Top 10 Things to do in Inagi, Japan

November 9, 2017 Agatha Simes

Inagi (稲城市, Inagi-shi) is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 February 2016, the city had an estimated population of 87,927, and a population density of 4890 persons per km². Its total area is 17.97 square kilometres (17,970,000 m).
Restaurants in Inagi

1. Nihon Minkaen Folk House Museum

7-1-1 Masugata,Tama-ku, Kawasaki 214-0032, Kanagawa Prefecture +81 44-922-2181
Excellent
42%
Good
51%
Satisfactory
7%
Poor
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4.5 based on 148 reviews

Nihon Minkaen Folk House Museum

Reviewed By ktari3 - Tokyo

A great to place to spend an afternoon strolling amongst the old houses.
They're set in lovely peaceful grounds and midweek its fairly quiet so a good time to go.
There's a lot of English guidance so you'll be well informed and it's only 30 mins from Shinjuku St on the Odakyu Line (express train).

2. Tokyo Metropolitan Jindai Botanical Park

5-31-10 Jindaiji Motomachi, Chofu 182-0017, Tokyo Prefecture +81 42-483-2300
Excellent
35%
Good
52%
Satisfactory
12%
Poor
1%
Terrible
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Overall Ratings

4 based on 165 reviews

Tokyo Metropolitan Jindai Botanical Park

Reviewed By Banda-in-Japan - Tokyo, Japan

This botanical garden is a wonderful green space in suburban Tokyo with ponds, paths, open spaces and woodlands. It also has various types of flowers in their season. The greenhouses are currently being rebuilt, but you can enjoy wandering through the rest of the garden, with a stop for ice cream or a drink when you feel like it. Easiest to access by car, but there is also good bus service from Mitaka and Chofu stations.

3. Yomiuri Land

3294 Yanokuchi, Inagi 206-8566, Tokyo Prefecture +81 44-966-1111
Excellent
31%
Good
57%
Satisfactory
11%
Poor
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4 based on 218 reviews

Yomiuri Land

Reviewed By redeyeblues - Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Here for the summer firefly event held at "Seichi Park" on Fridays/Saturdays/Sundays in June - it is a 7-minute walk from the entrance of Yomiuri Land following the signs. Quite a few more fireflies than "Yuyake Koyake Fureai no Sato" near Takao but also a lot more people (including noisy children)! Don't expect to see fireflies everywhere though - some spotting effort required.

You have to get a numbered ticket for 300 yen per person (kids are free) then wait until your turn - they do tell you approximately how long the wait is though. We arrived just before 8 and had to wait for about an hour and a half. There are a few tents with Japanese quizzes/things to do, food trucks, and benches. There's also a Shakey's (pizza buffet at 1650 yen/person) by the entrance that opens until 9 pm (last order at 8:30 pm).
You can get tickets starting at 6 pm but entry is not until 7:30 pm. It took us about 30 minutes to slowly walk through the lanterns and fireflies area. The place was closing down when we left at 10 pm.
It's a 25-minute walk from Odaykyu Line's "Yomiuri Land-Mae Station" - exit the station, walk left until you see Family Mart then make a right and walk straight the rest of the way.
We also came here for the winter illumination before but went via Keio Line's "Yomiuri-Land Station" followed by a short cable car ride. The illuminations were nice and the attractions were also open at night then. It's basically a budget amusement park - fun in a tacky way. The highlight was a water slide where you get to go down in a giant tube in full winter wear! There was also a choreographed dance routine behind the water Fountain show which was very cool.

4. Ghibli Museum

1-1-83 Shimorenjaku, Mitaka 181-0013, Tokyo Prefecture +81 570-055-777
Excellent
62%
Good
27%
Satisfactory
8%
Poor
2%
Terrible
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Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 1 reviews

Ghibli Museum

The brainchild of award-winning Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki, this museum includes a theater showing film excerpts, a whimsical children's play zone, a rooftop garden, and exhibits related to his movies, including Spirited Away.

