Skytree first and pay up for the 450m deck — the 350m one is the view everyone else has. The Hokusai museum is fifteen minutes' walk south in Sejima's mirrored box, on the streets he was born on; it closes Mondays. Hanzōmon line down to Kiyosumi-shirakawa for the garden — cross the pond on the isobatari stones, they are the point — and Tomioka Hachimangū after, where professional sumo started. Time it for the 1st, 15th or 28th and the antique market fills the grounds.
Oshiage & Sumida
~5h634 metres up, then the block Hokusai never left
- Tokyo Skytree
634m, the tallest tower anywhere — the 450m upper deck is the one worth the surcharge.
- Sumida Hokusai Museumlocal
Kazuyo Sejima's mirrored box on the block where Hokusai was born and spent most of his ninety years.
Kiyosumi & Fukagawa
~4hGarden stones and the shrine sumo came from
- Kiyosumi Gardenlocal
A Meiji merchant's stroll garden built from stones shipped in from all over Japan — cross the pond on them.
- Tomioka Hachimangūlocal
Birthplace of professional sumo; an antique flea market fills the grounds on the 1st, 15th and 28th.