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Kitanomaru Park (北の丸公園, Kitanomaru Kōen) is a public park in Chiyoda, central Tokyo, Japan, just north of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. It is the location of the Nippon Budokan indoor sports and performance venue, the Science Museum, and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
Almost all major Japanese learned societies are based in Tokyo. The Japan Academy, the country's academy of sciences, was established in 1879 to bring together leading scholars in various disciplines. [208] The Japan Art Academy was established in 1919 with a similar purpose. [209] These two national academies are headquartered in Ueno Park.
Shinjuku Central Park or Shinjuku Chūō Park (新宿中央公園, Shinjuku chūō kōen) is a park in western Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.The park is bordered by Honnnan Dori and Kita Dori to the north, Junisha Dori to the west, Suido Dori or Minami Dori to the south, and Koen Dori to the east.
There are four national parks in Tokyo: Chichibu Tama Kai National Park, in Nishitama and spilling over into Yamanashi and Saitama Prefectures; Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park, around Mount Takao to the south of Hachioji. Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, which includes all of the Izu Islands. Ogasawara National Park.
Shinjuku Golden Gai (Japanese: 新宿ゴールデン街, Hepburn: Shinjuku gōruden-gai) is a district of Kabukicho within Shinjuku, a special ward of Tokyo, Japan. [1] It is composed of a network of six narrow alleys, connected by even narrower passageways which are about wide enough for a single person to pass through.
(kept at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) materials and techniques of western oil painting applied to the Japanese subject of a white-robed Kannon, holding a willow branch in one hand and a water jar in the other [5] 272.0 centimetres (107.1 in) by 181.0 centimetres (71.3 in)
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Shinjuku Toho Building (新宿東宝ビル, Shinjuku Tōhō Biru) is a building in Kabukichō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.It features Toho Cinemas Shinjuku (TOHOシネマズ新宿), a theater run by Toho's subsidiary Toho Cinemas, and the Godzilla head on the terrace of its Hotel Gracery.