Open Roppongi & Toranomon in the guide, with the map, the walks and the places you can see for free.
Roppongi & Toranomon, Tokyo
Where Tokyo's new towers, Azabudai Hills and Toranomon Hills, meet old embassy-row leafiness. International dining, top-floor views, the city's best art museums, and Atago Shrine's 86 stone steps tucked between office towers.
How I use Roppongi & Toranomon
The new vertical Tokyo: Azabudai Hills, Toranomon Hills, teamLab's borderless galleries, sky lobbies with Fuji views on clear mornings. I work in this neighborhood's hotels, and the trick is knowing which tower basements hide the counters the concierges actually use.
What Roppongi & Toranomon is known for
This is Tokyo's new vertical district: the Roppongi Hills and Tokyo Midtown complexes, the Mori Art Museum and the National Art Center, and the fresh crop of skyscraper towns at Azabudai Hills and Toranomon Hills, with sky lobbies that catch Mount Fuji on clear mornings. Roppongi is also long known for its international nightlife, and teamLab's digital-art museums draw crowds nearby.
Getting to Roppongi & Toranomon
Roppongi Station is on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya line and the Toei Oedo line; Toranomon and Toranomon Hills sit on the Ginza and Hibiya lines a little north. From Tokyo Station take the Marunouchi line to Kasumigaseki and change, or the Hibiya line direct in about 10 to 15 minutes.
Do the art and the views by day, one museum plus a sky deck, and let the neighbourhood's towers do the rest. The good counters here hide in the tower basements the hotel concierges actually use.
What to eat & do in Roppongi & Toranomon
I've vetted 137 places in Roppongi & Toranomon myself, including 7 for ramen, 15 for sushi, 4 for coffee, 19 for bars & izakaya, 11 for vegan & vegetarian, 16 for gluten-free and 14 for matcha & tea. Each one in the guide carries the nearest station and exit, what to order and the reservation reality.
The full names and the exact directions open in the full guide, that specificity is the whole product.
Is it worth it? Honest takes in Roppongi & Toranomon
Roppongi & Toranomon, Tokyo: frequently asked questions
Is Roppongi worth visiting?
Yes for art, views and modern architecture: the Mori Art Museum and its city-view deck, the National Art Center, Tokyo Midtown, and the new Azabudai and Toranomon Hills towers. Its nightlife reputation is real but easy to skip if it's not your thing, the daytime culture side is excellent.
How do I get to Roppongi?
Take the Tokyo Metro Hibiya line or the Toei Oedo line to Roppongi Station. From Tokyo Station it's about 10 to 15 minutes with one change. Toranomon and Azabudai Hills are a short walk or one stop away.
What is Roppongi known for?
Museums and art (Mori Art Museum, National Art Center, Suntory Museum), the Roppongi Hills and Tokyo Midtown complexes, skyscraper observation decks, international nightlife, and nearby teamLab digital-art attractions.
Is teamLab in Roppongi?
teamLab has moved and expanded over the years; its Tokyo digital-art museums are in the wider Roppongi/central bay area. Because locations and tickets change, book online in advance and check the current venue before you go, it's timed-entry and sells out.
See Roppongi & Toranomon before you go
I've filmed 15 walks through Roppongi & Toranomon, on foot, no cuts and no commentary. Watch the light, the crowd and the pace before you decide how to spend an evening here.
Explore nearby
- Shibuya, Energy capital.
- Shinjuku, The city in miniature: skyscrapers west, Golden Gai's tin-roof bars and Omoide Yokocho's yakitori smoke east, Shinjuku Gyoen's gardens an unexpected hush in the middle.
- Asakusa, Old-Tokyo temple district.
- Ginza, Old-money Tokyo.
- Harajuku & Omotesando, Takeshita Street's teenage chaos one block from Omotesando's quiet luxury, the most architecturally beautiful shopping street in Tokyo.
- Ueno & Yanaka, Museum row meets a low-key neighborhood untouched by the bubble years.