Tokyo · Updated: 2026-10-06
Around Tokyo Station (東京駅) there are nine walking spots, ranging from an art museum inside the station building and a coffee shop in the Yaesu underground mall to an art-lined street in Marunouchi and rooftop viewing decks. Most of them are a 1- to 3-minute walk from Tokyo Station, while Marunouchi Street Gallery and Gyoko-dori Avenue are a 3- to 4-minute walk from Nijubashimae (Marunouchi) Station (二重橋前〈丸の内〉駅). Some spots open at 7:00 and one terrace stays open until 23:00, so you can choose when to set out.
This guide covers 85 walking spots; 85 of them are an average 2-minute walk from the nearest station (1–5 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.
The easiest flow is to start on the Yaesu side and cross to the Marunouchi side: morning coffee at Aroma Coffee → the deck at GRANROOF GARDEN → through the station to Tokyo Station Gallery → Gyoko-dori Avenue → Marunouchi Street Gallery → Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum → KITTE Garden → Starbucks Coffee TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE MARUNOUCHI → and finish the evening at Marunouchi House Terrace.
A coffee shop that opened in 1965's Yaechika — more precisely, in 1970 — on Yaesu Underground Street No. 1, a 3-minute walk from Tokyo Station. Its signature is coffee brewed with a siphon from directly roasted beans. Hours are 7:00–21:15 Monday to Friday, 7:00–20:45 on Saturdays and 7:30–20:45 on Sundays, open daily. The floor sits one step below the passageway, which gives it a quiet, tucked-away feel.
A public space connected directly to the Yaesu exit of Tokyo Station, a 1-minute walk away, with benches and tables lined along a 234-metre deck. More than 100 kinds of plants flower through the seasons, and the deck is lit up at night. It is open 7:00–23:00, every day.
An art museum inside the Marunouchi station building, a 2-minute walk from Tokyo Station. It opened in 1988 and was renovated when the station building was restored in 2012. The original brick walls remain as the walls of the exhibition rooms, so the building itself is part of the experience. There is an English menu and English-speaking staff, luggage storage, barrier-free access and restrooms; cash, credit cards, transport IC cards (Suica/PASMO) and e-money are accepted.
A 73-metre-wide stone-paved avenue running straight from the Marunouchi Central exit toward the Imperial Palace, a 4-minute walk from Nijubashimae (Marunouchi) Station. The ginkgo rows on both sides are at their finest in the fresh green of summer and the yellow leaves of autumn. Turn around and the Marunouchi station building stands straight ahead.
An art project with 17 sculptures scattered mainly along Marunouchi Naka-dori, a 3-minute walk from Nijubashimae (Marunouchi) Station and free to view. The works are rotated every few years; Moe Nakamura's "Whirling Journey" was added in July 2025.
A red-brick museum in a corner of Marunouchi, a 3-minute walk from Tokyo Station. The building is a reconstruction of an office designed by Josiah Conder in 1894, and it opened as a museum in 2010. Hours are 10:00–18:00 Tuesday to Thursday and on Saturdays and Sundays. The enclosed courtyard is a good place to sit down partway through a walk.
A rooftop garden on the 6th floor of KITTE Marunouchi, a 3-minute walk from Tokyo Station. From the wooden deck you look down on the Marunouchi station building and the trains coming and going, and it is also known as a night-view spot. Hours are 11:00–23:00 on weekdays and 11:00–22:00 on Saturdays and Sundays, open daily, with barrier-free access and restrooms.
A café attached to a bookstore inside the Marunouchi Building, a 2-minute walk from Tokyo Station. You can sit surrounded by bookshelves and take a break between stretches of walking. It is linked to Tokyo Station by an underground passage, so you can reach it without getting wet on a rainy day. Free Wi-Fi, power outlets, an English menu and luggage storage are available.
An open-air terrace on the 7th floor of the Shin-Marunouchi Building, a 1-minute walk from Tokyo Station, with free entry ("入場無料") and barrier-free access. With food or a drink bought at one of the Marunouchi House restaurants or bars in hand, you can take in the view of the Marunouchi station building. Hours are 11:00–23:00 Monday to Saturday and 11:00–22:00 on Sundays.
The two open-air spots, KITTE Garden and Marunouchi House Terrace, may close depending on the weather, so in the rain lean toward Tokyo Station Gallery or the Yaesu underground side. Tokyo Station Gallery and Starbucks Coffee TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE MARUNOUCHI both offer luggage storage, so leaving big bags before you set off makes the walk lighter.