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Meguro, Tokyo — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Meguro is a largely residential ward of Tokyo whose museums run from folk crafts to photography and parasitology.
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Where to stay in Meguro
Where the beds are, and what that means for the visit.
Meguro pays off for museum days. The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, the Japanese Folk Crafts Museum and the Meguro Museum of Art give three good reasons to sleep in a ward whose own streets are given over to housing rather than sights. Nights are quiet here.
Rooms near the temple ground of En'yū-ji Temple and Kaifuku-ji Temple keep that calm, and the Meguro Parasitological Museum sits within the same ward for anyone whose curiosity runs that way.
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The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum blocks
The busiest corner of a residential Meguro, built around the Tokyo Photographic Art MuseumFind hotels in The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum blocksCraft collections at the Japanese Folk Crafts Museum and the Meguro Museum of ArtAround the Japanese Folk Crafts Museum
Housing streets of Meguro City holding the Japanese Folk Crafts Museum and the Meguro Museum of Art. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Find hotels in Around the Japanese Folk Crafts MuseumEarly mornings by En'yū-ji Temple and Kaifuku-ji TempleThe temple side
Older ground of the ward, marked by En'yū-ji Temple, Kaifuku-ji Temple and Shin'ei Church. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in The temple sideHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Meguro
What are the main landmarks in Meguro?
Photography leads the list. The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, the Japanese Folk Crafts Museum and the Meguro Museum of Art make an unusual trio for a housing ward, and the Meguro Parasitological Museum takes the ward's name onto a narrower subject. Two temples hold older ground.
En'yū-ji Temple and Kaifuku-ji Temple stand among the streets, Shin'ei Church keeps a church beside them, and Sonkeikaku Bunko, Ōtenta, Tarosaku Masamune and Tomita Gō carry entries of their own on the ward's list.
What is the history of Meguro?
Meguro City counts its founding from 1947. The English self-designation gives the ward the same name it carries in Japanese, and its special-ward status ties it into the Tokyo Metropolis alongside the others. Housing came to dominate.
What survives of the older ground shows in En'yū-ji Temple, in Kaifuku-ji Temple and in the named holdings, Sonkeikaku Bunko, Ōtenta, Tarosaku Masamune, Tomita Gō, that the ward still lists.
Where is Meguro?
Meguro City lies in southwest Tokyo, a spread of housing streets in which the museums, En'yū-ji Temple and Kaifuku-ji Temple sit at intervals.
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What is the best area to stay in Meguro?
The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum blocks: Exhibition afternoons at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. Around the Japanese Folk Crafts Museum: Craft collections at the Japanese Folk Crafts Museum and the Meguro Museum of Art. The temple side: Early mornings by En'yū-ji Temple and Kaifuku-ji Temple.
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Updated October 2026