KITTE Marunouchi
Marunouchi, Tokyo
- Mon to Fri
- 11:00 to 23:00
- Sat, Sun
- 11:00 to 22:00
Rooftop garden hours. Public holidays 11:00 to 22:00. It may close in bad weather. Shops 11:00 to 20:00. Closed 1 January.
Source: marunouchi.jp-kitte.jp, checked 7 Oct 2026.
KITTE is the old central post office turned shopping hall, with a free rooftop garden that looks straight down on Tokyo Station's restored red-brick facade and the shinkansen sliding in and out. The best free view in central Tokyo.
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Insider tip
Go up at dusk, when the station lights come on. The 4th floor keeps the old postmaster's room, partly restored with materials from the original building.
What the guides say about KITTE Marunouchi
End at KITTE Marunouchi, where the free rooftop garden looks down on the red-brick Tokyo Station while shinkansen slide in and out beneath you. It's one of the best free views in the city and it's almost always quiet. Then go down and walk through the station itself. The restored 1914 facade is a proper architectural moment.
7. KITTE Marunouchi rooftop. Look down on the restored red-brick Tokyo Station while shinkansen slide in and out beneath you. It's free and central, and somehow always quiet. Have a browse inside too. The building is the old Tokyo Central Post Office, rebuilt around a six-storey atrium.
How to see it. Start at Tokyo Station's Marunouchi side, go up to the rooftop garden at KITTE Marunouchi for the view over the lit station building, then walk Naka-dori south towards Yurakucho. The Ginza neighbourhood guide picks up where the lights end.
What's on near KITTE Marunouchi
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of KITTE Marunouchi, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Marunouchi Illumination
丸の内イルミネーション
Station Tokyo Station Marunouchi exit or Otemachi, 1 min walk
Champagne-gold LEDs on around 250 street trees along the 1.2km Naka-dori between Yurakucho and Otemachi, some 775,000 bulbs in the 2025 edition. Lit nightly from 4pm, one of the longest-running illuminations in the city.
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0 Fontanesi: Italian Light, Landscapes of the Heart
フォンタネージ ─ イタリアの光・心の風景
Station Tokyo (Marunouchi Line/JR), 5 min walk
An exhibition devoted to Antonio Fontanesi, the Italian painter who taught in Meiji-era Japan and influenced the development of Japanese Western-style painting. The show is held in the museum's restored 19th-century red-brick building in Marunouchi.
Montmartre: Lautrec, Suzanne Valadon and the Unknown Painters of Paris (provisional title)
モンマルトル：ロートレック、シュザンヌ・ヴァラドンとパリの知られざる画家たち（仮称）
Station Tokyo (JR lines, Marunouchi south exit), 5 min walk
The Montmartre art scene around 1900, built around Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Suzanne Valadon, painter, model and mother of Maurice Utrillo. Around them are lesser-known painters such as Jules Chéret, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Louis Anquetin and Adolphe Willette.
Life in Kyoto: Enjoying the 24 Seasons, from the Collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
京都国立近代美術館所蔵作品にみる 京(みやこ)のくらし――二十四節気を愉しむ
Station Tokyo (JR lines, Marunouchi south exit), 5 min walk
Works from the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, arranged by the 24 solar terms of the old calendar, looking at the nature, festivals and art of daily life in Kyoto through the year. It's the first time that museum's collection has been shown together in Tokyo. The display changes on August 4.
Mingei Shock!! Kawai Kanjiro at Seikado (60 years after his death)
民藝SHOCK!! ―没後60年 静嘉堂の河井寬次郎
Time 10:00 to 17:00; closed Mondays Station Nijubashimae (Chiyoda Line), direct; Yurakucho (JR), 5 min walk
Fifty-one pots by Kawai Kanjiro from the Seikado collection, tracing how he found the mingei idea of beauty in everyday use.
Smaller local events nearby
Marunouchi Gyoko Marche Market
Every Friday, 11:30 to 19:30 (none on 1 January). Next: Fri 23 Oct · Shin-Marunouchi Building, basement entrance
A weekly farmers' market where producers from around Japan sell seasonal food by the Shin-Marunouchi Building's basement entrance.
Free · 11:30 to 19:30 · Map · Source: Marunouchi Gyoko Marche committee · 丸の内 行幸マルシェ×青空市場
Cultural Property Walk: Marunouchi, which grew with Tokyo Station (guided walk in Japanese) Festival
Sat 24 Oct · Meeting point: Tokyo Station (JR), Marunouchi south gate
A guided walk of two to three hours run by the NPO Tokyo City Guide Club, in Japanese. Advance application through the club's form is required, and places are limited.
1,500 yen, paid on the day · 10:00 to 12:30 (meet 10 minutes earlier) · Map · Source: NPO Tokyo City Guide Club (東京シティガイドクラブ) · 東京駅とともに発展した丸の内
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Around Marunouchi
Marunouchi has 4 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 1 park or garden, 1 landmark, 1 viewpoint and 1 museum.
Good to know
- What is the address of KITTE Marunouchi?
- 2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (in Japanese: 東京都千代田区丸の内二丁目7番2号).
- What are the opening hours of KITTE Marunouchi?
- Mon to Fri 11:00 to 23:00; Sat, Sun 11:00 to 22:00. Rooftop garden hours. Public holidays 11:00 to 22:00. It may close in bad weather. Shops 11:00 to 20:00. Closed 1 January.
- How do I get to KITTE Marunouchi?
- The nearest station is Tokyo Station (Marunouchi south exit). KITTE Marunouchi is in Marunouchi, Tokyo.
- How much does KITTE Marunouchi cost?
- Nothing. KITTE Marunouchi is free to visit.
- How long do you need at KITTE Marunouchi?
- Plan for 45 min.
- When is the best time to visit KITTE Marunouchi?
- Dusk.
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