - A 20-hectare botanical garden where visitors can enjoy unique Japanese animals and plants across four seasons. The pine tree retains the atmosphere of a Daimyo Garden from the Edo era.
- Inokashira Park Zoo - Harmonizing nature and culture, the zoo is divided into the “Zoo Area (Main Park),” featuring the zoo, exhibition hall, and sculpture museums, and the “Aquatic Life Park (Lakeside Park),” with an aquatic life house and aquatic bird exhibition area.
- Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum - Opened in 1926 as Japan’s first public art museum, it hosts special exhibitions featuring masterpieces from Japan and abroad, public exhibitions by art organizations, and various thematic exhibitions. Visitors can also enjoy the museum’s restaurants and shop.
Attraction Notification: Only some exhibitions are included in the pass.
- Tama Zoological Park - A unique zoological park showcasing animals without fences, spanning over 50 hectares, making it one of the world’s largest zoos. Surrounded by rich nature, it is home to a variety of rare animals.
- Kiyosumi Teien - A stroll garden with woods and a pond representing the Meiji era, modernizing Edo period Daimyo garden landscaping methods. About 10 cherry trees are planted, offering a peaceful place to enjoy cherry blossoms away from city noise.
- Chihiro Art Museum - Tokyo - Built on the site of Japanese picture book artist Iwasaki Chihiro’s home and studio, this museum, the world’s first dedicated to picture books, features works by Iwasaki Chihiro and other artists, along with various art genres for all ages.
- Former Shiba Rikyu Gardens - One of the remaining Daimyo gardens from the Edo period in Tokyo, featuring rock formations with vintage stones worth viewing.
- Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo - A modern art-themed museum focusing on post-war works, especially by young artists, with a collection of approximately 5,500 artworks. The museum’s collection highlights innovative trends leading to a new era.
Attraction Notification: Only the MOT Collection is included in the Pass. Concurrent exhibitions are not covered.
- Kyu-Furukawa Gardens - Featuring a Western-style house on a hill, a western garden on a slope, and a Japanese-style garden on low land, this garden is a valuable example of early Taisho period harmony between traditional methods and modern technology.
- Tonogayato Garden - Created using the natural landscape, the garden’s landscaping technology changes the atmosphere with trees, featuring an open lawn field on a cliff and a spring-fed pond below.
- Japan National Stadium - Used as the main stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, visitors can tour areas not usually open to the public, like the athlete locker room and athletics track, preserving Olympic and Paralympic memories.
Attraction Notification: Tour dates are irregular. Please check the website in advance.
- Koishikawa Korakuen Garden - A Japanese-style garden from the early Edo period, located next to Tokyo Dome. Along with Rikugien, it is one of the two major Edo period gardens. The autumn leaves around the large pond are breathtaking. Designated as a National Special Historic Site and Special Place of Scenic Beauty.
- Sompo Museum of Art - Opened in 1976, it is the only museum in Asia to have displayed Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. It hosts special exhibitions about five times a year, featuring artists from Japan and abroad. Located within a 5-minute walk from Shinjuku Station, it is conveniently situated.
Attraction Notification: Available exhibits change periodically. For details, please visit THE TOKYO PASS website.
- Sen-oku Hakukokan Tokyo - Opened on the site of the former-Sumitomo family’s second residence, this museum is an annex of the Sen-oku Hakukokan Museum in Kyoto. It holds a diverse collection, from Japanese and Chinese calligraphy and paintings to modern Japanese and Western paintings, tea ceremony items, Noh masks and costumes, and renowned ancient Chinese bronze ware and mirrors.
- Fukagawa Edo Museum - The museum offers a faithful reconstruction of common life in the late Edo era, allowing visitors to experience Edo life with sound and light simulating a passing day.
- Panasonic Shiodome Museum - Features a permanent exhibition of French painter Georges Rouault’s work in its Rouault Gallery, along with themed exhibitions like “Art Related to Rouault,” “Architecture and Living Spaces,” and “Design and Applied Arts.”
- Seikado Bunko Art Museum - The museum houses around 200,000 classic books and documents, along with 6,500 Asian antiques, including 7 national treasures like the Yohen Tenmoku Tea Bowl and 84 important cultural properties.
- Toyo Bunko Museum - Built within Toyo Bunko, Japan’s oldest and largest Asian studies research library, the museum showcases a valuable collection of about one million books, including national treasures and important cultural properties, and high-quality ukiyo-e. The interior, including the Morrison Library, is noteworthy as Japan’s most beautiful book room.
