New Sony Park opens in Ginza

Name: Ginza Sony Park

Kind: Store/Museum/Multiuse

Where: 35°40’18.37″ N 139°45’49.59″ E

Stations: Ginza Station, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Ginza Line, Hibiya Line, Yurakucho Station 2 blocks west.

Free Wifi: Unknown

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Address: 5 Chome-3-1 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan

Map: https://tinyurl.com/23dzywty

Site: Sony Park

Hours: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM.

Worth it? A must-see.

©2025 tenmintokyo.com

UPDATE 2/6/25: Less than a week after writing this post we learned the Tokyu Plaza building mentioned below will be acquired by Hong Kong’s Gaw Capital, and will likely be renamed.

A brand new Sony museum + exhibition space has opened in Ginza. Billed as a new flagship store in central Tokyo the new complex has a lot to offer. If you’re a Sony fan you won’t want to miss it.

Built by Takanaka Builders, the new 6-floor building replaces the old Sony Park Mini in a small corner near the large Hermes building. The previous similar Sony building was torn down years ago. The old Sony Park Mini was a small 1-floor underground complex which showcased the past Sony achievements of 5 decades (see photo below).

This photo from Tokyo Updates shows what the old mini park used to look like:

Another older Sony museum, Sony ExploraScience is also now closed. Park Mini was interesting but it never caught on mainly because it wasn’t visible from the street level.

The new space includes displays, but also animated and interactive spaces showcasing technology, games, music, entertainment, and finance. There are some interesting displays such as the haptic floor which animates water ripples as you walk across it.

The old Sony building, now long gone shown in this 2001 photo. ©2001 Ten Minute Tokyo.

Ginza Sony Park is just across the street from the fabulous FUJIYA Ginza Sukiyabashi complex, and is diagonally opposite a Ginza Metro station on the Marunouchi Line. To get here by train, take the Marunouchi Line and get off at Ginza Station. The Hibiya and Ginza lines also have stops at the same station. Note that there is no main above-ground Ginza station. All of the entrances/exits to Ginza station are provided by small sidewalk street-level portals scattered around the area.

For more info about Ginza in general, see our Ginza Superguide.

Ginza Station is just one stop south of Tokyo Station, and is roughly 1/3 of the way into the eastern side of the Marunouchi Line, which begins at Ikebukuro on the west side of the city. If you happen to be visiting Sony Ginza Park and are in the area at night, be sure to visit the Tokyu Plaza building’s indoor lounge and rooftop garden nearby for an absolutely spectacular view of Tokyo at night. Bring a camera because it’s one of the best photo spots in Tokyo.

A night view of Ginza taken from the Tokyu Plaza‘s indoor lounge, looking north.
Yurakucho is just to the left. The Fujiya building is just visible in the lower right corner in this photo.
Ginza Sony Park is just south of the Fujiya building, out of frame.

Ginza means “Silver Mint” in Japanese and gets its name from the fact that the area was a national silver mint for coinage in the Edo Period. Today the area is know for blocks of high-end stores and restaurants. You can walk around Ginza for hours or even days and not see everything. The area is clean, well-laid out, accessible, and exciting – especially at night.

Just to the west is Ginza’s sister city: Yurakucho – which also has its own Metro station and is within walking distance. Just to the north is another exciting area of Tokyo worth a look: Hibiya. And northeast of that is Tokyo Station itself and the Marunouchi area. All 4 areas are excellent and you won’t want to miss them.

Ginza at dusk in 2001 – facing northwest looking at Yurakucho. The building on the left has been replaced with the new Tokyu Plaza. Ginza Sony Park now stands roughly where this photo was taken.
©2001 Ten Minute Tokyo.

Sony Showroom/Sony Store Ginza

5 blocks to the southeast of Ginza Sony Park is the legendary Sony Showroom, which is on one of the busiest streets in Ginza which is just across the street from the world-famous Wako Building. This multi-floor Sony building is also worth a look and it usually has some kind of interesting exhibit on the ground floor.

Ginza, facing east. The Sony Showroom is on the left. Also note the Ginza Station Metro portal on the sidewalk ahead. Just to the left out of frame is the huge Mitsukoshi department store which also has a huge rooftop garden.

