Tokyo · Updated: 2026-10-16
Around Nijubashimae (Marunouchi) Station (二重橋前〈丸の内〉駅) there are four walking spots, ranging from an Important Cultural Property building and a document museum to restaurants on Marunouchi Naka-dori. Three of them are a 2-minute walk from Nijubashimae Station, and the fourth is a 3-minute walk from Hibiya Station (日比谷駅), so everything sits right at the foot of the stations. It is an easy area for a half-day plan: look at early-Shōwa architecture, then rest on a cobbled pedestrian street.
This guide covers 4 walking spots; 4 of them are an average 2-minute walk from the nearest station (2–3 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.
On a weekday, start with the Tosho Shibusawa Museum, which has the shortest window at 10:30–16:30. Then move on to Meiji Seimeikan, open until 19:00, and finish with a break at GARB Tokyo or Pagliaccio Marunouchi Naka-dori on Marunouchi Naka-dori. The Tosho Shibusawa Museum is closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, so on weekends the walk becomes Meiji Seimeikan plus Naka-dori.
A museum on the 6th floor of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry headquarters, where Eiichi Shibusawa served as the first chairman. Alongside materials such as his handwritten proposals, the actual "AA000002AA" note (serial number 2) of the new 10,000-yen bill is on display. It is a 3-minute walk from Hibiya Station, open Monday to Friday 10:30–16:30, and closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Goods such as a memo pad shaped like a 10,000-yen note are also sold.
Completed in 1934, this is the signature work of architect Shinichiro Okada and the first Shōwa-era building designated a national Important Cultural Property. It was requisitioned by GHQ after the war, and you can tour the second-floor meeting rooms and reception rooms with a free audio guide. In November 2025 the public area on the first floor was expanded. It is a 2-minute walk from Nijubashimae Station, open 09:30–19:00, and closed only on days when the building's electrical equipment is inspected.
A restaurant just west of Tokyo Station, facing Marunouchi Naka-dori in Marunouchi 2-chome. Naka-dori is a pedestrian-centred street of cobblestones and roadside trees, with shops and cafés at the base of the office buildings. The location suits a rest after walking the Imperial Palace Outer Gardens or the area around Tokyo Station, with a view of trees that change with the seasons. It is a 2-minute walk from Nijubashimae Station.
Another address on the same Marunouchi Naka-dori, in Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku. It is a 2-minute walk from Nijubashimae Station, so keep it alongside GARB Tokyo as an option and pick whichever matches your mood that day. Comparing the two frontages as you stroll down Naka-dori is part of the fun.
To cover all four in one go, a weekday is the safe choice. Work backwards from the Tosho Shibusawa Museum's 16:30 closing time, then link Meiji Seimeikan (open until 19:00) and Naka-dori to keep the walking distance to a minimum.