Tokyo Stroll Supplement: Minato Ku

This page indexes, contains corrections, and has additions to Minato Ku in Tokyo.
Related pages for specific neighborhoods/areas exist for Meguro Station, Odaiba / Aomi, and Omotesandō / Harajuku.

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Some entries on this page may include a note that says "Description to be added soon ." These entries are for items I felt should be listed even if the description is not ready to assist those who wish to plan a trip. When possible I included a link to an official web page, I suggest also doing web searchs for more information.

Official pages for each of the ku of Tokyo will have sections of interest to visitors. These will likely be labeled as dealing with culture, tourism, or events.
Minato-ku official site: https://www.city.minato.tokyo.jp/e/index.html

Akiba Jinja: Tokyo Stroll, Omotesandō / Harajuku Area Chapter, page 315

Aoyama Cemetery / Aoyama Reien (青山霊園)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATIONS: Aoyama-itchōme Station (Ginza Line, Hanzomon Line, Ōedo Line), Gaiemmae Station (Ginza Line)
WEB: https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/reien/aoyama/

Atago Jinja (愛宕神社)

Description to be added soon.
NEAREST TRAIN STATIONS: Toranomon Hills Station (Hibiya Line), Toranomon Station (Ginza Line), Onarimon Station (Toei Mita Line), Shimbashi Station (Yamanote Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Yokosuka Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Ginza Line, Asakusa Line, Yurikamome)
WEB: https://www.atago-jinja.com

Azabudai Hills (麻布台ヒルズ)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Akabanebashi Station (Ōedo Line), Kamiyachō Station (Hibiya Line), Roppongi-Itchōme Station (Namboku Line)
WEB: https://www.azabudai-hills.com

Coach: Tokyo Stroll, Omotesandō / Harajuku Area Chapter, page 315

Comme des Garçons: Tokyo Stroll, Omotesandō / Harajuku Area Chapter, page 309

Corner Building at 5 Chome-3-2 Minamiaoyama: Tokyo Stroll, Omotesandō / Harajuku Area Chapter, page 309

From 1st Building: Tokyo Stroll, Omotesandō / Harajuku Area Chapter, page 309

Fuji Television Network (㈱フジテレビジョン)

The headquarters for one of Japan's major TV networks, the building was designed by Tange Kenzō and completed in 1996. The open structure of the building makes it a major landmark for Odaiba. The titanium sphere has two stories; the top one is “HACHITAMA” a spherical observation room on the "25th floor" accessed until 6 pm with a ticket, the lower one is a TV studio which when not in use can be visited. There is also a fifth floor gallery for exhibits and several shops on the first and seventh floors.
ACCESS: Daiba Station (Yurikamome Line), Tokyo Teleport Station (Rinkai Line)
CLOSED: Mondays, open if Monday is a holiday and closed Tuesday.
WEB: https://www.fujitv.com/visit_fujitv/

Gonpachi Nishi-Azabu (権八 西麻布)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATIONS: Azabu-Juban Station (Namboku Line), Hiroo Station (Hibiya Line), Roppongi Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Toei Oedo Line)
WEB: https://gonpachi.jp/nishi-azabu/

Institute for Nature Study / Shizen Kyōikuen: Tokyo Stroll, Meguro Station Area Chapter, page 240

Kikuchi Kanjitsu Memorial Tomo Museum (菊池寛実記念 智美術館)

Description to be added soon [aka Musée Tomo]
NEAREST TRAIN STATIONS: Kamiyachō Station (Hibiya Line), Roppongi-Itchōme Station (Namboku Line), Toranomon Hills Station (Hibiya Line)
WEB: https://www.musee-tomo.or.jp

Kyū Shiba Rikyū Gardens (旧芝離宮恩賜庭園)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Hamamatsuchō Station (Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Yamanote Line)
WEB: https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/kyu-shiba-rikyu/

Little Peeing Monk / Shōben-kozō (小便小僧)

Description to be added soon. (located on station platform)
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Hamamatsuchō Station (Keihin–Tōhoku Line, Yamanote Line, Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line)
WEB: https://shoubenkozo.wixsite.com/site