- The Gotoh Museum - This museum features old Japanese and Oriental artifacts, such as paintings, including national treasures like the “Illustrated Handscroll of The Tale of Genji” and “Illustrated Handscroll of the Diary of Lady Murasaki-shikibu,” tea ceremony items, and pottery. Visitors can enjoy the museum’s architecture, incorporating designs from 1,200 years ago, and a Japanese garden with a tearoom and stone Buddha statues amidst seasonal flowers.
- Toguri Museum of Art - A rare ceramics-focused museum in Japan, with a collection of around 7,000 works, mainly Imari and Nabeshima ware and other oriental ceramics from China and Korea. The museum lounge offers a peaceful view of the seasonal garden.
- Idemitsu Museum - Located on the 9th floor of the Teigeki Building, facing the Imperial Palace moat, this museum mainly exhibits oriental historical artifacts like Japanese calligraphy and painting, and Japanese and Chinese ceramics. The collection includes about 10,000 items, including two national treasures. It also features a dedicated exhibition room for Georges Rouault’s work, a Ceramic Sherd Room, and the tea ceremony room “Chōseki-an.”
- Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Mingeikan) - Founded by Soetsu Yanagi in 1936 to promote the beauty of everyday objects, this museum’s collection includes approximately 17,000 old and new items, such as ceramics, textiles, woodwork, lacquerware, painting, metal and stone craft, and braided craft work.
- Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery - Part of a large art and culture facility that includes a theater, concert hall, restaurant area, and business floors, the museum hosts special exhibitions exploring modern and contemporary art from various angles, collection exhibitions, and shows introducing young artists.
- The Okura Shukokan Museum of Fine Arts - Japan’s oldest private art museum, featuring a wide range of paintings, sculptures, calligraphy, and decorative objects from Japan and Asia. The collection includes around 2,500 items, including national treasures like Equestrian Portraits of Court Nobles (13th century), Kana Preface to the Kokin Wakashū (12th century), and Samantabhadra (12th century).
- Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum - Opened in spring 2010 in Tokyo’s Marunouchi district, a 5-minute walk from JR Tokyo Station, the museum hosts three temporary exhibitions annually, focusing on late 19th and early 20th-century modern art. The red brick building is a recreation of the Mitsubishi Ichigokan, designed by Josiah Conder and originally completed by Mitsubishi in 1894. The building also houses Cafe 1894, Store 1894, and the interactive Archive Room, where visitors can explore Marunouchi’s history.
- Admission tickets to over 50 cultural attractions in Tokyo
- Tokyo Subway Ticket as an optional add-on
- 2-day, 3-day, and 5-day pass options available
- Admission tickets to over 50 cultural attractions in Tokyo
- Tokyo Subway Ticket as an optional add-on
- 2-day, 3-day, and 5-day pass options available
- Transportation options other than Tokyo subway tickets.
- Special exhibitions at the museums.
- Communication costs for downloading the app required for admission to the attractions.
- Transportation options other than Tokyo subway tickets.
- Special exhibitions at the museums.
- Communication costs for downloading the app required for admission to the attractions.
Gain entry to over 50 renowned cultural sites, including museums, gardens, zoos, and aquariums!
THE TOKYO PASS is an innovative pass service that offers seamless, ticket-free access to a variety of attractions showcasing Japan’s rich culture. Enhance your travel experience by purchasing an unlimited subway ride ticket for a more convenient journey!
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Gain entry to over 50 renowned cultural sites, including museums, gardens, zoos, and aquariums!
THE TOKYO PASS is an innovative pass service that offers seamless, ticket-free access to a variety of attractions showcasing Japan’s rich culture. Enhance your travel experience by purchasing an unlimited subway ride ticket for a more convenient journey!
■ Sample Attractions
Explore the SMALL WORLDS Miniature Museum, Tokyo National Museum, Art Aquarium Museum GINZA, Mori Art Museum, The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan, among others.
■ Usage Instructions
(1) Activate your THE TOKYO PASS
[Step 1] Create an account and enter the Voucher No. (Activation code) found on the Viator voucher. Visit THE TOKYO PASS website to activate.
[Step 2] Download the “THE TOKYO PASS” app (iOS/Android).
[Step 3] Log in to the “THE TOKYO PASS” app.
(2) Begin using THE TOKYO PASS: Visit your first attraction!
Further details will be provided upon purchase.
*Please ensure you read the Additional Info before making your purchase.
- Accessibility varies by facility.
- THE TOKYO PASS is a service for people traveling to Japan from overseas.
- THE TOKYO PASS is only available at adult rates.
- Need to download THE TOKYO PASS app after purchase on Viator/Tripadvisor
- If you have purchased Tokyo Subway Ticket, display the QR code at a ticket vending machine in a subway station to issue a physical ticket.
- Not recommended if you are not comfortable downloading apps to your smartphone.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.