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 institution of its kind. It showcases artworks, archaeological artifacts, and cultural properties from Japan and other parts of Asia. The museum is evolving as a “Gateway to Japanese Culture” or “Face of Japan,” offering accessible introductions to Japanese culture and opportunities to engage with Japanese traditions.
Notification of attractions.
Only the permanent exhibition is included in the Pass. Special exhibitions are not included, but many exhibits in 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 features a harmonious blend of European and Japanese styles. Originally 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.
Located within the Imperial Palace grounds, the Museum houses approximately 6,100 works passed down by Japan’s Imperial Family. It includes many iconic masterpieces from Japan and pieces gifted to the Imperial Family from around the world. The collection spans diverse genres, including calligraphy, painting, and decorative arts, displayed on a rotating basis through themed exhibitions.
- National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation Miraikan - This national science museum offers visitors an advanced science and technology experience. Through various exhibitions and programs, visitors can explore ongoing science and technology on different scales, from simple questions to the latest technologies, the global environment, the universe, and the mysteries of life.
Notification of attractions.
Only the permanent exhibition is included in the Pass. Special exhibitions are not included, but many exhibits in the facility can be enjoyed.
- Meiji Jingu Museum - A popular destination for 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, and displays 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 with a unique perspective. Its late-night opening hours add to its appeal.
Notification of attractions.
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.
Notification of attractions.
Only the MOMAT Collection is included in the Pass. Special exhibitions are not included, but many exhibits in 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.
Notification of attractions.
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 a collection of approximately 3,000 artworks, including national treasures and important cultural properties, and hosts thematic exhibitions of Japanese arts, such as paintings, ceramics, lacquerware, and glassware.
- The Sumida Hokusai Museum - Dedicated to Katsushika Hokusai, a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, the museum showcases Hokusai’s artistic journey, which continued into his 90s. The innovative design by Sejima Kazuyo is also a highlight.
- Hama Rikyu Gardens - A classic 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 in 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 gardens from the Edo period, 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. It hosts over 20 exhibitions annually, including solo exhibitions of prominent artists from Japan and abroad in its three galleries.
Notification of attractions.
Some exhibitions are not included in the Pass, but many exhibits in the facility can be enjoyed.
- Ueno Zoo - Established in 1882, this is Japan’s first zoo. Located in central Tokyo, this urban zoo preserves nature and its scenery. Alongside popular pandas, it houses approximately 350 different species and 3,000 animals.
- Shoto Museum of Art - A serene museum located in a residential area of Shibuya, featuring thematic exhibitions across various genres. The museum also offers activities to support art education and is known for its unique perspective and high-quality exhibitions.
- Mitsui Memorial Museum - Directly connected to the station, the museum’s collection includes approximately 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. This gallery is a symbol of Jingu Gaien and a valuable cultural asset, along with its architecture.
- 21 21 DESIGN SIGHT - A design institution founded by Issey Miyake, one of Japan’s leading designers, and directed by Taku Satoh and Naoto Fukasawa. It offers exhibitions and talks on the theme of “everyday life” from a design perspective, providing an experience filled with the fun and fresh surprises of design.
- Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum - An open-air museum that relocates 30 historical buildings of great cultural value, restoring, preserving, and exhibiting them. The museum, rich in nature, also hosts seasonal events and exhibitions utilizing the buildings.
- National Museum of Nature and Science - The only comprehensive science museum in Japan dedicated to the history of nature and science technology. With over four million collections, the museum also exhibits many valuable documents unique to Japan.
Notification of attractions.
Only the permanent exhibition is included in the Pass. Special exhibitions are not included, but many exhibits in the facility can be enjoyed.
- Yume no Shima Tropical Greenhouse Dome - This botanical garden features a collection of 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 that utilizes the Former Residence of Prince Asaka in Art Deco style. The residence is a nationally important cultural property.
- Mukojima Hyakkaen - Created by top writers and artists in the Edo period, this garden is popular and admired for its elegance throughout all four seasons.
- Jindai Botanical Park - Tokyo’s only botanical park, divided into 30 blocks based on plant types, such as Rose Garden, Azalea Garden, Plum Garden, and Bush Clover Garden. Visitors can enjoy the plants and the beauty of flowers in all seasons.
- Tokyo Sea Life Park - The aquarium features a massive 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 - Originally 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. Visitors can admire the sophisticated Japanese architecture of the time, especially in the large hall.
