Kita

Worth seeing in and around Kita

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   University of Tokyo

   The University of Tokyo in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era institutions, its direct precursors include the Tenmongata, founded in 1684, and the Shōheizaka Institute.

   5.1 km · national university in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Waseda University

   Waseda University, abbreviated as Waseda or Sōdai, is a private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the eighth and eleventh prime minister of Japan, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902.

   5 km · private university in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Tokyo National Museum

   The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan.

   5.4 km · art museum in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Ueno Imperial Grant Park

   Ueno Park is a spacious public park in the Ueno district of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. The park was established in 1873 on lands formerly belonging to the temple of Kan'ei-ji.

   5.6 km · park in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
5. 05
   National Museum of Western Art

   The National Museum of Western Art is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition.

   5.6 km · art museum in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Tokyo Dome

   Tokyo Dome is an indoor stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium.

   5.5 km · indoor stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Ueno Zoo

   The Ueno Zoo is a 14.3-hectare zoo, managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and located in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is Japan's oldest zoo, opened on March 20, 1882.

   5.2 km · zoo in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
8. 08
   National Museum of Nature and Science

   The National Museum of Nature and Science is in the northeast corner of Ueno Park in Tokyo. The museum has exhibitions on pre-Meiji science in Japan.

   5.6 km · National Science Museum in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Tokyo University of Science

   Tokyo University of Science, formerly "Science University of Tokyo" or TUS, informally Rikadai or simply Ridai is a private research university located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

   6 km · university · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Sunshine 60

    Sunshine 60 is a 60-story, mixed-use skyscraper located in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, adjoining the Sunshine City complex. At the time of its completion in 1978, the 239.7 m building was the tallest in Asia, a title it held until 1985 when it was surpassed by the 63 Building in Seoul.

    2.9 km · skyscraper · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Getting to Kita

Airports

Tokyo Haneda (HND), 23 km · Narita (NRT), 59 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 78 km

Stations

Ikebukuro Station, 3.2 km · Ueno Station, 5.8 km · Iidabashi Station, 5.7 km · Takadanobaba Station, 5.2 km · Mejiro Station, 4.3 km

• Narita → Kita

  53 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · ¥780–1,070
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• Omitama → Kita

  78 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · ¥980–1,340
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• Makinohara / Shimada → Kita

  175 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · ¥2,350–3,210
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