Akabane
Worth seeing in and around Akabane
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.
- 01Teikyo University
Teikyo University is a private university headquartered in the Itabashi ward of Tokyo, Japan. It was established in 1931 as Teikyo Commercial High School.
2.5 km · Japanese private university headquartered in Tokyo · Wikipedia - 02
- 03Elsa Tower 55
The Elsa Tower 55 is a residential skyscraper located in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Completed in 1998, it stands at 186 m tall.
1.9 km · skyscraper · Wikipedia - 04Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium
Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka, originally called Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium, is a football stadium in Kita, Tokyo. It was renamed on 1 May 2012 after the naming rights by Ajinomoto expired after five years.
1.8 km · building in Nishigaoka, Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Ōji Shrine
Ōji Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the Kita ward of Tokyo, Japan. Established during the Kamakura period, most likely around 1321–1324, the shrine gives the name of "Ōji" to this area of the city.
3.5 km · Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Paper Museum
The Paper Museum is a museum about paper in Asukayama Park in Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Its area of focus is the production of Western paper in Japan, which was manufactured there as early as 1873.
3.9 km · Museum in Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 07Kawaguchi Museum of Art
Kawaguchi Museum of Art is scheduled to open in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, in September 2026. The collection, numbering some 220 items as of January 2026, includes works by Yokoyama Taikan, Kaburaki Kiyokata, and Nushi Shōichirō.
2.2 km · art museum in Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan · Wikipedia - 08Former Tanaka Family Residence
The Former Tanaka Family Residence is a Japanese western-style building located in Suehiro, Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture. The building was constructed in 1923 for Tokubei Tanaka, a miso industrialist who later became a politician.
2.7 km · Japanese western-style building in Suehiro, Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture · Wikipedia - 09Kitaku Central Park
Kitaku Central Park is a public park in Kita, Tokyo, Japan.
3.2 km · park in Kita, Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia - 10Tokyo Seitoku College
Tokyo Seitoku College is a private junior college in Kita, Tokyo, Japan. The precursor of the school was founded in 1925, and it was chartered as a university in 1965.
3 km · private junior college in Kita, Tokyo, Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Akabane
- Airports
- Tokyo Haneda (HND), 27 km · Narita (NRT), 60 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 77 km
- Stations
- Akabane Station, 400 m · Ōji Station, 3.5 km · Itabashi Station, 4 km · Kawaguchi Station, 2.3 km · Higashi-Jūjō Station, 2.2 km
- Narita → Akabane54 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · ¥800–1,100
- Omitama → Akabane76 km · quickest by road, 2h · ¥950–1,290
- Makinohara / Shimada → Akabane176 km · quickest by road, 3h 26m · ¥2,350–3,210
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No local-transport research exists yet for Akabane
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 Akabane. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Akabane
Akabane is 3 km from Kawaguchi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.