Matsuoka Museum of Art / Matsuoka Bijutsukan (松岡美術館)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Shirokanedai Station (Mita Line, Namboku Line)
WEB: https://www.matsuoka-museum.jp

Minato City Local History Museum / Minatoku Tachi Kyōdo Rekishikan (港区立郷土歴史館)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Shirokanedai Station (Mita Line, Namboku Line)<
WEB: https://www.minato-rekishi.com

Mori Art Museum / Mori Bijutsukan (森美術館)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Roppongi Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Toei Oedo Line)
WEB: https://www.mori.art.museum/jp/

National Art Center / Kokuritsu Shin-Bijutsukan (国立新美術館)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATIONS: Nogizaka Station (Chiyoda Line), Roppongi Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Toei Oedo Line)
WEB: https://www.nact.jp

Nezu Museum / Nezu Bijutsukan: Tokyo Stroll, Omotesandō / Harajuku Area Chapter, page 312

NHK Museum of Broadcasting / NHK Hōsō Hakubutsukan (NHK放送博物館)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATIONS: Kamiyachō Station (Hibiya Line), Onarimon Station (Toei Mita Line), Toranomon Hills Station (Hibiya Line)
WEB: https://www.nhk.or.jp/museum/

Nippon Television Big Clock / Nittere dai tokei (日テレ大時計)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Shiodome Station (Toei Ōedo Line, Yurikamome)

Nogi Jinja (乃木神社)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Nogizaka Station (Chiyoda Line)
WEB: https://nogijinja.or.jp

Odaiba Statue of Liberty (自由の女神像)

At 12.192 meters tall (40 feet) tall the statue is roughly 1/7 the size of the New York statue. In 1998 and 1999 a replica of the Statue of Liberty that is on Île aux Cygnes in Paris was temporarily displayed in Odaiba to celebrate the friendship between Japan and France. After that statue was returned a replica of the replica was placed here in 2000. The nearby on windy days at nightRainbow Bridge Observation Deck is a popular place to photograph the statue.
ACCESS: Daiba Station (Yurikamome Line)

Okura Museum of Art / Ōkura Shūkokan (大倉集古館)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATIONS: Kamiyachō Station (Hibiya Line), Roppongi-Itchōme Station (Namboku Line), Toranomon Hills Station (Hibiya Line)
WEB: https://www.shukokan.org

Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art / Panasonikku Shiodome Bijutsukan (パナソニック汐留美術館)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Shimbashi Station (Yamanote Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Yokosuka Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Ginza Line, Asakusa Line, Yurikamome), Tsukijishijō Station (Ōedo Line)
WEB: https://panasonic.co.jp/ew/museum/

Prada Boutique Aoyama: Tokyo Stroll, Omotesandō / Harajuku Area Chapter, page 309

Rainbow Bridge (レインボーブリッジ)

A major suspension bridge connecting Shibaura on the west side and Odaiba on the east. It was designed so the towers were not too high since Haneda Airport is close by, the bridge also needed to be wide and tall enough to allow large ships to go under. This led to a decision to use a suspension design. At night the bridge is lit up, colored lights are used in December. Construction began in 1987 and the bridge went into service on August 26, 1993. There are two decks one for the Shuto Expressway No 11 the other for a local Tokyo roadway, the Yurikamome automated guideway transit service, and pedestrians. At 798 meters (72.66 yards long) long the bridge is just shy of a mile long, the pedestrian walkways are longer at 1.7 km (roughly one mile). The walkways are on either side of the bridge so decide if you want a north of south view as you cannot cross from one to the other. The east side of the bridge has a visitor center with two elevators to the walkways, one for each side. The walkways are closed on windy days and at night, before 9 PM in summer and before 6 pm in winter. There are benches in middle so you can rest and enjoy the view, pets are not allowed on the bridge. Bikes must be walked and are attached to a wooden trolly to prevent riding which is removed when you leave the walkway. To go to Odaiba bikes can only be used on the southern side of the bridge, to go to Shibaura use the northern side. Such a major landmark is often seen in anime, manga, and cinema created after its completion.
ACCESS: Odaiba-kaihinkōen Station and Shibaura-futō Station, both on the Yurikamome Line.
WEB: https://www.shutoko.jp/fun/lightup/rainbowbridge/

