Roppongi(六本木) | Daisuki Japan

Roppongi is a area of Minato Ward. It is has recently become popular as a massive shopping and dining place. Roppongi Hills and Tokyo mid Town are the main complexes of this area and many thousands of people visit every day.

The area around Roppongi to the south and west is known as Azabu (麻布). These districts are generally quieter than Roppongi but have also absorbed some of its vibrant commercial activity and nightlife.

How to Get There

To get to Roppongi, take the Hibiya/O-Edo subway to Roppongi (H04/E23). Alternatively, walk from Tameike-Sanno (G06), Roppongi-Itchome (N05), or Azabu-juban (N04/E22).

If you walk west under the highway long enough (half an hour plus), you’ll eventually end up in Shibuya; following the highway east for about as long will take you to the Diet Building and Imperial Palace. In daytime, you can also take frequent buses along Roppongi-dori to speed your way.

Shopping and Dinning Complex

Roppongi Hills

It is one of famous and attravtive shopping and entertainment complex, extreamely modern. It has a number of attractions centered around the Mori Tower.
Official Website : Roppongi Hills

Tokyo Midtown

It is mixed-used development in Roppongi, and it has the symbol tower, shopping building, luxury apartment, museum, restaurants, hotel, and offices. The main concept of this complex is “Design”, so there are many fantastic stractures and arts. Also, the town itself is very well designed with the concept as an ideal palce to live.
Hotel : Ritz Carton Tokyo Hotel
Official Website : Tokyo Midtown

Museum

Roppongi is an area which is popular for art and design, so it has become the center of art lover attention.

The National Art Center Tokyo

it is a museum which is joint project of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the National Museums Independent Administrative Institution, it stands on a site formerly occupied by a research facility of the University of Tokyo.
Official Website : The National Art Center Tokyo

Mori Art Museum

It is located 53rd floor of Mori Building, at Roppongi Hills Complex. The main theme of this museum is comtemporary and internationalism, and it is trying to present the world with the new possibilities in the field of art.
Official Website : Mori Art Museum

Suntory Museum of Art

It is located at the Tokyo Midtown complex, and the main corrections of this museum are Japanese classical arts. It keeps number of more than 3000 correction and many of those are very important tresures in Japanese history and culture.

Official Website : Suntory Museum of Art

21-21 DESIGN SIGHT

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT was born as a venue to redirect our eyes to everyday things and events, and create various proposals and communicate numerous discoveries from the design point of view. As a place where visitors can be exposed to the pleasures of design and have new experiences filled with surprises, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT focuses on exhibitions and runs a diversified program that includes talks and workshops.

Official Website : 21-21 DESIGN SIGHT

Night Spots in Roppongi

Roppongi is also the place to be (late) at night. Nightlife starts later than in other parts of Tokyo and many bars and clubs are open until 4AM-5AM when the first trains run in the morning. Most other nightlife in Tokyo shuts down when the last trains run (around midnight). If you start your evening early you should first go to Shibuya and move over to Roppongi after 11PM. Especially, on Friday and Saturday nights, the streets, bars, and clubs are overflowed with people from all over the world.

All clubs require you to show ID (passport, foreigner registration card), and many of clubs cost you some entrance fees. (some places do not have entrance fee, but you must buy some drink there.) Also, many bars and clubs will charge you entrance and drinks only by cash. The man of excessive lightly dressed refuses entrance