- Institute of Nature Study - A 20-hectare botanical garden where visitors can enjoy animals and plants unique to Japan across four seasons. The pine tree in the garden retains the atmosphere of a Daimyo Garden from the Edo era.
- Inokashira Park Zoo - Harmonizing nature and culture, the Inokashira Park Zoo is divided into the “Zoo Area (Main Park),” which includes the zoo, exhibition hall, and sculpture museums, and the “Aquatic Life Park (Lakeside Park),” which features an aquatic life house and an exhibition area for aquatic birds.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum - Until Nov. 16, not eligible for pass.
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.
Notification of attractions.
Only some exhibitions are included in the pass.
- Tama Zoological Park - This unique zoological park showcases animals without fences. Spanning over 50 hectares, it is 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 the landscaping methods of Daimyo gardens from the Edo period. About 10 cherry trees are planted, offering a peaceful place to enjoy cherry blossoms away from the city’s hustle and bustle.
- Chihiro Art Museum - Tokyo - Built on the site of Japanese picture book artist Iwasaki Chihiro’s home and studio, this museum is the world’s first dedicated to picture books. It features artworks by Iwasaki Chihiro and other picture book artists worldwide, as well as various art genres for visitors of all ages.
- Former Shiba Rikyu Gardens - One of the remaining Daimyo gardens from the Edo period in Tokyo, featuring rock formations with a variety of vintage stones worth viewing.
- Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo - A modern art-themed museum that has collected works since the post-war period, especially by young artists, and currently holds approximately 5,500 artworks. The museum’s collection focuses on innovative trends that have paved the way for a new era.
Notification of attractions.
Only the MOT Collection is included in the Pass. Concurrent exhibitions are not included.
- Kyu-Furukawa Gardens - Featuring a Western-style house on a hill, a western garden on a slope, and a Japanese-style garden on lowland, this garden is a valuable example of the early Taisho period, where traditional methods and modern technology harmoniously blend Japanese and Western styles.
- Tonogayato Garden - Created by utilizing the natural landscape, the garden’s landscaping technology changes the atmosphere with trees, such as the open lawn field on the cliff and the spring-fed pond below, making it a highlight.
- 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, such as the athlete locker room and athletics track, preserving the memories of the Olympics and Paralympics.
Notification of attractions.
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 gardens from the Edo period. 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 exhibited Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. It hosts special exhibitions approximately five times a year, featuring artists from Japan and abroad. Located within a 5-minute walk from Shinjuku Station, it is in a prime location.
Notification of attractions.
Available exhibits change periodically. For details, please visit THE TOKYO PASS website.
- Sen-oku Hakukokan Tokyo - Situated at the former-Sumitomo family’s second residence, this museum serves as an annex to the Sen-oku Hakukokan Museum in Kyoto. Between the Kyoto and Tokyo venues, the museum holds a diverse collection, including Japanese and Chinese calligraphic works, paintings, modern paintings from Japan and the West, tea ceremony items, Noh masks and costumes, and renowned ancient Chinese bronze ware and mirrors, showcased in their exhibitions.
- 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 that simulate 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 such as “Art Related to Rouault,” “Architecture and Living Spaces,” and “Design and Applied Arts.”
- Seikado Bunko Art Museum - The museum houses approximately 200,000 classic books and documents, as well as 6,500 Asian antiques, including 7 national treasures like the Yohen Tenmoku Tea Bowl and 84 important cultural properties.
- Toyo Bunko Museum - Located within Toyo Bunko, Japan’s oldest and largest research library for Asian studies, the museum features a valuable collection of about one million books, including national treasures and important cultural properties, and high-quality ukiyo-e. The interior decoration, including the Morrison Library, is also noteworthy, considered Japan’s most beautiful book room.
- The Gotoh Museum - This museum holds a collection of 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 building, which incorporates architecture from about 1,200 years ago, and a Japanese garden with a tearoom and stone Buddha statues amidst seasonal flowers.
- Toguri Museum of Art - A rare museum in Japan specializing in ceramics, 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 historical oriental artifacts such as Japanese calligraphy and painting, and Japanese and Chinese ceramics. The collection features approximately 10,000 items, including two national treasures. It also includes 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 used by common people, this museum has a collection of approximately 17,000 old and new items, including ceramics, woven and dyed textiles, woodwork and 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, this museum hosts special exhibitions that explore modern and contemporary art from various perspectives, collection exhibitions, and shows introducing young artists.
- 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.