Nakagawa Funabansho Museum

Baseball, soccer and tennis fields stand beside a jogging track and cherry blossoms in a riverside park that also has a life-saving purpose.

Low by Tokyo’s vertigo-inducing standards, this observation tower lets you see the city’s waterways and skyscrapers at the midlevel of nearby high-rises.

An animal park and a children’s playground stand beside a youth baseball field and colorful flower displays in this serene park.

Quaint bridges reach across the rock-filled pond of this exquisite Japanese garden beside a petting zoo and a large urban park.

Elegant gardens and ponds grace a scenic park filled with hundreds of irises in summer, while the zoo lets you get close to pandas and monkeys.

Pet rabbits and guinea pigs, and watch monkeys and pandas frolicking in their enclosures in this delightful zoo.