Reviewed By stormborne - Sydney

This gorgeous museum is the embodiment oid Ghibli- no phones/ pictures, highly sensory, very earthly (wooden tones, nature details, roof top garden) and cosy throughout in its design.
It's a reasonably compact place with four main Exhibitions and the theatre. You're given a snippet of a film reel to show on your way in to watch the short film - great peice of memorabilia. We watched one about wrestling rats. No English subtitles but not really needed.
My favorite room was the three artist rooms that were laden with sketches from all movies and you could just imagine Hayao Miyazaki sitting there.
The rooftop Robot from Laputa was spectacular amongst the greenery an flowers.
My only complaint is that they need an adult cat bus so that we can play too.
Highly recommend for any Ghibli fan

As a side note: yes it gets crazily busy and yes buying the tickets is hard (in fact, we missed tickets for March and April and our only option was to visit as part of a full day tour). But its ski heartening to see so many people appreciating the artwork and philosophy of Studio Ghibli films. Go, relax and enjoy. Who knows if you'll get the chance again.

5. Tokyo Horse Racetrack

1-1 Hiyoshicho, Fuchu 106-8401, Tokyo Prefecture +81 42-363-3141
Excellent
51%
Good
41%
Satisfactory
8%
Poor
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Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 200 reviews

Tokyo Horse Racetrack

Reviewed By Chet D - Shanghai, China

Amazing track with something for everyone! A very family orientated place, with plenty to do for the kids, including pony rides and nice play area. Food for anyone and any budget, I believe over 100 choices of places to eat. It's worth the extra Yen to get the reserved seats on the 4th, 5th, or 6th floor. All these seats have great views and nice little table for two viewing the track and with plenty of room for writing down all the bets. There is free English horse information available at the information booth at far end of the track (toward the paddock and away from train station entrance). The betting machines can be a little confusing at first, but there is an English "how to guide" and there are plenty of helpful attendants, just don't wait until a minute before post to place your first bet! ;) Really a very nice day with easy access via the train and they even had a Beatles cover band after the races playing in the paddock. This is a must for any equine enthusiast or a different kind of family activity not found at Disney!

6. Inokashira Onshi Park

1 Gotenyama and 1 Kichijoji Minamicho, Musashino 180-0005, Tokyo Prefecture +81 422-47-6900
Excellent
41%
Good
48%
Satisfactory
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Poor
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Terrible
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Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 507 reviews

Inokashira Onshi Park

Reviewed By C D - North Carolina

I visited in early March hoping to see the Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) in full bloom. I was a few weeks early, but the park still did not disappoint. Large trees, benches and food stands are every. Clean restrooms and the Zoo is also part of the park.
This is a very much used park on the weekends and holidays. You will see families everywhere, having picnics, riding paddle boats (some boats looking like swans) playing and just having fun. It is a popular jogging park and and connects Inokashira to Kichijoji if you want to walk between the two.

7. Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

3-7-1 Sakuracho, Koganei 184-0005, Tokyo Prefecture +81 42-388-3300
Excellent
57%
Good
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Satisfactory
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Poor
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Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 251 reviews

Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

Dedicated to the architecture of the late Edo period, this outdoor museum showcases historic buildings, including 200-year-old farmhouses and specialty shops filled with reproduction products, such as a soy sauce shop, Japanese umbrella shop, and stationary store.

Reviewed By Zaropans - Brussels, Belgium

Delightful for any visitor and highly recommended for those interested in architecture or everyday life. The Mitsui villa and the rebuilt shopping street are utter highlights, and so is the replica of the onsen bathing house. The Mitsui villa is both zen and fancy and has an exquisite garden.
Koganei park (free entry) is pretty cool too, and has a steam train locomotive on display.
Beware: Google Maps may make you get off the train at the Higashi-Koganei station but the Musashi-Koganei station (oen stop further) has better bus connections !

8. Fujiko F Fujio Museum

2-8-1, Nagao, Tama-ku, Kawasaki 214-0023, Kanagawa Prefecture +81 570-055-245
Excellent
47%
Good
39%
Satisfactory
12%
Poor
1%
Terrible
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Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 512 reviews

