Open Shirokane in the guide, with the map, the walks and the places you can see for free.
Shirokane, Tokyo
Old-money Shirokane and Shirokanedai. Leafy, embassy-quiet streets, the sprawling Happoen garden, and discreet high-end counters in the area locals nickname 'platinum'.
How I use Shirokane
Embassy Tokyo. Platinum Street's plane trees, a garden museum in an art-deco prince's house, and quiet yakiniku counters where the tablecloths are white. Dressed-up calm.
What Shirokane is known for
Shirokane is embassy Tokyo, quiet, wealthy and green. Its 'Platinum Street' of plane trees, the art-deco former prince's residence that's now the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, and low-key high-end restaurants define a district that dresses up but keeps its voice down.
Getting to Shirokane
Shirokanedai and Shirokane-takanawa stations are served by the Tokyo Metro Namboku line and the Toei Mita line. It's a short ride from Meguro or Roppongi and sits between them geographically.
This is a stroll, not a sightseeing sprint. The Teien art museum and its garden are the anchor; the pleasure is the leafy, well-kept streets around it.
What to eat & do in Shirokane
I've vetted 2 places in Shirokane myself. 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.
Shirokane, Tokyo: frequently asked questions
Is Shirokane worth visiting?
It's a niche, upscale pick, best if you enjoy quiet, leafy neighbourhoods, good restaurants and the art-deco Teien Art Museum. Not a first-trip priority, but a lovely calm contrast if you have extra days.
How do I get to Shirokane?
Take the Tokyo Metro Namboku line or the Toei Mita line to Shirokanedai or Shirokane-takanawa Station. It's a few minutes from Meguro or Roppongi.
What is Shirokane known for?
Embassies, quiet upscale residential streets, the tree-lined 'Platinum Street', the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum in a former prince's house, and refined dining. It's one of central Tokyo's calmest, most affluent pockets.
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.