Tokyo · Updated: 2026-10-09
Around Hiroo Station (広尾駅) there are 8 walking spots, ranging from temples to an art museum. The spots whose nearest station is Hiroo Station all sit within a 6- to 13-minute walk: Korin-in Temple at 6 minutes, Shounnji Temple and Hosomichi at 7, Yuko-ji Temple, Aji no Nakamura and Rinsen Shiki no Mori at 8, and the Yamatane Museum of Art at 13. Embassies and leafy streets set the tone here, with quiet temple grounds and small shops tucked in between.
This guide covers 8 walking spots; 8 of them are an average 9-minute walk from the nearest station (6–13 min).
Counted from zorozoro listings when this page was generated. Walking minutes are estimates: straight-line distance to the nearest station × 1.3, at 80 m per minute.
For one continuous walk, start with the Yamatane Museum of Art, the one spot with set hours (Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–17:00), then head back toward Hiroo Station for Korin-in Temple, Shounnji Temple and Yuko-ji Temple, and sit down for a while at Rinsen Shiki no Mori. Stop in at Hosomichi or Aji no Nakamura for a break, and finish at Korin-ji Temple, a 12-minute walk from Shirokanetakanawa Station (白金高輪駅).
Yamatane Museum of Art is a 13-minute walk from Hiroo Station and specializes in Nihonga, Japanese-style painting. Founded in 1966, it collects and exhibits mainly modern Japanese painting from the Meiji era onward. It is open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–17:00, and is listed as barrier-free, so you can break off your walk and look at the works at your own pace.
Korin-in Temple is a 6-minute walk from Hiroo Station. One step inside the grounds and the noise of central Tokyo falls away, leaving a quiet place to stand still for a while. It makes an easy starting point for a loop of the temples in this historic part of Hiroo.
Shounnji Temple is 7 minutes on foot from Hiroo Station. The grounds open out into a stillness that hardly feels like the city centre, with green trees and stone paving setting a calm mood. It is a good place to catch your breath while walking Hiroo's quiet residential streets.
Yuko-ji Temple is an 8-minute walk from Hiroo Station. It stands quietly in an area of embassies and green streetscapes, surrounded by Hiroo's international atmosphere — a temple you can simply drop into mid-walk.
Rinsen Shiki no Mori is an 8-minute walk from Hiroo Station, a green space in a quiet stretch of houses and embassies. Trees, grasses and flowers are planted here, and as the name suggests it changes with the seasons. Combine it with the nearby Arisugawa-no-miya Memorial Park for an unexpectedly green hour in the middle of the city.
Hosomichi is a 7-minute walk from Hiroo Station, a small shop in Hiroo 4-chome, Shibuya-ku. True to its name — "narrow path" — it sits in a quiet corner just off the busier streets, the kind of place you want to step into when you come across it. A good pause in a walk built around back lanes.
Aji no Nakamura is an 8-minute walk from Hiroo Station, a small restaurant in Hiroo 4-chome, Shibuya-ku that blends into the residential streets. The neighbourhood is calm, a little away from the lively shopping street, and it suits a stop after wandering through Hiroo.
Korin-ji Temple has Shirokanetakanawa Station as its nearest station, a 12-minute walk away. The surrounding area is lined with embassies from many countries, but one step into the grounds and a stillness spreads out that hardly feels like central Tokyo. A quiet way to close a walk through Hiroo.
If you want the museum in your plan, set out in the morning: it is open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–17:00. And since only Korin-ji Temple is measured from Shirokanetakanawa Station (12 minutes), entering and leaving by different stations keeps you from retracing your steps.