Tokyo · Updated: 2026-09-27
Nine walking spots are gathered around Meguro Station (目黒駅), ranging from temples and a shrine to two art museums, parks, a historic site and a wetland. All nine list Meguro Station as their nearest station, from Kume Museum of Art, Tanjo Hachimangu Shrine and Kofukuin Temple at a 2-minute walk to Stream and Wetland at a 12-minute walk. The area is full of slopes, including Gyoninzaka, so it pays to plan a route that works the climbs and descents into the walk.
This guide covers 9 walking spots; 9 of them are an average 6-minute walk from the nearest station (2–12 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.
Start right by the station with Kume Museum of Art (a 2-minute walk) and Tanjo Hachimangu Shrine (2 minutes), then head down Gyoninzaka slope to Daienji Temple (3 minutes). Return to the station and walk toward Shirokanedai for Kofukuin Temple (2 minutes), the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum (7 minutes), Shirokane Chojayashiki (8 minutes), the National Park for Nature Study (11 minutes) and Stream and Wetland (12 minutes). If you finish by continuing toward Ebisu, rest at Mita Park (10 minutes) before you leave the area.
A 2-minute walk from Meguro Station, this museum holds and exhibits works by the Meiji-era Western-style painter Kume Keiichiro alongside materials on his father, the historian Kume Kunitake. Opening hours are 10:00–17:00, Tuesday to Sunday. It is a small, quiet space where you can take in Meiji-period art and history mid-walk.
This Hachiman shrine sits a 2-minute walk from Meguro Station. As its name suggests, it has long been familiar to local people as a shrine connected with safe childbirth and child-rearing. Set back from the main road in a residential area, it is a compact precinct you can drop into on the way past.
A Tendai-sect temple a 3-minute walk from Meguro Station, partway down the Gyoninzaka slope. Its grounds hold the "Gohyaku Rakan" group of stone Buddhas. The temple is also remembered as the origin point of the great Gyoninzaka fire of 1772 (Meiwa 9). It is a good place to stop on the steep slope and spend a while among the many stone figures.
A 2-minute walk from Meguro Station on the way toward Shirokanedai. It stands quietly in a hushed residential neighbourhood, easy to slip into while making a circuit of the nearby temples and shrines. It is one of the temples that convey the temple-town character scattered across the Shirokane–Meguro area.
A 7-minute walk from Meguro Station, this museum opened the former Prince Asaka residence, built in 1933, to the public. The Art Deco building itself is the draw, and it is designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan. A large garden adjoins it, so you can combine an exhibition with a green stroll. Restrooms are available.
An 8-minute walk from Meguro Station toward Shirokanedai, this historic site is said to be the remains of a medieval lord's residence. Traces of earthen ramparts can be seen around it, and it is held to be the origin of the local place name, after the Muromachi-period lord known as the "Shirokane Choja." It suits a walk in search of quiet historical traces tucked into a residential district.
An 11-minute walk from Meguro Station toward Shirokanedai, this is the Institute for Nature Study attached to the National Museum of Nature and Science. Woodland, wetland and ponds that preserve the old character of Musashino spread through the grounds, designated both a Natural Monument and a Historic Site of Japan. Following the largely unpaved paths, you walk in a quiet that hardly feels like central Tokyo.
A 12-minute walk from Meguro Station, this is a natural spot with a stream and wetland. It is a place to enjoy waterside scenery inside the city, and easy to fold into a walking course.
A 10-minute walk from Meguro Station, this ward park stands in Mita, Meguro Ward, on the way toward Ebisu. Surrounded by houses, it is a calm setting with play equipment and an open lawn. Given how hilly the neighbourhood is, it is worth remembering as a place to rest when your legs give out.
With slopes up and down throughout, comfortable shoes make the difference. Since Kume Museum of Art is open 10:00–17:00 from Tuesday to Sunday, slotting it into the first half of the route keeps the timing easy.