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TOKYO CITY VIEW OBSERVATION DECK, MORI TOWER
Akasaka and Roppongi
At one time, Akasaka and Roppongi were pretty much all about nightlife
- nocturnal playgrounds for bureaucrats and politicians in the former, and
younger Japanese and
gaijin
in the latter. In recent years, with the opening
of complexes such as Tokyo Midtown, the emphasis has shifted to daytime
activity. Roppongi is styling itself as Tokyo's arts hub, home to the National
Art Center, Suntory Museum of Art, and Mori Art Museum, the last of which
sits atop the area's other mega-development, Roppongi Hills. Both districts
have old-established attractions, too, such as Akasaka's premier shrine,
Hie-jinja, and Zōjō-ji, near Roppongi, once the temple of the Tokugawa clan.
There are pretty Japanese gardens at Akasaka's
New Otani Hotel
and both the
Tokyo Midtown and Roppongi Hills sites. And while Tokyo Tower is no longer
the city's most elevated viewing spot, it remains an iconic landmark.
