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Free things to do in Tokyo

15 museums and landmarks in Tokyo are recorded as free entry by OpenStreetMap contributors, and 36 parks, viewpoints and beaches cost nothing by their nature. 35 of them give opening hours.

Contributors marked these as charging no admission. Museums and landmarks only: a zero here is a fact about the place, not an assumption about its kind.

Free by their nature rather than by a tag, so nobody checked these one by one — but a park being free needs no evidence.

Opening hours come from OpenStreetMap and can be out of date. A place is only marked open on Sunday when its record says so plainly.

Free museums — 5 places

  • National Art Center Tokyo
    Su-Mo,We-Th 10:00-18:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-20:00; Tu off; Dec 26-Jan 10 off
    Open on Sunday
  • Meguro Parasitological Museum
    1
    We-Su 10:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Meiji University Museum
    Mo-Su 10:00-16:30
    Open on Sunday
  • Advertising Museum Tokyo
    2
    Tu-Sa 12:00-18:00
  • Sumo Museum
    28
    Mo-Fr 10:00-16:00

Free landmarks — 10 places

  • Sensō-ji
    1
    Mo-Su 06:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Meiji Jingu Main Shrine
    1
    Jan 06:40-16:20; Feb 06:20-16:50; Mar 05:40-17:20; Apr 05:10-17:50; May 05:00-18:10; Jun 05:00-18:30; Jul 05:00-18:20; Aug 05:00-18:00; Sep 05:20-17:20; Oct 05:40-16:40; Nov 06:10-16:10; Dec 06:40-16:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Kan'eiji Temple
    11
    Mo-Su 09:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Nezu Shrine
    9
    Mo-Su 06:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Zōjōji
    24/7
    Open on Sunday
  • Kanda-myojin
    2
  • Togo-jinja Shrine
    Apr-Oct Mo-Su 06:00-17:00; Nov-Mar Mo-Su 06:30-17:00; Jan 01-Jan 03 Mo-Su 06:00-18:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Tsukiji Honganji Temple
    1
    Mo-Su 09:00-21:00
    Open on Sunday
  • National Archives of Japan
  • Kameido Tenjin Shrine
    1
    Mo-Su 06:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday

Parks and gardens — 20 places

  • Ueno Zoological Gardens
    83
    09:30-17:00
  • Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
    Mo off; Oct 01-Mar 14 Tu-Su 09:00-16:30; Mar 15-Jun 30 Tu-Su 09:00-18:00; Jul 01-Aug 20 Tu-Su 09:00-19:00; Aug 21-Sep 30 Tu-Su 09:00-18:00; Dec 29-Jan 03 off
  • Hama-rikyu Gardens
    Mo-Su 09:00-17:00; Dec 29-Jan 01 off
  • Koishikawa Botanical Gardens
    1
    Mo off; Tu-Su 09:00-16:30
  • YOYOGI Park
  • Koishikawa Kōrakuen Gardens
    Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; Dec 29-Jan 01 off
  • Kiyosumi Gardens
    Mo-Su 09:00-17:00; Dec 29-Jan 01 off
  • Asukayama Park
    Mar-Nov Mo-Su 09:00-16:30; Dec-Feb Mo-Su 09:00-16:00
  • Yumenoshima Park
  • Chinzan-sō Garden
    8
    Mo-Su 08:00-22:00
  • Kyu-Iwasaki-Tei Garden
    45
    Mo-Su 09:00-17:00; Dec 29-Jan 01 off
  • Kyū-Furukawa Gardens
    39
    Mo-Su 09:00-17:00
  • Hibiya Park
  • Higo-Hosokawa Garden
    Mo-Su 09:00-17:00
  • The East Gardens of the Imperial Palace
    Mar 01-Apr 14 Tu-Th,Sa-Su 09:00-17:00; Apr 15-Aug 31 Tu-Th,Sa-Su 09:00-18:00; Sep Tu-Th,Sa-Su 09:00-17:00; Oct Tu-Th,Sa-Su 09:00-16:30; Nov 01-Feb 29 Tu-Th,Sa-Su 09:00-16:00; Dec 28-Jan 03 off; Feb 23 off; Mo,Fr off
  • Kitanomaru Park
  • Shinjuku Central Park
  • Komaba Park
    55
    Tu-Su 09:00-16:30; Mo off; Dec 29-Jan 03 off
  • Shiokaze Park
  • Kansen-en Park

Viewpoints — 15 places

  • Shibuya Sky
    10:00-20:00
  • Crossing View & Rooftop Lounge MAG8
    10:00-22:00
  • Tokyo City View
    Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
  • Hakoneyama
  • Atagoyama
  • Sunshine 60 Tennbodai (Viewpoint)
    Mo-Su 11:00-21:00
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office - South Observatory Deck
    Mo-Su 09:30-22:00
  • Marunouchi House
    Mo-Su 11:00-23:00
  • Observation deck
    Mo-Su 08:15-20:30; Dec29-Jan 03 off; May Su [3] off
  • 球体展望室
    Mo-Su 10:00-18:00
  • Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan Coline
    Mo-Su 10:00-16:30
  • Sho-rozan [Lu Shan]
  • Great view above Tokyo (on the 26th floor)
  • View of Tokyo Skytree from Sumida River Walk
  • Carrot Tower 26F

Beaches — 1 place

  • Odaiba Beach

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