Additional Destinations

Also of note in the area are the Tokyo International Forum, Bic Camera, and the small streets and areas around Yurakucho and Tokyo Station. These areas are just to the northwest of Ginza Sony Park. The Hibiya area is just a little further northwest of Yurakucho, and if you head north of that you’ll be approaching the Imperial Palace. Also of exceptional note is the recently opened Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, just across the street from the east side of Tokyo Station. Hibiya also has its own Tokyo Midtown.

You absolutely can’t go wrong visiting any of these places.

At the Tokyo International Forum in 2019. There’s also a large outdoor food concourse here. ©2019 Ten Minute Tokyo.
On the backstreets of Yurakucho.

Use Ginza as a Jumping-off Point

While Ginza is considered an upscale area for the affluent and shoppers, for tourists and even for residents of Tokyo the train system here can be one of the best starting points to get around the city. The 3 lines of Marunouchi, Ginza, and Hibiya all intersect at Ginza Station, and combined will take you just about anywhere you want to go in Tokyo. To summarize, the major destinations possible from Ginza Station roughly are:

Marunouchi Line:

Tokyo Station, Otemachi, Ochanomizu, Korakuen (Tokyo Dome City), Ikebukuro to the north and west.

Kasumigaseki, Nagatcho/Akasaka, Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Nakano directly west.

Ginza Line:

Nihombashi, Ueno, Asakusa to the north.

Hibya Line:

Akihabara, Tsukiji, Ueno, to the north and east, and Kasumigaseki, Toranomon, Roppongi, Hiroo, Ebisu, and Meguro to the west.

Enjoy!

LINKS

Sony Park展 2025 | アクティビティ

VISIT | Sony Park

Ginza Sony Park Opens: A New Urban ‘Garden’

5 things to do at Ginza Sony Park

8 best new attractions + facilities in Tokyo in 2025

Ginza Superguide

10 best restaurants + shops at Tokyo Midtown Yaesu

Tokyo 2025 Projects That Will Change The City

The New Park Created by Sony in Ginza Presents a Novel Way to Build Cities

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ADDITIONAL PHOTOS

The entrance to the old Sony museum was on this street corner, next to the Hermes building. Now Ginza Sony park occupies the space. The triangular entrance leading down to the museum was visible in this photo just next to Hermes.
In this 2019 photo taken from Yurakucho to the north (facing south), the Tokyu Plaza building is visible in the distance left of center. Ginza Sony Park now stands across the street, just to the left of Tokyu Plaza.
©2019 Ten Minute Tokyo.
The light and lively Yurakucho Station just to the north (facing east). Ginza is just east of the station 2 blocks away. The tall building at the left of the frame is just across the street from Tokyo Station one stop to the north. Ginza, Yurakucho, Marunouchi, and to the north further (Otemachi and Nihonbashi) are a fabulously great place to spend a few days and nights exploring. ©2019 Ten Minute Tokyo.
The area abounds with great restaurants, cafes, and stores. ©2019 Ten Minute Tokyo.
Ginza’s night streets are full of adventure and excitement around every turn. Don’t miss it. ©2019 Ten Minute Tokyo.
Inside one subterranean level of Ginza Station. ©2019 Ten Minute Tokyo.
There are also interactive electronic maps in the area. ©2019 Ten Minute Tokyo.
Heading east into Ginza. ©2019 Ten Minute Tokyo.
Looking north outside Yurakucho Station. The Tokyo International Forum is straight ahead. ©2019 Ten Minute Tokyo.
The Bic Camera in Yurakucho, facing south. Ginza Sony Park is just behind the buildings in the distance. ©2019 Ten Minute Tokyo.
The same view, taken entirely by coincidence from the very same location 18 years earlier in 2001. ©2001 Ten Minute Tokyo.
Inside the original Sony building in 2001. ©2001 Ten Minute Tokyo.
An early Sony 2000’s-era VAIO desktop PC running Windows 98 in the old Sony building. Note the internal Minidisc player – a Sony audio format almost exclusively found in Japan. ©2001 Ten Minute Tokyo.
People pilling into the Tokyo International Forum. ©2019 Ten Minute Tokyo.
Taking the Ginza Line from Ginza Station to Asakusa.
Underground inside Tokyo Station. ©2019 Ten Minute Tokyo.

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