This large museum’s outlandish architectural style may not appeal to everyone, but the building ...
Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu commissioned this famous Asakusa shrine in 1647, enshrining the three ...
Amuse Museum opened in Asakusa, one of Tokyo’s most visited tourist spots, in November 2009 – ...
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One of the many faded relics that crowd around Asakusa’s famous Sensoji, this bathhouse offers ...
Hanayashiki has been in business since 1883 and still draws crowds. There are around 20 rides, ...
Tourist information centres aren't really known as happening hot spots, but Asakusa's version ...
Hosting the three kami Susano-o, Amenohohi, and Sadatoki-shinno, this Mukojima shrine also ...
Said to be the first shrine to celebrate the Tori no Ichi festival, the all-day spectacle that ...
Built in 1630 in the early years of the Edo period, this shrine moved to its present location ...
Flanking both sides of the Sumida River, this park offers a welcoming retreat after you've worn ...
The maneki-neko, that distinctive 'beckoning cat' figurine beloved of Japanese shops and ...
Though it's five minutes' walk from Asakusa Station, on an alley just off Kokusai-dori, ...
Ten shrines to help realise dreams of love & romance
With over 30 million visitors a year, Senso-ji holds a special place in local hearts. Otherwise ...
Exhibits range from flints and a tablet from Mesopotamia through Egyptian papyrus to abacuses ...
With a clay drum from Mexico, an udekki from Sri Lanka and hundreds of other drums from around ...
Following the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, some 40,000 people who had fled their homes ...
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