A Ginza crossing at dusk with a Ginza 4-chome street sign, a lit department store with a gold-framed arched window and taxis waiting at the signal

The white curved gable and purple crest curtain of the Kabukiza, a stack of sake barrels and a poster board under red lanterns, passers-by on the pavement

A narrow Ginza side street at night with stacked illuminated vertical signs for bars and small restaurants on both sides

The clock tower and curved cornice of the Wako building, a white SEIKO clock face under a thin spire against a blue sky

Ginza, Tokyo

Ginza: Where to Eat, What to Do and Where to Stay

Food · Things to do · Where to stay

Start at the Ginza 4-chome crossing: Wako's clock tower, Chuo-dori and Ginza Station exits A9 and A10 are all on that corner. On weekends and public holidays the roadway of Chuo-dori is closed to cars from noon, until 17:00 from October to March and 18:00 from April to September.

Ginza's long-running single-subject restaurants are close together: Kyubey (sushi), Ten-ichi (tempura), Ginza Bairin (tonkatsu) and Ginza Toyoda (kaiseki). Ginza has no JR station, so the hotels are measured against subway stations: three hotels around Ginza 4- and 5-chome are 1 to 3 minutes from Higashi-Ginza Station, and the ones toward Shimbashi are 5 to 8 minutes from JR Shimbashi.

Ginza: food, things to do, where to stay

Where to eat in GinzaGinza Kyubey, Main Store · Tempura Ten-ichi, Ginza Main Store · Tonkatsu Ginza Bairin, Main Store
Things to do in GinzaChuo-dori pedestrian zone (Pedestrian Paradise) · Wako and its clock tower · Itoya Ginza flagship
Where to stay in GinzaDaiwa Roynet Hotel Ginza Premier · Hotel Monterey Ginza · Sotetsu Fresa Inn Ginza-Sanchome

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