Planning to walk the entire Yamanote Line - any recommendations for places to visit nearby stations?

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Hi, I am in Japan for the second time until March. Before I lived in Tokyo but only ever visited the same, popular places over and over again. This time, I don't want to take living here for granted and want to see as much as I can.

I am planning on walking the entire Yamanote Line (my Japanese train-loving uni professor always went on about when he did it and it seemed like a cool idea).

I want to stop at every station and get a stamp to remember the trip by. While at every station, I want to visit or see something interesting before moving on to the next place on the list.

Where are your favourite places nearby any of the stations and why? :) Lesser and more well-known stations are welcome!

Thank you!

anja · Answer

Walking the full loop is a solid plan, and the stamps make it feel like a real mission. At Tamachi, skip the station itself and head to the tiny Shiba Toshogu shrine just north of the tracks. It's a quiet, old-school spot with carvings that survived the war, and you'll have it almost to yourself. A bit further on, if you get off at Meguro and walk along the canal towards the river, there's a stretch of cherry trees that are stunning even without the blossoms. On the west side, Nakano's Broadway is the obvious draw but the shotengai right outside the station's north exit has a fantastic standing soba place called Kanda Matsuya that does a solid kake soba for under 300 yen.

esther · Answer

good call on the stamps, the station staff are usually happy to help if you ask at the ticket window. for a less obvious stop, get off at tabata and walk south toward the yanaka cemetery, it's massive and peaceful with a great view of the city from the hill near the back. the area around komagome has the rikugien garden which is beautiful but also the tiny kyufukai teahouse just outside the station for a cheap matcha set that tourists miss. if you're hungry near uguisudani, there's a standing sushi place called sushi yoshikawa right by the north exit that does a solid morning set for like 700 yen, no frills but really fresh.

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