One-day walk
From the brick station to the lights of Ginza
About six kilometres of flat, easy walking with plenty of places to sit down. Start any time before ten.
Morning
Start under the dome
Leave by the Marunouchi North or South exit and look up before you go outside. Cross the plaza for the full view of the brick station.
15 min later
See it from above
Take the lift to the rooftop garden of KITTE, next to the station, then walk down Naka-dori under the trees.
Mid-morning
Walk to the palace
Follow Gyoko-dori to the palace plaza and the moat. If the East Gardens are open, allow an extra hour.
Lunch
Back through the station
Cross to the Yaesu side by the free passage. Eat in the station's basement streets, or buy a boxed lunch and carry on.
Early afternoon
The bridge and the old shops
Ten minutes north-east of the Yaesu side. See the bridge, then browse the food hall and the craft shops in Muromachi.
Late afternoon
Down Chuo-dori to Ginza
Walk south along Chuo-dori for about twenty-five minutes, or ride the Ginza subway line two stops. Arrive as the lights come on.
Evening
Dinner, then home
Eat in Ginza or under the railway arches toward Yurakucho. Yurakucho station is one stop from Tokyo Station.
Make it shorter
With half a day, do the first three stops in the morning and choose either Nihombashi or Ginza for the afternoon. In heavy rain, stay inside the station and the connected buildings of Marunouchi: you can walk between them underground.