Location: Nishitokyo
Top Things to do in Nishitokyo
Top Restaurants in Nishitokyo
What to do and see in Nishitokyo, Japan: The Best Places and Tips
Nishitōkyō (西東京市, Nishitōkyō-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 200,102, and a population density of 12,700 persons per km². Its total area is 15.75 square kilometres (6.08 sq mi).
Restaurants in Nishitokyo
1. Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 251 reviews
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 !
2. Ghibli Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1 reviews
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.
3. Inokashira Onshi Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 507 reviews
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.
4. Tamarokuto Science Center
Overall Ratings
4 based on 65 reviews
Reviewed By tyapatsuD - Tokyo, Japan
平日に訪問しました。学校の授業が終わった後の時間帯ということもあってかもはや常連とも思えるような近所の子供達を多数見かけました。展示内容は都心部にある科学博物館をしっていると子供だましのようなものばかりで目新しさは皆無。ここは地元の子供たちに科学への興味を持ってもらうための施設なのかなと思いました。
5. Ofuro no Osama Hanakoganei
Overall Ratings
4 based on 43 reviews
Reviewed By JUMPINGMissbunny - Tokyo, Japan
露天が想像より広く種類もあったので嬉しかった。内風呂は狭くはないもののなんか閉塞感がありました。混むという評判をさんざん聞かされていたので、平日の夕方に行ったにもかかわらず、カランの数はほぼ埋まるほどの混雑度。これは土日は地獄でしょう。設立年度のわりに施設の老朽化が目立ちます。値段が高さを考えても東久留米店よりずっといいと思う。
6. Shakujii Park
Overall Ratings
4 based on 166 reviews
Reviewed By bjp257 - Allen, Texas
Just a short walk from Shakujii-Koen station is this beautiful gem. It's a fairly large park with a variety of activities set around a lake. I might have missed it except for the size of the lake on the map. There are information plaques on the trees, trails throughout, a small temple, paddle boat rentals, fishing & a small bandstand. After several visits I still have not seen the whole park. I prefer to take in in small parts. But it's a very relaxing environment. And there are always lots of families with small children, young adults exercising & seniors meeting to chat. The snack area has everything including prices written in Japanese. So if you feel adventurous, just point & nod.
7. Tokyo Metropolitan Jindai Botanical Park
Overall Ratings
4 based on 165 reviews
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.
8. Tonogayato Garden
Overall Ratings
4 based on 82 reviews
Reviewed By emilee l - Cherry Hill, New Jersey
The Tonogayato Gardens are beautiful; a welcome respite right near a train station in an urban area. Admission is less than $2 (less than $1 for seniors) and one can easily wile away an hour or more--even in February before the blossoms burst. A wonderful Japanese Garden experience on a fairly small scale; walkways lined with natural materials, the sound of water, the smells of different kinds of trees. Ah!
9. Tokyo Horse Racetrack
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 200 reviews
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!
10. Tokyo Metropolitan Koganei Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 130 reviews
Reviewed By Pstrauss - Beecroft, Australia
A large parkland, which includes the Tokyo Outdoor Architectural Museum which appears on many tourist lists. I haven't visited the Museum, but enjoyed a day out in the park with my Japanese resident son and granddaughter aged 5.
Beautiful meadows of poppies at this time of year, and a lovely Koinobori, the carp flags for Children's day on May 5. Many local families were picnicking, riding bicycles and using the variety of giant slides, jumping devices, climbing walls and the like. Street performers too. I only touched the surface of the park on this visit of several hours. You can buy food and rent bikes by the hour. A green oasis in the city for an active day out or a snooze in the sun.
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