Immerse yourself in art and design

Taking up several city blocks, the Azabudai Hills complex (below, right; azabudai-hills.com) near Roppongi opened in late  as a “modern urban village”. Here, you’ll find the latest iteration of the renowned Borderless digital art museum (above) by Japanese art collective teamLab, featuring more than ‡ immersive works that combine interactive LEDs, projections and soundscapes to create a world of artistic expression. Seek out Microcosmoses, Beyond Borders, in which reflective spheres move along a winding path in a mirrored infinity room, then take a break at the on-site En Tea House, where projected flowers bloom and dance in your bowl of matcha tea. Buy timed-entry tickets to the museum online up to two months in advance and select the earliest entry to beat the crowds. Once inside, you can stay as long as you like.

Nearby, you’ll find a food market, the Janu Tokyo hotel (part of the Aman Group; janu.com) and some of the city’s most celebrated restaurants, including relocated Michelinstarred Florilège (aoyama-florilege.jp) and a branch of café — Arabica (arabica.coffee). But the architecture alone makes the trip worthwhile: London-based Heatherwick Studio designed Garden Plaza, a series of undulating concrete forms that appear to grow out of the streetscape. The complex is connected directly to Kamiyachō Station.