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Marunouchi-Otemachi
is Tokyo's main business hub, but unless you want to visit Tokyo
Station (also from the Meiji Period), renew your visa at the
Immigration Center, or observe the Tokyo Stock Exchange, there is
nothing much for the visitor here. Head for the Ginza instead. There
you will find department stores, boutiques, bookstores and
eating/drinking places for every taste and budget. The Ginza is the
nation's showcase. It is what Fifth Avenue is to New York and Oxford
Street is to London. Store prices are uniform throughout Japan, so
there is no need to bargain. Just make sure you do not wander into
some classy restaurant where you might get a shock from the high
prices! Walking down Harumi-dori (one of Tokyo's few named streets)
from the Ginza, you will soon come to Yurakucho-Hibiya. Many
airlines have offices here. Check out the quaint yakitori barbecued
chicken stalls under the raised train tracks. Or enjoy a quiet
moment among the flower beds in Hibiya Park. The Imperial Hotel,
erected along the park by imperial edict, once featured a building
designed by the eminent American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. You
could join the joggers on the five-kilometer periphery of the
Imperial Palace grounds, or stick to a leisurely stroll around the
Palace East Garden. Also within walking distance are the Budokan,
one of the venues of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics; Chidorigafuchi, a
stone-paved walk lined with trees that explode into glorious
displays of sakura (cherry blossoms) in spring; Yasukuni Shrine, the
controversial memorial to the Japanese war dead; and the imposing
Diet (Parliament) building.
