Music: Lovers of classical music are well catered for in Tokyo. There are five resident symphony orchestras - including the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (tel: (03) 5353 9521; website: www.tpo.or.jp/english), the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (tel: (44) 520 1511; website: www.tokyosymphony.com/e-tokyo) and the NHK Symphony Orchestra (tel: (03) 3465 1780; website: www.nhkso.or.jp).
There are numerous major venues, among them the Bunkamura Orchard Hall, 2-24-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku (tel: (03) 3477 9111; website: www.bunkamura.co.jp), Suntory Hall, 1-13-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku (tel: (03) 3584 9999; website: www.suntory.co.jp/suntoryhall) and the stunningly designed concert hall, Tokyo Opera City, 3-20-2 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku (tel: (03) 5353 0770; website: www.operacity.jp).
Tokyo International Forum, 3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku (tel: (03) 5221 9000; website: www.t-i-forum.co.jp) stages a variety of musical and cultural performances in its four halls, one being among the largest in the world, with 5,000 seats. Traditional Japanese musical performances, such as taiko (drum) and shamisen (string instrument), are occasionally held at Bunkamura (see above) and in smaller local venues.