Sengakuji (泉岳寺)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATIONS: Sengakuji Station (Keikyu Main Line, Asakusa Line), Takanawa Gateway (Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Yamanote Line)
WEB: https://www.sengakuji.or.jp

Sen-Oku Hakukokan (泉屋博古館)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Roppongi-Itchōme Station (Namboku Line), Toranomon Hills Station (Hibiya Line)
WEB: https://sen-oku.or.jp/tokyo/

Stone Lanterns on Omotesandō at Aoyama Dōri: Tokyo Stroll, Omotesandō / Harajuku Area Chapter, page 313

Designed by noted architect Kuma Kengo for the noted Taiwanese bakery and opened in 2013. This is a three-story building encased in a mesh of wooden beams constructed with traditional joinery, no nails. The structure alone may make you want to check it out. However if you have an urge for cake, especially an urge for delicious pineapple cake you have an extra reason to visit this location. What makes it especially interesting is that if you go in they will seat you in their tasting area. You will then be served complementary pineapple cake and tea without asking. Their cake is shaped like a brick with a pineapple filling. This is of course to encourage you to buy a box of cake to take with you. Now think, you could easily get a package and enjoy it yourself, or perhaps share it with the staff of where you are staying. But don't stop there, check out the rest of the building, even the restrooms are interesting.
WEB: https://www.sunnyhills.com.tw/index/ja-jp/

Suntory Museum of Art / Santorī Bijutsukan (サントリー美術館)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Nogizaka Station (Chiyoda Line), Roppongi Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Toei Oedo Line)
WEB: https://www.suntory.co.jp/sma/

Takanawa Fire Station Nihon-enoki Branch / Takanawa Shōbōsho Nihon Enoki Shutchōjo (高輪消防署 二本榎出張所)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Takanawadai Station (Asakusa Line), Takanawa Gateway (Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Yamanote Line)
WEB: https://www.tfd.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/hp-takanawa/building/index.html

Tanuki Senbei (たぬき煎餅 )

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Azabu-Juban Station (Namboku Line)
WEB: https://www.tanuki10.com

Tarō Okamoto Memorial Museum / Okamoto Tarō Kinenkan: Tokyo Stroll, Omotesandō / Harajuku Area Chapter, page 313

Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Museum / Tokyo To Teien Bijutsukan: Tokyo Stroll, Meguro Station Area Chapter, page 239

Tokyo Tower (東京タワー)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATIONS: Akabanebashi Station (Ōedo Line), Onarimon Station (Toei Mita Line), Shibakoen Station (Mita Line), Kamiyachō Station (Hibiya Line)
WEB: https://www.tokyotower.co.jp

Tsunamachi Mitsui Club (綱町三井倶楽部)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Akabanebashi Station (Ōedo Line), Azabu-Juban Station (Namboku Line)
WEB: https://www.tsunamachimitsuiclub.co.jp

The Wall

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Azabu-Juban Station (Namboku Line), Hiroo Station (Hibiya Line), Roppongi Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Toei Oedo Line)

Wing Club: Tokyo Stroll, Omotesandō / Harajuku Area Chapter, page 313
ADDENDUM: Wing Club (pg 313) is no more, on November 9th 2022 they went into bankruptcy. They shall be missed, their museum grade models were incredible creations.

Yūrei Zaka (幽霊坂)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Shirokane-Takanawa Station (Namboku Line, Mita Line), Sengakuji Station (Keikyu Main Line, Asakusa Line)

Zenkōji: Tokyo Stroll, Omotesandō / Harajuku Area Chapter, page 315

Zōjōji (増上寺)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN STATIONS: Akabanebashi Station (Ōedo Line), Daimon Station (Asakusa Line, Ōedo Line), Onarimon Station (Mita Line), Shibakoen Station (Mita Line)
WEB: https://www.zojoji.or.jp