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Omotesando Architecture Tour: Modern Japan Through a Local's Eyes
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Adapté à tous les niveaux de condition physique
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Most people on Omotesando consume the buildings as symbols a logo, a brand, a landmark. Architecture lovers appreciate each one, but in isolation. Nobody connects them. That's the gap this tour fills.
We visit seven or more of Omotesando's most celebrated buildings. Each one famous. Each one part of the same story.
The avenue was first laid out in 1919 as a sacred approach to Meiji Shrine — and it's been reinventing itself ever since. Each building carries a different mood: early modernization's optimism, postwar recovery's confidence, bubble-era spectacle, and a quieter present still figuring itself out.
Whether it's your first time in Tokyo or your tenth if understanding a place matters...
Points forts
2 heures et 30 minutes
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
2 heures et 30 minutes
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
Ce qui est inclus
Bonus Tokyo architecture map (Google Maps) with notes on why each spot is worth seeing.
Printed reference sheet: architects, facts & context for every building on the route.
Photos taken by your guide throughout the tour.
Pineapple cake & Taiwanese tea at Kengo Kuma's SunnyHills — best experienced from within.
English-speaking guide links each building to Japan's modern history through storytelling.
Points de rendez-vous
Départ
Meiji Jingu Ichino Torii
- 1 minute walk from JR Harajuku Station West Exit.
- Your guide will be holding a red/orange board saying MagicalTrip.
Retour
Nezu Museum
The tour ends at Nezu Museum's entrance. Admission isn't included — if you'd like to go in after the tour, tickets are at your own expense. Your guide can help with any questions before you head off. Note the museum is closed on Mondays.
Omotesando Architecture Tour: Modern Japan Through a Local's Eyes
1-chōme
À propos
Most people on Omotesando consume the buildings as symbols a logo, a brand, a landmark. Architecture lovers appreciate each one, but in isolation. Nobody connects them. That's the gap this tour fills.
We visit seven or more of Omotesando's most celebrated buildings. Each one famous. Each one part of the same story.
The avenue was first laid out in 1919 as a sacred approach to Meiji Shrine — and it's been reinventing itself ever since. Each building carries a different mood: early modernization's optimism, postwar recovery's confidence, bubble-era spectacle, and a quieter present still figuring itself out.
Whether it's your first time in Tokyo or your tenth if understanding a place matters...
Points forts
2 heures et 30 minutes
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
2 heures et 30 minutes
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
Ce qui est inclus
Bonus Tokyo architecture map (Google Maps) with notes on why each spot is worth seeing.
Printed reference sheet: architects, facts & context for every building on the route.
Photos taken by your guide throughout the tour.
Pineapple cake & Taiwanese tea at Kengo Kuma's SunnyHills — best experienced from within.
English-speaking guide links each building to Japan's modern history through storytelling.
Points de rendez-vous
Départ
Meiji Jingu Ichino Torii
- 1 minute walk from JR Harajuku Station West Exit.
- Your guide will be holding a red/orange board saying MagicalTrip.
Retour
Nezu Museum
The tour ends at Nezu Museum's entrance. Admission isn't included — if you'd like to go in after the tour, tickets are at your own expense. Your guide can help with any questions before you head off. Note the museum is closed on Mondays.
Itinéraire
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National Yoyogi Stadium
Yoyogi National Gymnasium — Kenzo Tange's 1964 Olympic masterpiece. A suspension-bridge roof creates a pillar-free interior, blending ancient shrine form with modern engineering — Japan's postwar statement to the world.
15 minutes
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Omotesando Hills
Omotesando Hills — Tadao Ando's 2006 replacement for the historic Dojunkai Apartments. Half-buried to preserve the zelkova treeline, with an interior spiral ramp mirroring the street's slope — a "second Omotesando" indoors.
15 minutes
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Former Dojunkai — Fire-resistant apartments built after the 1923 earthquake. Their 2006 redevelopment sparked fierce debate: destroy or preserve?
10 minutes
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TOD'S Omotesando — Toyo Ito's 2004 design where structure and decoration are one: the concrete "branches" are traced from the street's zelkova trees, doubling as load-bearing pillars, with frameless glass filling the gaps.
10 minutes
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SunnyHills minamiaoyama
SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama — Kengo Kuma's 2013 lattice structure, hand-joined with no nails or glue (jigoku-gumi). Like a woven basket rising from the pavement — natural texture over glass and steel.
