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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Adachi

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.

    6.9 km · national university in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Tokyo Skytree

    Tokyo Skytree sɯ̥̈.kä́í.t͡sɯ̈́.ɾʲíì, tó̞ó̞.-] ), a.k.a Tokyo Sky Tree, is a broadcasting and observation tower, located in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It has been the tallest tower in Japan since opening in 2012, and reached its full height of 634 metres in early 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the third tallest structure in the world behind Merdeka 118 and Burj Khalifa.

    5.9 km · tower in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    10 km · private university in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Tokyo Stock Exchange

    The Tokyo Stock Exchange, abbreviated as Tosho or TSE/TYO, is a stock exchange located in Tokyo, Japan. The exchange is owned by Japan Exchange Group, a holding company that it also lists, and operated by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of JPX. JPX was formed from the merger of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc.

    9.3 km · stock market based in Tokyo · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    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.

    5.7 km · art museum in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Yasukuni Shrine

    Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the two Sino-Japanese Wars, 1894–1895 and 1937–1945 respectively, and the First Indochina War of 1946–1954.

    9.7 km · Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Edo Castle

    Edo Castle is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province. In modern times it is part of the Tokyo Imperial Palace in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is therefore also known as Chiyoda Castle.

    9.6 km · castle in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Nippon Budōkan

    The Nippon Budokan, often shortened to simply the Budokan, is an indoor arena in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally built for the inaugural Olympic judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

    9.3 km · indoor arena located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    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.

    6.6 km · park in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    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.

    6 km · art museum in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia

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Getting to Adachi

Airports
Tokyo Haneda (HND), 24 km · Narita (NRT), 52 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 72 km
Stations
Tokyo Station, 9.9 km · Ikebukuro Station, 9.4 km · Ueno Station, 6.2 km · Akihabara Station, 7.9 km · Asakusa Station, 5.8 km
  • Narita → Adachi
    46 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · ¥700–960
  • Omitama → Adachi
    72 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · ¥870–1,190
  • Makinohara / Shimada → Adachi
    181 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · ¥2,420–3,300
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Not yet researched

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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Adachi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextThe street markets and museums of Ueno are directly west of Asakusa, while Sumida of Skytree and sumo fame is immediately across the river.
  • Go nextAsakusa is a large Tokyo hub of the private Tobu railway, and you can be transported to a different world in two hours: Ashikaga Kinugawa — a hot-spring resort fallen on hard times Nikko — with its national parks and opulent shrines Tatebayashi Tochigi — A worthwhile day trip from Tokyo for its preserved architecture and old shops.

From Wikivoyage: Tokyo/Asakusa, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

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  2. 02
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    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

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  3. 03
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    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

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  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

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  5. 05
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

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If you know how people move in Adachi – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Adachi

Adachi is 5 km from Katsushika, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Chiyodaspecial ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan9.1 km
  • Taitō-kuspecial ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan6.2 km
  • Bunkyō-kuspecial ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan7.9 km
  • Toshimaspecial ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan9.2 km
  • Sumidaspecial ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan5.9 km
  • AkihabaraNeighborhood/district of Chiyoda ward, Tokyo7.9 km