Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
1
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
MUSEUM
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This is the city's top photography museum, with excellent changing exhibitions of
both international and Japanese photographers. Ticket prices are based on how
many exhibits you see (there are usually three going on at once). Take the Sky
Walk from the station to
Yebisu Garden Place
; the five-storey museum is on
the right towards the back.
(
3280-0099;
www.syabi.com
;
1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku; admission
¥500-1650;
10am-6pm Tue, Wed, Sat & Sun, to 8pm Thu & Fri;
JR Yamanote Line to Ebisu, east
exit)
Take a Break Grab a coffee at
Cafe Bis
( coffee ¥350;
11am-6pm)
, on the museum's
1st floor.
2
Beer Museum Yebisu
MUSEUM
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This is the site of the original Yebisu brewery (1889). Inside you'll find a gallery of
photographs and antique signage that documents the rise of Yebisu, and beer in
general, in Japan. Skip the tour (¥500; in Japanese only) and head for the tasting
salon where you can sample four kinds of beer.
( 5423-7255;
www.sapporoholdings.jp/
english/guide/yebisu
;
4-20-1 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku; admission free;
11am-7pm Tue-Sun;
JR Yaman-
ote Line to Ebisu, east exit)
3
Yamatane Museum of Art
MUSEUM
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This exceptional collection of
nihonga
(Japanese-style paintings) includes some
1800 works from the Meiji Restoration and onwards, of which a small selection is
displayed at any one time. Two names to look for: Hayami Gyoshū (1894-1935),
whose
Dancing Flames
is an important cultural property; and Okumura Togyū
