2 Best Sights in Side Trips from Tokyo, Japan

Running southwest from Shinko Pier to Kannai is Bashamichi, which translates to "Horse-Carriage Street," a name it was given in the 19th century, when it was widened to accommodate the conveyances of the city's new European residents. This redbrick-paved thoroughfare and the streets parallel to it have been partially restored to evoke that past, with faux-antique phone booths and imitation gas lamps. Here you'll find coffee shops, patisseries, boutiques, and places for dinner.

Within a block of Ishikawacho Station is the beginning of this street, which follows the course of the Nakamura-gawa (Nakamura River) to the harbor where the Japanese set up shop 100 years ago to serve the foreigners living in Kannai. The street is now lined with smart boutiques and jewelry stores. A network of side streets leading from Motomachi contain a nice selection of cafés and restaurants.