Tokyo · Updated: 2026-10-02
Around Shirokanedai Station (白金台駅) there are 16 walking spots, from temples to art museums. The closest are Zuishoji Temple, the Minato City Local History Museum and Kojiro Inari Shrine, each a 2-minute walk from Shirokanedai Station, while the farthest, the Institute for Nature Study, is 10 minutes on foot. The mix is 11 temples, one shrine, two museums and two green spaces, so a temple district and a city forest fit into one walk.
This guide covers 17 walking spots; 17 of them are an average 7-minute walk from the nearest station (2–10 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.
A workable order: begin with the three spots within a 2-minute walk, then Shōgenji Temple (6 minutes), then Kotoriji, Saijō-ji, Horenji and Shirokanedai Donguri Children's Park (7 minutes each). Continue to Honganji, Joko-ji, Myoenji, Kaihoji and the Matsuoka Museum of Art (8 minutes each), then Seigan-ji and Ryusoin (9 minutes each), and finish in the forest of the Institute for Nature Study (10 minutes). The Matsuoka Museum of Art is open 10:00–17:00, Tuesday to Sunday.
A 2-minute walk from the station, Zuishoji Temple is an Ōbaku-school temple founded in 1670. Its halls incorporate Chinese architectural style, and in 2018 a priests' quarters designed by architect Kengo Kuma was added.
Also a 2-minute walk, the Minato City Local History Museum occupies the former Public Health Institute building, completed in 1938. The heavy scratch-tile exterior, designed by Yoshikazu Uchida, is a sight in itself, and permanent exhibits cover the nature, history and culture of Minato City.
Kojiro Inari Shrine is a small Inari shrine tucked into the residential streets of Shirokanedai, a 2-minute walk away. It has the plain, cared-for feel of a place looked after by the neighbourhood, the kind you meet by turning down a lane.
A 6-minute walk from the station, Shōgenji Temple sits quietly among the calm residential blocks of Shirokanedai. The settled atmosphere makes you pause mid-walk, and other temples and shrines nearby are easy to add on.
Kotoriji Temple, a 7-minute walk away, stands on the high ground of Shirokanedai. The air here is calm enough to forget you are in central Tokyo, and walking it together with the surrounding temples shows how deep the area's history runs.
Saijō-ji Temple is 7 minutes on foot, in a part of Shirokanedai dotted with temples. Together with the greenery around it, it forms a quiet stretch of walking route for when you want to step away from the noise.
Horenji Temple, a 7-minute walk away, lies in the belt of temples and shrines running from Shirokanedai to Takanawa. Its quiet grounds are a good place to rest your feet.
Shirokanedai Donguri Children's Park is 7 minutes on foot. As the name "donguri" (acorn) suggests, trees are planted around it, and small as it is, the benches make it a handy pause.
A 8-minute walk from the station, Honganji Temple is one of the many temples gathered around Shirokanedai. Its grounds sit in a quiet residential area with a settled, unhurried mood.
Joko-ji Temple, 8 minutes on foot, belongs to the cluster of Shirokanedai temples. Its calm grounds add stillness to a city walk, and the temple-town feel carries on to the neighbours.
Myoenji Temple is an 8-minute walk away, blending into the quiet residential streets. The grounds are still despite the central location.
Kaihoji Temple, 8 minutes on foot, stands in the temple quarter around Shirokanedai Station, an area known for its temples since the Edo period. Look in on the quiet grounds as you pass.
The Matsuoka Museum of Art, an 8-minute walk away, is a private museum showing East Asian ceramics, ancient Near Eastern art and modern sculpture collected by businessman Seijiro Matsuoka. It moved to its current site and opened there in 2000. Hours are 10:00–17:00, Tuesday to Sunday.
Seigan-ji Temple is a 9-minute walk away, keeping quiet grounds in the Shirokane–Takanawa area where temples have stood since the Edo period. You find it by leaving the main road for the lanes.
Ryusoin Temple (Shinagawa City) is 9 minutes on foot, just over the border in Shinagawa City. The stretch from Shirokanedai to Takanawa holds many temples dating from the Edo period, and Ryusoin keeps its own quiet precinct.
A 10-minute walk from the station, the Institute for Nature Study spreads over roughly 20 hectares of woodland, marsh and ponds that still echo the old Musashino landscape. It opened to the public in 1949, and the plants and animals change through the seasons. This forest passed from a medieval clan residence to an Edo-period villa of the Takamatsu domain, a Meiji-era powder magazine and then the Shirokane imperial estate, and is designated a national natural monument and historic site.
All 16 spots are within a 2- to 10-minute walk of Shirokanedai Station, so working outward from the station covers nearly all of them in one go. Slot in the Matsuoka Museum of Art (Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–17:00) first and arrange the temples and green spaces around it.