Fujiko F Fujio Museum

Reviewed By distyDistydisty - Jakarta, Indonesia

I always watched Doraemon series when I was a kid. So being here is one of my bucketlist. And now its checked.
First, bear in mind that ticket sold in Lawson store, in a vending machine, with Japanese language. Yeah, that the first barrier, the Japanese language machine with Japanese speaks shop keeper. So, try to go to Lawson store in tourists spot hopefully you’ll find the english speaks shopkeeper. Mine, I did browsed how to buy the ticket and print it out, later I just gave the step-by-step to buy the ticket to the shopkeeper. You’ll get the voucher ticket to be replaced in the museum.
Entrance fee is ¥1.000 with 4 timing option to explore the museum. 10am, 12pm, 2pm and 4pm. The maksimum time fo visiting the museum is 1.5hr. I think 1.5hr is enough to explore the museum.
So, I took train to Noborito St, its covered by JR Pass. From there, I took shuttle bus to the museum, it costs ¥210 one way. And stopped exactly in front of the museum.
Before entering the museum, the museum guard will explain the dont and dos inside the museum. Taking pictures is prohibited inside the exhibition area. Coz the exhibition area is Fujiko F Fujio the real masterpiece, so you will the the handwriting comic of Doraemon.
You’ll have something like handytalkie for listening the explanation inside the exhibition area. Each showcase has a number which you just press the number to listen. English friendly handytalkie.
Another barrier, the museum is semi English friendly, especially in theather show. You’ll watch 20min movie with only Japanese language with no English subtittle. Fiuhhhh..
Beside the exhibition area, theres some place you can take picture like outside area, her you can play like Nobita and Friends in the field where the pipe stack is there.
Welll, im happpy here.

9. Jindai-ji Temple

5-15-1 Jindaiji Motomachi, Chofu 182-0017, Tokyo Prefecture +81 42-486-5511
Excellent
26%
Good
56%
Satisfactory
17%
Poor
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Terrible
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Overall Ratings

4 based on 293 reviews

Jindai-ji Temple

Reviewed By Gemini6_tadvisor - Lyon, France

This temple is in Tokyo, but outside of the 23 wards of Central Tokyo. From Shinjuku, Chuo (or Sobu) line or Keio line will take you to the station nearby, and in either case you have to take a bus from the station to the temple. We took the way, which seemed quickest, and took Keio line to Chofu station (15 minutes) and a bus (15
minutes). It is possible via Tsutsujigaoka station of Keio line, but Chofu station is much bigger, meaning that all the rapid and semi-rapid trains stop there, whereas only local trains stop at Tsutsujigaoka station.
From the bus stop, a short path way leads to the temple, on both sides of which there are souvenir shops as well as estaurants, where you can have Soba (noodles).known for Jindaiji soba.
The temple is rather small and quiet, and it seems to us that most of the visitors are local people without coaches of tourists, which for us is a positive thing. As soon as we got off the bus, we felt as if we were in a small country side town of Japan, although the temple is in Tokyo. In the temple we found Daruma omikuji (oracle) for 300 yen/pce. You get a small Daruma for 300 yen. The Darumas are in several different colors for different fortunes like money, health, etc), and when you buy it you don't see the color of the Daruma you are buying.
As for the Soba (noodles), we regret a little having dropped in one of the first restaurants, but, as there are plenty of them, we should have walked around first especially in the path way perpendicular to the entry of the temple, right and left, before choosing one.
As a whole, we had a nice moment in the temple, and as we did not see everything and in details, we will certainly go back.

10. Kichijoji

Musashino, Tokyo Prefecture +855 17 434 733
Excellent
50%
Good
40%
Satisfactory
10%
Poor
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4.5 based on 277 reviews

Kichijoji

Reviewed By PeccaEats - Singapore

I really liked it - Kichijoji is a very chilled neighborhood with character and things to do. Very livable - the type of neighborhood I would move to if I were to relocate to Tokyo. Conveniently busy with lots of shops near the train station, but once you venture out on one side, there are lovely shops and eateries before you get to a beautiful park with a pond (Inokashira Park). Coincidentally when I was there, there were celebrations for the park's 100th year anniversary. There was a band playing, stalls and activities. Even without that, it is lovely to just walk around or just sit/ lie on a picnic mat while enjoying the sights and sounds.
I didn't visit the zoo or the Ghibli museum.
On the other side of the train station, there is a mix of little shops in a residential-like area - reminds me of the beginning of Nottinghill in London. Plenty of streets and shops to browse around and venture into, and quaint little cafes to sit and take a break at. It was a wonderful change from the busyness of Tokyo.

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